Smitten

by Janet Evanovich

Book Overview

Single mom Lizabeth Kane isn't exactly carpenter material -- she's never picked up a hammer in her life. But she desperately needs the construction job that builder Matt Hallahan is offering. And even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060598875
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Predictible but Enjoyable

I read this book in one sitting. It was just what I was looking for, laying poolside, for a quick and entertaining read. Even though this book was soooo predictible, I mean, you know how the book is going to end by the end of the first chapter...but did it matter? Nope, I still enjoyed this light-hearted read. I laughed out loud and even got teary-eyed a bit. I would even read it again sometime.

SMITTEN

JANET EVANOVICH HAS A WAY WITH WORDS I FIND MYSELF CHUCKLING OUT LOUD WHILE READING HER BOOKS SHE ALWAYS HAS A GOOD STORY LINE AND PLENTY OF COMEDY THROWN IN I HAVE READ EVERYONE OF HER BOOKS AND HOPE SHE CONTINUES TO WRITE FOR A VERY LONG TIME

Best Book

I am a person who dosen't like to read. However, after the first chapter of this book, I was hooked!!! This book is so funny and upbeat you will have to smile, laugh, and cry. I have now bought four other books by this author and are loving them too. This book has made me love to read!

A light-hearted and very FUN romance !!

Although this book was originally written in 1990, I felt it held up well for 2006!! It is certainly in the same vein as the Stephanie Plum books and, in fact, Ms. Evanovich mentiones in the inside cover that our heroine Lisabeth Kane's Aunt Elsie was a prototype for Stephanie Plum's Grandma Mazur!! I certainly felt that Lisabeth's dog Ferguson was also similar to Joe's dog who eats everything and anything in sight!! Lisabeth Kane is a divorced mom of two boys, 8 and 10, who needs a job to keep up her mortgage payments on the rundown house she just bought. She has been looking all over the town and finally ends up at a construction site where there is a want ad for a carpenter. Lisabeth figures it is an entry level job and since is good at hammering nails, how hard can it be? Matt Hallahan is half-owner of the construction company with his other half being in the hospital having broken his hip!! He is disorganized, a slob and a bit rough around the edges but is also instantly VERY attracted to Lisabeth. He decides to give her a low level job -- painting trim to start -- just to keep her around. The comedic adventures between the two of them, the kids, dog, Aunt Elsie and a mysterious flasher and the police are just hilarious. A very enjoyable and quick read! I'm glad it was reissued!

I'm just "smitten" over this book..

hello everyone! i just wanted to sure with you that this was a very wonderful read.. however i sincerely warn you not to read this book out in public.. unless you a acquainted with curious stares and looks of disbelief.. (speaking from second-hand experience that is.. hehehe) but if not, then read it in the privacy of your own home. This was a splendid read; you'll fall in love with Lizabeth and Matt (the falling-fast-for-each-other couple) and most of all lizabeth's eccentric yet VERY comical aunt.. this book is brimming with laughs and tender moments! don't pass this one up.. its a keeper!