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Possibles
A man dedicated to bachelorhood, Steven Blake was wary of women. But he did have a genetic obsession with redheads - and Sarah Moore was definitely a redhead. Sarah, however, had given up on men! Especially when the man was Steven Blake, her new boss. Somehow Steven had to convince her that with his dark hair and eyes, his shaggy brows and his firm, athletic body, he wasn't just a possible for husband material...he was a probable!
- GenresRomance
250 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1987
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Lass Small
74 books20 followersLass Small (September 15, 1923-January 26, 2011) was an American writer of over 60 romance novels from 1983 to 2000. She also signed her novelas as Cally Hughes and Callie Hugher.
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October 2, 2022
This was such a cute, endearing story! I was pleasantly surprised :)
Long before Bridget Jones coined the term "singleton," the heroine of Lass Small's Possibles was living the life: a young, modern woman with a demanding career who is looking for love but won't compromise. Of course marriage and kids would be a great bonus but it is love that she wants, not settling down to a marriage of convenience, which would be easy for her as she is a gorgeous redhead with a wicked sense of humor and plenty of absolutely ga-ga suitors pursuing her day and night lol She surrounds herself with a group of like-minded singles, men and women, and they all cooperate with each other to create a network of "possibles” i.e. other singles encountered in their dating life who are not suited for them particularly but might be possible love interest for their friend. So every month, all the “possibles” ’ names and contact info is written down and tossed into the "pile" at their group’s regular meeting in hopes of succeeding at matchmaking for one of their members.
I LOVED that when the heroine first meets the hero, her new, incredibly handsome boss, she writes him down as a "possible" until he displays a serious lack of humor so she crosses his name out. Yes, a sense of humor is a must! The hero does have a sense of humor just not with the heroine. He is so gobsmacked by her from their first meeting (even when she was still hiding her luscious red hair under a hat) that he uses grumpiness as a barrier against her and his own feelings. The author inserts herself once in a while as a third person narrator (which I hadn't seen done in a Harlequin before) to emphasize the point that he does not understand what has hit him and he chooses to delude himself that he is not interested in her, then that he is interested but only for a fling to get her out of his system, and then finally, it dawns on him that he is absolutely, irrevocably, desperately in love with her so that we can have a lovely conclusion and epilogue.
It was a very funny, endearing, low-angst, and modern-feeling book despite it being published in 1987. I will re-read this one when I am in a bad mood from toxic authors and I will definitely read more from this author, hoping she can make the magic happen again.
Long before Bridget Jones coined the term "singleton," the heroine of Lass Small's Possibles was living the life: a young, modern woman with a demanding career who is looking for love but won't compromise. Of course marriage and kids would be a great bonus but it is love that she wants, not settling down to a marriage of convenience, which would be easy for her as she is a gorgeous redhead with a wicked sense of humor and plenty of absolutely ga-ga suitors pursuing her day and night lol She surrounds herself with a group of like-minded singles, men and women, and they all cooperate with each other to create a network of "possibles” i.e. other singles encountered in their dating life who are not suited for them particularly but might be possible love interest for their friend. So every month, all the “possibles” ’ names and contact info is written down and tossed into the "pile" at their group’s regular meeting in hopes of succeeding at matchmaking for one of their members.
I LOVED that when the heroine first meets the hero, her new, incredibly handsome boss, she writes him down as a "possible" until he displays a serious lack of humor so she crosses his name out. Yes, a sense of humor is a must! The hero does have a sense of humor just not with the heroine. He is so gobsmacked by her from their first meeting (even when she was still hiding her luscious red hair under a hat) that he uses grumpiness as a barrier against her and his own feelings. The author inserts herself once in a while as a third person narrator (which I hadn't seen done in a Harlequin before) to emphasize the point that he does not understand what has hit him and he chooses to delude himself that he is not interested in her, then that he is interested but only for a fling to get her out of his system, and then finally, it dawns on him that he is absolutely, irrevocably, desperately in love with her so that we can have a lovely conclusion and epilogue.
It was a very funny, endearing, low-angst, and modern-feeling book despite it being published in 1987. I will re-read this one when I am in a bad mood from toxic authors and I will definitely read more from this author, hoping she can make the magic happen again.
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June 5, 2021
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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Paperback portuguese edition
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Cabelos de Fogo
Lass Small
Possibles
Coleção Momentos Intimos Extra Duas Historias, N° 76
Editora Nova Cultural , 1987
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Paperback portuguese edition
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Cabelos de Fogo
Lass Small
Possibles
Coleção Momentos Intimos Extra Duas Historias, N° 76
Editora Nova Cultural , 1987
August 1, 2021
Quite nice a 3.5 rounded to 4 stars
Very cute, amusing and lighthearted. In the style of a comedic romp, quite entertaining.
If you want a breath of fresh air from all the angst. Read this. 😁
Available on Open Library.
Very cute, amusing and lighthearted. In the style of a comedic romp, quite entertaining.
If you want a breath of fresh air from all the angst. Read this. 😁
Available on Open Library.
December 18, 2020
Cute and definitely one of the better books in this series I’ve read so far (although it’s kind of a low bar) but it loses a point (more like half a point, but goodreads doesn’t allow that, so we round down) because the plot kind of goes on the fritz in the last third and both main characters (although the heroine especially) seem to somewhat lose touch with reality.
March 3, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed the humor and the romance.
May 5, 2021
This one holds up to rereading. Quite a bit of chauvinism in the work place but at least it was acknowledged and some progress was made.
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