Publisher's Weekly Review :-)

Okay, I swear I'm not going to be the author that shares every single review she receives, but this one's a biggie and since I already blogged earlier this week about how I was scared of what it would read, I figure you might be curious if I got shredded. Anyhow - this the review that will appear in Publisher's Weekly on the week of April 25th!

A CONNECTICUT FASHIONISTA IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT

Marianne Mancusi. Love Spell, $6.99 (368p) ISBN 0-505-52633-6

At the start of Mancusi's sparkling debut, a Gypsy curse propels feisty 29-year-old Kat Jones, associate fashion editor at La Style magazine, from King Arthur's Faire back in time to the real King Arthur's court, where her cell phone doesn't work and the menu doesn't accommodate her low-carb diet. Kat's strange speech (peppered generously with "like" and "totally") makes Merlin and King Arthur suspicious enough to lock her up in a tower, despite the protests of kind Queen Guinevere. Luckily, the gorgeous Lancelot helps her escape. Could this noble knight finally be the remedy to all the 21st-century creeps she dates? Kat is determined to find a way back to the present and to save Camelot from its impending doom, while introducing such novelties as the "Round Table" and modern dance. The interactions between the acerbically sassy protagonist and the stoic knights and royalty amuse, though the difficult and sarcastic Kat can also be annoying. Still, Kat's efforts to figure out the real story of Camelot's destruction intrigue, while her romance with Lancelot puts a nice twist on the modern girl's search for prince charming. Agent, Paige Wheeler. (May)

Obviously I am so so so so thrilled about this. I mean just for a mass market paperback to be selected for PW review is big enough. For them to write such nice things - well, I'm just blown away -- and sooo relieved. :-)

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And for those of you interested in something other than book news - we went to the Sox game last night and they totally shut out Tampa Bay 10 to 0!!! We had seats behind home plate and it was a lot of fun. I like going to ball games - it's too bad it's so difficult to get tickets usually. And that they're so expensive.

Gotta go write. For some odd reason, Boys that Bite refuses to finish itself.
Marianne