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Dating Games

A Novel (Harlequin Romance, 3290)

by Leigh Michaels

Published 1993187 pagesISBN 978-0-3730-3290-7

Irresistible to matchmakers Rachel's boss has a nephew she thinks would be 'perfect' for her. Her best friend's fiance just 'happens' to have a brother. Complete strangers are getting in on the act. Young, beautiful, single - and happy to stay that way - Rachel Todd is the matchmaker's ultimate challenge. 'Crash' McKenna's family seems to think they're a dating service with only one client. Him. And what with Thanksgiving approaching, they'll be around to force, avid to practice their matchmaking skills on the last remaining unwed McKenna. Rachel comes up with a simple plan to solve their mutual problem. She and 'Crash' will date to avoid dating. He knows this plan isn't just simple, it's crazy! So why is he going along with it?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

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Dating GamesLeigh Michaels
Powerful4.7/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read187 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1993
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-3730-3290-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL10691900M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.