This Must Be Love - Softcover

To help out her irresponsible but irresistible cousin Molly, who's in danger of losing her newspaper job unless she gets a spectacular scoop, good girl child care worker Jane Preston agrees to take the bad girl's place as a hired escort/undercover reporter. Janie's mission: to attend a prestigious week-long Cape May retreat for rich intellectuals and politicos (many of whom may remember Molly from her disastrous interlude as a D.C. intern) and find out whether charismatic senator Aubrey Harrison is planning to run for president. What Janie doesn't know is that her employer, nerdy professor John Romanowski, is actually bestselling mystery writer J.P. Roman, and he's determined to get the goods on the mysterious, and possibly murderous, senator. In this first of a two-book series, Michaels (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, etc.) demonstrates her flair for creating likable protagonists who possess chemistry, charm and a penchant for getting into trouble. In addition, her dialogue and descriptions are full of humor ("John lifted one hand, undoubtedly to push his fingers through his hair, but stopped as his fingertips initially contacted his slicked-down patent leather head...."). Although it's hard at times to know whether this sexy, sinister and playful story is targeting readers' hearts, fear receptors or funny bones, it hits the bull's eye on all accounts.
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Mousy Jane Preston is blackmailed by her glamorous cousin, Molly, to go undercover as an escort to a conference in Cape May, New Jersey, to get the dirt on Senator Harrison, a potential presidential candidate. Jane reluctantly goes to meet Professor John Romanowski, who is also perpetrating a charade to discredit the Senator. Actually the reclusive author of political thrillers, he has an axe to grind with the potential candidate: he blames him and his sexual misconduct with his mother as the cause of her mental breakdown and, ultimately, her death. John and Jane agree to help each other without disclosing the full details of each other's mission, then end up finding out intimate details about each other as well as getting intimate. Filled with wit and just plain fun, this very humorous escapade by talented Michaels will leave the reader hard-pressed to find two more likeable characters and eagerly waiting for Molly's story in the next installment. Patty Engelmann
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