Not Quite Dating
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Catherine Bybee
From New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the first novel in the delicious Not Quite series. Waitress and single mom Jessica "Jessie" Mann is practical to a fault. Even if she had time to date, which she doesn't, she'd be determined to provide her son with a more secure upbringing than the one she had--and that would mean a husband with big bucks. When Jack Morrison--a sexy-as-sin, seemingly broke customer with a cowboy hat and a seductive grin--tries to flirt with her, she shoots him down. She doubts a carefree dreamer like Jack can provide the financial stability she needs. Yet with Christmas just weeks away, and Jessie not wanting to spend it alone, the charming Texan is proving hard to resist. As the heir to the Morrison luxury hotel empire, Jack is used to being fawned over. But Jack needs someone who will fall in love with him--not his wealth. He's set his sights on Jessie, though her hardened heart just might get in the way...To be sure, he conceals his true identity and offers to help Jessie find the rich husband she seeks. But Jack's daring charade may rob him of the holiday wish he wants most of all...
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Author
Catherine Bybee
Pages
258
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Published Date
2012
ISBN
1612187145 9781612187143
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"Well. I guess I should get what I liked out of the way first, since that seems to be a shorter list than one annoyed me. I wasn't sold on Amy McFadden reading this at first, but as I continued to listen, I enjoyed her narration more and more. I think she livened up the story. I really liked Jack and I really liked Danny. I loved these two together. Jack's a great guy. Too bad he spends the entire book having the girl he really likes taking pot shot to the family jewels over and over again.<br/><br/>Now for what annoyed me throughout the story. Jessie. The Gold Digger.<br/><br/><img src="http://makinthebacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gold-digger.jpg"><br/><br/>So her ideas of the man she wanted to fall in love with was shallow. She rejected Jack over and over because he let her believe he didn't have billions of dollars. If he had, they both know she would have dated him long before they did. She would have happily dated him if he had made his net worth known. If that isn't shallow, I don't know what is.<br/><br/>I get it, she equates money with stability. Or love. Or something. But rejecting someone who wants to be with you just because she thought him a lowly waiter is mean. She likes everything else about him. They are attracted to each other, he's good with her son, he shows his concern for her and tries to help her out even when she doesn't ask for it. And what does she do? Spits in his face. Repeatedly.<br/><br/>The big misunderstanding plot device annoyed me. She's upset that he's actually rich. That he's lied to her. Well, do you blame him? She's told him to his face she wants someone rich and that person can't possibly be him because he's too poor and that makes him undatable. I don't know what kept this guy around! Seriously! One whiff that this girl wanted to marry a rich guy should have sent him the other way. I'm not sure why it didn't.<br/><br/>The whole "it's just as easy to fall in love with a rich guy as it is a poor guy" plot was annoying. I thought it made Jessie unworthy of Jack and too annoying. From other reviews I've read, pretty sure I won't be continuing the series."
Aimee Gibson
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