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She's Gotta Be Mine (Sheriff Braxton #1)
by
Jennifer Skully,
Jasmine Haynes (Goodreads Author)
Dumped? For her husband’s high school sweetheart he hasn’t seen in twenty years? Roberta Jones Spivey isn’t going to lay down for that. Instead, she reinvents herself and the new Bobbie Jones—new haircut, new name, new attitude—follows her soon-to-be ex to the small Northern California town of Cottonmouth.
What better way to show him—and his sweetheart—what he’s missing in...more
What better way to show him—and his sweetheart—what he’s missing in...more
Kindle Edition, 279 pages
Published
November 15th 2011
by Jasmine Haynes
(first published January 1st 2005)
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Free kindle book on Amazon. Reads like a soap opera, but with a murder plot. I wasn't convinced about the main character's actions. If your husband leaves you after 15 years, do you really follow him (with changed name, hairdo and clothing) to make him jealous? And then the "serial killer" becomes a hero within 2 pages? I've indulged in fluffy romance novels for the past week, but now I'm ready for some "real" literature again.
This book was funny,good story,(nothing like a murder) to keep you in the story.The bad boy was( bad ) ."Her body relaxed against his gentle wave lapping over him.First her torso,then her butt until she was flush up against his flaming hard -on.Christ,she felt good,smelled good.He stuck his tongue in her ear.She drew in an audible breath." .Nick caressed the shell of her with his tongue.Her hands gripped his wrist where he held her at the waist.He breathed hot against her,her shiver worming bene...more
On the whole I enjoyed this book as it is very witty with in-depth descriptions of the main female both before and after her transformation so you get a really good idea of who she used to be and the difference of who she is now. The main male is definitely drool-worthy which always helps and the story in general has enough twists and turns throughout to keep you turning the pages (or tapping the screen!)
If there was anything not so positive to say, it would be that I was getting quite bored wit...more
If there was anything not so positive to say, it would be that I was getting quite bored wit...more
After being discarded by her husband in favour of his old high school sweet, Roberta Jones Spivey reinvents herself as Bobbie Jones, gets a new haircut and a new attitude to compliment it, and follows her soon-to-be ex-husband to the small town of Cottonmouth. While she agrees that the best kind of revenge is to live well, Bobbie Jones believes that there’s no point in living well unless her ex and his new girlfriend can jealously witness her doing so.
Settling into her new home, Bobbie decides t...more
Settling into her new home, Bobbie decides t...more
I gave this book 4 stars because some of it was too unbelievable even for fiction. A woman who lusts after a serial killer, tries to help her husband find his high school sweetheart, and talks about how good she looks but doesn't feel it? That's poo. But it was so well written and kept me so interested, I had to give the author credit for that. The sex scenes were more than I care to read about, but even those were well written. I can't put my finger on it, but there was something about this boo...more
This book was and still is number one in the top 100 free kindle books, and naturally, i wanted to know what all the fuss is about.
I'm so glad I let my curiosity get the better of me!
Roberta Jones is a good-looking, successful career woman as director of accounting at a firm in Silicon Vally. There is just one part of her life that is not going so well, her marriage...or is that her husband also known as Warren 'the Spineless Spivey'.
Her husband's depression and his medication has put a dumpe...more
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Amazon'un bedava kitaplarından güzel olanına rastladım. Kitabın konusuna gelecek olursak, kocası tarafından terk edilen Roberta yeni birçok karar alıyor ve hayatını baştan aşağı yeniliyor. Daha seksi kıyafetler, kıpkırmızı saçlar, daha dışa dönük davranışlar sergilemeye başlıyor. Adını da Bobby olarak değiştiriyor. Bir nevi kimlik krizi gibi bir şey yaşıyor. 15 yıldır evli olduğu kocası onu lise aşkı için terk edip bir kasabaya yerleşince...more
Amazon'un bedava kitaplarından güzel olanına rastladım. Kitabın konusuna gelecek olursak, kocası tarafından terk edilen Roberta yeni birçok karar alıyor ve hayatını baştan aşağı yeniliyor. Daha seksi kıyafetler, kıpkırmızı saçlar, daha dışa dönük davranışlar sergilemeye başlıyor. Adını da Bobby olarak değiştiriyor. Bir nevi kimlik krizi gibi bir şey yaşıyor. 15 yıldır evli olduğu kocası onu lise aşkı için terk edip bir kasabaya yerleşince...more
I CHOOSE THE SERIAL KILLER!!!
OK - first of all... what woman in her right mind HELPS her husband get intouch with his old High School girlfriend... BS man... If he's having difficulties getting over something that happened over 20 years ago... especially an old flame... well, then he needs to be kicked to the curb!!!! Plain and simple!
This was a freebie and as freebies go it was just ok for me... I mean, I liked it, don't get me wrong... but it just seemed a little lacking for me... and when I s...more
OK - first of all... what woman in her right mind HELPS her husband get intouch with his old High School girlfriend... BS man... If he's having difficulties getting over something that happened over 20 years ago... especially an old flame... well, then he needs to be kicked to the curb!!!! Plain and simple!
This was a freebie and as freebies go it was just ok for me... I mean, I liked it, don't get me wrong... but it just seemed a little lacking for me... and when I s...more
Roberta Spivey reinvents herself into Bobbie Jones after helping her husband Warren find his high school sweetheart. Warren decides to leave and divorce Roberta/Bobbie to be with Cookie. Bobbie Jones moves to the same small town as her husband in the hopes of making him jealous. Bobbie changes her appearance, buying new clothes and car and moves into a house in Cottonmouth. Across the street is the bad boy, hot, sexy, with an attitude, Nick that Bobbie decides she wants to have sex with. The sto...more
Roberta Jones Spivey is a loving dedicated wife. She supports her husband in finding "his first love" and her husband thanks his loving wife by leaving her for his former high school love. Thus begins the story of how she (Roberta) becomes the quirky Bobbie Jones and gains not only her own self respect but also the attention brooding hot sexy artist and suspected serial killer next door neighbor. It's a great mix of sex and who done it that will make you laugh.
This is just the kind of book you...more
This is just the kind of book you...more
Dumped? For her husband’s high school sweetheart he hasn’t seen in twenty years? Roberta Jones Spivey isn’t going to lay down for that. Instead, she reinvents herself and the new Bobbie Jones—new haircut, new name, new attitude—follows her soon-to-be ex to the small Northern California town of Cottonmouth.
What better way to show him—and his sweetheart—what he’s missing in the brand new Bobbie Jones than taking up with the town’s local bad boy—who’s also reputed to be a serial killer. Nick Angel...more
What better way to show him—and his sweetheart—what he’s missing in the brand new Bobbie Jones than taking up with the town’s local bad boy—who’s also reputed to be a serial killer. Nick Angel...more
Roberta tries to help her husband by tracking down his high school sweetheart in an attempt for him to gain closure and move on with his life as according to his therapist he has "never gotten over her".
And what does he do when he meets her.....he leaves his wife after 15 years of marriage, in a phone call!
What does she do......incoming Bobbie (Roberta). New hair, new clothes, moves to the same town her husband has moved too in an attempt to regain control in her life and show him what he is mi...more
And what does he do when he meets her.....he leaves his wife after 15 years of marriage, in a phone call!
What does she do......incoming Bobbie (Roberta). New hair, new clothes, moves to the same town her husband has moved too in an attempt to regain control in her life and show him what he is mi...more
tha t boook was irrational but i liked it. kinda. 1) no woman would help her husband of 15 years to look for his high school sweetheart. not in this world. If a guy can't handle his business justbecause he got stuck i the past with his high school sweetheart; you just need to move on.
2) I sorta understood changing the wardrobe and hair- do. FOllowing him in another town. That's a too much
3) Don't get me wrong the whole "serial killer' dude that was a nice touch however i didn't like the fact tha...more
2) I sorta understood changing the wardrobe and hair- do. FOllowing him in another town. That's a too much
3) Don't get me wrong the whole "serial killer' dude that was a nice touch however i didn't like the fact tha...more
Roberta's husband dumps her for the high school sweet heart that she helped him find. So she reinvents herself and moves to his new town to prove to herself (and him) that she is still desirable. Bobbie (her new name) becomes a waitress, is torn between the town sheriff and the town serial killer and looks for the murder of the high school girlfriend's husband.
This was a great sexy/funny mystery story. The plot was kind of predictable but I was definitely laughing a ton so I didn't really mind....more
This was a great sexy/funny mystery story. The plot was kind of predictable but I was definitely laughing a ton so I didn't really mind....more
I feel like this book was a cross between a bad soap opera and an episode of Law and Order. So Bobbie Jones's husband leaves her, right? For his high school sweetheart. Who is still married. So what does Bobbie do? She cuts off her hair, changes her name (I should say her name is actually Roberta, so she changes her name to Bobbie), and moves to a Po Dunk town in the middle of nowhere where her husband moved to to be with his high school sweetheart. Because his high school sweetheart told him th...more
After her husband of fifteen years leaves her for his high school sweetheart, Roberta Jones Spivey decides it time to make some changes. She dyes her hair, changes her name, her wardrobe, her job and her living arrangements.
She leaves Silicon Valley behind and heads to a small town called Cottonmouth, CA, and the same place where her almost ex husband is now residing with the love of his life. She rents a furnished cottage across the street from notorious Nick Angel, suspected serial killer. No...more
She leaves Silicon Valley behind and heads to a small town called Cottonmouth, CA, and the same place where her almost ex husband is now residing with the love of his life. She rents a furnished cottage across the street from notorious Nick Angel, suspected serial killer. No...more
“Jump, Bobby. I’ll catch you, I promise.”
I loved this line for what it meant/what was being offered. I literally tingled at this point, but I'm soppy like that.
I LOVED the romance between Bobby and Nick. They alone get the five stars. Their interaction was fun, sexy and sweet, and I really liked Nick.
Got this as a freebie on Amazon, but if I’d paid for it, I wouldn't have been disappointed. I’ll certainly check out other books written by this author at some point.
I loved this line for what it meant/what was being offered. I literally tingled at this point, but I'm soppy like that.
I LOVED the romance between Bobby and Nick. They alone get the five stars. Their interaction was fun, sexy and sweet, and I really liked Nick.
Got this as a freebie on Amazon, but if I’d paid for it, I wouldn't have been disappointed. I’ll certainly check out other books written by this author at some point.
I have met this author aka Jasmine Hayes, aka Skulley, many times since she's a local romance author here in SF, and frankly I'm embarrassed to say this this is my first book of hers. This was a cute, funny romantic mystery, with a heroine who has to figure out who she is (which is kore complocated than some of those Evanovich's get) and a rumored serial killer hero. The more I think about it, the more I like it. Set in a small town, I've always wanted to experience what Bobbie experiences with...more
Super cute. I read a review that listed this book as a 'beach read'. It is and more. Roberta, the main character reinvents herself as confident, assertive Bobbie after her husband of fifteen years leaves her to reunite with his high school love. She follows him to Cottonwood determined to show him that other men find her attractive. This book is romantic, funny and also a mystery. The more I read, the more I wanted to read. I plan to read more by this author.
So I'm sitting here deciding how "mean" I want to be here. I swear I don't intend to be, but my thoughts just feel mean. I couldn't get through this. The story was boring, and the characters? I think they were the worst. I mean for anyone following my reviews, it's no secret I'm not a Lauren Kate- Fallen series- fan. But I'd rather re-read all of them three times before trying to finish this.
Disclaimer: it's free. So let that be the positive.
Disclaimer: it's free. So let that be the positive.
This book was well a hood story but a little unbelievable why would a woman fall and chase after a serial killer??
After bobbies husbands left her, she gained a whole new attitude to life. It was an "I don't care" sort of attitude. But she falls for nick angel the local so called serial killer. A murder happens in the town of cottonmouth but who was the killer bobbie does some investigating will she like what she finds!!
It's worth a read
After bobbies husbands left her, she gained a whole new attitude to life. It was an "I don't care" sort of attitude. But she falls for nick angel the local so called serial killer. A murder happens in the town of cottonmouth but who was the killer bobbie does some investigating will she like what she finds!!
It's worth a read
A really fun, quick read. Although it is sort of a "cookie cutter" premise, Ms. Skully's excellent writing, nice fleshing out of excellent characters and superb situations and scenes made it much much more than the sum of its parts.
I was pleasantly pleased with the editing. Although I wish more editors would catch the "pour vs. pore" thing. You might pour coffee on written evidence, but you would pore over it looking for clues (loc. 5982)
I was pleasantly pleased with the editing. Although I wish more editors would catch the "pour vs. pore" thing. You might pour coffee on written evidence, but you would pore over it looking for clues (loc. 5982)
I got this because a) it was free and b) it was the choice for a reading club. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. It started out like standard chic-lit (and there's nothing wrong with that) but Roberta/Bobbie really developed over the course of the book, and the plot had some good twists in it. Then I realized that as J B Skully, she's also the author of the Max Starr books, which I also enjoyed, and all was explained.
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would, it was one of the free e-book downloads, and it started out kind of slow. A few of the characters seemed silly to me at first, but felt a lot more realistic and likable as I kept reading. Towards the end of the book I even found myself laughing and talking out loud about some of the dilemmas that they found themselves in. All and all I enjoyed this and will probably download the 2nd book in the series.
Dumped? For her husband’s high school sweetheart he hasn’t seen in twenty years? Roberta Jones Spivey isn’t going to lay down for that. Instead, she reinvents herself and the new Bobbie Jones—new haircut, new name, new attitude—follows her soon-to-be ex to the small Northern California town of Cottonmouth.
And that's where it got good. Small town rumors and thinking make for a fun filled read.
And that's where it got good. Small town rumors and thinking make for a fun filled read.
When I first started reading, I wasn't sure I'd like the story because the heroine is pathetic (you'll see what I mean when you read it). However, she very quickly goes through some transformations, she develops a back bone, and she finds love. With a few twists thrown in and a wicked sense of humor, this story was very entertaining. I laughed aloud at several points--always a sign of a great read.
Overall, I liked the book. My only complaint - PLEASE leave something to the imagination when it comes to the sex scenes. Good grief... I want a fun read - not a blow by blow (pardon the pun) description on how it's done.(I can read the Kama Sutra or the Joy of Sex if I want a "lesson"). I would have given this higher marks if it weren't for this aspect of the book.
I thought this book was a funny, witty, steamy mystery. It had a little to offer everyone, but it you don't want a few hot, hot sex snippets then this book is not for you, personally I didn't mind it at all.... Would have gave it a five but I didn't care for some of the cursing, sex yes cursing no!! Ha just a pet peeve of mine. Read and enjoy!!
Who would have thought that a 40-something woman's reaction to her hubby's midlife crisis would be this entertaining? I was hooked from the first few lines and was cheering loudly as Roberta found her self underneath the housewife and accountant! With several creative twists and turns the author sucked me right into the small town life and local gossip scene as if I were there.
The characters were well rounded, had personality and made for a great read!
The characters were well rounded, had personality and made for a great read!
This was a cute story you get your nice fluffy romance with a murder thrown in. I did have a problem with some of the scenes from Nick's POV it didn't seem like a guy was telling the story rather a women telling you what she wished a guy would say. That being said not everything was believable, but it was entertaining and worth reading
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