FEET FIRST

Author: Leanne Banks ISBN: 0373770189 9/2005 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: HQN

Designing footwear is Jenny Prillaman's life, so getting the plum assignment to create a socialite's wedding shoes is a dream come true. Dealing with the heiress is another story. So is staying away from her dreamy new boss, a man too hot to deny for long, despite Jenny's best intentions of keeping her business away from his pleasure. Making Bellagio, Inc. and international success is executive Mark Waterson's career ambition. But his life's desire is to find the right woman and settle down. Too bad Jenny would rather follow in his corporate footsteps than try on the glass slipper of a company wife. At least Mark's got one thing going for him--the way to a woman's heart is through a really great pair of shoes!

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

In FEET FIRST, Ms. Banks has written a darling Cinderella story. Jenny has lived in the shadow of her two overachieving siblings for all of her life, but with her job as apprentice to a shoe designer at Bellagio Shoes, things are starting to look up in her life. When the designer falls off the wagon, Jenny must step in and design shoes for a high-society wedding. Things get a bit complicated when her yummy boss takes a personal interest in the shoes for this client and her!

I thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout this fantastic book. I was engaged from chapter one, and had a hard time putting the book down. A light-hearted comedy that had me smiling, even laughing out loud at points, FEET FIRST made for an outstanding weekend's entertainment. I highly recommend this one—it is a definite must-read!

Kendra Patterson