Reviewed by Robyn Sanders
Posted June 17, 2005

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Is it true that people (namely men) treat you differently just because you have a great body, pretty face, good job and gorgeous breasts? That is the question posed to Scarlett Jane Stein, by her friend Pam, who claims that Scarlett has it easy in life, simply because she is attractive.

As Scarlett recovers from a case of the chicken pox, she begins to ponder Pam's comments and decides to change things up. After all, in her current life, she never found the man she knew was out there, her One True Love. So taking matters into her own hands, Scarlett reinvents herself.

Goodbye Scarlett and hello, dowdier Lettie Shaw. With her new name, comes a new look, new home, and new job. And maybe, just maybe, Lettie (aka Scarlett) will find someone who loves her for who she is on the inside? Or has Scarlett's change been one big mistake?

A LITTLE CHANGE OF FACE is a fresh and breezy read out just in time to add to your beach read pile. Full of life and humor, readers are treated to Scarlett's transformation from beautiful in control woman of the world, to dowdy typical librarian who finds that it isn't what is on the outside that attracts others, but what is on the outside.

A little Change of Face by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Summary

I need to change my life.

On the surface, it doesn't look too bad.

Great body, check. Pretty face, check. Job, check.

Chicken pox. Check.

Stuck in her Danbury, Connecticut condo in self-imposed exile until she's contagion-free, Scarlett Jane Stein keeps circling around to a passing comment her friend Pam made: how everything (read: men) comes to Scarlett just because she's attractive.

Is it true? All her life she's thought that she was fun to be around, that people liked her. Was it only because she was pretty (say it -- because she's got incredible breasts)? Or is Pam, tired of playing second fiddle, now playing her? All Scarlett knows is that she's never found the man she believes is out there, her One True Love. So maybe Scarlett needs to change things up.

So it's goodbye, Scarlett and hello, dowdier, schlumpier Lettie Shaw. And with her new look, new name, new home, and new job, is there a chance that Lettie-nee-Scarlett will find someone who loves her for who she is inside? Or has Scarlett's little change of face turned into the biggest mistake of her life?