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"Amusing contemporary tale"

For twenty-nine year old Hannah O'Dowd the clock is ticking away as she nears the dreaded big "Three O". Hannah is seeing no one in spite of her desire to marry and raise a family. Her roommate Cassie and their friends Scott and Louise fail to calm down a panic stricken Hannah who believes the world will end in four months when she turns thirty.

Hannah begins a search for her ideal mate thinking a city as big as Portland, Oregon has to have someone right for her. She uses on-line matchmaking services and newspaper personal ads to find Mr. Right. However, as the four months pass with each new male in her life being another catastrophe Hannah looks within for comfort before the Red Cross declares her a disaster area.

Fans of amusing contemporary tales will fully relish DATING WITHOUT NOVOCAINE. The story line is a refined mainstream romp that employs humor to depict the agony, apprehension, and anger of a single person struggling with the relationship game. Hannah is a great lead character while her friends and her dates augment the reader's understanding of her desires and motives. Lisa Cach furbishes her fans with a charming modern day tale.

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted February 7, 2002

Dentophobe Hannah O'Dowd is almost 30 and she's determined to find a husband. She and her cozy circle of single friends live in Portland, Oregon, a city of 2 million souls, roughly half of which are male. Hannah hatches a plan to find her one man in a million via free Internet dating services--and challenges her friends to do the same. Unfortunately, all of Hannah's dates are turning out worse than your average root canal.

Lisa Cach's Dating Without Novocaine is a witty, sexually frank look at what a smart self-employed woman might do to find the man of her dreams. Will she make the first move on Wade, the wildlife biologist who keeps asking her out but has yet to even hold her hand? Will she agree to a second date with Pete, the hunky cop with attention deficit disorder? Could she possibly be attracted to a wealthy computer engineer who paints his toenails gold? Hannah's sure the right guy is out there, it's just a matter of finding him.

Like Bridget Jones's Diary and television's Sex and the City, Cach's first contemporary romance presents a single girl who has great friends and a variety of unacceptable romantic prospects. Wiser than Bridget and warmer than Sex's Carrie, Hannah may find her man just in time. --Jennifer Lindsay