by Jennifer Griffith
A Ripple Effect Romance, Book 6
Fiction / Contemporary / Romance
Available March 2014
HEA Publishing
152 pages
About the Book
Lisette Pannebaker speaks five languages and has a brilliant business
plan—personal language immersion. Clients can hire her to shadow them
and speak all day in any language they need to learn for business or
travel—whatever.
But there’s a major hitch: she’s far too pretty. Clients with less
than honorable intentions sign up just have Lisette at their side.
Solution? A make-under. Way under.It works like a charm. None of her
male clients show her the least bit of interest.
Until… Erik.
Erik Gunnarsson is charming, kind, and smart—everything she’s ever
looked for. Even though he seems to have a secret and she swore she’d
never date a client, Lisette is tempted to shed her disguise—even if it
means jeopardizing her career.
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My Thoughts
It took me a little time to get into Immersed, but once I did, I really enjoyed it! It's witty, charming, and different from other romance novels I've read recently. Lisette is determined to succeed in her business but finds that her clients are constantly hitting on her. When her aunt suggests that she has a make-under, she goes for it.
I loved Lisette. She's sassy and confident but still struggling a little to come into her own. Of course, her newest client Erik doesn't make this any easier. She's insanely attracted to him, but of course tries to keep everything professional. I don't want to give any spoilers away, but the author did a great job of tying together all the various aspects of the story. It happened a little quickly for my taste, I was glad my questions were answered in the end.
Immersed is another clean romance. I'm sad to see this series come to an end, but I'm hopeful that these authors will team up for another great round of stories soon! [3.5 stars stars]
I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for my fair and honest review.
About the Author
Jennifer Griffith studied French, German, Japanese, and a wee bit of
Spanish in her school days. Her grandmother was Norwegian, and Jennifer
grew up with lots of Scandinavian traditions floating around, including
fabulous cardamom laced cookies called Krumkaker, made on a
fancy waffle iron. However, she’d never dream of trying to teach someone
any of those languages. And she might botch the cookies. Instead, she
writes novels in English, drives her five kids a million places, and
laughs with her husband, who came up with the plot for Immersed because he’s just a cool muse like that.
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Sneak Peek
“So…what?"
“Plain and simple: you’re too pretty for this job.”
Lisette rolled her eyes and picked
up her brush again, going at the high spots on the wall with vigor. “You’ve
been talking to my mom again. Did she finally rub off on you?” Great. Now no
one believed in her. Not even Aunt Corky. Just
a pretty face.
“No, not in that way. What I’m
saying is that your business has merit. It can totally work. But just not with
you, the way you are.”
Aunt Corky probably didn’t mean to
make Lisette want to cry, but the tears welled in her eyes all the same. This
dream had taken every waking hour of the last eighteen months. She’d poured her
heart and soul into making it grow, not to mention all the money she’d buried
in it—advertising, the office, everything. And her time. Day and night. How
entrepreneurs lived past age forty mystified her. She barely had time to keep
an eye on her elderly next door neighbors. And when a girl was too busy to
serve other people, she was too busy.
Aunt Corky reached over and grabbed
Lisette’s hand. “What I’m saying is you need a makeover.”
Lisette raised an eyebrow.
“Don’t raise that eyebrow at me, Z.
I’m serious about this.” Aunt Corky folded her arms across her chest. “Not a
makeover in the traditional sense. More like a make-under. You know, to make you look less…gorgeous.”
Here it went again, with the
appearance factor. Didn’t all the studies say that people who were good-looking
had a better chance at success than
those who were below average?
“You’re not buying it, I can tell.
But think with me. Dark circles under the eyes. A greasy wig. Lines at the
mouth. And right about here,” she pointed at her nostril, “a big wart.”
“A wart!”
“Okay, maybe not a wart. That might
be over the top. But something that will keep all the pawing maniacs at a
distance.” Aunt Corky shrugged and leaned against a dry wall like she’d made
her case and the prosecution rested. “Think about it, Z. I mean, you want
Immerse to succeed, right? All the years of language skills and business acumen
you’ve amassed, they’re going to waste.”
Lisette sighed. Even though she
wouldn’t admit it aloud to Aunt Corky, unless something changed at Immerse,
things could go south pretty fast. However, she wasn’t convinced it was reason
enough to subjugate her dignity and go into daily disguise just to ward off
pretenders.
Aunt Corky resumed painting. “Just
think about it. Don’t decide now. But if you want to do it, I know somebody.
Samantha. A genius with bad makeup. She could absolutely transform you. No one
would even recognize you.”
This was crossing over from ridiculous into the absurd.
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