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This writer has a reputation of writing romantic comedies and she lives up to it in this selection. In the story, Amy, who dresses up as a clown and entertains children on a local tv channel, is replaced on the show by a dancing chicken. She's bitter and upset, but meets Jake, the local veterinarian, and takes a job as secretary in his clinic. While their romance is blossoming and her pain over being upstaged by a chicken is going away, Clarence The Rooster becomes sick and is admitted into Jake's vet clinic for emergency medical care. The following morning, the Rooster has disappeared, Amy shows up at the clinic and the press learned she brought in chicken soup, and the feathers (and the puns!) begin to fly.

Some parts are toooooo funny. The main characters are endearing, the romance is pretty hot, and the humor never ends. All in all, it's a very enjoyable and quick read.

I didn't catch this one when it originally came out, so I can't say if it's been updated at all for the 20 years since it was first published. I did notice that heroine carries a digital recorder, not a tape recorder. However, things which are ubiquitous in our lives, such as cell phones, MP3 players, computers and internet, are never mentioned; so, seeing as the text itself does not mention the year in which it is set and the book is presented as a contemporary, it has an odd timeless other world quality for me - neither 1989 nor 2008.

Nevertheless, I liked the characters well enough and I appreciated the humor. If you're looking for in depth realism, emotional or contextual, you won't find it here -- but it's an agreeable way to kill an hour -- much better than watching a sitcom on TV.

Typical of the Evanovich romance books...cute and humorous. Not as funny as some of the others, but still a few good laughs. Amy has the "Stephanie Plum" feeling of being completely clumsy and accident-prone with trouble following her around...makes for a funny few scenes.

A very quick read...short and fun.

I always enjoy a good JE book. They are always fun.

It's an Evanovich - it's funny, it's one of her earlier books and it's worth the read.

Enjoyable. Different from the One for the Money, Two for the Show series. Don't have to worry about what order these books are read in.