I was reading the plot of this book and thought it sounded familiar. Suzanne Forster wrote a similar one called Shameless. Basically, it’s about a woman who marries an older guy, then the old guy croaks, and she’s left with a shitload of money. Before she can get her grubby little hands on the cash, however, the man’s estranged, embittered son shows up, calling her all sorts of her names pertaining to a woman of loose morals, and when he’s not doing that, he’s feeling her up and sticking his tongue down her throat. She needs the money, of course, because her a) mom is dying of cancer and needs an organ transplant b) the orphanage/halfway house she’s working for needs an infusion of cash (WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!?) or c) she grew up poor and has vowed to herself that she will never go to bed hungry again, so she wants to keep the money. That’s all well and good and honestly, who doesn’t love a little stepmomma-stepson action? What annoys me about this book is the stupid title. First of all, it’s redundant. Bought implies there was some exchange of money and goods, ergo, it is already PAID FOR. It’s like saying “I’m a lesbian AND a homosexual”.
Also, is it me or does that blonde look like Kimberly Stewart? She totally does. And our hero totally looks like John Corbett. You know, before he went all crazy and shit and started believing he was that crazy flute-playing guy in Serendipity and stopped bathing all together.
Thanks to Chaos Theory for the heads-up on this cover!
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August 11, 2006 at 12:49 pm
I think he looks like Aaron Eckhart.
And what is with the “Secret Lives of Society Wives”? I guess I am too white trash to even think about reading this.
August 11, 2006 at 4:44 pm
The other titles in the series are pretty funny too:
The Rags-To-Riches Wife
The Soon-To-Be-Disinherited Wife (have a look at the cover as well!)
The One-Week Wife
and coming up The Once-A-Mistress-Wife
August 12, 2006 at 5:51 pm
I read Rags-To-Riches Wife. It wasn’t that bad although being so ashamed of her background was totally stupid.
August 12, 2006 at 7:22 pm
I saw this at KMart yesterday. LMAO…my Mother in law must have thought I was completely insane, but a long conversation about how Bam snarked this covered just would have gone way over her head.
August 13, 2006 at 11:22 am
Aaron Eckhardt mixed with Nick Lachey….
August 14, 2006 at 6:38 am
I bought this!! Just because of the title and the blurb. I just had to see if it would be as silly and cliched as it sounded. Unfortunately, now I don’t feel like reading it. And the only title that could be clunkier is “The Soon-to-be-Disinherited Wife.”
August 31, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Actually I can add another book to the theme list
Bittersweet Rain by Sandra Brown.
Ugh!! LOL