Jennie Adams
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Obras de Jennie Adams
Australian Bachelors, Sassy Brides (The Wealthy Australian's Proposal / Inherited by the Billionaire) (2009) 6 copias
De baas van haar dromen 1 copia
Her Playboy Boss (Ultimate Surrender/ Boss's Convenient Bride/ His Secretary Mistress) (2009) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Ryan, Jennifer Ann
- Otros nombres
- Adams, Jennie
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1963
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Australia (nacimiento)
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia
- Lugares de residencia
- Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia
- Biografía breve
- Jennifer Ann Ryan was born on 1963 in a small country town in New South Wales Australia. She has travelled in America, trekked Australia’s Kosciusko National Park, lived and worked on a wheat/sheep farm, played piano at marriage ceremonies, sung in a choral production, and worked in jobs ranging from Legal transcription typist, to motor mechanic’s office assistant. She currently makes her home in a small inland city in New South Wales, works 20 hours a week in an 'outside' job in the health care industry, and continues to write stories of hope and triumph for her readers around the globe.
As Jennie Adams began her writing career with the publication of her first two Mills & Boon romance stories in 2005. Her strong heroes and feisty, determined heroines have warmed the hearts of readers all over the world, with her books being translated into numerous foreign language editions. Although she fights the impulse, Jennie still tries to decipher each foreign edition when it arrives in the mail. Italian, anyone? An avid romance reader, particularly in the historical romance genre, Jennie is the self-confessed owner of an over-active imagination. When she isn't writing her own romance stories, or travelling back through time to enjoy the romances of Dukes and Duchesses, or Knights and their Ladies, Jennie keeps her imagination busy writing articles and short stories on anything from alpacas to gardening to visiting the zoo. Her articles and short stories have been published in magazines and periodicals in Australia and overseas. In her downtime Jennie tries to grow flowers, sends silly gifts to friends and family, is exploring new forms of musical entertainment, and endlessly studies the human condition wherever, in whatever form, and as often as she may do so.
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This is an Australian-set romance in the regular Harlequin Romance line. The main trope is older woman-younger man, with workplace romance and road trip as secondary tropes. Sadly, I found the heroine unbearable and I couldn't believe in the HEA. Jayne is 35, outwardly successful in her career, and attractive. She's working in the family company and trying to persuade her father, the boss, to promote her to partner, but he's fixed his eye on a young new male hire as his heir apparent (picture the ambitious shark played by James Spader in Baby Boom but with less charisma). The father is basically a selfish, sexist jerk whose first wife (Jayne's mother) walked out on him, leaving Jayne and her sister behind. Since then he's gone through several wives, with each being younger than the last. This upbringing has made Jayne pathologically insecure and distrustful of all relationships. She has no friends we can discern, either. She "socializes" with men to go to events, but these are all entirely chaste encounters so the men don't stick around.
The hero is Alex, who has his own sad backstory: he was abandoned on the doorstep of an orphanage by his mother and he only learned her name and circumstances when he received a posthumously mailed letter from her. He joined forces with two other boys at the orphanage and made a found family, but he's also wary of attachment. So we have two damaged people.
Given that, it's a bit disconcerting that the story opens with Jayne and Alex having an introductory business meeting about a potential contract and half of the exposition and internal monologuing is about how hot they find each other. And in Jayne's case, how unattractive she must be, given her ancient age. My eyes, they could not stop rolling. There are all kinds of problems that can come with a 10-year age gap between a 25YO and a 35YO, but the obvious one of maturity is brushed aside quickly. No, it's because Jayne is a cougar and Alex can't possibly want her.
The two take a road trip related to the contract negotiations, Jayne accompanies Alex on his search for his origins (both of which involve going into indigenous communities), and Jayne battles her father. And they endlessly have the hots for each other but Jayne is always playing push-me-pullyu with Alex. It was exhausting and irritating. They're in a beautiful part of the world, they're working on an important deal, and the narrative is dominated by their whining.
The writing style doesn't help, because it's mostly tell and very little show. The road trip and work stuff is perfunctorily dealt with, and even in the thick of action the reader keeps getting their feelings about each other and their emotional situations. It just goes on and on.
I was relieved to get to the end, but all I could think was "oh Alex, honey, if she's insecure now, wait until she's 45 and you're 35. or 55/45. You're going to have YEARS of reassuring her before you're old and gray enough, assuming you both live that long."… (más)
The hero is Alex, who has his own sad backstory: he was abandoned on the doorstep of an orphanage by his mother and he only learned her name and circumstances when he received a posthumously mailed letter from her. He joined forces with two other boys at the orphanage and made a found family, but he's also wary of attachment. So we have two damaged people.
Given that, it's a bit disconcerting that the story opens with Jayne and Alex having an introductory business meeting about a potential contract and half of the exposition and internal monologuing is about how hot they find each other. And in Jayne's case, how unattractive she must be, given her ancient age. My eyes, they could not stop rolling. There are all kinds of problems that can come with a 10-year age gap between a 25YO and a 35YO, but the obvious one of maturity is brushed aside quickly. No, it's because Jayne is a cougar and Alex can't possibly want her.
The two take a road trip related to the contract negotiations, Jayne accompanies Alex on his search for his origins (both of which involve going into indigenous communities), and Jayne battles her father. And they endlessly have the hots for each other but Jayne is always playing push-me-pullyu with Alex. It was exhausting and irritating. They're in a beautiful part of the world, they're working on an important deal, and the narrative is dominated by their whining.
The writing style doesn't help, because it's mostly tell and very little show. The road trip and work stuff is perfunctorily dealt with, and even in the thick of action the reader keeps getting their feelings about each other and their emotional situations. It just goes on and on.
I was relieved to get to the end, but all I could think was "oh Alex, honey, if she's insecure now, wait until she's 45 and you're 35. or 55/45. You're going to have YEARS of reassuring her before you're old and gray enough, assuming you both live that long."… (más)
This book would have gotten 3/4 stars if the grammar and writing style had been different.But because of the way it was written it was almost too tedious to read.... but the characters made up for it, but it was a struggle to the end.. Bad editing and it was like the writer couldn't decide if it was in the 1st/3rd person or differentiate between a thought and spoken word...
This book started off stupid!! Like the premise... these women, sigh why do they write them to be soo stupid!!!
Even after her sisters offered to help she refused and seeing as her sister married a 'millionaire' in the previous book, it was hard to swallow! Like it just wasn't the route to take for the story, I know harlequin isn't steeped in reality but this isn't Presents I expected more.. Was so disappointed.
Such a stupid reason, was just not pleased!! Like the PREMISE was so STUPID!
27% into the book i had deduced the whole plot, which doesn't seem like much for Harlequin but they have been known to throw a plot twist or two but this one was just so BAIT!
I feel like I rolled my eyes throughout... there was so much repetition,the book was honestly tedious and I am not one to be scathing towards a writer, what they do is hard work but Jennie Adams can and has done better..
It was like watching a bad soap honestly!! I probably should have felt sorry for her but I just didn't and then her judginess just irked more. He was like a typical presents H so I wasn't as surprised sha!
Maybe I have no room for the insecure but honestly so much drama!
'Unconditional, unlimited love. That was what Luc wanted and she wanted him to have it, but it wouldn’t come from her. She couldn’t give that because she was broken inside.' After reading this I stopped reading for a few days I was just so disgusted by her! I LITERALLY FELT NO PITY FOR HER!!!
It ended ok I guess but it should have been a presents book, cos it was such high drama!
… (más)
Even after her sisters offered to help she refused and seeing as her sister married a 'millionaire' in the previous book, it was hard to swallow! Like it just wasn't the route to take for the story, I know harlequin isn't steeped in reality but this isn't Presents I expected more.. Was so disappointed.
Such a stupid reason, was just not pleased!! Like the PREMISE was so STUPID!
27% into the book i had deduced the whole plot, which doesn't seem like much for Harlequin but they have been known to throw a plot twist or two but this one was just so BAIT!
I feel like I rolled my eyes throughout... there was so much repetition,the book was honestly tedious and I am not one to be scathing towards a writer, what they do is hard work but Jennie Adams can and has done better..
It was like watching a bad soap honestly!! I probably should have felt sorry for her but I just didn't and then her judginess just irked more. He was like a typical presents H so I wasn't as surprised sha!
Maybe I have no room for the insecure but honestly so much drama!
'Unconditional, unlimited love. That was what Luc wanted and she wanted him to have it, but it wouldn’t come from her. She couldn’t give that because she was broken inside.' After reading this I stopped reading for a few days I was just so disgusted by her! I LITERALLY FELT NO PITY FOR HER!!!
It ended ok I guess but it should have been a presents book, cos it was such high drama!
… (más)
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