Title: Wanted: Wife
Author: Gwen Jones
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: June 4, 2013
Event organized by: Literati Literature Lovers and Literati Author Services
Review:
Andy Devine is advertising for a wife on a utility pole, and interviewing him is the last thing TV reporter Julie Knott needs. Especially after her cheating fiancé just tweeted their disengagement. Now she has got to choose: get the story—or become it? Whatever you are thinking, stop! It is a very fluffy book, but something I call chick-lit contemporary with a brain. This was a really smart book. What you think about the premise is so off from what the story line goes.
When Julie first meets Andy she is smitten to say the least, and the fact that it takes a few days for her to agree to marry him is pretty funny. I myself would have been in the court-house filing for a license faster than you say I DO. Regardless of what I would have done to Andy, we need to remember that the story line and cute little tag about the advert for a wife, is catchy but not the true meat. The true juice comes from Andy’s past, not Julie. Now I am trying my best at composure!
Don’t miss this debut. I wish I could give one snip of a tiny spoiler but I can’t. Well ok I will. Julie has a few moments where I thought “OMG she is a conniving bitch and she is plotting against Andy” I mean for a while I was up and down with where the story would lead. Well I will admit it had a high heat factor. Along with the heat went some naughty stuff. If I can really be honest it was lovey dovey in parts and swoon worthy too. So save it for a Swoon Thursday Meme.
I say read it NOW. Please know that I can’t give away anything, but will say there are a few reveals that will make you gasp out loud. Not the way you thought it would go at all. What I find equally surprising is the author wrote a few books and considered them not so worthy. I have no clue why, she is great. We need more of these debut with fresh ideas. How refreshing!
If you love the humor and romance of Rachel Gibson and Susan Elizabeth Phillips, don’t miss the fabulous debut of Gwen Jones
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16089225-wanted
PURCHASE LINKS (Paperbacks not available until July 2)
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/18JY9Te
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/16EQ8BN
Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/17jKdlg
Barnes &Noble: http://amzn.to/17TNMiT
Kobo: http://bit.ly/15zMwNC
About the Author
Gwen Jones, after spending years writing several unpublishable novels, decided to learn what she was doing wrong or give it all up. So after earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Western Connecticut State University, she’s now so good they even allow her to teach there. An unabashed born-and-bred native of Southern New Jersey and the Jersey Shore, she lives with her husband, Frank, and the absolute cutest cat in the world, Gracie.
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