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A Date You Can't Refuse: A Novel

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A Date You Can't Refuse: A Novel

by Harley Jane Kozak

Crown Publishing Group | March 17, 2009 | Trade Paperback

Serial dater and greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley goes undercover in a media-training company suspected of video piracy, but when a dead body appears on the company's property, she's caught up in a conspiracy that goes way beyond some stolen DVDs.

Wollie Shelley isn't happy about taking the job as a "social coach" at MediaRex, but the FBI makes her an offer she can't refuse. If she agrees to infiltrate the company, they'll guarantee that her schizophrenic brother will have a home at the federally subsidized halfway house he's come to love. So Wollie launches into teaching three foreign celebrities how to cope with the customs of Beverly Hills, improve their English, and become Oprah-ready. And when a coyote-chewed corpse appears in the MediaRex compound, Wollie realizes that her colleagues are concealing some serious secrets of their own.

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    Rating: 4/5

    I loved this chick lit - whodunnit book

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    A Date you Can't Refuse is one of those books - I just did not want it to finish. Initially, I thought this novel would be about a girl going on different dates (based on the title), but I was pleased to discover that this is more of a chick lit - whoddunit book.

    Author, Harley Jane Kozak introduces us to an absolutely wonderful heroine - Wollie Shelley. Somehow Wollie gets herself tangled up in an FBI case - involving dead bodies and lots of threats. The FBI enlists her help by using her as an undercover (decoy) for their sting operation - and really, Wollie has no choice by to go along with it since the FBI has promised her the best care for her mentally ill brother.

    The above description sounds extremely serious, but the author has interjected her story with lots of funny moments and some very touching ones as well.

    You will not believe the situations in which Wollie gets herself into and I found myself completely engrossed in this very fine novel.

    If you want a great chick lit read, with a little murder and mayhem thrown in, then I suggest you pick up this book.

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Serial dater and greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley goes undercover in a media-training company suspected of video piracy, but when a dead body appears on the company's property, she's caught up in a conspiracy that goes way beyond some stolen DVDs.

Wollie Shelley isn't happy about taking the job as a "social coach" at MediaRex, but the FBI makes her an offer she can't refuse. If she agrees to infiltrate the company, they'll guarantee that her schizophrenic brother will have a home at the federally subsidized halfway house he's come to love. So Wollie launches into teaching three foreign celebrities how to cope with the customs of Beverly Hills, improve their English, and become Oprah-ready. And when a coyote-chewed corpse appears in the MediaRex compound, Wollie realizes that her colleagues are concealing some serious secrets of their own.

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Praise for A Date You Can't Refuse:
Kozak has a gift for creating characters that you care about and placing them in interesting situations. Her books might not exactly be realistic -- OK, they're pretty outlandish -- but they sure are a lot of fun to read. - Chicago Sun Times
Kozak engages the emotions-one minute she sends fissions of fear up your spine, and the next, she tickles your funny bone.- Library Journal
"Sharp and witty, but heartfelt." - Kirkus Review
"Kozak keeps the laughs and chills in bewitching balance." - Publisher's Weekly


Praise for Dead Ex:
"A page-turner of a mystery. A lovable sleuth. A real winner!" -Janet Evanovich
"A Greek mythology twist and crackling insider insight into the fascinating soap opera world enhance this clever whodunit." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"For drama, wit and just plain fun, every life (and death) needs a little Wollie." -Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

HARLEY JANE KOZAK is an actor whose screen credits include Parenthood, The Favor, and Arachnophobia. She is the author of Dating Dead Men, Dating Is Murder, and Dead Ex. She lives in Agoura Hills, California.

Trade Paperback

352 Pages, 5.15 x 7.96 x 0.72 in

March 17, 2009

Crown Publishing Group

English


0767924223
9780767924221

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From the Critics

Praise for A Date You Can''t Refuse:
Kozak has a gift for creating characters that you care about and placing them in interesting situations. Her books might not exactly be realistic -- OK, they''re pretty outlandish -- but they sure are a lot of fun to read. - Chicago Sun Times
Kozak engages the emotions-one minute she sends fissions of fear up your spine, and the next, she tickles your funny bone.- Library Journal
"Sharp and witty, but heartfelt." - Kirkus Review
"Kozak keeps the laughs and chills in bewitching balance." - Publisher's Weekly


Praise for Dead Ex:
"A page-turner of a mystery. A lovable sleuth. A real winner!" -Janet Evanovich
"A Greek mythology twist and crackling insider insight into the fascinating soap opera world enhance this clever whodunit." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"For drama, wit and just plain fun, every life (and death) needs a little Wollie." -Kirkus Reviews

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