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Neck & Neck Mass Market Paperback – August 4, 2009

by Elizabeth Bevarly (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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Hoping to advance her party planning business by securing the attendance of a billionaire video-game creator at her Kentucky Derby soiree, Natalie Beckett encounters trouble in the wealthy man's gorgeous bodyguard, Russell, who rapidly becomes the focus of her attentions. Original.
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  1. Print length
    336 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Berkley
  4. Publication date
    August 4, 2009
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    4.4 x 0.94 x 6.84 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0425229033
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0425229033
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Original edition (August 4, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425229033
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425229033
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.4 x 0.94 x 6.84 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Elizabeth Bevarly

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Elizabeth Bevarly is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author whose novels have been translated into two dozen languages and published in three dozen countries. She currently writes romance for Harlequin Special Edition but has also published single title romantic comedies and trade paper women's fiction. She has called home places as exotic as Puerto Rico and New Jersey, but currently lives back in her home state of Kentucky with her high school sweetheart husband and a very outspoken cat. When she’s not writing, she’s making soup, tending her herb garden, listening to jazz, and binge-watching mysteries on Britbox.

Visit her website at www.elizabethbevarly.com or "like" her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ElizabethBevarlyReaderPage.

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Miami Cool
4.0 out of 5 stars DARLING...I couldn't stop smiling
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2010
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This was a very fun read and I have to say I truly laughed out loud more than once over the hilarious dialogue. Bevarly has a very clever way with words and I could really picture the conversations taking place. Even though there was a great deal of "passive" versus "active" action, (lots of mental conversations) the way it was written was so funny that it was easy to read.

One scene in particular: Russell, the millionaire is stuck having dinner with Natalie's so-called fiance, Dean Waterman; very funny the way Russell mentally changes Dean's name to Dim Witterman, or Dunce Weaselman throughout the entire converstation. Truly inspired. I couldn't stop laughing.

Loved references to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky in general. Now I want to go visit.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Neck & Neck
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2009
Professional party planner Natalie Beckett has one shot to make a go of her fledgling business and to do so she has to make society dame Clementine Hotchkiss's Kentucky Derby Eve Fundraiser Gala a phenomenal success. But in order to make Clementine's party the talk of the town, Natalie needs to convince reclusive billionaire Russell Mulholland to attend. There's just one problem: a big, brawny, devastatingly handsome roadblock in her way - Russell's head of security, Finn Guthrie.

Finn has learned since childhood to trust no one, especially not some party planner set on stalking his best friend. Sure, Natalie is temptingly gorgeous, but Finn isn't about to let that distract him from his job of protecting Russell and his son Max. But Finn's determination to ignore Natalie is about to be put to the test because Natalie will not be ignored.

Sparks fly in this enchanting read by Elizabeth Bevarly. Neck & Neck is fresh and fun with not one, but two romances that are sure to captivate. The first is Finn and Natalie's love story. Their romance is a delightful case of opposites attract. It was entertaining watching the intractable Finn fall for Natalie when he was absolutely against the idea.

The subplot of Neck & Neck, however, captured my attention even more than the main romance. From the very beginning of the tale, Ms. Bevarly broke my heart with Russell, a widower with a teenage son who has been in a downward spiral since his wife's death. I so wanted to see Russell find happiness and was so happy to see him fall in love with Ginny Collins, a single parent herself. Unlike Finn and Natalie who are truly different from one another, Russell and Ginny are a couple whom she perceives as opposites but are, in fact, more similar than Ginny realizes. Ginny and Russell's romance grabbed my heart and didn't let go, adding a great depth of emotion to Neck & Neck.

Alternately humorous and heartwarming, Neck & Neck was a wonderful, gripping read from beginning to end. This is the first book I've read by Ms. Bevarly and it definitely won't be the last!

Shayna
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4.0 out of 5 stars laugh out loud amusing contemporary romance
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2009
Natalie Beckett has had a string of failed business ventures, but keeps on trying like the motto says. This year she is a party planner who's working a Kentucky Derby Eve soiree that will either make or break her business.

She needs a star attraction who, by showing up, will bring the infield crowd with him or her. She thinks reclusive billionaire video game creator Russell Mulholland, who is in town, would be perfect. However, in order to persuade Mulholland to come to her gala, she needs to get past the hunk, his bodyguard, Finn Guthrie, who is like an offensive line protecting the quarterback from a persistent women he is attracted to; he and Russell trust no one with their secrets not even a woman he could love.

This is a laugh out loud amusing contemporary romance with a relevant nod to the Derby and an insider look at why almost famous people turn paranoid as stalkers are a cell phone away. The story line is brisk and breezy as Finn sees Natalie initially as a tabloid stalker, then a nuisance and finally something else. Fans will enjoy his metamorphosis as Natalie the nuisance never quits.

Harriet Klausner
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Valeriya Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2009
I really liked this book. It was a little slow, but I like it anyway.
This book is almost perfect contemporary romance for me. I definitely enjoyed of the writing style, plot, and characters. Now I am looking forward to read the rest of this trilogy.
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