BLURB:
Atlanta image consultant Victoria Sharpe is
about to give a makeover to the man who broke her heart in college, and a
do-over to a love that always should have been.
SYNOPSIS:
Looking at her potential client, Atlanta image
consultant Victoria Sharpe is convinced the job will be a cross between What
Not to Wear and Man vs. Wild. She’d love to turn down the offer, but refusing
it—not to mention the referrals it could generate—just might break the bank.
Yet, agreeing to make over this man’s image might also break her heart. Again.
Max Brown will
tolerate anything to gain access to his trust fund. Returning to work in the
family business, even submitting to his mother’s demands to trade his
comfortable flannel for Armani is worthwhile if he can get the money necessary
to start a camp for at-risk boys. But then he sees he’ll be working with
Victoria Sharpe, his college girlfriend, the one who got away. Or, really, the
one he left. The impression he makes here will be the most important of his life,
and the person most as risk is himself.
PURCHASING
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AUTHOR BIO:
In 2001, Marilyn discovered Romance
novels quite by accident, which led to a renewed interest in writing. She
started out by writing fanfiction about Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Superman,
which developed into a desire to write about her own characters. She’s had over
forty short stories published in the confessions and Romance magazines.
Also, she has taught a class in how to
effectively write for this genre and worked as a researcher and copy editor for
several Romance authors. All this combined to give her a great love of the
Romance genre and helped develop a multitude of friendships in the Romance
community.
She’s a member of Romance Writers
ofAmerica, as well as her local chapter, Heart of Dixie. In addition to
reading, Marilyn loves to knit (as long as it’s only a scarf), cook (in the
crockpot), garden (in a couple of pots on her patio), and her motto is “Have
passport, will travel.” She’d love to add to the list of 32 states and 21
foreign countries she’s already visited.
After raising two great sons, she loves
to spoil... er... dote on her two granddaughters.
Social Media:
Website: www.marilynbaxter.com
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5795962.Marilyn_Baxter
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4 Stars
Victoria is trying to get her business as an image consultant off the ground and the client perfect for helping her get her foot in the door has just turned up. Too bad it's her college sweetheart who left her broken hearted, and with those mesmerizing eyes of his it'll take everything she's got to not fall for his charms again.
Max left for what he thought was good reason, coming back has one purpose and one purpose only, he needs his inheritance. The mountain man look he's adopted over the last 7 years though just won't cut it in corporate America, and his sneaky mother has hired an image consultant to get him looking the part. He'll do whatever it takes to get to his money, but he never imagined coming across Victoria again. Now to keep his hands off her. Easier said than done, and as the two spend time together the sparks they shared all those years ago comes back with a vengeance.
Victoria has had her share of heartache, but she's stronger because of it and doesn't let anyone get in her way of getting what she wants. Even a stubborn rugged man like Max. Max had his funny moments, but for most of the book he definitely wasn't my favorite guy. In fact I thought him a bit of a chicken shit for running away, but he does manage to redeem himself in the end. They are quite the pair together and it was fun watching the push and pull between them. I do wish we had seen more of their backgrounds, but overall I did enjoy this short story.
I'm glad Max could redeem himself in your eyes. Even I hated him for a while. ;-) Thanks for sharing my story and characters with your readers today.
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