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Foul Play (Second Chance at Love #456)
by
Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
Amy Klasse, who has been playing a clown named Lulu on her own TV show for children, is suddenly fired because the new station manager thinks that a show about a dancing rooster would do better in that time slot. Jake Elliott is the local much-beloved veterinarian, who also just happens to be very handsome and sexy. He sees Amy in a grocery store, and for him, it's love at...more
Paperback, 228 pages
Published
October 28th 2008
by Harper
(first published February 1989)
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I really enjoyed reading "Foul Play" by Janet Evanovich. This is one of her very early books written for a serial romance publisher in the late 80s/early 90s, and it's very well done for what it is. Evanovich describes these early books as "red-hot screwball comedies" and while I do agree with the screwball comedy, "Foul Play" was very much G-rated. So if you enjoy a very light romance with side-splitting laughter, this is definitely a book for you.
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Light, fluffy and fun. It was fun to read this in part because it is early Evanovich - so it was rougher than her Plum books are - but her humor and motifs are still there.
I did have a hard time with some of the stuff in this book. The leading man is Jacob Elliott. He is in the parking lot at the grocery store waiting patiently for Mrs. Moyer and her dog to back out of a parking spot so he can pull in. (He knows it's Mrs. Moyer because he is the town Vet - and he recognizes her dog....more
I did have a hard time with some of the stuff in this book. The leading man is Jacob Elliott. He is in the parking lot at the grocery store waiting patiently for Mrs. Moyer and her dog to back out of a parking spot so he can pull in. (He knows it's Mrs. Moyer because he is the town Vet - and he recognizes her dog....more
I read this one in one night. Cute story, but there isn't much to it. A little romance, a little humor, and a little adventure makes for a good night's entertainment.
Actually 3.5 stars.
This is a wacky, irreverent, and often laugh-out-loud funny book. It's a quick read, perfect for when you need a mood-booster. The romance between Jake and Amy is sweet, and the "mystery" plot, if it can even be called that, is highly entertaining. Very enjoyable, as long as you don't take it too seriously.
This is a wacky, irreverent, and often laugh-out-loud funny book. It's a quick read, perfect for when you need a mood-booster. The romance between Jake and Amy is sweet, and the "mystery" plot, if it can even be called that, is highly entertaining. Very enjoyable, as long as you don't take it too seriously.
Just a light, silly romance, but that's all it was meant to be. If you want a few chuckles, go for it.
Love at first site, in a grocery store parking lot? Jacob Elliott was pretty sure he was hooked after the first site of Amy Klasse in all her klutzy ways like tearing her dress, dropping the eggs, forgetting her purse and locking her keys in her car. The store cashiers and customers all agreed that the local veterinarian was the type that any women would love to make dinner for, but Amy didn’t know if she could trust herself, he made her ‘tingle’ just being so close. What a day, she had lost her...more
I missed this one somewhere along the way, as i read it weeks ago but just came across it while trying to clean up my desk in order to find something else. I am very fond of Janet Evanovich's books, as I have previously mentioned, and this was a delightful find. This was one of 12 novels that Evanovich wrote before she discovered Stephanie Plum and became famous. It is a pure romance (maybe the word "pure" is inappropriate here) and full of the whimsical fun that makes Evanovich gre...more
So I was in the library looking for a Janet Evanovich book, since one of her books was in the top five Goodreads readers' choice thingamajig for mystery/thriller. And I couldn't find the first in that series, but I found this thing. It was short.
Oh, how thankful I am that it was short.
This was apparently originally published under a different name originally, and it was being reprinted; she said it was one of a set of "red-hot screwball comedies" she'd written be...more
Oh, how thankful I am that it was short.
This was apparently originally published under a different name originally, and it was being reprinted; she said it was one of a set of "red-hot screwball comedies" she'd written be...more
As I have previously mentioned, I love Janet Evanovich. But her early works are really fluffy and just okay. The premise of the book is a young woman named Amy gets fired from her job as Lulu the Clown because the new program director replaces her with a rooster. In her dismay, she catches the eye of a hunky veterinarian and they fall in love within a matter of minutes. Did I mention that she is a 26-year-old virgin? The job-stealing rooster winds up at veterinarian-man's place of work and s...more
This is a funny, quick typlical Evanovich read. I enjoyed it, had some laughs, but not much else was gleaned from this one. But if you enjoy Janet Evanovich, I'm sure you will enjoy this one!
My friend, David, got me started reading Janet Evanovich and for that I thank him. I admit that I have never read any of her books--I've only listened to them on audio and I've enjoyed them. Until this one. I found it at the Green Valley Book Fair this weekend (and I have to recommend going to that book fair for everyone) and was surprised to see the audio for $5.00. Unfortunately, that was a few dollars too much. The story was predictably, unbelievable, and boring. I spent way too much ti...more
Cute book. Not a lot of depth but honestly it wasn't meant to. This is one of those light hearted funny little romances. A quick read as well. I have been reading Patricia Cornwells Scarpetta series lately and after reading the seventh book I decided I needed a break from all the tense darkness and immediately turned to Janet Evanovitch. She is just what the doctor ordered! I am very glad whomever decided to rerelease her older books!! Janet Evanovitch will always be my favorite author because...more
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This was cutesy, and I liked it, but some things just drove me nuts. I'd say it was the age in which it was written, but 1989 isn't THAT long ago. My issues were with how Amy wanted to cook for Jake, wash his clothes, her fantasies were so 50s-woman that it just drove me nuts. I'm also not sure why in this and 
, the women were virgins, and it was very important for them to give it up to someone they really cared about, but sheesh... in both they barely knew the men they gave it up to. I dunno. I...more
, the women were virgins, and it was very important for them to give it up to someone they really cared about, but sheesh... in both they barely knew the men they gave it up to. I dunno. I...more
[2.5 stars]
Amy Klasse (aka Lulu the Clown)is replaced by a dancing chicken on her children's TV show. In order to pay her bills, she takes a receptionist job for hunky veterinarian, Jake Elliott. When said chicken disappears from his office, Amy is suspected of fowl play (Ha!). Only in a romance novel can you lose your job to a chicken, get engaged to a sexy vet, lose your virginity, and solve a mystery all in 5 days. Quick and fluffy, but missing the usual humor of a Janet Evano...more
Amy Klasse (aka Lulu the Clown)is replaced by a dancing chicken on her children's TV show. In order to pay her bills, she takes a receptionist job for hunky veterinarian, Jake Elliott. When said chicken disappears from his office, Amy is suspected of fowl play (Ha!). Only in a romance novel can you lose your job to a chicken, get engaged to a sexy vet, lose your virginity, and solve a mystery all in 5 days. Quick and fluffy, but missing the usual humor of a Janet Evano...more
I checked this out as an audio book from our local library. A college classmate of mine was obsessed with Janet Evanovich, but after this book, I have no idea why. There was absolutely nothing spectacular about it. The writing was too simplified, the characters too one-dimensional and BORING, and the sex scenes completely contrived and pointless. Basically, I was bored out of my mind. Blech. I opted to finish the rest of my drive in silence and didn't even finish the last disc...
Another fast-moving, funny romance/mystery by Janet Evanovich! Jake first encounters Amy when she is outraged because she lost her job to a dancing chicken! How embarrassing! He is smitten immediately, follows her through the grocery store, trying to minimize the chaos she is causing, rescues her at the checkstand, as she forgot her purse in her fury, and then offers her a job. But before the end of her first day at work, the chicken shows up to ruin her life again!
Howlingly funny, and another in the previously published Love Swept gems that Evanovich keeps re-releasing. Fans of Stephanie Plum will continue to find the dleightful snippets which subsequently evolved and found their way into the One, Two, Three series. These short romances are always a great appetizer in between the Plum releases, and the Metro Girl series. Definitely fun and a great way to study writing humor, for all the romance writers out there.
If you are looking for serious literature, this is not it. If you want something light and entertaining between other reads, it may just fill the bill.
I wandered around the library on my lunch hour last week, rejecting my old favorites, and then this one just whimsically appeared. I remembered seeing a co-worker or two enjoying Janet Evanovich romance/mysteries, and decided to give this one a try.
Quick, quirky, comic. Just what I needed this week.
I wandered around the library on my lunch hour last week, rejecting my old favorites, and then this one just whimsically appeared. I remembered seeing a co-worker or two enjoying Janet Evanovich romance/mysteries, and decided to give this one a try.
Quick, quirky, comic. Just what I needed this week.
A funny, fluffy romance that's a quick evening's read. The female in this story is a 26-year-old version of the character Susan on Desperate Housewives--a sexy, insecure, adorable klutz who hasn't done much reflecting on what she's looking for either in love or in life. First published in 1989, the story seems a bit dated in outlook. The ending is disappointingly rushed and contrived. Not recommended for feminist readers.
One of Evanovich's early categories, written for the Second Chance at Love line. Back when I read categories like candy, that was one of my least favorite lines, because of the contortions authors had to do to create a "second chance" possibility. Unfortunately, this book is a prime example of that; I'm still not sure exactly why the not-quite-a-breakup actually happened. But I have a ginormous crush on the hero, so points for that!
This was an early Evanovich romance and it showed. Terrible character development, forced conflict, annoyingly useless secondary characters and the worst wrap up I've ever read. Most of her romances from this time period are lacking in some way when compared to her better known novels, but this one was just a waste of time. It's one fine example of why you don't need to and probably shouldn't read a novel solely because you've read many other books by the author and enjoyed them.
Amy is replaced in her job by a rooster. She ends up working as a receptionist for a vet. The rooster becomes ill and is taken to that vet. The rooster ends up missing and Amy is accused. So sets up the story and the romance... A fun little romp from Janet Evanovich's early romance novel days when she wrote under the name Steffie Hall. I found myself laughing out loud a few times and thoroughly enjoyed this easy read.
This is early Evonovich, writing as Steffie Hall. It's written and presumably set in the late 1980.
This was a cute story, silly but a nice way to pass a short day of driving and some laundry folding. This is about Amy, a clown on a children's local access show that loses her job, and Dr. Jacob Elliot who falls in love with her immediately. There's also a chicken, a mystery and someone loses their virginity.
This was a cute story, silly but a nice way to pass a short day of driving and some laundry folding. This is about Amy, a clown on a children's local access show that loses her job, and Dr. Jacob Elliot who falls in love with her immediately. There's also a chicken, a mystery and someone loses their virginity.
This story was great. It is the first book I have ever read by Janet Evanovich. People love her work and now I can see why. I can't say that I would read many more of her books but this was great. It was a quirky fun witted story with great intrigue. The main characters were beautiful, sexy as well as charming with great substance. It was story I found myself laughing out loud to.
There is a group at work that enjoys reading. I was told to read the Stephanie Plum series. I bought the first three, and then started looking at used book stores. I found Foul Play. Wasn't thrilled with a chicken on the cover. It is an easy read, but nothing really great about it. I wouldn't recommend it. It was an okay book. With the Stephanie Plum series you get to know the characters and the development continues - where as this was a one book end of story.
So you can't read a Evanovich book without laughing until your sides hurt. In the edition I read, she prefaced the book by saying it was released and immediately sent to used bookstores and bargain bins. I think that sums it up. You can see the beginings of the Stephanie Plum series and Bob the dog debuts. It was a cute book and a cute story.
Short, quick romance read. More clear early Plum influence, whichever way it goes. One of the better romance ones she's written. Yet again it's the guy who used to be a typical forever bachelor turning into the guy who wants mortgage payments and a picket fence.. she doesn't understand how guys think. These books are how women want men to think. Blah.
These books are just fun and super quick to read. I was flying home from Charlotte and knew it would be a great book to read on the plane. Just fun and light hearted with a slight mystery (if you even want to call it that) and of course some good unbelievable romance! Maybe some better sex scenes would make this a 5 star book??!! :)
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Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.
Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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