FIANCÉ AT HER FINGERTIPS

Author: Kathleen Bacus ISBN: 9780505527349 5/2008 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: DORCHESTER

"Who are you seeing?" Debra Daniels thinks she's found the answer to the age-old question women have been plagued with ever since Eve first said "Why not?" when Adam asked her on a stroll through the Garden. In from her matchmaking mother and a score of hellish blind dates, to Debra the do-it-yourself boyfriend-in-a-box kit is a gift from Above. Fiancé at Your Fingertips: Touted as the single woman's best defense against prying looks and speculative stares, it comes with everything the single-and-slightly-desperate woman needs to convince family and coworkers that she has indeed found Mr. Right. And "Lawyer Logan" is definitely that. Tall, handsome ...and fictitious. Debra is going to have an absolute blast with her faux beau—until he shows up on her doorstep, as if he has every right to be there and in her arms. That'll be the start of a romance truly outside of the box, and where the real fun begins.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

If I had to recommend just a handful of books designed to entertain and amuse, this would be one of the ones on the list. FIANCÉ AT HER FINGERTIPS by Kathleen Bacus is a hoot from the very first page and the fun doesn't stop until the last. I loved this book!

Debra is about ready to rip her own head off, just to quell her dating misery, when she stumbles across a man in a box in a mall. Not an actual man, but a fool-the-world scenario for satisfying the dating and mating do-gooders (her parents) who have made her existence almost intolerable with their well-intentioned meddling. She would have preferred a different "man," but the last box was for a lawyer and single beggars can't be choosers, so Debra buys the fake fiancé and begins the charade. Imagine her amazement, and her fear for her sanity, when she learns her father has met her fictitious boyfriend. Why, her dad has even invited "Logan" to lunch!

This book was funny before Debra and Logan actually met, but side-splitting hilarious after their meeting. The author's writing style makes the telling of this tale seem like a confidence shared between girlfriends over lunch, or maybe even during cocktail hour. I felt like Ms. Bacus was sitting beside me, giving me each juicy detail of Debra and Logan's unlikely love match. As I said, this book is pure entertainment. Wonderfully well written, FIANCÉ AT HER FINGERTIPS is a book that will stay on my shelf—but only until the next time I need to laugh. Then, I'll be reading it again!

Kay James