false 1577167 5 <p> Dear Reader: </p> <p> In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. </p> <p> I'm excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re-released by HarperCollins. <i>Naughty Neighbor</i> is the eighth in the lineup, and it's presented here in almost original form. Usually when I edit these books I do some modernizing. For instance, I change VHS to DVD, and roller skates to Rollerblades, and sticks of gum are now pieces of gum. I do this because the books were meant to be contemporary (as opposed to historical), and I don't want the reader to have a time disconnect. In the beginning of the original <i>Naughty Neighbo</i>r, my heroine throws a handheld phone into the toilet, and the next morning she goes into the bathroom and sees the "slim silver antenna caught between the toilet lid and seat." Okay, so most phones don't have extended antennas anymore, but I just loved the image . . . so I left it in. And I don't know how many women wear front-closure bras anymore, but that got left in, too. </p> <p> <i>Naughty Neighbor</i> is probably the most romancey of all the Loveswepts I wrote, but there's still a small mystery to unravel. Louisa Brannigan is a no-nonsense, hardworking press secretary, fighting her way to the top of Capitol Hill, with no help from her annoying neighbor, Pete Streeter. He receives phone calls all night long, he steals her morning paper, he thinks jeans are formal wear, and worst of all he's involved Louisa in the disappearance of a pig. So this is the story of a pig in Witness Protection and love being found by a workaholic woman and a fun-loving man who makes terrible pots of coffee. </p> <p> Enjoy! </p> <p> Janet Evanovich </p> 39999 book 1992 Naughty Neighbor total:1558|5:17|4:20|3:34|2:17|1:4| 1558 5281 2135 166 3 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:14:22 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:14:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:13:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:15:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:53:36 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 05:34:12 -0800 2009 I am gonna make this short since it was on audio and let's face it, I suck a audio. I got annoyed at the narrator, and some voices made me grind my teeth. It took so long and I must have rolled my eyes a hundred times over.

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Despite the descriptions that were totally wrong for Mr. Rudd, I was totally imagining him as the hero.

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