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The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist
Author: Anne Tyler
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 88
Review Date: 9/5/2005


Meet Macon Leary - a travel writer who hates both travel and strangeness. Grounded by loneliness, comfort, and a somewhat odd comestic life, Macon is about to embark on a surprising new journey. It's called love - and it arrives in the unlikely shape of a fuzzy-haried dog-obedience trainer who promises to turn the Accidental Tourist into a happy traveler.


Bastard out of Carolina
Bastard out of Carolina
Author: Dorothy Allison
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 363
Review Date: 9/5/2005


Set in the Carolina Low Country, this is the story that Showtime turned into a motion picture. A story of love and abuse. A must read.


The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda and Lilah
The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda and Lilah
Author: Nora Roberts
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 405
Review Date: 4/30/2006


Three more great Nora Roberts romances. Nice mystery and intrique and thoroughly likable characters. The Calhoun sisters live in an old castlelike home on the coast of contemporary Bar Harbor, Maine. The search for missing emeralds from the past spans all three stories. I really enjoyed all the stories and plan to get the next in the series.


The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Author: James McBride
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 556
Review Date: 9/26/2005


McBride's memories of his white mother, daughter of a rabbi married to a black man. The Color of Water is McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother of twelve and an eloquent exploration of what family really means.


Comfort & Joy
Comfort & Joy
Author: Kristin Hannah
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 163
Review Date: 12/14/2006


Newly divorced, Joy Candellaro decides to break from her ordinary life and embark on a holiday adventure. A miraculous twist of fate lands her in the charming Northwest town of Rain Valley, where she meets Daniel o'Shea and his young son, Bobby. Thrown together by chance, these three souls will discover what it means to be a family.


Cordina's Royal Family: Bennett & Camilla : The Playboy Prince & Cordina's Crown Jewel
Review Date: 7/18/2006


Two more good romantic tales of the Cordina Royal Family. Bennett is the last of the original family, and Camilla, Gabriella and Reeve's daughter, begins the next generation. A great way to spend a summer day...


Cordina's Royal Family: Gabriella & Alexander
Cordina's Royal Family: Gabriella & Alexander
Author: Nora Roberts
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 289
Review Date: 4/15/2006


This book contains two really great romantic stories. Loved all the characters.


The Country Gentleman (Zebra Regency Romance)
The Country Gentleman (Zebra Regency Romance)
Author: Cindy Holbrook
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 13
Review Date: 2/27/2007


The incomparable Ldy Sarah, the darling of the ton, not only broke off her engagement to Ravenwich - that dreadfull rake and libertine - but struck an even deadlier blow! during a visit to his country estate, the cad tried to have his way with her...until she hit him over the hed, and fled into the night. Found disheveled and unconscious by the reclusive Earl of Grey, she was unrecognizable as the beautiful woman who had every man in London at her feet.
Until she could devise a plan, Lady Sarah swooned into Lord Grey's arms and pretended to have lost her memory. She thought it should be easy to wrap a country gentleman around her finger without telling him her name. Unfortunately, the handsome lord thought her an absolute ninny. She was upsetting his servants, trying to teach him manners, and turning his household topsy turvy. There were a terrible match..and an irrestible combination.......


Dashing Through the Mall: Santa, Baby / Assignment Humbug / Deck the Halls
Review Date: 12/3/2006


Three fun and romantic stories based around a shopping mall on Christmas Eve.


Dream a Little Dream (Chicago Stars, Bk 4)
Dream a Little Dream (Chicago Stars, Bk 4)
Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 412
Review Date: 4/23/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Love this author and every book she has written. Witty, romantic, characters you love to love.


Family Pictures
Family Pictures
Author: Sue Miller
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 36
Review Date: 9/5/2005


The whole world could not have broken the spirit and strength of the Eberhardt family of 1948. Lainey is a warm and slightly eccentric mother. David is a good, sarcastic, yet cool-tempered father. Two wonderful children round out the perfect picture. Then the next child arrives - and life is never the same again. Over the next forty years, the Eberhardt family struggles to survive a floodtide of upheaval and heartbreak, love and betrayal, passion and pain... hoping they can someday heal their hearts and return to the perfect family in the pictures from the past.


Fancy Pants (American's Lady, Bk 1)
Fancy Pants (American's Lady, Bk 1)
Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 187
Review Date: 12/16/2006


This author is my all time favorite, and this book is testament to that.
From the back cover: She was the most beautiful British bauble in Europe's jet-set playgrounds. Now she's broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods road in an ugly pink Southern Belle gown..
He was tall, lean and All-American gorgeous. He liked his brews cold and women loved to keep him warm. Why in hell is he stopping his car for this woebegone, surly Scarlet.
Meet Francesca Day and Dallie Beaudine, two incredible characters whose tangled love affair is one of the most ravishing, satisfying, irresistible novels you'll ever read. ... come enjoy the adventure of a lifetime - a wonderfully involving story that's heart-wrenching, hilarious and hellcat passionate - and as full of surprises as life itself. You'll never forget Dallie and the sassy lady who needs a good swift kick in her...Fancy Pants.


Gabriel's Angel
Gabriel's Angel
Author: Nora Roberts
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 176
Review Date: 2/16/2006


Really nice engaging love story. Likable characters. I read it in one day.


Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island, Bk 2)
Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island, Bk 2)
Author: Nora Roberts
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 1159
Review Date: 9/29/2005


I loved this series. Classic Nora Roberts!


Her Royal Husband (Crown and Glory, Bk 4) (Silhouette Romance, No 1600)
Review Date: 8/16/2006


A quick and fun read. Couple meet in college. He suddenly disappears, unknowingly leaving her pregnant. Five years later they meet again - and he turns out to be a real prince. Nice characters.


The Highlander (Graham, Bk 1)
The Highlander (Graham, Bk 1)
Author: Elaine Coffman
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 149
Review Date: 10/12/2005


Surviving a shipwreck, Sophie, the daughter of Louis XIV, is rescured by Jamie, the Earl of Monleigh in the Scottish highlands. She hesitates to reveal her true identity for fear of her safety. and because she is fleeing a forced marriage to a hated English Duke. Reluctantly, Sophie falls in love with the rugged Highlander. And before she can reveal the truth of her past, Jmes discovers her royal connection and wonders what else she is keeping from him. Can Jamie resist her, or will he defy the might of England and France for a lover as wild and passionate as himself. Historical romance.


His One-Night Mistress  (For Love Or Money) (Harlequin Presents, No 2494)
Review Date: 1/7/2006


Subtitled Romance on the Red Carpet. Lia knew that billionaire businessman Seth could destroy her glittering career. But, she succumbed - just for one night. Eight years later, Lia's picture is splashed across the papers. Seth wants Lia back - whatever the cost.


The Holiday Present
The Holiday Present
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 166
Review Date: 11/2/2006
Helpful Score: 2


This is a two story book. In the first, fans of the Malory family will enjoy spending a memorable Christmas with the family, and discovering the surprising long-ago love affair between the first Malory and a wild gypsy. Anthony's story is revealed, also.

In Home for the Holidays, two rival hearts are united by a Christmas miracle that would do Charles Dickens proud.

A good, quick read for fans of Johanna Lindsey.


Just This Once
Just This Once
Author: Jill Gregory
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 25
Review Date: 3/1/2006


Ethan Savage - a greatand gorgeous hero, Josie Cooper, a woman with an unknown past. The story starts in the Old West of Abilene and ends up in titled London. I couldn't put this one down.


The Little Calico and Tortoiseshell Cat Book (The Little Cat Library)
Review Date: 3/9/2007
Helpful Score: 1


An exquisite little treasury of anecdotes, information and amusement no cat lover will be able to resist.


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