The Secret Ingredient Book Summary and Study Guide
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Secret Ingredient |
|---|
St. Martin's, Feb 2002, 24.95, 336 pp.
ISBN: 0312261721
When she married her spouse Roger six years ago, Elizabeth Baskin thought he was an eleven in a male ranking system that tops out at ten. As an undercover field agent for luxurious properties, she seeks perfection in the hotels she clandestinely canvases. Elizabeth expects the same in her personal life. Thus, she decides she must renovate her heavier and lazier real estate attorney spouse so that instead of he sleeping away the night, they make love.
Click here to see the rest of this review
Elizabeth knows she needs professional help to accomplish her agenda. She visits Dr. Gordon Farkus, a Beverly Hills �life enhancement� guru. Gordon persuades Elizabeth to buy an herb that magically changes an aging over the hill dud into a lovemaking stud. However, Elizabeth puts too much of the elixir in Roger's orange juice. Instead of lovingly turning to her, he becomes a narcissistic babe magnet. Desperate to regain her husband the sloth, Elizabeth seeks a cure for the cure.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT is a humorous contemporary tale with messages on perfection and satisfaction that curiously the cat would understand, but ironically fails to have the bite of the author's more powerful satires. Instead the audience receives an amusing Southern California romp reminiscent of the movie Love Potion Number Nine filled with funny fluff but lacking the intelligent sting of FEMALE INTELLIGENCE. Still Jane Heller shows she continues as one of the top satirical humorists with this enjoyable frolic.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner
Chapter Analysis of The Secret Ingredient |
|---|
Click on a plot link to find similar books!
Plot & ThemesTime/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Action/suspense subplot? - Yes Action: - search for magical solution Inner struggle subplot - Yes Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding Fantasy/Magic - Yes Love potion/spell - YesMain Male CharacterProfession/status: - lawyer creature Age/status: - 20's-30'sMain Female Character- 20's-30's Profession/status: - business executiveSettingUnited States - Yes The US: - CaliforniaWriting StyleAccounts of torture and death? - no torture/death What % of story is romance related? - 60% Focus of story - Her How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
Books with storylines, themes & endings like The Secret Ingredient |
|---|
| Prince of Charming by Karen Fox | |
| Unearthed by C.J. Barry | |
| Lord of Forever by Patricia Simpson | |
| McNamara's Ghost by Angelique Armae | |
| Simply Irresistible by Kristine Grayson |
Or
Our Chief Librarian