Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35670 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-26
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

From Publishers Weekly
For years, the three orphaned Fortune sisters, each endowed with a different magical ability, have been on the run from their evil aunt Xan. Dee, the oldest, is their shape-shifting protector; sullen middle child Lizzie has transmutative abilities (her latest aim is turning straw into gold); and self-satisfied Mare can move things with her mind. Aunt Xan, up to old tricks, uses a spell to send each girl her one true love-but if the sisters fall for these paramours, Xan will get her hands on their powers. What Xan doesn't count on is that the girls are wise to the plot and determined to beat their aunt at her own game. Unfortunately, the novel that springs from this solid premise are hobbled by too many characters (three sisters, three love interests, one freaky aunt) and too little space. As a result, exposition crowds out the story, giving each a rushed feel and a jarring conclusion. Despite the book's faults, it makes an enjoyable read; one hopes the authors' next collaboration will be on a more singular novel-or better yet, three of them.
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From Booklist
Three top romance authors each tell about one of the three Fortune sisters, who have been hiding in small towns since their famous parents were killed by their aunt Xan. Dee, an inspired artist working in a bank to support her sisters, shape-shifts when agitated, usually taking the form of a bird. She now connects with a researcher for a famous best-selling author. Lizzie, whose attempts to transmute objects into gold instead turn forks into rabbits, is offered guidance by a powerful mage. And Mare, the youngest sister, is pining for Crash, who deserted her after a horrible motorcycle accident, and fighting her sisters' plans to send her to college. Earth-shaking sex and belly-shaking laughs abound. Tixier Herald, Diana

Review
“Dreyer is wickedly clever and witty.”—Booklist

“A consummate mistress of her craft, Stuart is a pure pleasure to indulge.”
—Romantic Times Bookreviews

"Crusie is a master of fast-paced witty dialogue.”—Seattle Times

Customer Reviews

fabulous collaboration!
How on earth could I resist this novel (it's not an anthology!) when two of the collaborators are favorite authors? And even if they hadn't been, their joint blog about the book would have convinced me.

Let me repeat: this is a novel, not an anthology. It's one story, written by three authors. Three heroines, three heroes, one villain.

The three Fortune sisters have magical gifts, but it hasn't made their lives easier. Ever since the death of their parents, they've only had each other, and they never stay in one place for very long because their aunt Xantippe keeps catching up with them.

And why not? It's not like Dee, Lizzie, and Mare are using their powers. Heck, those powers are making them miserable. If Xan takes those powers, she'd be doing them a favor, really. And if doing so keeps her young and beautiful, well, she deserves to be paid for that favor, right?

So Xan has cast a spell to send her nieces their true loves, giving them a reason to give up their powers. For Dee, there's Danny, who's writing a book about their parents; sorcerer Elric is for Lizzie; and for Mare, there's Jude, a VP at Value Video! where she works, who's offering her a dream job. Except that Mare's ex, Crash, shows up too.

The sisters are all individuals, each with her own niche in the family, and their powers reflect their personalities, or vice versa. The heroes likewise are perfect for each of them. And it's loads of fun watching how Xan's plan backfires when finding true love doesn't make her nieces want to surrender their powers.

Xan is a great villain, too, because she's just so reasonable. She's not evil, she just sticks up for herself, and everything would be just fine if people would only listen to her. And when things go wrong, it's not her fault. Much fun. It's really a shame this isn't the start of a series, because I'd love to see more of Xan.

As with the Crusie/Mayer partnership, each author wrote the scenes that are in her character's POV: Dreyer writing Dee, Stuart writing Lizzie, and Crusie writing Mare and Xan. Since the author shifts coincide with POV shifts, the collaboration was very smooth, and without the three names on the cover, I wouldn't have been able to tell it wasn't written by a single author.

Horrible
I finally took this book off the TBR pile thinking that a Crusie book could not be bad. I was mistaken.

The previous reviewer who said that these three writers did not have compatible styles was absolutely correct. I did not care about any of the characters, including the "love of their lives" men. I never really got why Xan killed the parents. To take their powers? Then why not kill the kids right away? Why let them live for years when she seemed to be able to locate other people?

The last 100 pages of the book were just sex and pleas not to move to foreign locales.

This is the worst book I have read all year. I only finished it so that I could get rid of it.

Crusie Fan
This book has been a slightly different style than I was used to with Jennifer Crusie, but so far a good read. Yet again fast shipping and excellent pricing from this second hand book shop.