How to Trap a Tycoon

Dorsey MacGuinness has a lot on her plate: she's a TA at Severn College pursuing a Sociology PhD, she's "Mack," a bartender at an exlusive men-only club named Drake's, and she's Lauren Grable-Monroe, America's newest favorite author who wrote "How to Trap A Tycoon." All she wants is to defend her sociological treatise on "stuffy old-boy men's clubs as microcosms for a male-dominated society" but her publisher's demands to make public appreances as Lauren Grable-Monroe, and her budding romantic relationship with Adam Darien -- a member of Drake's who hates "How to Trap a Tycoon" but doesn't realize he's dating the author! -- leave little room for, oh, SLEEP, let alone applying herself to her PhD. Elizabeth Bevarly's writing style is rare among Romance authors. It's conversational, intelligent, and flows. Her characters have well-crafted personalities and Dorsey is a gem. For light-hearted reading, a happy ending, and snappy prose, pick up "How to Trap a Tycoon."

There are times you want to toss the world off your shoulders and be carted away into a book that lets you completely escape, and Bevarly is a master of creating that escape. HOW TO TRAP A TYCOON is witty and wry, a clever take off on THE RULES that let me shed my ordinary life for one where the clever girl gets away with everything, even the tycoon. What's not to like?

This was a delightful surprise. I've never read a book by this author, so I didn't know what to expect. Well, this is a wonderful contemporary romance and I'm glad I read it. I will be hunting down this author's older titles like nobody's business!Dorsey and Adam are a fun, sexy, and endearing couple. Adam is a very wealthy and very sexy publisher of an elitist, sexist men's magazine (hey, I'm a feminist). Dorsey, on the other hand, has many professions. She's a bartender at the exclusive men's club Adam attends (doing 'research' for her sociology dissertation), a teaching assistant at Severn College, and the reluctant author of HOW TO TRAP A TYCOON. Adam doesn't know that Dorsey is the author of the book that is "wreaking indigestion on most men". The secondary characters are all wonderful too. I especially enjoyed Adam's young, cynical staff writer and Dorsey's mother. (Separately, not together)The book summary does a much better job of explaining the plot than I do. You really have to read the book to appreciate it. It's great fun! If you read this book, I doubt you'll be disappointed. I laughed out loud several times. I rarely put down the book and when I did it was with great reluctance. Very highly recommended.P.S. There's also a fabulous secondary romance. What more could you ask for?

In Chicago's Severn College teaching assistant Dorsey MacGuinness is shocked by the stir caused by her satirical book HOW TO TRAP A TYCOON. She wrote the book based on her mother's experience under the pseudonym of Lauren Grable-Monroe. Proceeds were to help her mother remain financially secure. However, the book has become a national sensation. Even at the Drake's Men's Club where she works the bar, her book is the topic of heated conversation between the Editor in Chief of Man's Life magazine Adam "Oban over ice" Darien and one of his reporters. Adam plans to uncover the identity of the mysterious Ms. Grable-Monroe. Adding to her concern is that her publisher wants Lauren on tour since every woman in America has adopted the book as their bible in the battle of the sexes. Can she pull off a masquerade when the man she loves is determined to unmask her alter ego?HOW TO TRAP A TYCOON is a hilarious contemporary romance that winks at the "rules" of the sub-genre, using humor to tell its tale. The story line is genuinely amusing with its book within book approach to the gender wars. The lead characters are an entertaining duo while the support cast provides pathos and depth to the lighthearted romp. Elizabeth Bevarly has carved out a niche as one of the leading authors of satirical romance.Harriet Klausner