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To find this book cover HILARIOUS and want to share it with you and spread the joy

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Evelight · 13/04/2017 00:35

I saw this book among a bunch of other romances in a waiting room i was stuck in today. The cover art ("art") really stood out. Am I the only one who bursts out laughing at this cover? Why is it so funny? Something about the muscles and the hair?

I sent the pic to my sister and she too had a similar reaction, and since this morning, nanny Jake has become an inside joke for us, guaranteed to have us snorting. Nanny Jake LOLOL

To find this book cover HILARIOUS and want to share it with you and spread the joy
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GinSwigmore · 13/04/2017 02:37

Either way he's hot to trot.
Am getting my coat nae worry.
Come back Nanny Fabio, all is forgiven.

MrsLupo · 13/04/2017 02:48

These are more up my alley, so to speak.

What are we all doing up at this hour? Not enjoying romantic fiction, I hope.

WankingMonkey · 13/04/2017 02:52

Looks like he is getting ready to lick the babies chin. The baby appears to sense this and as such looks a bit terrified whilst trying to remain calm.

AprilSkies44 · 13/04/2017 02:53

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ThaliaLuxurySpa · 13/04/2017 03:46

Nanny Jake got himself a pilot's licence.

And an even more dubious sense of style... Grin Grin

To find this book cover HILARIOUS and want to share it with you and spread the joy
WaegukSaram · 13/04/2017 04:16

Someone needs to help these women, they appear to be having problems maintaining their balance. A walking frame, crutches, a good meat pie? Lucky old Fab's there to prop them up but he must get sick of it, surely. He's got other things to do, like go shopping for shirts with proper fastenings.

ClopySow · 13/04/2017 06:54

If that nanny jake had been available on kindle, i was going to download it.

Polisee · 13/04/2017 09:16

Grin I was shared a room with an extremely quiet and very religious girl who read books like Nanny Jake - some were hilariously smutty 😂

GinSwigmore · 13/04/2017 22:32

^ My Gran, bless her soul, was an avid reader of Mills and Boon (the mills and boon rose is the rose of romance! Grin jingle in my head now). Which was strange as she had little time for such shenanigans irl....oh and a fan of Barbara Cartland too. I think had she read the Black Lace books I grew up with, she would have had an attack of the vapours. Wink

CornflakeHomunculus · 13/04/2017 22:45

DSis and I once found the gem 'Truly, Madly Viking' in Waterstones. The cover art was sadly lacking but the synopsis had us in absolute hysterics. Let me share:

"His boat off-course, distracted by a randy she-whale whose infatuation had somehow thrust him into the twenty-first century, Jorund Ericsson had cause to question his surroundings. And though the befuddled Viking thought he'd found heaven when he caught sight of the comely wench with the man-hair and the kiss-some lips, the lovely doctor simply thought him crazy. And Jorund realized the only thing that had driven him to the edge was her enticing figure. He skyrocketed from the water and into Maggie's life: all sinewy muscles in a flawlessly proportioned body, a swath of long blond hair swept back from his brow. His claim to be a Viking from the tenth century made her smile. But it wasn't laughter that caused her stomach to flutter when the Hercules look-alike claimed her lips. And soon he had her believing his story, though questioning her own sanity. Then the psychologist realized there was another possibility: Neither of them was truly mad and both of them were truly, madly in love."

I'm presuming it has to be tongue in cheek, surely?! It's still guaranteed to make us laugh years later.

iklboo · 13/04/2017 22:50

Admit it OP - you're the author & you're trying to boost sales Grin

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 13/04/2017 22:51

Jake's biceps are bigger than his head!

And his shiny mane of hair won't look so good once adorable Caleb has puked into it.

PickAChew · 13/04/2017 22:54

Nanny Jake is likely to end up spending a ridiculous amount of time washing milky puke out of those long locks of his.

Asmoto · 13/04/2017 23:02

"Gentle Rogue" is very sexy. I doubt the story would be my sort of thing, but I'd buy it to perv over the cover Grin

Whereismumhiding2 · 13/04/2017 23:05

Has Hercules been made redundant from Greek God fighting and secured a new job? Grin
Are you gonna read Nanny Jake OP?

SarcasmMode · 13/04/2017 23:16

Haha that's hilarious.

The baby doesn't look impressed though!

FerrisMewler · 13/04/2017 23:19

I bet poor Delaney discovers that Nanny Jake is really "Daddy Jake" when baby Caleb gets older and starts sprouting an identical mullet.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 13/04/2017 23:36

In chapter 5, the heroine of the story comes to the sad realisation that Nanny Jake spends 85% of his time in the gym working on his biceps, and 10% deep conditioning his glossy mullet. Hmm

gnatgnu · 13/04/2017 23:51

He looks like Harry Styles to me!

WellThisIsShit · 01/05/2017 15:54

This thread is a terrible, terrible thread and everyone on it should be ashamed!

I ruddy bought it! Blush

WellThisIsShit · 01/05/2017 15:58

And I think nanny jake might also be a stripper... or I hope so given this quote:

"Baby oil. There was something ... unsettling about a man who coveeed himself in a baby oil - for heaven knows what reason"

I suppose it's only sensible to find a job combination with cross over supplies... I'm gripped Grin

WhyOhWine · 01/05/2017 16:05

I thought Harry styles too

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 01/05/2017 16:05

I now have Achy Breaks Heart stuck in my head Angry

Cerberusia · 01/05/2017 16:10

WaegukSaram Grin

AlpacaPicnic · 01/05/2017 16:13

Oh god that horse story reminds me of the time someone on here informed us all of dinoporn. I have since told other people of its existence...