She's Got Mail! / Forget Me? Not

by Colleen Collins, Darlene Gardner

She's Got Mail! by Colleen Collins

Ambitious editorial assistant Rosie Myers is finally getting her big break. When the writer of a Real Men column runs away with a stripper, Rosie is given the assignment. There's only one catch she has to write like a guy. No problem... until she starts receiving letters from sexy lawyer Ben Taylor. He thinks he needs a man-to-man talk, but Rosie knows what he really needs is a woman....

Forget Me? Not by Darlene Gardner

Straitlaced, by-the-book Amanda Baldwin is at loose ends. Her longtime fiance has just dumped her! What's Amanda to do? Easy...let the most charismatic, hunky beach guy namely Zach Castelli show her the wild side of life. Zach is irrepressible, unpredictable, and uncommitted he thinks marriage is a state of unhappily ever after. He just wants to help Amanda forget about her fiance, but after a few close encounters, will he want the job? And will Amanda approve the change?

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Colleen Collins is an award-winning author who’s written several dozen novels for Harlequin and Dorchester, including two indie-published mysteries, The Ungrateful Dead and its sequel, The Zen Man, as well as three nonfiction indie books, Secrets of a Real-Life Female Private Eye, How Do Private Eyes Do That? and How to Write a Dick: A Guide for Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of Real-Life Sleuths (the latter co-authored with Shaun Kaufman).

The second edition of the nonfiction book A LAWYER'S PRIMER: FROM CRIMES TO COURTROOMS, co-authored with defense attorney Shaun Kaufman, was released in March 2015. Her most recent fiction release is the romantic-mystery MISTLETOE AND MURDER IN LAS VEGAS, released December 2015.

Her books have placed first in the Aspen Gold Readers Choice Awards, Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests. Her books have placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Best Indie Books 2012, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests.

She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), Romance Writers of America (RWA) and Sisters in Crime.

When not sleuthing or writing, Colleen likes to spend time with her husband and their two Rottweilers and three cats.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only had the Darlene Gardner with me, I didn't find it funny actually. The heroine was a kind of a regimented, non-spontaneous person, the hero the opposite. I found it average only.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harlequin Duets – Two Romantic Comedies in one
She’s Got Mail! by Colleen Collins
Rosie Myers moved to Chicago from her home in Kansas seven months ago. Working at Real Men Magazine. When the chance comes up to be Mr. Real temporarily she jumps at it, she has to find some way to climb the ladder out of the bottom. First she needs to find that no good lawyer who stole her parking space.

Lawyer Ben Taylor has problems. An ex-wife who starts redecorating his office after every ended affair and an ex-fiance who is his receptionist. Sadly the two get along. If that isn’t bad enough, he has some imp accusing him of stealing her parking space when he has the receipt to prove he paid for it. Women!

This poor man is too caring to set these women in their place. The humor continues as Rosie’s brothers misinterpret one of her phone calls and assume they need to travel to Chicago to show the jerk not to mess with their little sister. Not to mention the lecherous Jerome. Great story.
**Sensual content
http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/...

Forget Me? Not by Darlene Gardner
Zach Castelli was unpredictable, uncommitted and just enjoyed life. When he heard the guy in the restaurant break his engagement and then leave, what could he do but comfort the sniffling ex-fiance? The beautiful ex-fiance.

Amanda Baldwin had given ten years of her life to a guy just to have him dump her. And some happy-go-lucky eavesdropper just joins her in her booth during her humiliating after break-up time. A really hunky eavesdropper. One who believes in having a good time and no commitments. They were complete opposites and she needed to keep her distance. But she just couldn’t seem to stop falling for his charms.

Zach is a man who just won’t give up when he wants something, even if for a short time. If only Amanda could fight that but the guy also has a charming family and has pulled her mother into their fray. What chance does she have?
**Sexual content
http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/...

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Lauri · Rating 2 out of 5]

The authors were going for "Romantic Comedy" except people spilling things and random family acting like buffoons doesn't make things funny - it makes them dumb and unbelievable.