Showing posts with label Mary Kay Andrews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Kay Andrews. Show all posts

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews



Genre: Chick Lit

As Keely Murdock celebrates her upcoming nuptials at her rehearsal dinner with her family and friends all in attendance, she stumbles upon her fiancé and maid-of-honor having sex. Keely has an honest to goodness hissy fit and cancels the wedding, becoming the outcast in her small hometown of Madison, Georgia.

Her ex-fiance’s family takes their revenge by undermining her interior design company, which she owns with her aunt. Desperate for business, she accepts a job from Madison’s newest citizen, Will Mahoney. The millionaire recently bought the local bra factory and an old mansion. Keely’s job was to furnish the mansion and put it back into shape in only six months. Keely and her aunt needed the work and had no choice but to agree to his unfair demands. If he wasn’t such a difficult man to work for, Keely was sure she could fall in love with him or had she already fallen in love?

All of this leads to Keely stumbling upon a mystery which is dear to her heart – the sudden disappearance of her mother twenty years ago. Keely couldn’t imagine her mother walking out on her only child. Now, her father was ready to move on with his life and never was the truth more important then right now. It was a secret that could rock the grounds of Madison.

This book has it all – mystery, romance and tons of laughter. I listened to the audio book version and I had a hard time not laughing in my car. The cast of characters were quirky and downright funny. This is the second book I’ve read (listened to) by this author and it won’t be my last.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews


Genre: Romance, Comedy
Gina Foxton is having a very bad day. First, her cooking TV show is canceled. Then, she learns the reason behind the cancellation was that her boyfriend producer was having an affair with the wife of her show’s biggest sponsor. She feels like she’s given a second chance when The Cooking Channel offers her the opportunity of having her own network TV show. The only hitch is that she must compete with the handsome star of Vittles, a very successful cooking show, Tate Moody.

Tate and Gina are forced to compete in a reality cooking show. The winner will be awarded their own show, but is that all they will win? No matter how hard they try, Tate and Gina can’t help but discover a major attraction for each other. Can they put it aside for the sake of their careers?

I never read anything by this author before and this book convinced me to add her to my “auto-buy” list of authors. This story was a joy to read. It was fast-paced and I found the characters quite loveable. I really felt for each of them and I rooted for them until the last page was turned.