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"A romance novelist falls for her fictional hero"
Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted October 19, 2003

Romance novelist Victoria Townsend is having a mid-life crisis triggered by her soon-to-be ex-husband, Henry. After years of a loveless marriage, Henry has decamped along with all of their assets. So when Tory starts hearing her hero talk to her, she figures she's losing her mind. But this "fantasy man" may be just what she Read more...

"A wild ride inside a romance author's head."
Reviewed by Ann Leveille
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted November 28, 2003

Tory's perfect hero is a cardboard cut-out. A figment she's seen in her head for twenty years. A man she has plugged into all of her sweetly romantic novels and pretended to be content with. Now alone after her husband's desertion (arm in arm with his former secretary and pockets Read more...

"Which will she end up with--fantasy or reality? Or will she lose them both."
Reviewed by Flora Bell
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 22, 2003

Tory is at a low point in her life. Her husband, Henry, has left her and taken her all money and even her cat took off. Now she has writers block. That is, until he speaks to her--her cardboard hero. It's been a long time since she's looked at him, Read more...

"Wait till you see what a cardboard hero can teach an author"
Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted February 29, 2004

Victoria (Tory) Townsend is a writer of sweet, tender romance where the heroine never even gets close to having sex. Now her life is totally upside down thanks to ex-husband Henry. After living together for years in a mostly loveless marriage, Henry runs off with a younger woman -- along with all their money. Now Read more...

Summary

Ewan MacKenzie. A dangerous man. In control of almost every situation—except the woman who haunts his fantasies.

A desperate woman who has found her hero. He's perfect. The embodiment of every fantasy Tory's ever written. There's only one little problem. Tory writes sweet romances. Her perfect lover's not anatomically correct! That's a problem she should be able to solve. But how do you describe a penis?

Cardboard Hero—a Contemporary-Paranormal-Romantic-Suspense that takes a satirical look at the mind of a writer. You might want to visit, but you don't want to live there. Trust me.

Sexual Content: E-rotic. Genre: Paranormal.