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License to Thrill
Wilde's fast-paced, steamy, and humorous novel follows beautiful, wisecracking Las Vegas P.I. Charlee Champagne, hired by uptight banker Mason Gentry to find his grandfather, who's on the lam with the family fortune. Original.
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First published December 1, 2003
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About the author
Lori Wilde
329Ìýbooks2,247ÌýfollowersLori Wilde can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write.
She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.
Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.
She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.
She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.
Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.
She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.
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September 3, 2008
General fun fluff read. It's about a guarded tomboy detective and a wealthy young stud with regrets from his past. They join up to find their missing grandparents and have plenty of adventures along the way. I liked it.
October 12, 2019
Las Vegas private eye Charlee Champagne was raised by her grandmother Maybelline in a motor home when her Elvis impersonator father Elwood and show girl mom abdicated. Things are finally going reasonably well when Mason Gentry shows up looking for his grandfather Nolan, who's taken a half-million in company funds to meet with Maybelline. Neither grandparent can be found, so Mason and Charlee start the hunt. They have a major road trip to LA while discovering Nolan and Maybelline were briefly married while she was pregnant with Elwood. Nolan should've won an Oscar and someone from the Gentry family accounting firm rigged the ballots that year and has done it again this year. Mason and Charlee fall in love along the way, but have to overcome, rich boy/poor girl issues, her wild and his conservative sides thanks to a teen air mishap that killed his best friend. Fun read, some sex.
October 22, 2018
The book was a quick, fluffy read. Some mystery, some romance- a little of all the good things. But oddly enough I really didn't like the Epilogue. I usually get so excited when I see there was an Epilogue but I felt this one was very odd.
May 2, 2021
Fun read with too many errors
This might have been a fun read. However there are way too many errors in grammar and fat fingering of letters and numbers. Clearly no one proofed this book before publishing
This might have been a fun read. However there are way too many errors in grammar and fat fingering of letters and numbers. Clearly no one proofed this book before publishing
March 8, 2017
License to Thrill review
License to Thrill is a funny romantic comedy written by author Lori Wilde. Cute story with crazy situations that are very entertaining.
License to Thrill is a funny romantic comedy written by author Lori Wilde. Cute story with crazy situations that are very entertaining.
March 11, 2010
This is one of this author's earlier novels and she has improved! This book was really hard to get into. There was an excessive use of metaphor and the main characters' emotional swings were a little hard to believe. Add that together with a formula plot..boy with wealth and a pedigree meets girl from trailer park..and it was just ok.
January 22, 2016
This was a cute love story about a PI helping a client to find his grandfather. Of course, the plot gets mixed together so that the client's grandfather is actually with the PI's grandmother, and the sparks fly. It's a fairly entertaining novel, with a lot of plot turns. It was a cute, easy read.
October 31, 2008
What a delightful read! Every other word is exciting. Every other sentence is packed with thrilling evocative words. Heroine is tough yet vulnerable. Hero is uptight until he discovers his wild inner self. I could not put down the book after reading the first few words, what a hoot!
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April 3, 2008Laugh out loud funny. Mason & Charlee get into one scrape after another trying to rescue his grandfather and her grandmother, quite a giggle.
September 2, 2020
Decent funny romance. Enjoyed the characters and the situations they got themselves into.
January 27, 2009
sexy but not much else
January 14, 2021
a reread that I haven't reread in a long time - still fun! :)
February 5, 2011
Chick: Charlee Champagne - gun totting private eye
Hottie: Mason Gentry - aka wealthy, long-legged, brown-eyed, handsome man with matinee-idol smile and day's growth of beard stubble
Hottie: Mason Gentry - aka wealthy, long-legged, brown-eyed, handsome man with matinee-idol smile and day's growth of beard stubble
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July 31, 2011Total fluff, but fun. Cleaning some older book accumulation off of my shelf. Charlee was quite entertaining...
November 10, 2011
This was a fun little light hearted book. It's funny and an easy read. A great pick if you want to be entertained and don't want to think too hard (a great vacation or beach pick).
January 3, 2013
Cute fluffy read. Reminded me of Sarah Strohmeyer's Bubbles series
March 6, 2013
Definitely not high brow literature, but a fun little romp.
May 5, 2014
Reall good book . A little hard to read but I will have this book in my to be read again bookshelf :)
May 26, 2014
A great story.
December 3, 2014
Funny n entertaining but nothing special in it! Loved Charlie, but for Mason i had conflicted feelings.
Anywas a good book for a light read!
Anywas a good book for a light read!
January 29, 2016
Uh...well it's different. I finished it but i was sorta wierded out by the main couple. Their grandparens were a cuter match
October 24, 2016
A quick, fun read. The main characters were perfect together. A little bit of mystery to keep you reading. Will probably read again!
March 30, 2017
I don't many 5 stars ratings but this book kept me not wanting to put it down. Humor, money, Hollywood, fiance, grandparents, kidnapping and love. What could be better??
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