Full Tilt (Max Holt)

I ordered a new series to try by Janet Evanovich. I always order either like new or as close as I can get. This book was said to be "like new" I don't know where?? The cover is ripped and folded!! The book is written in. This is NOT like new!!! I want what I paid for and I will be returning "ALL" of the new series back. I will never order paperback from here again!! I'm afraid to open the other books that I ordered!!!!

Max, the boy-genius from Full house, is back and he's all grown up! He's in Beaumont, South Carolina to help his sister's husband find out who wants to keep him out of the race for Mayor. Max is also checking on his interest in Beaumont's paper...and a growing interest in the paper's owner, Jamie Swift. Missing tax dollars, would-be assassins, and a talking car...Jamie and Max are hot on the case. And maybe they're a bit hot for each other??!! Evanovich and Hughes are a powerful writing team. Full Tilt is full of fun!!

The second book in the FULL series is heads and shoulders above the first FULL HOUSE. Boy genious Max Holt is now grown and he is the protagonist, but his sister DeeDee (eeuuw!)Holt is going through menopause, which makes her retired wresteler husbands run for mayor even more precarious. The plot quickly thickens and seems to run in a million zany directions. The negative reviews seem to all be from people who expected a new Stephanie Plum series... This is NOT written in first person, and its more of an adventure/romance which is a different genre. The main thing they have in common is the great humor and quirky sidekicks. I think each book in the series is getting better and the most recent one is the best, but I would start with Full Tilt, for a fun light read.

I enjoy comedy and this is page turning fun. I have never read a Plum novel, so I come with a clean palate. This second installment of the "Full" novels is even better than the first. The attention to detail and research that had to go into this book jumps off of the pages. I read almost any genre and love when I find some true literary talent. I read it, loved it and have recommend it for a wonderful romantic comedy read. I haven't seen it advertised as a spinoff of the Plum books, so I am confused as to why that fan base would assume, that Evanovich can only stretch her talents in one direction. Talk about typecasting!!! This book wasn't one dimensional or predictable and I applaud the new "dynamic duo", Hughes and Evanovich, for this jewel. I look forward to the next "Full" novel and can hardly wait!!!

Jamie Swift's life is full, she is running the only paper in small town Beaumont, South Carolina and is engaged to a handsome young millionaire. Unfortunately, the paper is struggling and her future mother in law can hardly stand her, feeling that her precious son is marrying beneath himself. The answer to her unspoken prayers arrives when Max Holt, sexy billionaire and brother in law to former wrestler turned mayoral candidate Frankie Fontana, comes to town to allegedly help Frankie's campaign. Actually, his sister Deedee wants him to help Jamie. Matters are complicated by attempts on Jamie's life, her mutual attraction to Max, and Max's computer, Muffin, getting hot flashes. Added to that, Frankie's major domo and Deedee's best "girlfriend", Beenie, another former, and gay, wrestler, gets amnesia and forgets he is gay. You can also add a stripper and some poachers to the muddle, and you get a delightful mix. ***** With spark, passion, mystery and more than one chuckle, this book tickles and delights you from beginning to end. Fans of both of these authors will not be disappointed, everything that makes Stephanie loveable and all the wit of Charlotte Hughes other novels is there. Max is someone you definitely hope is going to be back, and Muffin alone is worth a continuing series. *****Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.