This is one of Evanovich's fluffy screwball comedy/romances. Do not come looking for substance, but they are truly hilarious comfort reads without a lick of realism. Which was exactly what I needed at the time. This one takes place in the wilds of Alaska with a city girl trying to catch a man and make a fresh start. The hero chafes a bit. Recommended for when you just want to laugh and believe the world is a nice place. ( )

This book was filled with snappy hysterically funny dialogue that really worked. My problem came with the heroine. She's such a ditz. She gives up her East Coast high power job and beautiful condo to trade homes with a quirky Alaskan who owns a fishing and hunting store. He takes her condo and she takes his house. Yeah, right. She heads to Alaska to find a husband and discovers that her new home is a log cabin with no plumbing, not even an outhouse, no electricity and is filled with mice. But she is thrilled with the place, absolutely loves it. Oh, right, this is totally believable, don't you think? Uh, huh. The next door neighbor is a cute hunk who does not want to commit and she spends most of her time at his house where she cooks and showers. The hero is commitment-phobic and I disliked the heroine, but the snappy dialogue saved the book. This is an oldie of Evanovich's before she turned to writing mystery. (Grade: B-) ( )

A pre-Stephanie Plum book, this one is about Alexandra Scott, a Wall Street executive living in a Princeton, NJ condo and fed up with the craziness of her life. She trades the condo to an old man for his Alaskan cabin and hardware store, sight unseen, quits her job, loads her big dog into her little car and heads out looking for a new life and a husband.

Predctable, but fun. ( )

A hilarious romance that is a riot from beginning to end. Alexandra Scott is sick of her fancy New Jersey car and fantastic New York job so she gives it all up to move to Alaska to a cabin and hardware store she's never seen to search for a husband. Everything goes downhill from there and she's sent on a crazy adventure. ( )

I always enjoy this author's books. This one was quite funny. ( )