Mr. Predictable/Too Many Cooks

Carol Finch's story takes place on a stress management ranch. Our hero's sisters have arranged for their regimented, in-a-rut older brother to be taken there for an enforced two week vacation. Without his electronics and his routine, he is lost and is *not* a happy camper. Soon though, his long-dormant instincts revive, much to his chagrin. This fish-out-of-water story humorously tells of one man's return to life and the unlikely woman who instigates it. It's an amusing, romantic and well-written tale.A working ranch in Montana is the setting for Molly O'Keefe's story about a social worker from Los Angeles who brings a South Central gang wannabe there for a summer out of his normal enviroment. This program is her brain child and she's determined for it to succeed. Little does she know that she'll be the one seduced by the ranch and its inhabitants, specifically its emotionally scarred foreman. The main characters had emotional depth and the secondary characters were nicely developed. The humor, sexual attraction and romance were well done. This is apparently Ms. O'Keefe's first book and it is an excellent beginning. Here's hoping she keeps on writing and gives us more stories about the Cook family of Montana!

Is this the first book by Molly O'Keefe? If so, I eagerly look forward to more work from this writer. Her vivid characters will remind every reader of some individual from her own life. It's nice to see a writer effectively inject so many humorous scenes amidst the sexy ones - and the sexy ones really got my pulse racing! I hope she keeps writing about the Cooks - I'd love to see what happens with the two younger brothers in the family! Yummy!For readers both old and new, this book is a must-read!

I liked the Carol Finch story best of the two, though I liked them both. Mr. Predictable has a kind of hero I really like. He is uptight and needs to let go to his real feelings. Only the heroine can get to him, and once he lets go, he is really hot.In Molly O'Keefe's Too Many Cooks, I liked the plot of the hero's family working as matchmakers - I'm a big fan of matchmaker plots. I like the way the heroine was very big on helping people, especially kids. Like the hero of Mr. Predictable, she was also a character who needed to lighten up, and falling in love with the hero really helped her. I like this with either hero or heroine as a theme.Very sexy, funny book!

MR. PREDICTABLEBy Carol FinchJ. T. Prescott is a workaholic far too set in his ways to suit his sisters, who book him for a two-week stay at Moriah Randell's ranch for stressed-out business executives. J.T. goes along for the ride, with extreme reluctance, when his sisters guilt-trip him into it, but once he's at the ranch, gorgeous Moriah opens him up to possibilities he never dreamed of.This is a really fun book. Stiff J.T. and easy-going Moriah make a great contrast. A lot of the comedy comes from the fish-out-of-water premise of J.T. going from the city to a ranch with some very humorous scenes. Also, the romance is deep, and the love scenes very sexy. A good combination!TOO MANY COOKSMolly O'KeefeCecelia Brady is a determined social worker from Los Angeles on an important mission to help inner-city kids. She is touring the country to find a good site for a camp for the kids, and she's led by a tip from some friends to Morning Glory Ranch. Neither she nor Ethan Cook, the ranch's handsome owner, suspect they've been set up by Ethan's matchmaking sisters.Another enjoyable ranch story. In this case, both characters are hard-working and a bit stiff, but getting together loosens them both up and brings out the best in them. An important subcharacter is one of the kids Cecelia is trying to help, who is traveling with her and provides many touching scenes. The chemistry between the sexy hero and feisty heroine is very strong, and their conflict both funny and moving. All in all, this is a really enjoyable story!