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Sawyers Siblings #2-3
Annie, Get Your Guy / Messing Around with Max
Annie, Get Your Guy
No one likes being treated like a kid sister—especially by someone as sexy as Guy Donovan. So when Annie Sawyers sets out to seduce Guy once and for all, she tracks down every book about sex she can find. One of them has to work, right?
Messing Around with Max
Maddie Montgomery needs a couple of notches on her bedpost—fast. Rumor has it that Max Sawyers is just the man to show her the goods…and then some. Now, if she can just get past his dog!
No one likes being treated like a kid sister—especially by someone as sexy as Guy Donovan. So when Annie Sawyers sets out to seduce Guy once and for all, she tracks down every book about sex she can find. One of them has to work, right?
Messing Around with Max
Maddie Montgomery needs a couple of notches on her bedpost—fast. Rumor has it that Max Sawyers is just the man to show her the goods…and then some. Now, if she can just get past his dog!
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2001
About the author
Lori Foster
435 books11.8k followersSince first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
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February 12, 2015
Fue una tontería, pero se hizo rápidisimo de leer y un poco divertido.
Entre las tonterías que hace Annie para "seducir" y las excusas morales de Guy para resistirse se hizo ameno.
Me pareció un poco increíble que luego de un accidente automovilístico pudiera hacer ejercicio físico del bueno(?). Pero who knows, no es que me atropellaran camiones todo el tiempo para saber, i know nothiiing .__.
August 12, 2016
Funny.
July 19, 2016
I listened to this as an audio that wasn't attached to the story about Max. But I had already listened to that one last year, so I pasted in my old review. Each story is about the length of a Harlequin... 180 pages.
Annie Get Your Guy
(Annie and Guy) * (one star cause i skimmed so much)
Guy was disappointingly unromantic. After pining for him for the better part of a decade, while Guy took her for granted, I was hoping for more effort on Guy's part. Instead what I got was a comparison of his feelings for Annie to a man loosing his glasses because he forgets they are on his head. -sheesh-
Guy has been a member of the Sawyer family since he was a teen, and both of her brothers and himself have sheltered her from sex and men. She is now 24 and tired of seeing Guy date other women and not notice she has boobs too. So she enlists the aid of her new sister in law, the sex therapist from book 1 of the trilogy who had married her stodgy older brother. Annie is comically ignorant of sex, yet straight forward about her new interest in learning more. It has Guy back pedaling and feeling like he is standing on quick sand. There is the complication that Guy intends to ask another to marry him. The OW isn't really an issue except that it highlights Guy's lack of intelligence. Everyone in the family knows he loves Annie, except him. But what could have been an amusing farce, was disappointing because Guy couldn't woo a woman if his life depended on it.
Messing Around with Max
(Maddy and Max) **** (4 stars but really more like 3.5)
This is kind of a hard story to peg. Maddy is audaciously innocent and the Max is not. Maddy knows all about Max and his sexual proclivities from her friend, his sister. She wants to use him to make herself feel better about her cheating ex. That sounds pretty taudry, but really Max would normally be all for being used like that. However, Max has recently turned over a new leaf since rescuing his dog, Cleo (who scares away most women) and now wants to find wife to give Cleo a secure home life. There's a fun array of side characters including some patients/friends of Maddy's who give her advice on how to seduce Max. I found myself snickering quite a bit while listening to this one. Especially when Max started to get a taste of his own medicine and didn't like it one bit!
I got it on Audio and so I'm not sure how long it is, but probably about a 180 pages. The reader does a great job and it was a fun listen.
Annie Get Your Guy
(Annie and Guy) * (one star cause i skimmed so much)
Guy was disappointingly unromantic. After pining for him for the better part of a decade, while Guy took her for granted, I was hoping for more effort on Guy's part. Instead what I got was a comparison of his feelings for Annie to a man loosing his glasses because he forgets they are on his head. -sheesh-
Guy has been a member of the Sawyer family since he was a teen, and both of her brothers and himself have sheltered her from sex and men. She is now 24 and tired of seeing Guy date other women and not notice she has boobs too. So she enlists the aid of her new sister in law, the sex therapist from book 1 of the trilogy who had married her stodgy older brother. Annie is comically ignorant of sex, yet straight forward about her new interest in learning more. It has Guy back pedaling and feeling like he is standing on quick sand. There is the complication that Guy intends to ask another to marry him. The OW isn't really an issue except that it highlights Guy's lack of intelligence. Everyone in the family knows he loves Annie, except him. But what could have been an amusing farce, was disappointing because Guy couldn't woo a woman if his life depended on it.
Messing Around with Max
(Maddy and Max) **** (4 stars but really more like 3.5)
This is kind of a hard story to peg. Maddy is audaciously innocent and the Max is not. Maddy knows all about Max and his sexual proclivities from her friend, his sister. She wants to use him to make herself feel better about her cheating ex. That sounds pretty taudry, but really Max would normally be all for being used like that. However, Max has recently turned over a new leaf since rescuing his dog, Cleo (who scares away most women) and now wants to find wife to give Cleo a secure home life. There's a fun array of side characters including some patients/friends of Maddy's who give her advice on how to seduce Max. I found myself snickering quite a bit while listening to this one. Especially when Max started to get a taste of his own medicine and didn't like it one bit!
I got it on Audio and so I'm not sure how long it is, but probably about a 180 pages. The reader does a great job and it was a fun listen.
August 30, 2011
Me han encantado! No había leído nada de Lori Foster antes, así que fue una verdadera alegría ver lo padrísimo que escribe.
La historia de Annie me gustó un montón, fue muy divertida, tierna, sexy y creo que Annie y Guy hacía una pareja adorable. Me reí mucho, sobre todo cuando descubrí como habían liado el asunto entre todos.
La historia de Max, fue linda, divertida (parece ser un sello de la autora), sensual... Yo creí que en términos de tiempo en el que se desarrolla la historia, podría tener complicaciones con el romance entre Max y Maddie, y lo tuve y no lo tuve. Por un lado, la química entre ambos era tal que les creía lo que sentían. Pero por otro, era absurdo pensar que se podían amar locamente con tan solo unas semanas de conocerse.
En resumen, ambas historias fueron lo suficientemente divertidas para tenerme leyendo hasta tarde, son lecturas muy fluidas y no tan explícitas, con personajes carismáticos que terminas adorando y como siempre a precios más que geniales.
La historia de Annie me gustó un montón, fue muy divertida, tierna, sexy y creo que Annie y Guy hacía una pareja adorable. Me reí mucho, sobre todo cuando descubrí como habían liado el asunto entre todos.
La historia de Max, fue linda, divertida (parece ser un sello de la autora), sensual... Yo creí que en términos de tiempo en el que se desarrolla la historia, podría tener complicaciones con el romance entre Max y Maddie, y lo tuve y no lo tuve. Por un lado, la química entre ambos era tal que les creía lo que sentían. Pero por otro, era absurdo pensar que se podían amar locamente con tan solo unas semanas de conocerse.
En resumen, ambas historias fueron lo suficientemente divertidas para tenerme leyendo hasta tarde, son lecturas muy fluidas y no tan explícitas, con personajes carismáticos que terminas adorando y como siempre a precios más que geniales.
November 3, 2014
Not a fan of this Lori foster novel..which is surprising since I devour everything she writes! All of the heroines are very virginal for lack of a better word. Sexually inexperienced so much so they are stupid which I can't really see any woman being. I spent way too much time eye rolling and screaming at my iPad..girl are you that dumb?" I'm pretty much easy to please but this book tested my patience and my limits.
July 4, 2017
Two delightful and easy to read stories. Romance with some sexy parts. Well told.
April 30, 2018
Max the Reprobate
The story of Annie & Max ( younger siblings to Dr. Daniel and his wife, Sex-Therapist, Lace! Read their stories to see if Annie can get her guy and Max can convince Maddie to love him and his (somewhat eccentric) dog.
The story of Annie & Max ( younger siblings to Dr. Daniel and his wife, Sex-Therapist, Lace! Read their stories to see if Annie can get her guy and Max can convince Maddie to love him and his (somewhat eccentric) dog.
June 16, 2011
I've read "Annie Get Your Guy" but not "Messing Around with Max." Dear Audible had the audio on sale; so, it's time to clean and listen to something rare for me: an unread Lori Foster.
Umm...wow! As absolutely scrumptious as Max is, he's been a bit of a manwhore, and that just bothers me in heroes despite the overwhelming number of heroes who are, in fact, manwhores! LOL
Anyway...this was a really fun story from Lori Foster, but I did find myself losing the storyline on occasion. Not sure if I was distracted or if it was just choppy.
I smell a re-read!
Oh...my reading order was Annie then Messing NOW I find out that Daniel had his own book. Great! I'm sure I'll run across it one day.
Umm...wow! As absolutely scrumptious as Max is, he's been a bit of a manwhore, and that just bothers me in heroes despite the overwhelming number of heroes who are, in fact, manwhores! LOL
Anyway...this was a really fun story from Lori Foster, but I did find myself losing the storyline on occasion. Not sure if I was distracted or if it was just choppy.
I smell a re-read!
Oh...my reading order was Annie then Messing NOW I find out that Daniel had his own book. Great! I'm sure I'll run across it one day.
January 16, 2022
This is going to give away that I am old, but I have been reading Lori Foster’s books since she first started writing for Harlequin in the 90’s. I fell in love with her writing from the first book. Then in the late 90’s early 2000’s Harlequin came out with my all time favorite series of romance novels called duets. They featured funny light hearted romances that were exactly what I have always loved. Out of all of those this remains my all time favorite.
The two stories in this book are fun and the characters are so quirky I just want to be bff’s with all of them. Especially Cleo the dog in the second story. It is an old fashioned romance but I recommend it to anyone. I have read it so many times that I practically have both stories memorized but every time I see
The two stories in this book are fun and the characters are so quirky I just want to be bff’s with all of them. Especially Cleo the dog in the second story. It is an old fashioned romance but I recommend it to anyone. I have read it so many times that I practically have both stories memorized but every time I see
July 1, 2016
I am not sure when this book was written but really the way Annie talked felt very unrealistic. What 25 years old is so clueless about things related to sex? Even virgins can research on their own. She sounded much more immature and childish than her age suggested. And all the men in this book and their alpha maleness got annoying at some point.
Flash news: the women you're sleeping with are someone's sister or daughter too so unless you're gonna be celibate stop the hypocritical double standards.
I liked the concept but the execution was very badly done.
Flash news: the women you're sleeping with are someone's sister or daughter too so unless you're gonna be celibate stop the hypocritical double standards.
I liked the concept but the execution was very badly done.
September 3, 2016
Annie, Get Your Guy
The short story of Annie, who has been in love with her two overprotective brothers' best friend, Guy for years, and decides to finally do something about it.
She is a bit too naive for her age, but determined to seduce Guy, and jumps at the opportunity to be alone with him in an isolated cabin while he recuperates from an accident.
Fluffy and short but enjoyable.
The short story of Annie, who has been in love with her two overprotective brothers' best friend, Guy for years, and decides to finally do something about it.
She is a bit too naive for her age, but determined to seduce Guy, and jumps at the opportunity to be alone with him in an isolated cabin while he recuperates from an accident.
Fluffy and short but enjoyable.
May 26, 2010
2 stars for Annie get your Guy. Guy was obtuse and Annie was annoying ... so the rating is understandable.
4 stars for Messing around with Max. Max was adorable!!! His dog Cleo ... what a character. The relationship between the H/h was adorable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
4 stars for Messing around with Max. Max was adorable!!! His dog Cleo ... what a character. The relationship between the H/h was adorable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
October 14, 2012
Más que dos novelas en una son una especie de dos cuentos de vivieron felices y comieron perdices, donde todo es perfecto, pero oye, son entretenidos. Para leerlos en una tarde lluviosa son perfectos :)
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October 30, 20193.5 stars. Neither story was bad. I quite liked Annie Get Your Guy, the dialogue while Guy was oblivious was very funny. The second story, had trouble keeping my attention. It did have some sweet spots, I just had trouble caring about the H&h&dog.
July 10, 2011
Satu buku 3 short story. Ttg 3 bersaudara. Yang paling bagus dan suka story ttg Guy and Annie...lucu abis..
November 6, 2011
i hate romances that are too easy. these were both like that
January 4, 2013
I loved it!!
June 4, 2013
Annie get your guy was boring to me and the innocence was terribly stupid along with the romance and so called seduction in the story.
February 11, 2015
Beige is not sexy. Neither are these two heroines whose versions of seduction are beyond clumsy (not in an entertaining way) and oddly aggressive.
March 4, 2015
I LOVE this author!
February 4, 2017
I enjoyed this book. I really like how the different characters interact with each other. I would recommend this book to others.
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