WHEN SHE WAS BAD

Author: Cindy Kirk ISBN: 0060847905 7/2007 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: AVON

She never knew how good “bad” could be! Jenny Carman is tired of playing by the rules. It didn’t get her the promotion she so deserved, and it certainly didn’t get her Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Right Now. It’s time for her to do something besides spend Saturday nights at the laundromat. So she’s letting down her long blonde hair, stepping out of her gray suits and into some sexy stilettos… Leaning against a bar, dressed in a lacy, curve-hugging red camisole, Jenny’s ready for action—and gorgeous businessman Robert Marshall eagerly takes the bait. She tells him her name is Jasmine, a hairstylist, and gets ready for a mind-blowing evening. Robert, however, is smart, funny, sensitive—worth a lot more than a hot one-night stand. But one lie leads to another, plunging Jenny/Jasmine in way over her head. She can’t keep this double life up forever—but will she still drive the handsome hunk wild if he discovers a good girl hiding inside?

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

WHEN SHE WAS BAD by Cindy Kirk is pure fun. A passionate, humorous tale, it kept my attention from the first page 'til the last.

What's a woman to do when she's passed on nearly every pleasure life offers in favor of devoting herself to her job, with her eye on a promotion that she richly deserves, only to find that someone else—someone not nearly as dedicated as she is—has gotten that very promotion? If she's Jenny Carman, she takes the advice of her best friend and goes to a club, orders herself a stiff drink and begins to look around for a man to take her mind off her problems. A one-night stand, no-commitment, pure-fun type of man. And that's exactly what Jenny finds when she spots an achingly handsome hunk in the corner—or so she thinks.

And what Robert Marshall doesn't know is that the woman who introduces herself as Jasmine Coret and does things that the real Jenny would only dream of doing is Jenny's portrayal of a long-dead wild friend of her recently-deceased grandmother. How could he know the woman who is a siren in the bedroom is really a staid accountant by day? All he knows is he's falling for her—hard.

WHEN SHE WAS BAD is a tale that leaves it's reader smiling, one that shows that even good girls can be "bad"—sometimes. And, thankfully, even bad girls fall in love.

Kay James