Jayne Nelson's life lacks pizzazz. She wants adventure...she wants romance...she wants Garrett Charles! Since her new boss is a hunky ex-model turned entrepreneur, Jayne's convinced that the only way she'll have a chance with him is to become as model-like as possible. Considering she's short and curvy, this could be difficult. Garrett Charles is fed up with women just interested in his good looks; Jayne is the first person to treat him as an equal. Too bad she's determined to change - Garrett liked the old Jayne...If only he can convince her to forget about makeovers and think about marriage!
Heather MacAllister lives in Texas and is married to her high-school sweetheart. Following the instructions in How to Get a Teen-Age Boy, and What to Do with Him When You Get Him by Ellen Peck, one of her all-time favorite books, she expressed an interest in his hobby — ham radio. He challenged her — learn Morse code and get her license, and he’d take her to the senior prom. She did, and currently sports her call sign, WB5RMA, on her car license plate.
Heather became addicted to romance novels in college, yet still managed to graduate and become a music teacher. And then her sons were born. Within seven months, nine baby-sitters quit, so she took pity on the childcare industry, quit teaching, and began avoiding housework by writing during her sons’ nap time.
Heather has published over 40 books with Harlequin. Her award-winning romantic comedies have been translated into 25 languages and published in dozens of countries.
Before she was published, Heather won the Romance Writer's of America Golden Heart Award. Her published novels have been nominated for the RWA RITA award three times, and eHarlequin.com readers voted LONE STAR SANTA favorite Laugh-Out-Loud book of 2006. In addition to awards for best Harlequin Romance and best Harlequin Temptation, Romantic Times Book Reviews has twice nominated Heather for a Career Achievement Award in Series Love and Laughter.
When she's not writing, Heather spends her time collecting vintage jewelry, watching fireworks displays, and killing plants.
Very different tone than most Harlequins and the first one I’ve ever read where the hero was a model. Nice switch. Some readers may not like that Jayne tries to change herself for what she perceives Garrett might want, but I thought it worked.
Mungkin bila ada Dewi Akunting di dunia ini, Jayne Nelson akan sangat berterima kasih...Karena berkat Dewi Akunting lah yang telah membuatnya bertemu dengan pria super ganteng Garret Charles. Awalnya Jayne bertemu dengan Garret karena Garret ikut dalam seminar Akunting Untuk Pengusaha Kecil yang diadakan oleh Kantor Akuntan Pace Waterman. Garret yang memang awalnya adalah seorang model memiliki postur tubuh yang bisa membuat Jayne terpesona. Sikap memuja Jayne pada Garret sering kali ditunjukan dengan sikap gugup yang berlebihan. Sehingga membuat Garret heran bukan kepalang. Garret yang di dulunya adalah seorang model terkenal, sekarang harus menangani perusahaan Modelling Agency keluarganya yaitu Venus Inc, karena telah ditipu oleh manager keuangan yang telah bekerja bertahun-tahun pada keluarga Charles, dan membuat situasi keungan Venus Inc menjadi berantakan. Sikap Jayne yang kaku sering membuat Garret penasaran pada kepribadian Jayne yang sebenarnya, terlebih dia telah tahu kalau Jayne memang menyukainya. Sikap tidak menjaga jarak Garret sama sekali tidak dipahami oleh Jayne sebagai peluang untuk menarik perhatian Garret sebagai dirinya sendiri. Ketika Garret harus pergi ke New York untuk bertemu dengan para model,Jayne berusaha untuk tampil kurus seperti model,dengan harapan begitu Garret pulang dua minggu kemudian Garret akan terpesona padanya. Dengan diet dan olah raga keras, akhirnya Jayne berhasil menurunkan berat badannya, tidak banyak memang tapi lumayanlah. Dan Garret sungguh sangat terkejut karena Jayne mau berbuat apa saja untuk menjadi kurus seperti model.Garret tampak kecewa karena dia menyukai Jayne karena kepribadiannya yang berbeda di bandingkan dengan para model yang sudah membuatnya muak. Tapi kini Jayne telah berubah, dia lebih memperhatikan kandungan makanannya. Lebih jarang makan, dan lebih sering membicarakan gosip-gosip seleb dibandingkan dengan Jayne dulu yang polos dan tampak bersemangat ketika membicarakan angka-angka. Entah dengan cara apa Garret harus menyadarkan Jayne,karena Jayne tampak bahagia dengan keadaanya sekarang. Terlebih sejak adik Garret, Sasha mengusulkan Jayne untuk memperagakan gaun pengantin dalam acara Kontes Model untuk membantu keuangan Venus Inc. Jayne kembali berusaha menguruskan dirinya supaya bisa masuk dalam gaun pengantin yang akan diperagakannya. Diet mati-matian terus dilakukan sampai akhirnya dia hampir pingsan di acara gladi resik. Garret yang melihatnya tampak sangat kecewa pada sikap dan tindakan Jayne yang membahayakan diri sendiri. Ketika Kontes dimulai Jayne melihat Garret melihat dengan sedih padanya, dan mengira kalau Garret membencinya. Tapi Garret berusaha menyadarkan kalau tindakan Jayne sudah berlebihan, sampai Garret mengatakan 'Ketampanan atau Kecantikan tidak untuk selama-lamanya, tetapi sifat yang ada pada kita yang membuat kita tetap saling mencintai' Kata-kata itu seakan menyadarkan Jayne pada obsesinya selama ini. Berdua Garret mereka menutup peragaan busana pada Kontes Model itu.
This book didnt have much romance at all.. The supposed curvy heroine starves herself to appeal to the Hero who liked her the way she was.. Everything was skimmed in the book so I didnt really feel connected to the characters.. It just shouldve been a bit longer but I still liked it.. Also the spelling was HORRIBLE in this ebook.. I realize that harlequin released a ton of old books at one time but thats no excuse for all the bad typos.. Garret was Garnet and Gamet several times..
Nothing says romance like a girl starving herself to make her 'good enough' for a guy that actually likes her fine the way she is. Top it all off with the a best friend that rags at the heroine for eating an olive and never seems to be at work. Jayne needed to dump the BFF and Garrett needed to stay away from the insecure Jayne. Ugh.
2.5 stars. It was very funny from the beginning towards the middle, then everything went down till the end. I liked the plain Jayne, but not so much the very insecure Jayne when she started to undergo all the makeover. Still, a happy though a rather abrupt ending.