Review by Booklist Review
*Starred Review* As far as Meg Koranda can tell, everyone thinks Ted Beaudine is totally perfect. But Meg can tell that Ted is totally wrong for her best friend, Lucy Jorik. Sure, Ted might be the sweetest, smartest, sexiest man in the world, but the minute Meg arrives in Wynette, Texas, she realizes Lucy doesn't love Ted. Of course, there is no way Lucy is going to disappoint her family and friends by dumping the perfect man. Which means the wedding is on, until the day of the ceremony when Lucy leaves Ted standing at the altar. Now everyone in Wynette blames Meg for breaking up the perfect couple. Meg has two choices: get out of town or be run out of it by an angry mob armed with torches and pitchforks. With a surfeit of delightfully quirky characters, two protagonists whose personal chemistry practically ignites from the moment they first meet, and superior writing generously seasoned with tart humor, RITA Award-winning Phillips serves up another irresistibly lively romantic comedy that is guaranteed to have readers begging for more.--Charles, John Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Phillips crafts a laugh-out-loud and romantic story with panache that mostly makes up for some gaping plot holes. Onetime PGA star and smalltown mayor Ted Beaudine (met in 2005's Fancy Pants) is about to marry Lucy Jorik, the daughter of a former president, when she's persuaded to break it off by her best friend, Meg Koranda (2008's Glitter Baby), the aimless daughter of Hollywood royalty. Everyone in Wynette, Tex., loves Ted, but Meg feels Lucy deserves a passionate partner, not a god of self-control. After the disaster of calling off the wedding at the last minute, Meg's parents cut her off, stranding her in the hostile town. As Meg finds her own path and helps Ted discover his heart, the townspeople stoutly (and hilariously) defend their golden boy. However, some readers may not appreciate that Meg's good deed is punished so often and severely en route to happiness. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Library Journal Review
A town's favorite son and an unconventional, outspoken "screw-up" find unexpected romance in this funny, insightful romance from one of the genre's best. With links to several of Phillips's earlier romances. (LJ 12/10) (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A spoiled California girl becomes a pariah when she sabotages her best friend's wedding.The mayor and premier citizen of Wynette, Texas, is about to marry the daughter of the nation's first woman president. Bride-to-be Lucy's pre-wedding jitters are exacerbated when her maid of honor, Meg, daughter of Hollywood A-listers, suggests that if the groom-to-be, Ted Beaudine, seems too perfect to be true, he probably is. When Lucy jilts Ted at the altar, the entire town of Wynette turns against Meg. Since her parents, exasperated with Meg's free-spending ways, have cut her off, she's so broke she can't pay her hotel bill. Hotel owner Birdie is one of a cadre of females who have it in for Meg either because they're allies of Ted's formidable mother Francesca, or because they want Ted for themselves, or both. Birdie forces Meg to work off her bill as an underpaid chambermaid. Stuck in Wynette until she can amass enough money to leave, Meg learns that Ted is not as crushed by Lucy's departure as he appears. In fact, his smoldering glances at Meg may hint at much more than anger. Once her indentured servitude at the hotel ends, Meg crashes at a deserted church and lands a job at the local country club. She caddies for Ted and his golf-star father, who are hoping to woo multi-millionaire plumbing magnate Spence to develop a new "environmentally green" golf course that will boost Wynette's sagging economy. Spence feigns enthusiasm, but his cooperation really depends on whether Meg becomes his mistress. She dodges Spence by telling him she's in love with Ted, which is a lie, until...it's not. Ted demonstrates conclusively that in addition to being impossibly handsome and buff, he's the perfect lover. Too perfect. Phillips' witty dialogue and supple prose are outgunned by an overabundance of characters (the acid-tongued whine-ettes who ostracize Meg are particularly hard to keep straight) and an overly complex plot.A novel that's ponderous where it should be frothy.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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