What Men Want

February 15, 2006
Jenny George, a successful political columnist at the " New York Daily" has only one thorn in her side: Slaid Warren, her handsome rival at a competing paper. When Jenny uncovers a possible scandal involving public officials in the city's film office taking bribes from a Hollywood mogul, Jenny's editor decides to send her to the posh hotel in the Caribbean where the meeting is taking place. While Jenny is excited about scooping Slaid, she's reluctant to leave her boyfriend, Chris, alone around Christmastime working on an ad campaign featuring a beautiful model. But Jenny dutifully pursues the story, even getting close the movie producer, who clearly wants to bed her. But when Slaid Warren shows up, Jenny starts to worry about getting scooped--and about her growing interest in Slaid. Blumenthal might not come up with the answer to the eternal question of what men want, but readers will enjoy watching the heroine of her second novel try to figure it out.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)