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Wendy Wax
Format Mass Market Paperback
Dimensions 4.20 (w) x 6.90 (h) x 1.30 (d)
Pages 368
Publisher Random House Publishing Group
Publication Date July 2003
ISBN 9780553586138
Book ISBN 10 0553586130
About Book
It’s Him vs. Her when romance collides with reality--and everyone is watching....

He says...he’ll have his way with her inside a week. Radio personality Matt Ransom of Atlanta’s raucous, testosterone-fueled Guy Talk is counting on a sure thing when he agrees to be locked up in a tiny apartment for seven days with the competition: the earnest Dr. Olivia Moore. It’s an on-camera publicity stunt and Matt’s determined to come out on top.

She says...she’ll never make the same mistake twice. Though their long-ago affair is a secret, Olivia feels as if her broken heart is on display whenever she crosses paths with her infuriatingly cocky--and undeniably charismatic--nemesis. Now she’s stuck with him in the reality show from hell...or is it heaven? All she has to do is keep a level head, even while every other part of her is spinning dizzily out of control.

Reviews

Publishers Weekly

This debut romantic comedy puts a clever spin on an age-old formula: instead of being marooned together in a snowstorm, Wax's protagonists are stuck in a publicity stunt complete with 24/7 Webcam. Dr. Olivia Moore is a radio therapist whose talk show has an earnest, emotional and sometimes anti-male twist. Matt Ransom's competing Guy Talk extols freewheeling bachelorhood and offers helpful advice like "get over it." Feuding between the two persists on-air until corporate headquarters decrees that one of them must go. To make the decision, Matt and Olivia are locked for a week into a tiny apartment, broadcasting their shows and emitting a live web feed to help fans signal their favorite. Naturally, tensions in the cramped space run high-complicated by sexual attraction, competitive fire and unresolved issues from the intense affair Matt and Olivia shared eight years earlier. It's never clear why Matt loves the defensive and inflexible Olivia. Then again, she's blonde and sexy, so maybe it's what he would call "a guy thing." The romance is appealing despite this flaw, but the novel's real strength is the witty clash of the two gender-battling shows and the glimpse it offers of the wacky world of radio. (July 1) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Faced with the possible cancellation of their respective radio talk shows, feminist advice expert Dr. Olivia Moore and super-macho Guy Talk host Matt Ransom agree to spend the week together in "the smallest apartment on Earth"-on-camera-in a charity publicity stunt that is guaranteed to raise ratings and determine which of their shows will survive. But Livvy and Matt have a hidden past, and the idea of so much togetherness is definitely unnerving. The results, however, are predictably romantic. Wax's first romantic comedy is a witty, battle-of-the-sexes tale and a perfect summertime read. Wax has written a number of children's books and lives in Atlanta. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.