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Cutting Loose | 
| Author: Susan Andersen
Publisher: HQN Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 4198
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0373773048
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780373773046
ASIN: 0373773048
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Product Description
Jane thinks nothing can make her lose her coolBut the princess of propriety blows a gasket the night she meets the contractor restoring the Wolcott mansion. Devlin Kavanagh's rugged sex appeal may buckle her knees, but the man is out of control! Jane had to deal with theatrics growing up—she won't tolerate them in someone hired to work on the house she and her two best friends have just inherited. Dev could renovate the mansion in his sleep. But ever since the prissy owner spotted him jet-lagged, exhausted and hit hard by a couple of welcome-home drinks, she's been on his case. Yet there's something about her. Jane hides behind conservative clothes and a frosty manner, but her seductive blue eyes and leopard-print heels hint at a woman just dying to cut loose!
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 Excellent storyline August 31, 2008
This book has it all. How will I wait for the next in the series not coming out till June 2009?!
 the book girl reviews Cutting Loose August 28, 2008
I liked this book, but I was very irritated at Jane for at least half of the book. Jane comes across very uptight and not very friendly. It was hard to see her as the romantic lead. About halfway through the book that changed. I saw that she was really a worthy love interest and she just had a little more depth than the average female main character. Devlin is sex-on-a-stick from the very beginning. These two characters have an undeniable chemistry, and they both fight it. I love that neither one wants to want the other and they have to deal with that. Cutting Loose also deals with family and how our family shapes the person we become. In Jane's case a family of drama and hysterics has led to her life of order and calm. Dev's families intrusive behavior has led to him living on another continent. The author does a very good job of showing the different family dynamics. This book was a great read and I can't wait for the next book!
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 Not very good... August 21, 2008
I would not recommend this book. It was pretty boring and had way too many cheesy lines.
Not nearly as good as Ms. Andersen's other books August 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I gave this book 3 stars more on the merit of the author and her usual stuff, but I didn't think the book itself really deserved 3 whole stars. I absolutely love this author and everything else she's ever written, but this book fell short of the mark for me. It was very BORING and I was skimming thru it by the half way mark.
Jane is one of the most boring characters I've ever read and I could not relate to her at all. She was actually kind of irritating. And Devlin was just so-so as a leading man. He was also kind of boring though, too. I did find parts in the book that I could stop and read thru and be entertained by, but not many and it took me more than a couple of days to read this when normally I devour her books in a day. I kept finding more interesting things to do other than read Cutting loose. It's especially disappointing coming on the heels of her last novel Coming Undone, which was phenomenal and so very entertaining that I didn't want it to end.
I will hold out hope for the next 2 books in the series, b/c Poppy and Ava were more engaging in this book and it wasn't even their story! Hopefully this is a one time miss for Susan Andersen.
 Cut It Loose August 14, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book for approximately three chapters and then it just became too much.
The premise was good, three childhood friends inherit a house from a wealthy woman they befriended. Obviously each woman is going to have their own book and their love interest will be introduced via the house. But I digress.
This is the story of Jane and Devlin "Dev". These two characters could not have less chemistry. Jane is afraid of love because her parents are nutty and Dev comes from a large Irish Catholic family. I never understood why they were so hot for each other. Their first intimate encounter occurs when Jane says,"Lets have no strings sex". Thus begins the love making. That is not romantic nor sexy.
I did not enjoy this book despite the fact that I read the whole thing. Too much time was spent on the relationship between the three friends and the house they inherited and not enough on the relationship between Dev and Jane.
I was also annoyed that all of the Kavenaughs used nicknames. Devlin was Dev, his sister Hannah was Han (I would like to add I have had several friends named Hannah and I've never heard anyone refer to them as Han.) and so on.
This book also becomes a mystery over half way through were objects are being taken from the mansion and suddenly the reader is treated to the inner thoughts of the thief. This added nothing and was slightly confusing at first. That being said, the thoughts of the thief were at least interesting though unnecessary.
I am interested in reading Poppy's story. (I'm sure she's going to be hooking up with the detective investigating the theft) But we'll see if I buy it when the time comes.
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