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Catch a MateDecember 4, 2008 Jillian Greene thinks all men are pigs. No, wait. She KNOWS they are starting with the first man who she witnesses betraying his wife - her father. Because of the way she feels about men and their lying, cheating, and swinish ways, Jillian's job as bait for `Catch a Mate' is the perfect job for her. She loves nothing more than capturing cheating spouses in the act but lately the clients' tears are starting to wear on her. Jillian figures it is time for her to talk to Anne, `Catch a Mate's' owner, about possibly selling the business to her but before Jillian can get Anne to talk to her, she is called into Anne's office and meets HIM, Marcus Brody.
Marcus Brody and Jillian experience hate at first sight and when Jillian finds out she is paired with Marcus for her night's assignment, she almost explodes. Not only did they insult each other but they realized something else - each has a raging desire to bed the other which at the moment is a fate worse than death.
The harder Marcus and Jillian fight each other, the more their animosity turns to desire until they are unable to contain themselves, much to their mutual horror. Too late to forget how each felt in the other's arms, Marcus and Jillian agree to sex only. They may have agreed on a simple sexual relationship but both will find out that their feelings for each other are anything but simple.
Catch a Mate by Gena Showalter is witty and playful. Underneath Jillian's tough outer exterior is a woman yearning to find the one man who will be hers forever, steadfast and faithful. Marcus, for all of his bluster and blunder desires the same thing - a match trustworthy enough to take a chance on forever. Catch a Mate was about real love and acceptance. I hated for it to end!
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Fantastically hilarious *Hate-turns-to-Love* contemporary romanceSeptember 8, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jillian Greene is mad as hell. And of course a man is responsible. They're lying cheating jerks -all of them. Luckily she has the perfect job exposing men for the scum they really are. She works for an agency (Catch A Mate) which women hire *bait* (a beautiful woman like Jillian) to test their significant others. Only now the all-woman company has been bought out by a MAN! ACK! And get this -he's a gorgeous woman-hater. So from the get-go Jillian and her new boss Marcus Brody despise each other. He doesn't like her methods of luring the mark and she doesn't like...well him. Too bad they're too busy yelling at each other to take advantage of the explosive sexual chemistry between them. Take cover because sooner or later a bomb is going to hit and clothes will go flying!
WOW! I loved this book! I'm partial to hate-turns-to-love romance books and this one is one of the best I've read. Jillian and Marcus are sooo bad! A man-hater and a woman-hater ---do you think they have issues? LOL! They are at each others throats all the time. And at the same time there is this HUGE underling sexual tension between them because all that fighting is REALLY turning them on. Showalter's writing is engaging and down-right hilarious. I laughed a lot!
There is also a really cute secondary romance with Jillian's brother and her best friend. I wish there was more of them too.
So I recommend this book to anyone looking for a hate/love contemporary romance. A bit of fluff thats really funny in some places.
Some other hate-turns-to-love romances that I've enjoyed are: Jinxed! (Harlequin Blaze, No. 303) -first story by Jacquie D'Alessandro Bad Boys In Black Tie (Watson Brothers) -story by Erin McCarthy Jingle Bell Rock -story by Nancy Warren *my favorite*
SO FUNNY !!!!!July 29, 2008 This was a great book. I could not put it down. It will make you laugh and cry. Jillian and Marcus love to hate each other. You will laugh at some of the pick up lines at the start of each chapter. Give it a try you might like it.
Laugh out loud funnyJuly 20, 2008 I was in the mood for a romantic comedy and i came accross this book online and bought it. i loved it. Jillian is your average man hating woman and Marcus is your average woman hating man. it's a very warm novel that i am glad i picked up.
reminds me a little of To Catch a Cheat ( another must read)
Night Owl Romance Review 4/5 by ZollyannaJune 17, 2008 Jillian Greene works for Catch A Mate (CAM) her job is too prove that the opposite sex can't be trusted ever. She never gets physical with the targets as a rule her rule. One day her boss Anne hires a Man to test the fidelity of women, which rubs Jillian the wrong way. What rubs her even more the wrong way is that Anne tells her that he will be her partner that evening for her job, to kind of show him the ropes.
Jillian doesn't need a partner especially a Miva (Man Diva) which is what she thinks he is by the way he is presenting himself. Cocky and self-assured and so insulting, and well too much like her; they were just not going to be able to get along. But what Jillian doesn't know is that Marcus her new partner is actually going to be her new boss he has just bought CAM. He doesn't know what has turned her into such a real man-hater but it turns him on and he intends to fix it.
At the same time same time something about him infuriates her and she loves it but doesn't want him to know it but she intends to go to war with him and try to make him leave. They are definitely from two different worlds and something about each other makes them hot for the other one but they refuse to let on about it until the other one admits it. But they both intend to make the other cave as soon as possible, which makes a few of their co-workers go nuts.
Anne lets them know that she has sold the business to Marcus which further drives Jillian to war with Marcus and vice versa. Marcus sets the girls up with guy partners and Jillian up with himself. Things happen during an assignment, that have them all heated up but they still refuse to admit anything. Jillian and Marcus will soon have everyone they know knowing all to well how they feel about each other even if they don't.
Gena Showalter cooks up a steamy and entertaining story with Catch A Mate. Jillian and Marcus are two characters that I won't soon forget. The characters in the story come to life with such Zing and Zeal! It was hard to put the book down. I will be glad to read anything else she writes especially if it is about those two and their friends.
