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Beloved Stranger
Beloved Stranger
Author: Judith Pella
When she pledged "For better, for worse," she didn't know she would face both so soon-After a chance meeting off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Frank Stefano and Shelby Martin sense an immediate chemistry between them a bond that blossoms as their relationship deepens. With her father's recent death and a runaway mother, Shelby finds herself more...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780764220401
ISBN-10: 0764220403
Publication Date: 8/1/1998
Pages: 318
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
. . . but somehow, Judith Pella manages to create fresh, new characters with every book she writes--characters that aren't quite like any of the others she's introduced us to. Shelby and Frank are no exception! Shelby is at once endearing as the book opens with her father's funeral and the reader naturally sympathizes with her. Because of her impulsive nature, I found myself thinking so many times, "I would NEVER do that! " but it didn't make her any less appealing as the misguided heroine of the story. Frank, too, is a well-written character. He has the dark good looks, mysterious past, and serious passion that make him the ideal hero; but at the same time, there are his fun, flippant moods and his vulnerability which make him more than a cardboard stereotype. For a romance especially, the plot moves at near-hyperlight speed (once you get past the first chapter or so), with lots of twists and turns and interesting secondary characters. And as always, with Pella at the pen, the happily-ever-after ending isn't insultingly happy, but bittersweet. Wonderful job all around creating relationships between characters and intertwining lives in the most unlikely ways.
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Helpful Score: 1
Very good reading. Holds your attention.
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