Venus Guy Trap

Ever since reading Venus Envy, I've been eagerly awaiting Venus Guy Trap. And Shannon McKelden didn't disappoint!! Great plot, GREAT characters, great dialogue. The perfect read. I highly recommend.

Venus "Aphrodite" Cronus may be the Goddess of Love and daughter of Zeus, but she is slaving on earth as a matchmaker. In Bander, Oregon she finds a sigma in a bookstore window that is her target for a love life makeover. Her name is Haydee Miller, whose parents she matched over three decades ago. Haydee has been going out lately with losers and fears she will fail at the next step on her list; getting married at thirty-three. The list is sacred to her as it gave her comfort when her mom died when she was sixteen. Any deviation has been disastrous. She has six weeks plus to find her mate. Venus introduces herself and for some unknown reason Haydee hires her and allows her to move into her home. Venus insists she is the Goddess of Love. Two days later Venus says Prince Charming is entering the store. Haydee has a convulsion as anyone but Derek Reed is acceptable. He deserted her to become a world famous photographer. Haydee tells Venus she stinks at matchmaking. They met soon after her mom died and he blew a knee ending his football ambition; they became an entry until he left abruptly. Haydee asks Derek why he is back. He says he missed her. Venus knows her mission is more than matching soulmates with a history; as she also needs to reconcile father and daughter while eluding men who want her and women jealous with Venus Envy. The cast is extremely well drawn, Aphrodite owns the show as the matchmaker Goddess of Love insists the one man the lead female hates is her true love while she also deals with every male wanting her at a time she wants to go home. The rotation of lead between Venus and Haydee provides a wider perspective to this fun lighthearted urban romantic fantasy. Harriet Klausner

Book 2 in the Venus Fairy Godmother series (you certainly don't have to read Venus Envy (book 1) to enjoy this book-though you're missing a delightful read if you don't) brings back our reluctant Fairy Godmother Venus, goddess of love to the scene looking to help our her next victim, er, godchild. No worries on that front, lovely Haydee is all for Venus finding her a husband. It's all part of her life plan. Venus is delighted to find a godchild who truly appreciates her efforts for a change. Things seem to looking up until Venus picks the absolute last guy Haydee would ever give her heart too....again. Determined to be with any man but the one who broke her heart years ago, Haydee refused to be led her down the path of true love, as seen by Venus. She's willing to settle on the kind of guy who can't hurt her. Adding to the Venus's troubles, all the men in town are throwing themselves at her, which would normally delight her, but when she's trying to do her job it get's downright annoying. This laugh a minute, delightfully fresh take on the classic fairy godmother is a fun romp that makes you believe that mother (or fairy godmother in this case) really does know best. Pick it up today.