An early book in the Stephanie Bond world. 3 women in the publishing world & 1 swarmy agent they exact revenge on. One part romance, one part murder, one part mystery. Who killed Jerry & why. Fast paced read. A few unanswered questions on Felicia but otherwise a good read ( )

As someone who works in the publishing industry myself, I got an extra thrill out of it being the setting for this book! It was funny, it was mysterious, it was romantic; everything as advertised. ( )

I've read a lot of Bond books, and this one is definitely one of my favorites. There was so much going on in this story, it kept me guessing literally the whole way through.

Somethings to highlight: I loved the friendship between Tallie and Felicia. While these women were complete opposites, their friendship was real and strong. The sub-story lines between them and each of their mothers was also good. I loved how Felicia was basically an undercover Martha Stewart type---doing all the cleaning, baking, etc, all the while no one had any idea (especially her mom).

The romance between Tallie and Keith is sweet and steamy but not over the top. The mystery plot is one of the books strongest points. You really have no idea who is behind it all, and the ending is outrageous (in a good way!)

This book is called a romantic mystery and I would agree. I would also recommend it to my friends who read chick lit/women's fiction because the Tallie and Felicia's friendship and story is strong in and of itself (it's not all about Keith like a traditional romance).

I laughed out loud at some of the scenes, and I couldn't wait to keep reading to see how it ended up. Would highly recommend. ( )

From Amazon:
When three young female New York editors come up with a sassy scheme to publicly expose a notoriously womanizing literary agent, little do they imagine he'll end up not just naked (and tied up in S/M gear) but dead. All do, however, have motives for murder: the smarmy fellow has personally humiliated successful Felicia Redmon, professionally backstabbed not-so-successful Tallie Blankenship and plagiarized the plot of a book that means the world to ambitious Jan Glass. So confessing that they were the last to see their tormentor alive is likely to make them prime suspects, even in the eyes of Tallie's protective new cop boyfriend. But if they stay silent, they may wind up being the real murderer's next victims. While whodunit isn't revealed till the book's surprise ending, the suspense isn't the kind that kills you. As is typical of Bond's books (Party Crashers, etc.), the overall tone is deliciously frothy, and small comedic details abound: high-powered Felicia is a secret super housewife who cleans, cooks and lies about it, and Jan has changed her name from plain "Jane" to appear more glamorously French. And though romance is not the book's main focus, there's enough love between the laughs to keep relationship-minded readers happy.
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