Love @ First Site
A Novel
-
- $7.99
Publisher Description
Spunky, sweet-natured Jessica Monroe is 34 years old and perfectly happy being single. A producer at a top-rated morning show with a coterie of fun friends and a busy nightlife, she isn't in any rush to meet a man. Her girlfriends, however, disapprove. And when they secretly place a personal ad on a hot singles Web site on her behalf, Jess is reluctantly hurtled into the topsy-turvy world of online dating, where frogs masquerade as princes—but your soul mate might be just one click away.
A laugh-out-loud whirlwind of disastrous dates ensues, from Simon, who seems dreamy over e-mail but ditches her at the dinner table, leaving her with the bill, to Graham, a self-described “Ferrari driver” who turns out to be a car salesman—with several (old, fat, bald, creepy, cheap, stuck-up) men in between. When an unforeseen event turns her world upside down, Jess starts to wonder if the qualities she thinks she wants in a man are what she ultimately needs. And whether, as a new mystery suitor appears in her e-mail in-box, Cupid has other possibilities up his sleeve . . .
With her sparkling sensibility and brilliant knack for rendering the foibles of modern love in a fresh, unforgettable way, Jane Moore has become one of the fastest-growing names in contemporary women's fiction. Told with her signature wit, wisdom, and sass, Love @ First Site is an irresistible tale about what happens when we start to look for love between the lines on a computer screen--and a winning, unputdownable look at contemporary romance.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Thirty-four year-old television producer Jess Monroe triumphs over the vicissitudes of singlehood with a wry sense of humor and a little help from her friends in Moore's snappy but familiar novel (after Fourplay). The spirited daughter of happily married parents and adoring younger sister to happily married Olivia, fancy-free Jess is looking for the perfect mate. She "gave the best years of her thighs" to her last ne'er-do-well boyfriend, and many alcohol-sodden evenings at bars with her vampy pal Madeleine don't lead to true love, either. So Jess's friends sign her up for an Internet dating service for her 34th birthday, a venture that, not surprisingly, leads to a series of bruising, dead-end encounters. When Olivia is diagnosed with breast cancer, Jess must do some serious introspection and reevaluate her priorities in life and in men. Variations on the standard chick lit stock characters populate the novel: Jess's prim mother; her distracted, inventor father; and her gay best friend Richard-not to mention Ben, the noble love-interest who runs a hospice for cancer-stricken children, becomes Jess' rock during her sister's illness, and finally proposes marriage on her 35th birthday party. Moore's latest is an entertaining re-tread of the personal growth and happily-ever-after story.
