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This book actually reads like Nora Roberts wrote it ... which is a great relief from some of her other recents, more supermatural (?), novels.
The usual characters populate Rendevous Ridge locale. The close family / clan is typical of small town South - lots of cousins and class mates grown up and taking over for their parents' role and businesses. Our plucky heroine has come home after discovering many revealing secrets that her scoundral husband kept hidden. Many more dastardly secrets come to light as she tries to start on a new life for herself, her cute daughter, and figure out the new sensitive but alpha-male suiter in her new-but-old life.
Sound familiar?
It is. But one of the pleasures of a well written NR book are the side characters that make the storyline much more real and interesting. Not to mention the moments of humor and nolstagic familial warmth that all of us wallow in for the brief time we are visitors to the setting.
So why only 3.5 stars? Because this is another visit to the same cast of character types NR perfected 20+ years ago. She has written outside of our comfort-zone in some recent books. But those are in the minority.
So I enjoyed this book. But it was the "Usual Plot" hence the better than average rating.
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Kuzu
The usual characters populate Rendevous Ridge locale. The close family / clan is typical of small town South - lots of cousins and class mates grown up and taking over for their parents' role and businesses. Our plucky heroine has come home after discovering many revealing secrets that her scoundral husband kept hidden. Many more dastardly secrets come to light as she tries to start on a new life for herself, her cute daughter, and figure out the new sensitive but alpha-male suiter in her new-but-old life.
Sound familiar?
It is. But one of the pleasures of a well written NR book are the side characters that make the storyline much more real and interesting. Not to mention the moments of humor and nolstagic familial warmth that all of us wallow in for the brief time we are visitors to the setting.
So why only 3.5 stars? Because this is another visit to the same cast of character types NR perfected 20+ years ago. She has written outside of our comfort-zone in some recent books. But those are in the minority.
So I enjoyed this book. But it was the "Usual Plot" hence the better than average rating.
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Kuzu
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