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984 voters
Secrets and Speed Dating (Harlequin Romance)
by
Leah Ashton (Goodreads Author)
Trying to move on from a disastrous engagement, Sophie Morgan needs a date for her best friend's wedding—and fast! And what quicker way to find a man than speed dating? Only it's bar manager Dan Halliday who catches Sophie's eye.
Dan can't resist helping a damsel in distress, so he offers her a deal—a few shifts in the bar in exchange for the date—no strings attached. But w...more
Dan can't resist helping a damsel in distress, so he offers her a deal—a few shifts in the bar in exchange for the date—no strings attached. But w...more
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by Harlequin
(first published June 5th 2012)
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Leah Ashton exquisitely balances fun and flirty romance with heart-wrenching emotional drama in her superbly written debut novel for Harlequin Romance, Secrets and Speed Dating!
Sophie Morgan has not had the easiest of times lately. In the last couple of months, she’s lost her high flying job, her boyfriend has left her for somebody else and she’s back living at home with her caring – if slightly suffocating – mother. Sophie is sick and tired of feeling sorry for herself. She’s determined to get...more
Sophie Morgan has not had the easiest of times lately. In the last couple of months, she’s lost her high flying job, her boyfriend has left her for somebody else and she’s back living at home with her caring – if slightly suffocating – mother. Sophie is sick and tired of feeling sorry for herself. She’s determined to get...more
The heroine Sophie is trying to re-build her life after her fiancé left her, she had to leave her job and home, and moved back to her home town. Always a planner, she has a very detailed project - 'The Sophie Project' - to help her get back on track. Her first task is to find a boyfriend, she has a friends wedding to attend soon and can't stand the thought of attending alone. She meets the hero Dan after a disastrous attempt at speed dating and she ends up telling him everything, including her p...more
I was really looking forward to this book as had voted for it to win in the New Voices 2010 competition but have to say I was disappointed in the finished product - the storyline that I voted for had been changed, obviously editorially.
I just couldn't like Sophie and for me this book needed some actual passion and it was sadly missing. As this was published as a Romance novel I'm not surprised that it was toned down for said audience but this is just too tame.
But on a positive note - it has a r...more
I just couldn't like Sophie and for me this book needed some actual passion and it was sadly missing. As this was published as a Romance novel I'm not surprised that it was toned down for said audience but this is just too tame.
But on a positive note - it has a r...more
Oct 28, 2012
Katie
marked it as did-not-finish
This is one of those that mostly fell prey to, "But there are so many books in the world I want to read!" I might've given it more of a chance if it was a different genre (contemporary romance is a tricky one for me) or if I had fewer library books out, but, as is, it didn't capture my attention enough to continue.
An excellent debut. Looking forward to more.
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