Losing to Win

Name: Losing to Win
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Michele Grant
ISBN: 9781470379711

Author: Michele Grant

Narrator: Susan Spain, Corey Allen

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/06/2013

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, African American & Black Fiction, Women

Synopsis

The small town of Belle Haven, Louisiana, is still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill, and its residents will do whatever it takes to get it back on its feet. So when local English teacher Carissa Melody Wayne is asked to appear on the weight-loss reality show Losing to Win, she agrees. She doesn't realize that others from her past will be joining her, including her high school nemesis, an acquaintance who's been nursing a long-time crush on her--and most shocking of all, Carissa's ex-fiancE, former NFL star Malachi Knight. As Carissa's group is split into pairs to compete in a series of challenges, she finds herself at the mercy of the chaotic Hollywood crew and cast members, and her own unfinished business. Soon enough, she discovers that her biggest challenge will be deciding what's really important to her, what she's willing to do to win--and how to do it with cameras following her 24/7...

Reviews

Goodreads review by SuperWendy

This started out really good - it's like the author threw chick lit, women's fiction and romance into a blender and concocted a yummy, humorous smoothie. What didn't work so well? There's eleventy billion characters and about half of them could have been left on the cutting room floor IMHO. Also, th......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

Clarissa Melody Wayne is a woman who has finally pieced her life back together after the abrupt and heartbreaking breakup with former NFL star Malachi Knight. Since that day, she refused to be in anyone's shadow and is now content with her life in Belle Haven, a small town in Louisiana that was dama......more

Goodreads review by Dacia

Ok. The setting of the game show was cute but a little unrealistic even for a reality show. The random hookups were also a little unrealistic...to me. I actually was not a fan of Carissa. I guess I understand her thinking but she kind of got on my nerves. I also didn't like Jordan much for having th......more

Goodreads review by Twyla

This was a good book with an interesting story line. It seemed that the author was ready to get into some things but then decided to back off. The ending was sweet.......more