Playing Games

by Dianne Drake

Playing Games by Dianne Drake released on Jan 11, 2005 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Dianne, a relative newcomer to romance fiction, is best known for her nonfiction work under the name JJ Despain. She has written seven nonfiction books, and her magazine articles have appeared in Country Living, Oxygen, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Parenting, Teen, Seventeen, and Writer's Digest. In addition to her writing, Dianne teaches a dozen writing workshops every year and also teaches a writing and publishing course at a state university.

Dianne's formal educational background is in classical music and nursing, with college degrees in both. She was a former symphonic bass player in her first career go-round, then a critical care nurse/anesthetist in her second. An injury caused a permanent disability, forcing Dianne to retire from nursing. As a consumer nonfiction writer today, one of her specialty areas is health.

Dianne's hobby and passion is antiques; she collects antique European oil lamps, vintage American kitchen utensils, and brooches from everywhere, circa 1600 – 1900. Her book, Everyday Antiques (Storey), was a Doubleday Book Club Antiques Roadshow alternate feature. Besides her passion for antiques, Dianne has a passion for animals — all six of hers are rescued from animal shelters.

Dianne is married to Joel, and their daughter Jennifer is a college student. In 2000, Dianne was the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery & Suspense.

Dianne loves to hear from readers, so please feel free to write to her at P.O. Box 51343, Indianapolis, IN 46251-0343 or email her at DianneLynDrake@aol.com.

Reviews

[Samira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doctor Valentine was perfect Val...with those "sugar" talks, while Doctor Eddie...that slight accented tongue actually made the talks interesting...Harlequins are always this way...fun and romantic

[Marelize Le · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!

[Sherry · Rating 2 out of 5]

"On-Air she's Valentine McCarthy, up-and-coming hot relationship psychologist. Off air she's Roxy Rose, dreaming of her dream house on the beach - and the handyman across the hall. He's the reclusive Edward McCain, popular pop-psychologist that's on everyone's must-read list - and Valentine's arch-nemesis. By day he's Ned Proctor, a not-so handy handyman who just might have a thing going on with the blonde across the hall..."

Meh. Characters were flat and one-sided. Double entendres were (at times) forced and awkward.

[Anna Domańska · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strong start but poor resolution. Everything felt very rushed toward the end. I enjoyed the first half though, couple of laughs.
Cute premise involving a radio host and a pop psychology writer. Cover is totally unrelated.