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Sex, Lies, and Online Dating (Writer Friends #1)
She explained the trouble with Valentine's Day (as if you didn't know!) Now Rachel Gibson tells all about . . .
Sex . . .
What is it about men anyway? Bad cars, bad jobs, even bad teeth—nothing convinces them that they can't snare a Size Two Babe with a D-cup chest. And after way too many internet dates with men named "luvstick" and "bigdaddy182," Lucy Rothschild should know...more
Sex . . .
What is it about men anyway? Bad cars, bad jobs, even bad teeth—nothing convinces them that they can't snare a Size Two Babe with a D-cup chest. And after way too many internet dates with men named "luvstick" and "bigdaddy182," Lucy Rothschild should know...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
October 13th 2009
by HarperCollins e-books
(first published January 24th 2006)
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I can't particularly think of much good to say about this book. I wouldn't say it was downright horribly bad...well, maybe not. It was a waste of $7, though.
The plot isn't exactly original - A serial killer meeting victims online. I've read a number of books with a similar theme. Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily, if the author can make their work stand-out from the rest, but for this book, there was nothing to this storyline to separate it from anything else out there. It was all pretty basi...more
The plot isn't exactly original - A serial killer meeting victims online. I've read a number of books with a similar theme. Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily, if the author can make their work stand-out from the rest, but for this book, there was nothing to this storyline to separate it from anything else out there. It was all pretty basi...more
REVIEW OF REREAD NOV 2012:
Six years after I first read this, my star rating is still a 3-star meh. In fact, I couldn't even be bothered to get halfway because this time round, it did sound like chick lit. This time I couldn't find anything to enjoy because there was nothing to attract me to either MC - the heroine was bland and so was the hero and six years after the book was released, the online dating plot device is so old that the only thing that could have saved the story was if the MCs were...more
Six years after I first read this, my star rating is still a 3-star meh. In fact, I couldn't even be bothered to get halfway because this time round, it did sound like chick lit. This time I couldn't find anything to enjoy because there was nothing to attract me to either MC - the heroine was bland and so was the hero and six years after the book was released, the online dating plot device is so old that the only thing that could have saved the story was if the MCs were...more
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Lucy is a writer working on her new novel; she is doing online dating strictly to for research purposes. She has meet all kinds of men, none of which she really wants to get to know better. Until she meets Quinn on a coffee date, she thinks he might me worth seeing again. Quinn is wants to see Lucy again too, only problem, he is doing online dating because someone is killing men. The same men that Lucy has been going on dates with, so he is the cop who goes undercover to find out who is killing...more
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Summary:
Lucy is posing as a nurse and is online dating to research her next book “Dead.com”. She has gone out several times with guys who call themselves “luvstick” and “bigdaddy182” and she has about had enough. Her last date is with “hardluvnman”, but from the beginning this date is different, this one is HOT! Quinn is an undercover cop, and Lucy is a prime suspect in a murder investigation. All three victims were male who were on the online dating circ...more
Summary:
Lucy is posing as a nurse and is online dating to research her next book “Dead.com”. She has gone out several times with guys who call themselves “luvstick” and “bigdaddy182” and she has about had enough. Her last date is with “hardluvnman”, but from the beginning this date is different, this one is HOT! Quinn is an undercover cop, and Lucy is a prime suspect in a murder investigation. All three victims were male who were on the online dating circ...more
HAHA! Sex, Lies, and Online Dating definitely put a smile on my face this Saturday! Just goes to show that honesty is the best policy!
Lucy is a murder mystery writer and she uses online dating programs to go on "dates" to do research for her books. Basically, she takes down mental notes on the people and then she "kills them off"... In her book of course! But she doesn't realize that some crazy woman is using her books as an instruction manual and committing real crimes!
Now Quinn is a cop who...more
Lucy is a murder mystery writer and she uses online dating programs to go on "dates" to do research for her books. Basically, she takes down mental notes on the people and then she "kills them off"... In her book of course! But she doesn't realize that some crazy woman is using her books as an instruction manual and committing real crimes!
Now Quinn is a cop who...more
I will always feel the loss of her, but that doesn’t mean I have to stand in one place and feel the pain of it every day. For the rest of my life.
- Quinn
Aren’t double standards a bitch?
- Lucy
I want to be with you. I like being with you. When I’m not with you, I’m thinking about you. No one else. Just you.
- Quinn
I wanted you more than I can ever remember wanting anything in my life.
- Quinn
I thought you were going to keep your hands to yourself.
- Lucy
Fuck that.
- Quinn
Are you going to remember me o...more
- Quinn
Aren’t double standards a bitch?
- Lucy
I want to be with you. I like being with you. When I’m not with you, I’m thinking about you. No one else. Just you.
- Quinn
I wanted you more than I can ever remember wanting anything in my life.
- Quinn
I thought you were going to keep your hands to yourself.
- Lucy
Fuck that.
- Quinn
Are you going to remember me o...more
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Wow,
jd inget steamy n fun-nya It Must Be Love!
Lucy, penulis novel misteri lg research buat nvl trbarunya.
Dia janjian -dating- dgn Quinn yg dia kenal di chatroom,.
Quinn, seorg detektif yg lg nyamar.
Targetnya = wanita pembunuh berantai dgn code name Breathless.
Korban2 breathless adl para pria yg wara wiri di chatroom..
Jd, Lucy skrg jd salah satu 'tersangka' ni detektif seksi.
Lies, sah2 aja di dunia maya..
Lucy mengaku dia perawat.
Tp ketika ada org yg lg butuh dokter/perawat di tempat dia dan Quinn...more
jd inget steamy n fun-nya It Must Be Love!
Lucy, penulis novel misteri lg research buat nvl trbarunya.
Dia janjian -dating- dgn Quinn yg dia kenal di chatroom,.
Quinn, seorg detektif yg lg nyamar.
Targetnya = wanita pembunuh berantai dgn code name Breathless.
Korban2 breathless adl para pria yg wara wiri di chatroom..
Jd, Lucy skrg jd salah satu 'tersangka' ni detektif seksi.
Lies, sah2 aja di dunia maya..
Lucy mengaku dia perawat.
Tp ketika ada org yg lg butuh dokter/perawat di tempat dia dan Quinn...more
RACHEL GİBSON <3 Son zamanlarda okuduğum en iyi kitaplardan biri oldu :)
Bu yazarı gerçekten seviyorum.
Anlatımı ve seçtiği konular gerçekten çok farklı ve eğlenceli :)
Sanırım bu seride yazar olan arkadaşları okuyacağız :)
Cinayet romanları yazan güzel mi güzel sarışın bir yazarımız var... Kendine değişik konular yaratmak için internetten yazıştığı adamlarla buluşuyor ve bu sayede bizim sivri dilli yakışıklı ve sevimli polisimiz Quinn'le tanışır :)
Lucy'nin hiçbir şeyden haberi yoktur ve heme...more
Bu yazarı gerçekten seviyorum.
Anlatımı ve seçtiği konular gerçekten çok farklı ve eğlenceli :)
Sanırım bu seride yazar olan arkadaşları okuyacağız :)
Cinayet romanları yazan güzel mi güzel sarışın bir yazarımız var... Kendine değişik konular yaratmak için internetten yazıştığı adamlarla buluşuyor ve bu sayede bizim sivri dilli yakışıklı ve sevimli polisimiz Quinn'le tanışır :)
Lucy'nin hiçbir şeyden haberi yoktur ve heme...more
This is my very first Rachel Gibson, and certainly not the last!
I love her writing style. So much.
I was kinda slow at first. Bringing this book wherever I go, but never read it. Maybe it had been three weeks in my bag without I ever touched it. But once I focused reading, I just couldn't put it down. I even read one-quarter of the book in the middle of a boring meeting ;D
Meet Lucy. A writer working on her new novel, doing online dating strictly to for research purposes. Our hero, Quinn, is a po...more
I love her writing style. So much.
I was kinda slow at first. Bringing this book wherever I go, but never read it. Maybe it had been three weeks in my bag without I ever touched it. But once I focused reading, I just couldn't put it down. I even read one-quarter of the book in the middle of a boring meeting ;D
Meet Lucy. A writer working on her new novel, doing online dating strictly to for research purposes. Our hero, Quinn, is a po...more
อ่านแบบไม่ได้คาดหวังอะไร ปรากฏว่าสนุกกว่าที่คิด ชอบมากเลยค่ะ คนแปลคนนี้แปลดีมากด้วย
ชอบพระเอกอะ ควินน่ารักมากกกกก นางเอกก็นิสัยดี เคยอ่านหนังสือของ Rachel Gibson เล่มนึงแล้วไม่ค่อยชอบเท่าไหร่ ตอนนี้คงต้องคิดใหม่ เพราะถูกใจหลายอย่างในเล่มนี้ คงต้องไปตามหาเล่มสองในชุดมาอ่านต่อละ
ชอบพระเอกอะ ควินน่ารักมากกกกก นางเอกก็นิสัยดี เคยอ่านหนังสือของ Rachel Gibson เล่มนึงแล้วไม่ค่อยชอบเท่าไหร่ ตอนนี้คงต้องคิดใหม่ เพราะถูกใจหลายอย่างในเล่มนี้ คงต้องไปตามหาเล่มสองในชุดมาอ่านต่อละ
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This book was marginally better than I'm in no mood for love. I say this because I liked the plot of this book better, even if it was a little unrealistic.
There were times when this book could have been better, but over all it was well written and gripping. It would have been nice if the serial killer had been in it a little more, to give you the real WOW shock factor at the end, but oh well.
As I said in my review for I'm in no mood for love, the writing styles of both books are similar and the...more
There were times when this book could have been better, but over all it was well written and gripping. It would have been nice if the serial killer had been in it a little more, to give you the real WOW shock factor at the end, but oh well.
As I said in my review for I'm in no mood for love, the writing styles of both books are similar and the...more
I started reading this book, and it was okay at first. But pretty soon I got annoyed with the extreme detail the author used. I dont care how someone walks through puddles and how the water got in her pumps, where she put her key, how they tie their shoes, etc.
The language itself was a bit too vulgar/rude to my taste. I'm used to discreet writing, like Sophie Kinsella does. And I dont know if this author just uses this kind of language, or if only the Dutch translation was this bad. But I really...more
The language itself was a bit too vulgar/rude to my taste. I'm used to discreet writing, like Sophie Kinsella does. And I dont know if this author just uses this kind of language, or if only the Dutch translation was this bad. But I really...more
Aug 11, 2009
Juliana
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary-romance
I'm thinking that maybe Sex, Lies, and Online Dating should receive even less than 3 stars, but after reading two previous Gibson books that I absolutely adored (they were my first of hers and total hits: It Must Be Love and See Jane Score) I'm reluctant to give a worse rating.
The writing was good I guess, though Gibson sometimes cuts up her sentences very oddly and one feels like a period was put in one place when it should have been a few words earlier or later. On the plus side, Lucy's female...more
The writing was good I guess, though Gibson sometimes cuts up her sentences very oddly and one feels like a period was put in one place when it should have been a few words earlier or later. On the plus side, Lucy's female...more
Suggested by my daughter's friend. Lucy Rothschild is researching characters for her next book and is dating people in the internet... Quinn McIntyre "hardluvnman" detective is investigating a serial killer that dates her victims from the internet; Suddenly Lucy fits the profile of the "Breathless" serial killer and becomes the prime suspect of the investigation...Quinn is a broken heart man that has decided that love is not made for him after having a broken hard from his ex-girlfriend Amanda a...more
An okay read. I liked the suspense thing going on. The romance was okay, but I found it hard to feel the chemistry between the two characters until later in the story.
Lucy was also a confusing character. She says one thing and then says another thing that contradicts the first thing she said. I can't give an example since I didn't bother to take note. But I do remember thinking this when I read that part.
Quinn was alright. His personality was, well, the same with tough guys going soft in romance...more
Lucy was also a confusing character. She says one thing and then says another thing that contradicts the first thing she said. I can't give an example since I didn't bother to take note. But I do remember thinking this when I read that part.
Quinn was alright. His personality was, well, the same with tough guys going soft in romance...more
Lucy is a mystery writer who is currently writing about a female serial killer who is strangling her online victims. When she meets Quinn hoping he will be the last of the dates she is using for research, she is surprised by the attraction she feels for him and his ability to break through and touch her heart. What Lucy doesn't know is Quinn is a homicide detective and Lucy is his number one suspect.
Clever and very funny, Lucy has had a string of bad boyfriends and thinks she sees something in...more
Clever and very funny, Lucy has had a string of bad boyfriends and thinks she sees something in...more
This is the first Rachel Gibson book that I've read that I have to call a complete dud. The humor and witty repartee that are so characteristic of her other books are almost completely missing. It's as if she decided to abandon her chick lit/romance niche and decided to write a murder mystery. It wasn't a good idea. The plot premise, which involves a female serial killer, is OK, but Gibson's writing slogs, and her H/h's dialogue is stilted. Even her usually amusing secondary characters are two d...more
The plot could have been decent, but was poorly executed. The story was ridiculous, as were the characters. Seriously if a cop on duty actually behaved that way he would be fired. That probably irritated me the most, he sets up a whole online dating sting instead of just questioning each woman? Then all but has sex with one of the suspects while on duty and while other officers are surveilling the sting. Riiight...
Then there was the terrible writing.
Quote: "She tasted like warm woman."
Uhhh wh...more
Then there was the terrible writing.
Quote: "She tasted like warm woman."
Uhhh wh...more
Didn't get the feeling yet
Maybe because it's the first part of the series
so it's just to warming us
I Think the plot is not strong enough
When Quinn revealed that he is a cop and accused her for a serial killer
Lucy slap him in the face and told him to get out of her life
Quinn do nothing..
such a disappointment on my part
He began taking action again on their relationship when the real murderer sent her a letter
i wish Quinn man enough to take action first to mend the relationship
but sadly no
so Althou...more
Maybe because it's the first part of the series
so it's just to warming us
I Think the plot is not strong enough
When Quinn revealed that he is a cop and accused her for a serial killer
Lucy slap him in the face and told him to get out of her life
Quinn do nothing..
such a disappointment on my part
He began taking action again on their relationship when the real murderer sent her a letter
i wish Quinn man enough to take action first to mend the relationship
but sadly no
so Althou...more
May 10, 2010
Tina
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2010-reads,
romance-contemporary
Lucy is a mystery writer whose latest book (unpublished) just happens to mirror the actions of a serial killer who currently has three kills under her belt. Detective Quinn McIntyre goes undercover to catch the killer, suspected of finding victims via online dating sites.
Lucy, for her research is also online, setting up dates. She and Quinn inevitably meet. For both it is attraction as first sight. For Lucy she wonders why this hunky guy is trolling online for dates. For Quinn, he is sure, much...more
Lucy, for her research is also online, setting up dates. She and Quinn inevitably meet. For both it is attraction as first sight. For Lucy she wonders why this hunky guy is trolling online for dates. For Quinn, he is sure, much...more
I almost gave this book 4/4.5 stars due to some typo's and occasionally dry writing, but who am I kidding? I *loved* this story. Quick, easy, and enjoyable read--I finished it in a day. It was a strong romance AND a strong mystery. Typically with chick/cozy mysteries, there is a male interest (you know, the sexy cop or other such title) but it doesn't usually take too much focus or develop too much....not the case in this book. Quinn (our detective) is hot, sensitive, smart, sexy, and into our h...more
The book had some potential. The title was intriguing, so - could be - the plot, but unfortunately, it totally failed both at suspence and at romance. The language was bland, the romance was sudden and without any reasons to it (sorry, I'm not really into love at first sight "just because", but some writers just manage to pull it off - this was not the case however), as for the suspense... There just wasn't much of it. Which is a real shame, because the idea - if not new - still was quite good.
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ช่วงแรกอืดไปหน่อย (หรือคนอ่านใจร้อนก็ไม่รู้)
พอทั้งสองรู้ความจริงแล้ว
ก็อ่านสนุกติดหนึบ ..
พระเอกน่ารักเวอร์มาก
ท้ายเรื่องมีทิ้งท้ายไว้หน่อย ๆ ด้วย
สองจิตสองใจอยู่ว่า จะอ่านต่อดีมั้ย?
ช่วงแรกอืดไปหน่อย (หรือคนอ่านใจร้อนก็ไม่รู้)
พอทั้งสองรู้ความจริงแล้ว
ก็อ่านสนุกติดหนึบ ..
พระเอกน่ารักเวอร์มาก
ท้ายเรื่องมีทิ้งท้ายไว้หน่อย ๆ ด้วย
สองจิตสองใจอยู่ว่า จะอ่านต่อดีมั้ย?
This was my first book from Gibson and I thought it was just okay. I will probably read one or two more books from Gibson just to satisfy my curiosity on why other goodread members have given her 5 star ratings.
Lucy is a mystery writer who is doing research for an upcoming book. Quinn is a detective trying to find a murderer in their town of Boise, Idaho. These two meet online and right off the first email they are lying to each other about who they are. There is an obvious attraction that the t...more
Lucy is a mystery writer who is doing research for an upcoming book. Quinn is a detective trying to find a murderer in their town of Boise, Idaho. These two meet online and right off the first email they are lying to each other about who they are. There is an obvious attraction that the t...more
I wanted a light, fun read after reading several "heavier" novels and I wasn't disappointed. Breathless is a female serial killer who leaves no clues behind. The only thing the police know is that all her victims are connected through online dating services. Lucy is a mystery fiction author and her newest book requires research for her newest plot which just happens to be about a female serial killer. For her research she decides to meet men from online dating services in order to flesh out her...more
This is the first book in the writers series by Rachel Gibson and it's a great beginning to a series that shaped up to be a great series. Quinn and Lucy were both interesting characters that kept me invested in their story straight through to the end. In this story, we've got the hero and the heroine both doing research and then meeting online, pretending to be someone they're not. Sparks fly and before you know it, they're banging each other and the fun is just beginning.
She's a writer doing so...more
She's a writer doing so...more
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“He wrapped his arms around her waist and looked at her through those intense brown eyes she loved. "I wanted you when I thought you'd pull a bag over my head and snuff out my life. I wanted you more than I've wanted anything. I love you more than I've loved anyone. You burst into my life like sunshine and made me see how lonely I was. I don't want to live that way anymore." He pressed a kiss to her hairline. "I will love you with my last breath.”
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“I want to be with you." He straightened and brought her against his chest. "I like being with you," he continued. "When I'm not with you, I'm thinking about you. No one else. Just you.”
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