Carol Finch's story takes place on a stress management ranch. Our hero's sisters have arranged for their regimented, in-a-rut older brother to be taken there for an enforced two week vacation. Without his electronics and his routine, he is lost and is *not* a happy camper. Soon though, his long-dormant instincts revive, much to his chagrin. This fish-out-of-water story humorously tells of one man's return to life and the unlikely woman who instigates it. It's an amusing, romantic and well-written tale.

A working ranch in Montana is the setting for Molly O'Keefe's story about a social worker from Los Angeles who brings a South Central gang wannabe there for a summer out of his normal enviroment. This program is her brain child and she's determined for it to succeed. Little does she know that she'll be the one seduced by the ranch and its inhabitants, specifically its emotionally scarred foreman. The main characters had emotional depth and the secondary characters were nicely developed. The humor, sexual attraction and romance were well done. This is apparently Ms. O'Keefe's first book and it is an excellent beginning. Here's hoping she keeps on writing and gives us more stories about the Cook family of Montana!

Is this the first book by Molly O'Keefe? If so, I eagerly look forward to more work from this writer. Her vivid characters will remind every reader of some individual from her own life. It's nice to see a writer effectively inject so many humorous scenes amidst the sexy ones - and the sexy ones really got my pulse racing! I hope she keeps writing about the Cooks - I'd love to see what happens with the two younger brothers in the family! Yummy!

For readers both old and new, this book is a must-read!

I liked the Carol Finch story best of the two, though I liked them both. Mr. Predictable has a kind of hero I really like. He is uptight and needs to let go to his real feelings. Only the heroine can get to him, and once he lets go, he is really hot.

In Molly O'Keefe's Too Many Cooks, I liked the plot of the hero's family working as matchmakers - I'm a big fan of matchmaker plots. I like the way the heroine was very big on helping people, especially kids. Like the hero of Mr. Predictable, she was also a character who needed to lighten up, and falling in love with the hero really helped her. I like this with either hero or heroine as a theme.

Very sexy, funny book!

THE FAMILY FEUD by Carol Finch. In Oz, Oklahoma Jan Mitchell is frustrated with her parents separating after three plus decades of marriage. Her dad wants to go touring while her mom wants her dress shop to succeed. Hardware storeowner Morgan Price tries to help Jan negotiate a compromise and peace settlement between her parents even as he has his own personal agenda to marry Jan. Carol Finch provides an amusing tale of discordant relationships that will keep the audience laughing especially with mom's theory of the male's spot in nature's food chain.

STOP THE WEDDING! by Jennifer Drew. The hunt for her wedding dress has so far proven futile for Stacy Moore. In her fifth store, two thugs kidnap Stacy. Nick Franklin, accompanying his mother on her wedding dress quest, tries to intercede, but is knocked out with a six-pack. Stacy and Nick need to work as a team if they are to escape from their kidnappers. As they flee, Stacy and Nick fall in love. Jennifer Drew combines a very humorous romantic romp that is almost short of impossible into a wonderful satirical tale that keeps the reader amused with the antics of the cast.

These two irrelevant stories are what Duets is all about: wild, weird, and wacky, but wonderfully warm and witty.

Harriet Klausner

Duets once again provide a hearty dose of love and zany humor with two fun novels. Both stories are delightfully amusing as Carol Finch and Jennifer Drew provide romantic romps that have become a trademark of the Duets line. This Duets selection, part of the Bad Boy Grooms series, will definitely keep the reader highly entertained with its outrageous hilarity.

THE FAMILY FEUD by Carol Finch: Living in Oz, Oklahoma does not guarantee a happily-ever-after for Jan Mitchell's dysfunctional family. After thirty-three years her parents have split up. Her father wants to tour the country from a Winnebago, while her mother wants to advance her career at her dress shop. Jan's high school crush Morgan Price owns the hardware store across the street from her mother' dress shop, and employees her father part-time. Consequently, with the elder Mitchells not on speaking terms, it falls to Jan and Morgan to barter for peace and reconciliation. But Jan finds Morgan as infuriating as he was in high school, and his plans to reconcile her parents outrageous!

Finch has a gift for creating dysfunctional families and ridiculous situations that result in a humorous read. Middle aged, fickle parents trying to recapture their youth, a change in the groom a month before Jan's sister's wedding, and well meaning but meddlesome small town interference keep the fun coming. And there's always my personally favorite line, spoken during a mother/daughter pity party: "[Men are] the bottom feeders in the cesspool of life."

STOP THE WEDDING! by mother/daughter writing team Jennifer Drew: After five dress shops, bride-to-be Stacy Moore still hasn't found the right wedding dress. As she tries on yet another, she's distracted by sexy stranger Nick Franklin, who's accompanied his mother while she tries on wedding dresses. Then two strangers kidnap Stacy and bash Nick over the head with a six-pack when he tries to be her knight in shining armor and rescue her. Now Stacy and Nick must combine efforts to escape the six-pack wielding kidnappers. A wild romp across an island in an effort to escape their kidnappers leads Stacy and Nick into extreme circumstances and the discovery of love and forever can begin in the most unlikely of situations.

Writing team Jennifer Drew bring their marvelous talent for deftly combining humor with the improbable to STOP THE WEDDING! An Elvis cake, served on a bedspread the King might have slept on, and combat boots worn with wedding dresses serve as a backdrop as this hero and heroine escape their kidnappers. Even the method of kidnapping, will keep readers in stitches. Lighthearted vibrant characters make this an incredibly amusing read.

Stacy Moore is engaged to be married, but she's having a tough time finding just the right wedding gown. In the middle of yet another shopping trip she finds herself kidnapped along with a good looking, white-knight-wanna-be, who gets knocked out with a cold six pack.

Nick Franklin may be looking for the right occupation, but he's crossing rescuing damsels in distress off his list of possibilities. This damsel isn't just in distress, she's distressing him. If she wasn't engaged and practically married, he could think of a thousand things he'd like to do with her. But instead he tries to be noble and pushes her aside. So what's a knight in slightly tarnished armor supposed to do with a damsel who's distressing him?

Jennifer Drew pens a story that will make you laugh and leave your heart warmed to the core!

This was my first Carol Finch, but I am now hooked, it has become one of my favorite books and in 6months have read it 3times. There are a few different story lines going on at the same time and you just can't get bored. Mary Christa is one of my favorite heroines, she knows what she wants(Nash) and she goes after it!Good for her! I had to hunt for the sequel - Crimson Moon - highlighting brother Hal, but it was worth the search. Don't miss these stories if you want romance, just a little mystery and great heros!

I discover Carol Finch, with one of friend's suggestion. And I am not dissapointed. The story of Mary Christa and Nash is really good. After reading this book do not miss the sequel, Nash's brother's, Hal's, story; "Crimson Moon". That is also very good!

A romance filled with exciting action to keep one reading for now on. The author did an excellent job.

This is one of those special books that you wish would go on forever. Tempest (the fiesty female lawyer) is a strong heroine who you admire. Cord(the tormented hero) is the type of man you fall in love with. His love for her is emotional and deep. You bond with these two in their best and worst moments. I also loved the element of humor that Carol Finch includes in every book and in this book in particular. This one will make you laugh and cry and wish you could see more of these two characters.

Despite the dangers Sabrina Spencer was determined to go to New Mexico and find her fathers's killer. To protect herself from unwanted advances she donned a gray wig and veiled hat and swaddled herself in a padded gown before blackmailing rugged Ridge Tanner into guiding her to Ft Canby. But the costume soon became her prison-for the passionate beauty had fallen head over heels for her verile companion. Ridge Tanner knew something was amiss. So when the mysterious woman fell asleep one night he took a good look at the baggage he was escorting West. Right then and there, Ridge vowed that before they reached Santa Fe, he'd strip away her unsightly disguise and make her surrender to her heart's beloved betrayal.

Canyon Moon by Carol Finch was a pleasant surprise. Having never read any of Ms. Finch's work before, I picked up this book after reading the back flap: and boy was I right. Great story line: romance, comedy, suspense, and horses. Nicely done Ms. Finch! And thank you for such a lovely novel.

Please let me know how to get this book. I read River Moon and loved it

I for one found this book fascinating. It's set in time in the after math of the Civil War, but it is funny, and romantic. I find Carol Finch to be an excellant writer. I find her hero's and heroine's are intelligent, sarcastic, stubborn, and roguishly charming. Trust me when I say this book is worth the paper it's printed on. Thank You!

A pair of lovers so bold and brazen, so headstrong and lovestruck, that they will live in my heart forever. Great read!