Valentine's Day Is Killing Me

by Susanna Carr, MaryJanice Davidson, Leslie Esdaile

Book Overview

Lost roses. Cancelled reservations. Broken dates. Arrests. Dead bodies. There's always some reason to hate Valentine's Day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758212844
• ISBN13: 9780758212849
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Brava
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Valentine's Day is Killing Me

`Cuffs and Coffee Breaks'by MaryJanice Davidson Julie Kay has bad luck with dates and Valentine's Day. This year has to be different, doesn't it? `Cuffs and Coffee Breaks' is vintage MaryJanice Davidson. I really don't thinks she could write anything that didn't make me laugh. Poor Julie has hopes for her date, but things don't turn out as expected. It could be for the best because Scott Wythe is just was Cupid ordered. `A "No Drama" Valentine's' by Leslie Esdaile Jocelyn Jefferson and her friends are going to have a party for themselves on Valentine's Day so they don't have to worry about being disappointed by men, only to have the party broken up by the police. `A "No Drama" Valentine's' is a cute story, but I felt the dialogue between the friends was forced. I loved the characters and the story. Ray is just want Jocelyn needs and I'm glad he was there to bust up the party giving her an unexpected chance at romance. `Valentine Survivor' by Susanna Carr Shanna Murphy has a plan and nothing can go wrong. This will be the perfect Valentine's Day, or will it? `Valentine Survivor `is a story of if it can go wrong, it will. Shanna wants everything to be perfect, but she doesn't realize just what perfect is. It will take an ex to help her figure it out and let her know that every day can be romantic, not just Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is Killing Me is a fun and light romance that sets just the right tone for a great Valentine's Day. Based on these three stories I would pick up books by these other authors. I already love MaryJanice Davidson and just added Leslie Esdaile and Susanna Carr to my read list. Jambrea Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Delve into these three delightfully funny Valentine's Day gone wrong stories and you'll feel a whole

CUFFS AND COFFEE BREAKS by MaryJanice Davidson Julie About is a greeting card writer. After a long series of bad blind dates set up by her sister, she's down on the holidays and no amount of pink lovey-dovey sentiment filled cards will change her mind. Scott Wyth works with Julie. He's actually never met her but they've exchanged numerous emails and he's been the victim of more than one of her insulting emails. He's still brave enough to ask her out though. Julie is determined not to allow her sister, Kara, to nag her into yet another disastrous blind date. When Scott's email arrives asking Julie out, Kara jumps on it. After all, if Julie's been emailing with him, he wouldn't really be a blind date, would he? And besides, it's just one date, what's the worst that could happen? Arriving at the restaurant to meet her date, Julie meets Scott for the first time. He's in handcuffs, and the waiter is dead. At least she didn't get stood up. I absolutely love the emails in this story! Julie is so feisty and doesn't back down to anyone. It's laugh out loud funny. MaryJanice Davidson does an amazing job with these characters. They're smart, fun, and quirky. A "NO DRAMA" VALENTINE'S by Leslie Esdaile Jocelyn Jefferson has had it with all the romance drama that goes on every Valentine's Day. She has a fresh new idea for this year. A "pamper" party just for her girlfriends and herself. Raymond Mayfield is a vice detective. He's not into the Valentine's Day thing either. Too much drama. All he has to do is look around the precinct to know that this holiday draws out the craziness in people. Jocelyn is so excited about the "pamper" party she's throwing. She's gone way out of her way to make it truly special, only to have each of them call and cancel on voicemail, no less. Trying not to cry, Jocelyn tries to cancel The Pamper People's appointment, but at the last minute she's going to get stuck paying for the service so decides to have them come and pamper just her. Things get a bit wild and since one of the Pamper People had called a stripper friend, when an officer arrives at her door she assumes he's a stripper and grabs the goods. Definitely not a good idea since it lands her in handcuffs and being questioned while she's freaking out! You can practically see the saucy head rolls and snappy attitude of Jocelyn and her girlfriends in this story. Leslie Esdaile uses slang dialect throughout the story that adds to the realism and makes the whole police station freak out scene so very funny. VALENTINE SURVIVOR by Susanna Carr Shanna Murphy has Valentine's Day all planned out this year. She even reserved the restaurant a year in advance. We'll just disregard that she's not actually dating anybody to make her ideal holiday special for her. Calder Smith is Shanna's ex-boyfriend. He's never stopped loving her, just thought he'd give her some space. Discovering that she planning to spend Valentine's Day with Dominic, a serial d

three fine Valentine's Day romances

"Cuffs and Coffee Breaks" by MaryJanice Davidson. Greeting card designer Julie goes to meet her Valentine's Day blind date at a restaurant only to find him waiting for her wearing handcuffs while a corpse lies near him. The cops arrest her date charging him with homicide. Julie debates whether to write it off as another date from hell or to prove he did not commit murder. "A "No Drama" Valentine's" by Leslie Esdaile. Jocelyn has given up on Valentine's Day at least when it comes to men; instead this year she arranges a pamper party with her female pals, but each has to bow out. However, apparently half the world crashes her "pampering" party including Police Vice Squad Detective Raymond who with one look decides to toss everyone out so he can pamper Jocelyn. "Valentine Survivor" by Susanna Carr. After her insensitive boyfriend Calder failed her on Valentine's Day one year ago Shanna planned for this year's holiday to be perfect. Everything is in place except she lives up to her surname Murphy as her date canceled and still stuck at the office she finds the dead body of her nasty boss. Desperate, Shanna calls her former boyfriend to help her. Calder readily agrees as he wants his Shanna back. These three fine Valentine's Day romances contain strong males, beleaguered females and fun twists.