Bachelorette #1 Horror Book Review

Sarah Divine Holmes is a 34-year-old suburban wife and mother leading a normal life as a freelance writer when she is offered the magazine assignment of a lifetime - to pose as a hot young single on the latest TV reality sensation, “The Stag.”  Sarah can’t resist the opportunity to skewer the women desperate enough to go on TV to snag a man, and the man shallow enough to view dating as a ratings game.  Armed with a killer wardrobe, sun-kissed highlights and her reporter’s notebook, she sets out to discover what happens at the posh California resort when the cameras stop rolling. 

  What she discovers is that this alternate reality is more seductive than she ever expected.  The other women aren’t all brainless bimbos, but are attractive, self-confident women with their own agendas.  And “The Stag” isn’t the arrogant jerk she imagined.  Caught up in a whirlwind of moonlight swims, limo rides, and champagne toasts, Sarah stops working on her article and starts wanting to win.  As she dodges hard-core husband hunters, slimy producers, voyeuristic cameramen, and her own burgeoning feelings, she comes to discover the real-life adventure behind love, marriage, and motherhood. 

  Jennifer O’Connell’s snappy heroine, savvy voice, and timely premise give readers a sensational story.  BACHELORETTE #1 is a fabulously fun and fast-paced novel that looks at one of the major trends of recent years.