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Fresh Pick | JUST LIKE ME, ONLY BETTER by Carol Snow
Fresh Pick / April 6, 2010

April 2010On Sale: April 6, 2010Featuring: Veronica Czaplicki; Haley Rush; Brady Ellis336 pages ISBN: 0425232484EAN: 9780425232484Paperback$14.00 Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Just Like Me, Only Betterby Carol Snow Veronica’s life was over… until she jumped into someone else’s… From the author of Here Today, Gone to Maui, the story of a woman who finally got a life…some else’s. Ever since Veronica’s husband found the love of his life- not her-she’s been a walking zombie with runny mascara. It doesn’t help that she keeps getting mistaken for Haley Rush- the Hollywood starlet whose dazzling life is plastered on every magazine. When Haley’s manager offers Veronica a job as a celebrity double, it only takes a moment before she says yes. Veronica gets to drive Haley’s car, wear her phenomenal clothes-and have fun with her hot celebrity boyfriend, Brady Ellis. Too bad the job’s only part-time, and at the end of the day she has to return to her life as a cash- strapped substitute teacher and cub scout mom. But when real sparks fly with Brady, is it a fantasy come true or a disaster in disguise? Excerpt I remember the exact moment when Haley Rush’s fame reached its tipping point….

BARBARA FREETHY | Why Can’t Books Have it All?
Author Guest / April 6, 2010

Ever since I began writing I’ve heard numerous writers and editors say that books need to be one thing … because then it’s easier to sell them. The reader needs to see one emotion emblazoned across the cover, scary, funny, mysterious, sweet, sexy — to name just a few. Books that blend these elements tend to be more difficult to cover and to market. Which has always been a problem for me, because I love nothing more than blending elements and complicating my stories. I was writing emotionally poignant contemporaries when the cartoon cover came to life and kicked all the other contemp covers out of the pool. Suddenly every single author and every single contemporary had that cartoon cover look, legs, silhouettes, and stilettos that were fun, fun, fun. I personally liked the covers very much, because they jumped out at you and practically screamed, “read me, I’m going to be a good time”. The quieter covers began to fade away and where once on the shelves there was nothing but Adirondack chairs, now it was all legs. But as we all discovered over time, not all contemps were particularly funny or fit that look. At some point I…