Sizzle
by Jennifer Crusie
Published by HGN Books on February 1, 1994
Setting: New York
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 103
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A fan-favorite from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie, originally published in 1994.
Business takes a backseat when successful ad executive Emily Tate meets Richard Parker. He’s an accountant who’s been sent to keep her in line and under budget in her ad campaign for a sensual new perfume called Sizzle. And if Emily’s not careful, she just might melt in Richard’s hands.
Sizzle by Jennifer Crusie is a steamy office romance that you can read in a short time.
Will Emily fall for Richard?
Emily Tate
She is a single, work focused, successful woman running the ads for a perfume company. Emily’s last ad campaign has turned major profits, but…isn’t there always one? She was way over budget on that campaign. The execs want her to make this newest scent just as fabulous and stay under budget. Emily knows what she needs to do, but now she has to deal with Richard, the firm’s new accountant.
These two immediately have chemistry, and sparks fly even in a conference room filled with their colleagues. However, Emily isn’t ready to concede defeat for her campaign or her heart. She knows what she needs to get the perfume out there, and she knows what she wants in a man. Can Richard deal with them both?
I like Emily. She is brilliant with respect to her career. However, her personal life is nonexistent. Her best friend is Janet, her secretary and the one who plays matchmaker. Emily wouldn’t be where she is without Janet.
Richard Parker
He is an accountant hired to bring in control over all the campaign budgets. Richard will be the last word on everything, so basically, he controls all budgets, but he is especially interested in Emily. Richard calls meetings and demands Emily attend them, but then he doesn’t listen to what she has to say. He keeps saying “no,” even when he doesn’t understand.
I didn’t care for him at first, but after he ate some crow, he became tolerable. Still, I think he uses his looks to get away with being a tyrant.
Four Stars
This story has lots of heat. It was written in the 1990s, and I enjoyed the blast from the past. It was like a cross between Working Girl and Nine and a Half Weeks. My rating for Sizzle by Jennifer Crusie is four stars.
My biggest criticism is the cover. The bottle of Sizzle is black with a ruby stopper. The cover could have at least shown that since the book was named after perfume.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Sizzle by Jennifer Crusie.
Until the next time,
About Jennifer Crusie
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty-three novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies.
She was born in Wapakoneta, a small town in Ohio, and then went on to live in a succession of other small towns in Ohio and New Jersey until her last move to a small town in Pennsylvania. This may have had an impact on her work.
She has a BS in Art Education, an MA in literature, an MFA in fiction, and was ABD on her PhD when she started reading romances as part of her research into the differences between the ways men and women tell stories. Writing a romance sounded like more fun than writing a dissertation, so she switched to fiction and never looked back. Her collaborations with Bob Mayer have pretty much proved everything she was going to say in her dissertation anyway, so really, no need to finish that.
For more information, see JenniferCrusie.com and her blog, Argh Ink.
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