La Revanche d'une Brune

by Melissa Senate

352pages. 18x12x3cm. Poche.

Genres: Chick Lit, Mystery, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Rom Com

346 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

I'm the author of many novels, including my debut, SEE JANE DATE (also available in cute TV movie form to stream). I write emotional, heartfelt romance novels for Harlequin Special Edition. I've also had two novels published under a secret pen name, but I will happily share if you message me to ask. I also wrote seven Special Edition novels under the pen name Meg Maxwell.

I'm a proud mom and animal devotee who lives on the southern coast of Maine. 3 new Harlequin Special Editions novels are coming in 2025 and also in 2026.

Reviews

[Lili · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was bored out of my mind with this book, just wanted it to be over!

Abby is soooo stupid!, she's a doormat for all of her boyfriends (if the author expected me to feel sorry for her it didn't work, she deserves everything that happened to her for being so dumb), her "family" treats her like crap all the time and she allows it!
The police officers were totally unprofessional with her and she didn't say anything... but the worst of all was the way she kept thinking like a teenager all the time, no wonder every guy ditched her!
Yeah yeah, she's in love with her high school classmate... but she's not in high school any more, she's 28!

The only good thing about this book was the bad guy, I never new who the killer was until the end... and that didn't make a lot of sense either.

[Seyma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Başlarken hiçbir beklentim yoktu ama çok sevdim tek şikayetim kısa olmasıydı :(

[İlkim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fena değildi, çok ucuza a101den aldım ve kötü çıkmadı. Sanırım bir kitabını daha okumuştum yazarın pek de bir şey beklemiyordum. Zaman geçirmelik biraz da komik bir kitap.

[Gülay Akbal · Rating 4 out of 5]

çıtır çerez tadında bir kitap. gece başladım ve şimdi bitirdim. katil kim diye bir türlü elimden bırakmadım. okuması kolay, puntolar büyükçe ve satır araları genişçe :)
ve katil de ben şooook 🙊

[Carlos Alonso-Niemeyer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I keep a list of book recommendations with me. Someone had recommended this book to me a while ago. I don't remmember but I have a few guesses.
I bought it for my Kindle, which prevented me from looking at the book cover.
After the first chapter I started to worry. In the second chapter I started to get angry. By the third chapter I was, quite frankly MAD!!!
If I ever find out who played this prank on me, he or she is going to get it.
This is a chick book. All fluf. Its the equivalent of having a yogurt ice cream at McDonalds.
There are some sexy and quite graphic sexual scenes, but the book is definately a thumbs down.

Unless you like soaps in the morning and good morning america, RUN away from this one.

[Pınar · Rating 2 out of 5]

İşte bir bizimle değilsin yazarı daha. Hakkında hep iyi şeyler duyduğum yazarların kitaplarını okumasam mı acaba? Yani acayip sıkıcı, zor bitirdiğim bir kitap oldu bu. Böyle bir durumla bir daha karşılaşmak istemiyorum.
Tabii ki renkler ve zevkler tartışılmaz ama bu karakterlerle bu kitabı sevmem imkansızdı. Bir insan bu denli pasif olamaz ya. Resmen her söyleneni ve yapılanı yuttu, sineye çekti. Kusura bakmayın ama böyleleri 'iyi' değil 'enayi' oluyor.
Erkek karakter Joe vardı bir de, kızı her fırsatta bozmaktan zevk alan. Zaten kızın lise aşkı olması dışında romantizmin bir temeli yoktu. Yok yazarcığım, bunu ele almak sana birkaç beden büyük gelmiş. Sen daha güvenli sularda yüz bence.
Redaksiyon mu? Sizce? Kötünün iyisi diyeyim, siz anlayın efenim

[Min Li Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dün otobüsle eve dönerken okumaya başladım kitaba.Ve ummadığım bir şekilde beni yanılttı.Güzel anlamda tabi.Bu kadar iyi olacağını beklemiyordum.Konu olarakta kurgu hem tahmin edilebilirdi hem de farklıydı bence.Mesela katilin kim olduğunu tahmin etmiştim ama böyle bir konu nerden aklına gelir insanın.Böyle insanı fazla sıkmadan,kafa yormadan okutan kitaplardan biriydi.

Abby'nin üvey ailesine sinir oldum,o konuda çok pasif gördüm onu,hiç sesini falan çıkartmadı yaptıklarına.Ben olsam iletişimimi falan keserdim direkt. *-*

Bu kitaptan sonra yayınlanan diğer kitabını da okudum tabi. :D

[Sarah Hadd · Rating 4 out of 5]

The reviews for this made it sound pretty awful, but I surprisingly really thought it was fun. It wasn’t Shakespeare, it was simple, but a fun and quick summer read.

[Sharon Mariampillai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual Rating: 3.25

This was a funny little crime mystery contemporary romance. I thought it started out slow, but progresses as the story went on. I thought that story was inventive because the main character, Abby, has the worse luck with guys. So when one of her exes turns up dead, she is the number one suspect. This is when she gets reacquainted with Ben Orr, a detective and former classmate.

The characters are great. Abby was funny, cute, but sometimes she annoyed me as well. Ben was the hot, smart detective who was also funny and sweet. I thought they had great chemistry. I just wish there was more about Ben's past. I thought the character development was great too. The characters were engaging to read.

I thought this book was funny, sweet, and loving. It has a feel of Law & Order to it, and I found that engaging. I hope to read more books by Melissa Senate. Recommended to chick-lot fans who also like mystery. Overall, a great read.

[Collette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a big chick-lit fan and Red Dress Ink fan this book was right up my alley. It was a cute story about a girl who was being framed for the murder and attempted murder of three of her ex-boyfriends that dumped her in horrible ways like catching one in the bedroom at her birthday party with a woman's lips attached in the midsection. Ouch!! Not a fun way to find out about the other woman!
Anyway the hunky detective that refuses to believes she is innocent is non-other than her high-school crush that didn't even know she existed back then.
It wasn't as witty or as funny as some chick-lit I've read but the plot was good and the who-done-it ending was a surprise.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abby Foote was the WORST. She is so obsessed with being in love that she ignores the red flags in every man she dates. She dates a string of manipulative, jerky, and self obsessed losers.

The whole book is centered on the murder investigation and 2 attempted murders of her exes. Ben, the detective, is the love interest and it’s painful. Their interactions are so one sided. The more Ben gives her NOTHING, the more obsessed with Ben she gets.

The author spends chapters on one suspect only to suddenly bait and switch at the end. The twist was meh.

Abby and Ben ending up together was so blah. The premise for this book was interesting, but it was poorly executed.

[KurdishBookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Abby is such an imbecile, how can she let her stepmother treat her like that? And Olivia's husband too,
If they didn't want her around (thinking she is a killer) she should've stay away from them, saying they are her family. C'mon girl that woman stole your father and left your mom in a desperate situation in her most sensitive time.

Also that stupid police got to follow her around in case she tries to kill someone else (does this even make any sense?) it was so absurd.

About the end
I Thought the killer was Benjamin, didn't expect that ending even though it wasn't that rare.
Giving 3 stars because I'm not used to low rates~~~ what a sweetheart am I :P

[Gaby (Living in Libros) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book the blurb made it seem really interesting and it sort of was as I finished it in 2 days. However I was bored with the love interest, heck I had to go back because I forgot what he looked like since Abby only ever mentioned his dark eyes. Ben had potential to be really interesting he was a cop, he was Abby's high school crush, he never said he thought Abby was innocent. But he was boring. I only really finished this book because I thought Abbey was interesting.

[Sherri Bryant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could Abby Foote’s day get any worse? She already has the worst luck with men and discovers that her ex-boyfriend has been found murdered. The cop investigating the murder happens to be the guy she had a major crush on in high school. She soon learns that attempts were made on two other exes and she is the prime suspect for all three crimes. It’s bad enough that you’re being investigated by your high school crush for crimes you did not commit, but adding insult to injury, he doesn’t even remember you! Your family claims they believe in your innocence but they start acting strange, don’t want you around your newborn nephew and even insist you be accompanied by a police escort to your bridesmaid’s dress fitting for your sister’s wedding!

I completely understand that Ben is just doing his job, but I started to get annoyed at his insistence that she “could” have done it and “it’s possible” instead of not appearing to look at anyone else as the suspect. Even when there’s evidence that someone Abby knows is committing the crimes, Ben still asks Abby if she planted it! If it wouldn’t have made her situation worse, I would have cheered Abby slapping him a good one!

The list of possible suspects is large. It could be anyone starting with the dead ex-boyfriend’s new fiancée, to Abby’s family, to her co-workers and even her friends. Sadly, everyone seems to believe it’s Abby and people are walking around on eggshells around her, which I found highly insulting, but there isn’t much to be done to help the situation except prove her innocence. It was next to impossible for me to figure out who did it as I was likely to believe any of the people in Abby’s life were capable. When the culprit is revealed, I was surprised and a little disappointed that I didn’t pick up on it sooner.

The story moved very slowly for me until Ben starts to entertain the possibility that someone close to Abby could be responsible for the crimes. By then I was pretty frustrated at Abby’s insistence of innocence falling on deaf ears and more agitated that there were no signs of interest in Abby coming from Ben, except as a perp. Probably a good thing as there is a killer watching and Ben could have ended up on the killer’s list of targets.

Overall, this was a good book. I really enjoy the mix of chick-lit and mystery. As frustrating and annoyed I as I was at the lack of passion in this story, I have to applaud Ben’s ethics and integrity. Fortunately, he steps up when Abby finds herself face to face with the killer so all ends well. I recommend this to fans of both the chick-lit and cozy mystery genre that are looking for something light to read and don’t mind the lack of passion and romance for our heroine.

[Aparajita Mukherjee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abby is a prime suspect in the murder of one of her ex-boyfriends, and she is also being accused of attempting to murder two of her other ex-boyfriends. But she is an extremely sweet, caring, generous person and it almost broke my heart by the way most people treated her. Her jackass good-for-nothing ex-boyfriends, her step-family, her colleagues at work, almost all of them deserve a seat in hell, including the hot Detective Benjamin Orr, who of all people should have understood her. Only a handful of people stood by her side. Even the killer, in spite of being criminally insane, is better than her step-mother and step brother-in-law. Even before the murder mayhem, her life was miserable enough, and she was constantly being stepped upon by almost every person she loved. Their lack of trust in her is heartbreaking. The ending did very little to ease the pain I felt for Abby throughout the book. At least, being a prime suspect got her a promotion and made some awful people quake in their boots for being nasty to her.

[Kellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This started out slow, but it got better as it moved along. I enjoyed it. I had my suspect early on, but when he became too obviously a red herring, I decided on someone else. (And I was right!) There's indication that the author is going to write another mystery with the same main character; I look forward to it.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. If you're currently dating and had a string of bad dates or relationships, this book is highly entertaining. A little bit of mystery, lots of humor and a little romance all tied into one easy, fun read.

[Bibliophilic Word Nerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. It kept me guessing, and I liked the characters. A fun quick romance.

[Haley Rawlings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love You to Death by Melissa Senate is a delightful read for those who enjoy a touch of mystery without the chills. The story centers on Abby Foote, who seems to have the worst luck with men. When one of her exes is found dead and she becomes the prime suspect, she must clear her name while navigating a reunion with Ben Orr, a detective and former classmate.

The book is charming, with funny moments and a sweet romance that adds a nice layer to the mystery. Abby is an amusing protagonist, though her choices occasionally left me frustrated. Ben is the quintessential detective: intelligent, kind, and full of charisma. Their chemistry is enjoyable, and I found myself rooting for their partnership.

While the plot was engaging, it felt predictable at times, and the mystery lacked some depth. However, the light tone and witty dialogue made up for it, keeping the story entertaining. It's a good choice for readers who enjoy cozy mysteries or romantic comedies with a crime-solving twist.

Overall, Love You to Death is a fun, easy read that's perfect for a lazy afternoon. While it didn’t completely blow me away, I’d recommend it to fans of lighthearted mysteries or contemporary romances looking for a quick, enjoyable story.

[Timeless Lady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Çevirisini yetersiz buldum. Bazı cümleleri bir kaç kez okuyunca anladım. Hikaye güzeldi. Kız karakteri sevdim fakat erkek karakter çok gıcıktı. Kızın cinayetle ilişkili hiç bir somut kanıtı olmamasına rağmen sürekli katil sen olabilirsin diye kızı üzdü kitap boyunca. Son sayfalarda ancak olaylar çözüldü ve bu sinir bozucuydu. En azından biraz daha mutlu son uzatılabilirdi. Romantik kitap için yetersiz fakat boş vaktim var çerezlik kitap arıyorum diyenler bakabilir. Onun dışında zaman kaybı. 3 puanı da hikayenin başını ve kız karakteri sevdiğim için verdim.

[Mina · Rating 3 out of 5]

aslında insanların dediği kadar nefret edilecek bir yanı yoktu. eğlenceliydi kötü değilid ama kitap aşk romanı gibi görünse bile son 5 sayfaya kadar ciddi karşılıklı bir aşk olayı olmyor hep kız karakterimiz tarafından tek taraflı bir aşk var. kitap onun yerine daha çok polisiye bir kitap. zaten %95 ini polisiye bir kitap onun dışında güzeldi beğendim okunabilir kafa dağıtmak için. bide yazar cinayet suçlusnun kim olduğunu belli etmeyerek çok iyi bir iş çıkarmış diyebilirim hemen anlamıyorsunuz ve karakterler ile birlkte öğreniyorsunuz.

[Hazal · Rating 3 out of 5]

kafa dağıtmaya yaran içinde ki komedi unsuru sayesinde kendisini sevdiren kolay okunur bir kitap. Ancak anlatımı güzel olsa da konusu katil sen misin yoksa o mu muhabbetinden ileri gidemediğinden
hiç bir kurgu olay örgüsünün derinliği olmadığından bi süre sonra okurken içiniz bayılıyor. Kısacası anlatımı , komedi unsuru ve esas kızımızın bakış açısı romantik hayalleri düştüğü durumlar kitabı okunabilir kılan detaylar. macera detektif kısmındansa sınıfta kalmış.

[LLA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes, all you really need is a cute, easy-breezy read....

This hits that sweet spot nicely.

One caveat: willing suspension of belief is helpful with this book. Obviously, I’m not a police detective, but I don’t think that any of this is how investigations really work...

3.5

[Laurie · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was awful. The main character was just so fucking stupid, actually all the characters were....I still can't believe I finished it. I kept wanting it to get better. I will not be reading anymore in this series.

[şebnem · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tatlı bir kitap ama çabuk bitirildiğini hissettim.

[Sedat Darğın · Rating 5 out of 5]

Çok beğendim

[Tuba Inan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Böyle tatlış ,kolay okunan ,tam çerezlik minnoş bir kitaptı 😁

[Wladka Peters · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, Abby. You are stupid and in need of therapy, a lot of therapy....

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love a good mystery and this one definitely had me at the edge of my seat trying to figure out how the culprit was! It was a light easy read vocabulary wise

[Robin Lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story wasn't bad. For some reason I guessed the outcome even though there wasn't any real clues leading up to it. A quick read with lots of dialog.