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Princess Charming Paperback

by Jane Heller (Author)
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P.R. executive Elaine Zimmerman and her two best friends have taken their annual vacations together since they first met in the courthouse getting their respective divorces. This year, they're taking a cruise on the "Princess Charming". Once aboard, Elaine learns that somebody's ex-wife has been marked for murder--and the hired hit man is already on the ship. Elaine hopes it's not her handsome companion. After all, she's on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday, and it wouldn't kill her to fall in love--or would it? HC: Kensington Books. .
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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Kensington
  4. Dimensions
    11.43 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
  5. ISBN-10
    1575662612
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1575662619
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1575662612
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1575662619
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 181 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.43 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

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Jane Heller

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Hello! My most recent novel, THREE BLONDE MICE, is a spinoff of PRINCESS CHARMING, my comedy about three best friends who spend a week on a Caribbean cruise with plenty of romance, suspense and lots of laughs. THREE BLONDE MICE finds them on a "haycation" at a farm resort in CT, milking a cow, making cheese and taking cooking classes with a famous chef who's marked for murder. It's the first book in my planned "Three Blonde Mice" series of comedies in which the three friends will take trips together - trips that will inevitably involve passion, both romantic and sinister!

On the nonfiction side, I continue to travel the country talking about caregiving and my book YOU'D BETTER NOT DIE OR I'LL KILL YOU: A Caregiver's Survival Guide to Keeping You in Good Health and Good Spirits. It's what I affectionately called "Nora Ephron's I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK meets Heidi Murkoff's WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING" in that it's a combo of my personal, often humorous essays about caring for my husband (Crohn's disease) and my mother (dementia), interviews with other caregivers (of children, spouses and aging parents), and advice from a wide range of experts. With over 65 million caregivers in this country, I thought it was time for a book that will entertain caregivers even as it provides lots of ideas for self-care. Check it out for yourself or someone you care about.

I love hearing from readers, so please get in touch at www.janeheller.com.

xo Jane

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curvynovelsdotinfo
5.0 out of 5 stars Very cute!
Reviewed in Canada on September 12, 2002
Heroines: One average, one plump, and one extremely tall and thin (main character)
Pat, Jackie, and Elaine, a trio of divorcées known as the "three blonde mice", escape the bitter New York winter and set off on a tropical cruise upon the "Princess Charming", a ship caught in a 1980s interior decorating vortex whose passenger and activities lists are filled with every cruise stereotype imaginable.
A series of mishaps, an overheard phone conversation, and an anonymous note slipped under a door makes it plain that one of the women is the target of a planned hit by her embittered ex-husband. But which gal is at risk? And which passenger was hired to send this unfortunate lady to sleep with the fish? The polyester-clad-disco-king-has-been? The used car salesman with the short-lived short-term memory? The fastidious, well-to-do, bird-watching bachelor?
What worked for me:
  Ms. Heller's writing gets to the essence of the subject quickly, distilling the key pieces of information and throwing them out at the reader in startling combinations. It's amazing what she can convey in her effectively succinct yet descriptive phrases!
I loved the tongue-in-cheek humor in this story. Elaine was the epitome of the catty, witty friend you love to hear talking about others but secretly pray that she never talks in that way about you.
There were a slew of wacky, true-to-life characters in this book with plenty of choices for possible bad guys to keep you guessing.
And I enjoyed the burgeoning romance between the man-wary Elaine and her new friend Sam, but I enjoyed their octogenarian tablemates far more. We should all be so lucky in our love lives!
Size-wise the ladies were varied. The main character had some reservations about her six foot height and slender build, but mainly because she had lost her luggage and was forced to wear clothes that didn't fit her correctly.
What didn't work for me:    
    Some folks might not care for the first person point-of-view, but I personally thought it worked very well in this book.
Overall:
This outrageously funny mystery seasoned with a dash of romance makes for excellent light reading. I recommend it to fans of the mystery and romance genres alike.
Warning: there's a bit of coarse language and a couple of sexy scenes.
If you liked "Princess Charming" you might also enjoy "Infernal Affairs", "Plum Girl", The Stephanie Plum mystery series, and "Fast Women".
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Ellen
4.0 out of 5 stars I love Jane Heller's books
Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2002
I liked this book, it was alot of fun and in light of all that has gone on in the world, I needed alittle light reading. There is enough braindraining information continuiously on the news!!
Is is an award winner, no- does it pretend to be....NO, it just fun reading, which makes readers want to read her books.
Enough SAID
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A. Lively
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner
Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2003
I am such a big fan of Jane Heller! All of her books provide you with laughter (till you cry) mystery and romance.
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smcevoy@sun.hazelwood.k12.mo.us
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book with a great ending!
Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 1997
This book was a great mystery as it was set up with many possible suspects. It was exciting as well as funny, and you found yourself cheering on the " three blond mice" in their quest for happiness. A great read
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Simonetta Cavilli
2.0 out of 5 stars The Goldern Girls on The Love Boat
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2000
This is exactly what this book reminded me of. But, I know that the 'Three Blond Mice' weren't quite the age of the Goldern Girls, but Bea Arthur makes a terrific Elaine.
This is a very light-hearted story of three friends who, every year, go on a holiday, and this yr they have chosen to go on a cruise. Basically, the three middle-aged women have ex-husbands and they just want to get away from life for a while but the opening of the story introduces the reader to the fact that one of the women are going to get killed, commissioned by her ex-husband. The rest of the story is really about the three women, the men that they meet and of course, finding the killer before it is too late.
This is a very easy to read book, but I found that it wasn't very exciting and it nothing really happened. I really did conjure up Bea Arthur on The Love Boat, and if you liked those two shows, then you will love this book. Personally, I thought that 'Infernal Affairs' was much better and quite funny, where this is quite flat and uninteresting. Unless you are a huge fan of Jane Hellar, don't bother with this one.
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Mary Veronica
4.0 out of 5 stars Did not want to say Bon Voyage!
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 1999
Princess Charming was my first Jane Heller book. I was intrigued and enchanted with the characters,three mid-life, fun-seeking women on a cruise. I was sad to come to the end and, in searching out more books by this author, disappointed that Pat, Elaine and Jackie are not to be found. Jane, please give us more about these wonderful women!!
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carol irvin
2.0 out of 5 stars Heller's Weakest Mystery-Romance at Sea
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2001
Heller has always been a 4 star comedic read for me. I can always count on her for a good evening's entertainment. This is the one time she failed me. Even then I can't say that this is badly written or that I couldn't finish it. I made it through without any big problem but I was disappointed when done. There hadn't been much LOL either. Essentially this is a tale about 3 women friends, all divorcees or about-to-be, who take a cruise together only to discover that one of them is the target for a hit-man by an ex-spouse who wants to get rid of her and his obligations to her. The lead woman meets a man onboard, who she starts having a shipboard romance with, only to ultimately wonder if he is the hit-man. Yes, it is a pretty lame idea, especially for Heller. Well, everyone has a miss and this was hers.
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Jorge Frid
2.0 out of 5 stars Love boat chapter 5865
Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2002
If you saw on TV The Love Boat, you already read this book no matter what chapter you saw, but if you still want to read this book let me tell you that the first 150 pages (more or less) are really boring, I really don't know why I finished the book, but after those pages is going better and better, but it still is a chapter of The Love Boat.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Romance + suspense
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
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This book started off a trifle slow, but picked up quickly. Elaine is a bruised woman even though she's good-looking and has a high-paying job and loyal girlfriends. She hasn't had much luck with men, including her father who deserted the family, and she was hurt by her cheating husband. Elaine's pretty much given up on love and has to be talked into going on the cruise by her two best friends. She's a bit paranoid, which leads her to suspect everyone when she later finds out that a murder is being planned - could it be hers? There are a lot of red herrings and I only caught on at the end - when Elaine realizes who the culprit is. There's a lot of humor, as usual, and her dialogue from the ship's captain and doctor is hysterical. Looking forward to new books from this author. All Miss Heller's books are enjoyable; some more than others, but I still rate this as a 5*.
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Eloise Cornwall
5.0 out of 5 stars Good holiday read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2013
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A light-hearted murder mystery. Wonderful for a good little holiday read. I actually read the book years ago when I found it in a Maldives Hotel library and I've bought the kindle edition to re-read when next on holiday.
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Tj stone
3.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy but cute
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2013
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Princess charming was an adventure at best. Although it was at times a bit cheesy I found it to be cute fun and quirky. At one point I thought I was in the middle of an episode of Love boat!
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HappytoShop
4.0 out of 5 stars Kind of fun.
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2013
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Not heavy reading, but at the same time I enjoyed the humor. The mystery keeps you going, but some of it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Take a trip on Princess Charming
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017
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This book is a lot of fun. I read this book during a rough time for me. And it was a fun escape to get caught up in this story of three women of a certain age, and their travel adventures on the Princess Charming cruise ship. There's romance, a mystery, and baseball talk. What's not to love?
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