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Part-time Wife
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- GenresHarlequin Romance
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First published July 15, 2011
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About the author
Jessica Hart
485 books136 followersAfter a haphazard career spent working and travelling around the world, I stumbled into romance writing as a way to fund a PhD. My first book, A Sweeter Prejudice, came out in 1991, and since then I've written a further 59 books, some of which have won awards in the US and the UK.
I live in York, a historic city in the north of England, and waste the best part of my days planning trips away or on Facebook and Twitter, both of which mean that I end up writing late into the night. As well as romance, I write 'time slips' as Pamela Hartshorne, and am a freelance project editor and occasional writing tutor.
In May 2013 I will publishing the Jessica Hart Vintage Collection of five of my early books from the 90s.
For news of forthcoming books and exclusive offers, do sign up for my newsletter: email jessica@jessicahart.co.uk or come and find me on Facebook.
I live in York, a historic city in the north of England, and waste the best part of my days planning trips away or on Facebook and Twitter, both of which mean that I end up writing late into the night. As well as romance, I write 'time slips' as Pamela Hartshorne, and am a freelance project editor and occasional writing tutor.
In May 2013 I will publishing the Jessica Hart Vintage Collection of five of my early books from the 90s.
For news of forthcoming books and exclusive offers, do sign up for my newsletter: email jessica@jessicahart.co.uk or come and find me on Facebook.
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September 7, 2024
My favorite moment in ED WOOD is when Ed is at the premiere of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, and during the opening credits there's a beautiful shot of the Milky Way, and over it the credit, "Written, Produced, and Directed by ED WOOD." And Ed sighs and says, "this is the one -- this is the one I'll be remembered for."
Well, THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE was Jessica Hart's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. This clunker is more like BRIDE OF THE MONSTER. It's got a lot of the same ingredients, but this time they don't add up.
Ditzy heroine -- can't even trust her to keep a dog on a leash for five minutes!
Impatient hero -- can't stand women who knock things over and giggle moronically.
Lovable dumb dog -- crashes into things on cue. And his name is Homer. D'oh!
The problem is that the hero seems well within his rights to consider the heroine a nuisance. And the marriage of convenience set up is so stiff and creepy. And the English setting isn't nearly as romantic or exotic as the foreign settings Jessica Hart usually did so well. And she keeps trying to wring laughs out of stuff like the heroine wearing an ugly hat, or falling into a bunch of bushes, and having dirt and leaves and twigs in her hair. I can imagine being turned on by those things, maybe. But they're just not funny, let alone fall down laughing funny.
The thing is, I truly love Jessica Hart. If Mary Balogh was Orson Welles, Jessica would be Ed Wood. I just wish this book was PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Because it's not.
Well, THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE was Jessica Hart's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. This clunker is more like BRIDE OF THE MONSTER. It's got a lot of the same ingredients, but this time they don't add up.
Ditzy heroine -- can't even trust her to keep a dog on a leash for five minutes!
Impatient hero -- can't stand women who knock things over and giggle moronically.
Lovable dumb dog -- crashes into things on cue. And his name is Homer. D'oh!
The problem is that the hero seems well within his rights to consider the heroine a nuisance. And the marriage of convenience set up is so stiff and creepy. And the English setting isn't nearly as romantic or exotic as the foreign settings Jessica Hart usually did so well. And she keeps trying to wring laughs out of stuff like the heroine wearing an ugly hat, or falling into a bunch of bushes, and having dirt and leaves and twigs in her hair. I can imagine being turned on by those things, maybe. But they're just not funny, let alone fall down laughing funny.
The thing is, I truly love Jessica Hart. If Mary Balogh was Orson Welles, Jessica would be Ed Wood. I just wish this book was PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Because it's not.
March 23, 2023
Sweet breezy romance! Enjoyed it very much!
November 14, 2023
No Brasil, Esposa por uma Noite.
Não consegui engolir a premissa de sexo-para-pagar-um-vaso.
Não consegui engolir a premissa de sexo-para-pagar-um-vaso.
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