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Falling For April
Her hometown gourmet catering company may be in a slump, but April Finnegan isn't about to begin again. Determined to save her business, she sets out to win some local sponsors, unaware she's not the only one in Saguaro Vista with that idea. Turns out wealthy department store mogul Ryan Forrester is one step-and thousands of dollars-ahead of her. Clearly, this sunny southwestern town isn't big enough for both of them. Somebody has to go-and it sure isn't going to be April! All his life, Ryan has relied on his family money and connections to get by. Now the outrageously offbeat, infuriatingly alluring April has challenged him to survive a week in Small Town, USA without either. He takes her up on it, knowing it means being with her constantly-but never imagining he might lose his heart in the process! Thanks to their wager, now that Ryan most wants to impress a woman, he's a penniless pauper. He'll have to rely on his charm alone to convince April that he's a prince of a guy-and well worth falling for.
276 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Lisa Plumley
63 books153 followersBest-selling author Lisa Plumley has delighted readers worldwide with more than three dozen popular novels. Her work has been translated multiple languages and editions, and includes contemporary romances, historical romances, paranormal romances, and a variety of stories in romance anthologies.
Her fresh, funny style has been likened to such reader favorites as Rachel Gibson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, LaVyrle Spencer, and Jennifer Crusie, but her unique characterization is all her own.
Lisa’s alter ego is cozy mystery writer Colette London, whose Chocolate Whisperer mystery series featuring globe-trotting chocolatier (and amateur sleuth!) Hayden Mundy Moore includes Criminal Confections, Dangerously Dark, and The Semi-Sweet Hereafter. It will continue with Dead and Ganache in October 2017 (all from Kensington Books).
Her fresh, funny style has been likened to such reader favorites as Rachel Gibson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, LaVyrle Spencer, and Jennifer Crusie, but her unique characterization is all her own.
Lisa’s alter ego is cozy mystery writer Colette London, whose Chocolate Whisperer mystery series featuring globe-trotting chocolatier (and amateur sleuth!) Hayden Mundy Moore includes Criminal Confections, Dangerously Dark, and The Semi-Sweet Hereafter. It will continue with Dead and Ganache in October 2017 (all from Kensington Books).
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October 13, 2018
Blegh
Maybe I should have stopped reading when Ryan called out the name of his run-away-bride, but the writer did not provide a name.
Maybe I should have stopped reading when Ryan was man-handled by office security when he set foot on the floor of his office and was thrown out on his ass (literally). That was a bit too much slapstick for me.
I definitely stopped reading when Mark pointed out that he should have fired April for her mother's bad checks or her uncle's stealing. Firing an employee for criminal behavior of their relatives? No. Not unless she was facilitating that behavior.
Maybe I should have stopped reading when Ryan called out the name of his run-away-bride, but the writer did not provide a name.
Maybe I should have stopped reading when Ryan was man-handled by office security when he set foot on the floor of his office and was thrown out on his ass (literally). That was a bit too much slapstick for me.
I definitely stopped reading when Mark pointed out that he should have fired April for her mother's bad checks or her uncle's stealing. Firing an employee for criminal behavior of their relatives? No. Not unless she was facilitating that behavior.
February 26, 2011
This was one of her earlier novels and it’s easy to see why she’s had the success she’s had writing–this book was a lot of fun.
April Finnegan is forever trying to shun her family’s bad habits. Her mom bounces checks, her uncle steals bagels, and her brother can’t seem to get and/or keep a job to save his life. But April is different. She’s responsible and tries to live within her means. So when she loses her job at the Ambrosia Bakery, it’s kind of a big deal. She didn’t mean to insult her boss with anatomically correct Adonises, she’s just really creative. Well, her boss isn’t into creativity and gives her the boot. But tenacious April is determined to get her job back, so she sets off to build some much-needed community support for the bakery as the Community Relations Director (although she’s not getting paid for this work). Meanwhile, Ryan Forrester is on the mend from a wedding that wasn’t and is in need of redeeming himself job-wise. So he sets off for one of the more secluded stores in his family’s chain to build some much-needed community relations with the store. These two meet up and go head-to-head to gain the favor of all the local businesses. But can Ryan compete with a local? Can April compete with Ryan’s ability to buy everyone off? These two face off in this hilarious book.
If you are looking for a laugh, light novel, or just a pick-me-up kinda read, give this book and/or author a try. Great contemporary romance, witty dialogue, and a fun bet make this a solid read.
April Finnegan is forever trying to shun her family’s bad habits. Her mom bounces checks, her uncle steals bagels, and her brother can’t seem to get and/or keep a job to save his life. But April is different. She’s responsible and tries to live within her means. So when she loses her job at the Ambrosia Bakery, it’s kind of a big deal. She didn’t mean to insult her boss with anatomically correct Adonises, she’s just really creative. Well, her boss isn’t into creativity and gives her the boot. But tenacious April is determined to get her job back, so she sets off to build some much-needed community support for the bakery as the Community Relations Director (although she’s not getting paid for this work). Meanwhile, Ryan Forrester is on the mend from a wedding that wasn’t and is in need of redeeming himself job-wise. So he sets off for one of the more secluded stores in his family’s chain to build some much-needed community relations with the store. These two meet up and go head-to-head to gain the favor of all the local businesses. But can Ryan compete with a local? Can April compete with Ryan’s ability to buy everyone off? These two face off in this hilarious book.
If you are looking for a laugh, light novel, or just a pick-me-up kinda read, give this book and/or author a try. Great contemporary romance, witty dialogue, and a fun bet make this a solid read.
August 17, 2014
Two "different drummers" find happiness accidentally through an accidental competition. Ryan Forrester, left at the altar by a conniving money-grubber who ran off with a groomsman after fleecing the groom, is desperate to prove himself something other than an "idiot savant" and rich heir of the family department store business. April Finnegan, the only responsible member of the ne'er-do-well Finnegan brood, is fired from her bakery job for baking obscene chocolates and tries to impress her former employer to get her job back. Ironically, they both seek redemption by trying to drum up community sponsorships for their respective sources of employment, so meet soliciting the same merchants. Plumley provides an opposites-attract-in-spite-of-themselves subplot to the main theme of like-finding-like, even if they don't know it at first. Although things start slowly, momentum builds once the premise is set, and two scenes are memorable: Ryan's introduction to April's nutty family and a happy resolution at a Greyhound bus stop.
hate to waste the page to say I read this. The writing was bad, full of cliches. The story was lame and the characters were pretty bad too. Even the romance fell way short.
hate to waste the page to say I read this. The writing was bad, full of cliches. The story was lame and the characters were pretty bad too. Even the romance fell way short.
March 21, 2011
More like 2.5 stars. It took me almost 3 days to read this book, and not because I was busy but because I just could not get in to it. I never developed any real attachments to any of the characters and the writing was very redundant at times. We get it, April is a Finnigan and Finnigan's are undependable and she is trying so hard to overcome it, but she just doesn't believe she will ever be anything by what her family is. We get it, Ryan is a Forrester and a trust fund baby, he is incredibly wealthy and ridiculously good looking on top of it. They hid parts of themselves from each other and almost don't end up together. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen. It was just meh.
April 21, 2007
On my bookcrossing shelf
March 17, 2008
What a fun, light-hearted and quick read!!
November 12, 2017
Modern
June 2, 2010
i found myself more interested in the secondary characters romance than that of the main. The main characters just didn't seem that believable to me.
June 23, 2015
Cute, enjoyable read
February 28, 2012
This book was nice, but it didn't really evoke any sort of emotion in me. I did pity Ryan at one point, but that was it. It's a sweet, quirky read. It just didn't hit the spot for me.
June 5, 2013
Nothing heavy, nothing to discuss. Just a sweet sappy romance. I enjoyed it.
January 29, 2015
Simple. Thoughless. Nothing Deep. Unbelievable Romance. ... What I needed at the time :)
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