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SEX. BETRAYAL. A YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI. Two hundred singles. Six weeks. One HOT tropical island. Welcome to EDEN, the best new reality game show on television. A hundred blind dates, two hundred first kisses, and ninety-nine heart-wrenching confessions...contestants brave it all in a quest to find the match that sparks the biggest fire--and prove that their flame is the one that will burn forever. Everyone will play the dating game, sweat out the heat wave in this land of forbidden fruit. But only one couple will see the promised land: a guaranteed lifetime of passion.
Breaking the Rule by Jennifer Archer
Bird of Paradise by Katie MacAlister
Hot Shot by Sheridon Smythe
Breaking the Rule by Jennifer Archer
Bird of Paradise by Katie MacAlister
Hot Shot by Sheridon Smythe
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 2003
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Jennifer Archer
28 books194 followersJennifer Archer is an award-winning author of eleven novels and three novellas in the young adult, romantic comedy, and women's fiction genres and has co-authored a non-fiction book. Her novels have been nominated for Romance Writers of America’s Rita Award and Romantic Times Bookclub’s Reviewer’s Choice Award. The Texas Library Association selected her debut young adult novel Through Her Eyes for their first Spirit of Texas Reading Program – Middle School and for the TAYSHAS High School reading list. Jennifer also writes and edits for clients through her business, Archer Editing & Writing Services www.archereditingandwriting.com. She lives in Texas with her husband and three dogs.
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August 16, 2023
Interesting take on reality TV
Laughed out loud at Bird of Paradise, but did not really enjoy Breaking the Rules or Hot Shot (a little too voyeuristic for me).
Laughed out loud at Bird of Paradise, but did not really enjoy Breaking the Rules or Hot Shot (a little too voyeuristic for me).
July 26, 2023
You know how, back in the early 2000s, Cosmopolitan magazine used to have excerpts of badly written, smutty books?*
I have extreme confidence that this book was surely featured in such a way.
This is not at all what I thought it was going to be and I have no idea why my algorithm decided to suggest it to me. I have read so many books lately, as I lie in bed recovering from an injury, but only two or three of them have actually been good. What a disappointment.
*if this practice has not changed since the early 2000s, don’t tell me. Let me pretend the magazine improved.
I have extreme confidence that this book was surely featured in such a way.
This is not at all what I thought it was going to be and I have no idea why my algorithm decided to suggest it to me. I have read so many books lately, as I lie in bed recovering from an injury, but only two or three of them have actually been good. What a disappointment.
*if this practice has not changed since the early 2000s, don’t tell me. Let me pretend the magazine improved.
September 1, 2013
More of a 2.5. This was...an interesting idea on the surface - three authors write collaborating stories about a given event or whatever. The plot was a bit questionable - 200 strangers plopped in a resort and told to go forth and date. It was like the dating survivor. And then the authors got little details off. How off? Oh, the fact that in two of the stories - when there were lots of people around, everyone had their own personal private cabana. Well, actually the second doesn't really say, but it sounds like that was the case. The third one, when there were 50 whole people, they were having to share cabanas. And only two authors had anyone other than maybe the producers be a constant. You'd think that if a certain contestant was so notorious by the last week, she'd have gotten attention from the v. beginning.
Enough of that; on to the individual tales.
First up is Katie MacAlister's contribution. Ok, so the H is a dingbat, his best friend is a creep, and the h's bestie is pushy and overbearing. The smuggled cat takes up entirely too much page time and what humor was present was more of the eyerolling sort (really? The cat is suicidal over being neutered?)
Second up is Jennifer Archer's contribution. Lousy set-up; h and her fiancé got onto the show to win prize money. Fiance has proceeded to boink everything that moves apparently while ignoring h. Heroine wanders off, goes skinnydipping in the ocean with storm approaching, and has run-in with crew member. Fiance gets all suspicious over her (who at the time hasn't actually done anything). "H" essentially blackmails her into going into a closet with him where he mauls her (she's afraid of discovery so doesn't, oh I dunno, knee him in the balls). Fiance and others find them. Eventually, he gets fired, she breaks up with fiancé, and they become an item. Still, couldn't get past the fact that he was putting the moves on a woman who considered herself to be involved and was pretty much telling him no.
Sheridon Smythe had the last entry. This one was probably the best of the bunch, although the h's mother manipulating her into going onto the show irritated me a lot. And the H's cold-blooded search for what amounted to a temporary wife to regain possession of a teddy bear was off-putting. At least, she reacted well to it - avoided any interaction with him at all after he confessed. Thought the whole "fly to Vegas" ending was a bit much under the circumstances - and unbelievable. I wouldn't trust him.
Enough of that; on to the individual tales.
First up is Katie MacAlister's contribution. Ok, so the H is a dingbat, his best friend is a creep, and the h's bestie is pushy and overbearing. The smuggled cat takes up entirely too much page time and what humor was present was more of the eyerolling sort (really? The cat is suicidal over being neutered?)
Second up is Jennifer Archer's contribution. Lousy set-up; h and her fiancé got onto the show to win prize money. Fiance has proceeded to boink everything that moves apparently while ignoring h. Heroine wanders off, goes skinnydipping in the ocean with storm approaching, and has run-in with crew member. Fiance gets all suspicious over her (who at the time hasn't actually done anything). "H" essentially blackmails her into going into a closet with him where he mauls her (she's afraid of discovery so doesn't, oh I dunno, knee him in the balls). Fiance and others find them. Eventually, he gets fired, she breaks up with fiancé, and they become an item. Still, couldn't get past the fact that he was putting the moves on a woman who considered herself to be involved and was pretty much telling him no.
Sheridon Smythe had the last entry. This one was probably the best of the bunch, although the h's mother manipulating her into going onto the show irritated me a lot. And the H's cold-blooded search for what amounted to a temporary wife to regain possession of a teddy bear was off-putting. At least, she reacted well to it - avoided any interaction with him at all after he confessed. Thought the whole "fly to Vegas" ending was a bit much under the circumstances - and unbelievable. I wouldn't trust him.
April 22, 2012
Heat Wave
Breaking the Rules by Jennifer Archer
Bird of Paradise by Katie MacAlister
Hot Shot by Sheridon Smythe
Three good stories.
The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict these stories.
SEX. BETRAYAL. A YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI. Two hundred singles. Six weeks. One HOT tropical island. Welcome to EDEN, the best new reality game show on television. A hundred blind dates, two hundred first kisses, and ninety-nine heart-wrenching confessions...contestants brave it all in a quest to find the match that sparks the biggest fire--and prove that their flame is the one that will burn forever. Everyone will play the dating game, sweat out the heat wave in this land of forbidden fruit. But only one couple will see the promised land: a guaranteed lifetime of passion.
Breaking the Rules by Jennifer Archer
Bird of Paradise by Katie MacAlister
Hot Shot by Sheridon Smythe
Three good stories.
The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict these stories.
SEX. BETRAYAL. A YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI. Two hundred singles. Six weeks. One HOT tropical island. Welcome to EDEN, the best new reality game show on television. A hundred blind dates, two hundred first kisses, and ninety-nine heart-wrenching confessions...contestants brave it all in a quest to find the match that sparks the biggest fire--and prove that their flame is the one that will burn forever. Everyone will play the dating game, sweat out the heat wave in this land of forbidden fruit. But only one couple will see the promised land: a guaranteed lifetime of passion.
October 4, 2012
Bird of Paradise (the only one I've read - bought separate as ebook)
Bird of Paradise is classic Katie MacAlister! If you like humor with your romance, it is a must read. One thing I love about Katie's characters is how true world they are, how easy it is to relate to them, how the guys are always hot and the women are someone I might be friends with - not a gorgeous, skinny model type .... but a me type. Bird of Paradise is a laugh out loud hoot, that has you rooting for the cat named Jesus and his prosthetics the whole way ;)
Bird of Paradise is classic Katie MacAlister! If you like humor with your romance, it is a must read. One thing I love about Katie's characters is how true world they are, how easy it is to relate to them, how the guys are always hot and the women are someone I might be friends with - not a gorgeous, skinny model type .... but a me type. Bird of Paradise is a laugh out loud hoot, that has you rooting for the cat named Jesus and his prosthetics the whole way ;)
March 27, 2013
Overall, an entertaining book.
Each story is set within the same game show plotline - a reality show called "Eden" about 100 couples vying to find Mr. Right/Mrs. Right and a grand prize of a million dollars and a trip around the world. The story advances forward in time through each story so while the first story "Bird of Paradise" occurs in the first weeks of the contest, the last story "Hot Shot" shows the finale.
The main couples in each story are contestants (and one crew member) but they don't carry over into the other stories.
Each story is set within the same game show plotline - a reality show called "Eden" about 100 couples vying to find Mr. Right/Mrs. Right and a grand prize of a million dollars and a trip around the world. The story advances forward in time through each story so while the first story "Bird of Paradise" occurs in the first weeks of the contest, the last story "Hot Shot" shows the finale.
The main couples in each story are contestants (and one crew member) but they don't carry over into the other stories.
May 23, 2012
An oldie that I found via Paperbackswap.com. Quick and easy read for the holidays. Uplifting, as always.
September 18, 2012
I have only read "Bird Of Paradise". I thought it was a good book, it had loads of funny moments. But the thing that pissed me off was the spelling, it sucked.
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