Tangled Up In You- By Rachel Gibson

For starters, I have to begin by saying that I don't read a lot of contemporary romances as a rule, but Whittney and I decided that we should review all types of books so here goes.

Tangled up in You was a fastpaced story about a girl named Maddie Dupree who writes true crime novels. She returns to her childhood home Truly, Idaho to uncover the mysterious story surrounding her past. In the process, she meets Mick Hennessy, the super-sexy bar owner in town (several references are made about Mick's happy trail and it had my imagination working overtime). He is of course, to die for hot, as most male characters in Romance novels tend to be. Mick and Maddie are instantly attracted to one another and though Maddie tries to keep her distance, she finds it more and more difficult to stay away as she gets to know Mick.


Maddie keeps the fact that she is in Truly researching her next book (which involves his father) a secret from Mick. When Mick finally discovers that Maddie has been keeping her true reason for being in Truly, it threatens to destroy their relationship.


I enjoyed Tangled up in You much more than I expected too. In fact, I liked it so much that I went out and bought a few more of Rachel Gibson's books that I will review at a different time. If you like contemporary romances, than this is the book for you. There are laugh out loud funny parts and strong characters that make you want to keep on reading. On a side note, Maddie wears/uses a lot of dessert scented lotions and body washes which got me to thinking, if Mick liked the way she smelled as much as he did, maybe my husband would too. After a trip to Bath and Body Works, I went through their series of lotions and such and decided on Forever Frosting. No kidding, I smell just like cake. It's kind of nice and my husband seems to like it, so give it a try :)




(I gave this 3 out of 5 hearts)


Reviewed by:

Charlotte

Recipes for Tangeled up in You:

For this book, as I mentioned above, Mattie smelled like dessert all the time, so you could do any number of desserts that would be perfect. She was also on a low carb diet, so I thought why not serve cheese and olives? Or maybe hummus with some yummy veggies? I came up with a couple recipies that might be good too!

Maddie's low-carb salad on a skewer

1 lb. stick of salami
1 lb. of fresh mozerella, bocconchni
grape tomatoes (1 pint)
1 seedless cucumber (sometimes called English)
Fresh Basil
6 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. vinegar
skewers
salt and pepper to taste

Cut salami in half, lenght wise. Then cut into half inch slices. DO the same with the cucumber. Then take a skewer and place on salami, basil, cheese, basil, cucumer, basil, tomato, basil and so on until skewer is full. Be sure to leave room on each end! You should end up with eight to tweleve skewers, depending on how full you make them. Whisk together oil and vinegar with desired amount of salt and pepper and drizzle on skewers. serve cold or at room temperature. *If you do not like oil and vinegar, feel free to skip it and serve the skewers with your favorite dressing instead!

Truly Terrific Strawberry smoothies
(Mick liked it when Maddie smelled like strawberries!)

1 1/2 C. frozen Strawberries
1/2 C. ice
1 C. Cool-whip
1/4 C. Milk

* Put everything in the blender and fire away! Serves two to three people.