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Even though the romance between Heath and Annabelle took a long time to develop, the book was one of SEP's best. All her books are great- even the not so great ones- compared to other romance novels. Not to mention that it is one of the funniest ones I have read from her that did not detract from the story as a whole-which some of her other novels did.

Heath is a self-made multi-millionaire sports agent-think Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire-that has been climbing the social ladder since his trailer- park childhood, which gave him the drive to achieve more for his life. He feels that it is high time to settle down and find a pedigree wife; but with his hectic schedule finding such a paragon of class all by himself is not viable.

This is wear our hapless yet adorable Annabelle comes along. She had inherited a home-based matchmaking company for seniors from her grandmother and had just started to update it and launch it for the modern market. Because of a friend's connection with Heath, she landed an interview with him to see if he would hire her to do the job that a multi-million matchmaking company had thus far failed to accomplish.

The book had all of SEP's traits that has made her so successful-the writing is fantastic, the dialogue hilarious, the character development always thourough and in depth.

But there was something missing in this book that really frustrated me--the ROMANCE development took WAY too long!!!... which is not what SEP usually does. At lease Annabelle had ruminations about Heath and her feelings for him, but even those were very limited. Heath's ruminations and conflict about Annablle were non existent up until the love making scene, which was towards the end of the book.

But even with those major complaints-I just wanted more romance development between the two of them because I loved them so much-it did not affect my rating and recommending this book to any romance reader; this just tells you how good this book really is!!


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Match Me If You Can Chicago Stars Susan Elizabeth Phillips Books Reviews

Compared to all SEP's other work, Match Me was a let down. I love all her football series starting w/ it had to be You - and she has great characters but the story lacked the depth that she usually works into her characters. It was too pat that Bodie was rich and connected. And at the end, Heath has one session with her family and loves them to bits and we are supposed to buy into his idea of the family dynamics. In SEP's other stories like Nobody's Baby...the family felt real. Here- throughout the story SEP has them set up as some kind of irritant who always put her down and belittle her and so when they finally "root" for her, I just didnt buy it and I didn't even like them. So the end - where the hero grovels to the heroine - also didnt work- which is a shame because it worked really well in every other book of hers. Of SEP's work,my favorites have been Heaven Texas and Nobody's Baby.... Can anyone tell me why it doesn't work? Please, please let Dean Robillard's story have all the weight and humor of her older work.
She may be the black sheep of her uber-successful family, but Annabelle Granger marches to the beat of her own drum. She's taken over her grandmother's matchmaking business, renamed it Perfect for You, and is determined to make it successful. As part of the quest to do so, she's gotten one of her best friends to set up a meeting with one of the most eligible bachelors in town, rich, gorgeous sports agent, Heath Champion. Annabelle may not have the first clue why Heath would need to go to a matchmaker to find a wife, but he's contracted with a rival agency and Annabelle is convinced she can get him to become a client of hers if she just meets him.

And things go exactly as planned...sorta. Well, okay, not really. Champion is an arrogant, overly entitled workaholic jerk and his demands are ridiculously unreasonable. Still, he's made a small concession and Annabelle sets her sights on making the most of the opportunity he's granted.

He's also sexy as hell...not that she's given that any thought.

Heath Champion has risen from poverty and survived an abusive father to become a self-made and highly educated man. He's an excellent agent and he dedicates his life to his clients. Now that he's approaching thirty-five he figures it's time he finds a suitable wife, but with his schedule he hardly has time. So he does the most practical thing he can think of; he hires a matchmaking firm to do it for him. Limiting his introductory meetings to twenty minutes, the ladies of Chicago are brought to him one by one between phone calls and business dealings, and it's going moderately well, he thinks. Until Annabelle walks into his office, late, looking bedraggled, and spouting off about her own matchmaking abilities. Two working to find him a wife has to be - at least marginally - better than one, no matter how little faith he has in Annabelle's dubious skills. Something about her, though, challenges him, and her absolute lack of suitable subservience to him is appealing in its own right.

And she's sexy as hell...not that he's given that any thought.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips has a fantastic romp in Match Me If You Can. Heath and Annabelle are great lead characters, and their dialogue is sassy, sarcastic, and so very much fun. The chemistry between them, first as friends, then as lovers, is some of the best in the genre, and Phillips is particularly good at the slow but realistic development of the relationship between them. Each character has personal issues and a few inner demons that add some depth and angst to the story and provides opportunity for personal development, and the arc of the story is fleshed out nicely with a strong supporting case of secondary and ancillary characters.

While it could be said that the concept of the story borders on the silly, and the actions of both Annabelle and Heath sometimes tread the line between fantastic and farce, for a light read that's pure humorous enjoyment, this book has made it to the big game and delivered more than just nifty commercials.

I wish I'd been as pleased with the minor plot thread of the relationship between Bodie and Portia, but I had a hard time with that one. It just didn't work for me. Maybe if it had been given a bit more room to grow and the characters afforded more development I would have been able to buy into it more than I did. Instead, I found Portia to be largely irredeemable until close to the very end and there wasn't enough provided for me to find her sympathetic through most of the book. I liked Bodie well enough, but again, would have preferred to have seen a bit more of him to get a better handle on him as a character. There were some deep issues motivating Portia, and some juicy details about Bodie's past. I think they could have supported their own story much better in a longer format.

I wasn't totally sold on the conclusion of Match Me If You Can, either. The story was moving right along and getting to the meat of the central conflict between Heath and Annabelle, and things just went a little wonky. The inevitable blow up occurred a little abruptly and was resolved a little quickly for my taste given the depth of the issues each character has at the time. I appreciated the epilogue quite a bit, though, and the nifty way the book was wrapped up.

From strictly a story perspective, I wouldn't say Match Me If You Can is perfect, but it was solidly good and a lot of pure, fun entertainment. I know it's the sixth book of the Chicago Stars series, but it worked well as a stand alone. I haven't read the first five books, so I can speak with authority (albeit a subjective one) on that. I can also say I enjoyed this one so much that I purchased the series opener, It Had to Be You so I could start the Chicago Stars series from the beginning.

Phillips has a smooth, pleasant writing style and creates likable characters, putting them into sizzling situations (though sometimes that sizzle comes from the hotheadedness of her characters), much to a reader's supreme enjoyment. I'm looking forward to spending much more time in the Chicago Stars world. Similarities exist between this series and Kate Angell's Richmond Rogues series - though that one is centered around baseball. I'll be interested in seeing how those similarities - and differences, too - evidence themselves as I progress with this series. I've enjoyed the Rogues series so far, and things are looking just as good, if not better, in Phillips' Chicago Stars series.

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Even though the romance between Heath and Annabelle took a long time to develop, the book was one of SEP's best. All her books are great- even the not so great ones- compared to other romance novels. Not to mention that it is one of the funniest ones I have read from her that did not detract from the story as a whole-which some of her other novels did.

Heath is a self-made multi-millionaire sports agent-think Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire-that has been climbing the social ladder since his trailer- park childhood, which gave him the drive to achieve more for his life. He feels that it is high time to settle down and find a pedigree wife; but with his hectic schedule finding such a paragon of class all by himself is not viable.

This is wear our hapless yet adorable Annabelle comes along. She had inherited a home-based matchmaking company for seniors from her grandmother and had just started to update it and launch it for the modern market. Because of a friend's connection with Heath, she landed an interview with him to see if he would hire her to do the job that a multi-million matchmaking company had thus far failed to accomplish.

The book had all of SEP's traits that has made her so successful-the writing is fantastic, the dialogue hilarious, the character development always thourough and in depth.

But there was something missing in this book that really frustrated me--the ROMANCE development took WAY too long!!!... which is not what SEP usually does. At lease Annabelle had ruminations about Heath and her feelings for him, but even those were very limited. Heath's ruminations and conflict about Annablle were non existent up until the love making scene, which was towards the end of the book.

But even with those major complaints-I just wanted more romance development between the two of them because I loved them so much-it did not affect my rating and recommending this book to any romance reader; this just tells you how good this book really is!!