This was an enjoyable read, the romance of the youngest Holland sister, Faith to the local police Chief Levi Cooper. After being jilted at the alter bThis was an enjoyable read, the romance of the youngest Holland sister, Faith to the local police Chief Levi Cooper. After being jilted at the alter by her high school boyfriend Jeremy (he admitted to being gay after being in denial) Faith went on their honeymoon to San Francisco alone and stayed for 3 years. She has been summoned home because it looks like her widowed father may be getting married and his children do not like the woman. Faith's mother had died in a car accident 19 years earlier and as Faith had been in the car at the time she had always blamed herself for her mother's death. Levi had been Jeremy's best friend at school and still was but Faith had always believed that he did not like her at - was she wrong. Levi just had a bad way of showing his feelings and sometimes he did not ever really understand how he felt. Their romance did not run smoothly but it ended well....more
I quite enjoyed this story about Jocelyn Minton and her saviour and Miss Edi. When Edilean Harcourt died she left her estate to Jocelyn and this estatI quite enjoyed this story about Jocelyn Minton and her saviour and Miss Edi. When Edilean Harcourt died she left her estate to Jocelyn and this estate was mainly a family home in the town of Edilean that Jocelyn had never heard of. She went on a journey of discovery and discovered more than she anticipated and she also found love with Luke....more
One upon a time a book like this would have been a four star for me but I think my taste may have changed and I can only give this story a 3 star. It One upon a time a book like this would have been a four star for me but I think my taste may have changed and I can only give this story a 3 star. It was a fun story, not too much depth but it did have a little twist in it which as good. Sharisse Hammond takes off from her life in New York for the wild frontier of Arizona as a mail order bride in place of her sister Stephanie, who arranged this trip. Sharisse had has a fight with her father as she does not want to marry the man he has chosen for her in the meantime she got more than she bargained for the Lucas Holt....more
I have to give this book 3 stars because I managed to finish it. It was difficult though many a time I wanted to give it up as i did not like Claire CI have to give this book 3 stars because I managed to finish it. It was difficult though many a time I wanted to give it up as i did not like Claire Crispin at all. I thought she was very shallow having an affair while she had such a young family....more
This story was okay, nothing to rave about. I enjoyed it enough, but not as much as I would have like to. Marni Lange was 17 when she fell in love witThis story was okay, nothing to rave about. I enjoyed it enough, but not as much as I would have like to. Marni Lange was 17 when she fell in love with Brian Webster, who she knew as Web. She met him in Maine when her family was on holiday and he was working at a local establishment. He had become good friends with Marni's older brother Ethan. They had a secret relationship that stopped when a tragic accident happened.
Move on 14 years and Brian Webster is now a famous and well connected photographer and Marni is now President of her father's company. Marni has been talked into being photographed for the cover of their new magazine but she initially has other ideas when she finds out who the photographer is.
As in all happy ending love stories her doubts went away with Brian's kisses....more
It is a sort of romance, but not in the usual sense. Araminta, a nurse meets Dr Crispen van Sibbelt on a beach where she had gone to rescue a young giIt is a sort of romance, but not in the usual sense. Araminta, a nurse meets Dr Crispen van Sibbelt on a beach where she had gone to rescue a young girl. Her first impression of him was not good, he helped her get the girl to a hospital. To me the story seemed quite old fashion and I did not really like Araminta very much, she did something while she was staying with Crispen in Holland that I thought was really stupid. It was okay though....more
What a good story, this book was given to me by a work colleague who had really enjoyed it and I in turn have given it another work colleague as I truWhat a good story, this book was given to me by a work colleague who had really enjoyed it and I in turn have given it another work colleague as I truly enjoyed it too.
The last straw for Kate was when her mother phoned to say not to buy the gloves she has asked for as Agness has already bought them for her. This call came just as Kate was paying for the said gloves after rushing out in her lunch hour, something she had not wanted to do as she was in a fight for her job against a new member of staff. Without really thinking about what she is doing instead of going back to work to an important meeting Kate catches a plane to Italy and goes to stay with her friend, Julia from Uni, who she has lost contact with in the last couple of years. Julia says that she expected her at some time.
Kate has been juggling a very busy job, a husband who does not pull his weight (maybe because he is not game enough to) and 2 children who are at crises in their lives. Plus she has her mother to deal with. While in Italy she has an affair and falls in love with a younger man and reconnects with her friend. Meanwhile her family back home rally around to pull their weight there too, that is after their daughter Agness gets her father moving.
It had a good ending, for me there were some tears as a final decision was made. A good read....more
**spoiler alert** Not a bad story. This is the first in a series about a family of 3 boys and their half sister. They have been brought up by their gr**spoiler alert** Not a bad story. This is the first in a series about a family of 3 boys and their half sister. They have been brought up by their grandmother, their father's mother, who is a bit of a tyrant. Gloria has always used blackmail to make the boys toe her line. One of the biggest things she held about them was that if they did not do as she told them she would inform their half sister Dani that she is not a Buchanan. Her mother had an affair while married to Gloria's son, but the son must have accepted Dani as his own because Dani does not know this big family secret but each boy does. I think it was wrong of them not to tell her earlier in her life - it's never good to keep secrets as they usually have a way of catching you out.
This story is about Cal, the oldest brother. He has been blackmailed by Gloria to take over the running of one of the family restaurants, The Waterfront, and bring it back from the brink of closure and to do that Cal employs his ex-wife and chef extroidonaire Penny to help him bring it back to what it once was. Gloria is not happy with this arrangement as she never did like Penny. She always thought that Penny was not good enough for Cal. Gloria starts meddling as usual and tells Penny Cal's big secret, one that he never told her while they were married and that was that he had a child at 17 who had been adopted out.
I liked Penny but I found Cal a pain in the arse with his secrets and they he carried on about Lindsay, I thought was a bit over the top, after all he was only 17 when his girlfriend got pregnant. How many 17 year old boys want to take on their child at that age, especially when the mother was not interested and to let it rule his life for so long to the tune that he did not think he could be a father to another child. Thank goodness in the end he decided he could but at what cost in the meantime?...more
Vita and Tim have been separated awhile but still own a business together "That Shop". Vita has taken a long time to move on from Tim because she missVita and Tim have been separated awhile but still own a business together "That Shop". Vita has taken a long time to move on from Tim because she misses what they had - or does she. Vita lives in Pear Tree Cottage, a lovely name, but she is not very happy this summer as her garden is invaded by parrakeets and wasps. After being stung she calls someone to cut down her tree and along comes Oliver, whose wife Dee Dee died 3 years earlier and he is still coming to grips with his single life. With the help of his son Jonty he is starting to move on with his life and when he sees Vita's tree he says it is too good to cut down and she should learn to get along with it for this season.
After a few ups and downs, mainly relating to how Vita feels about Dee Dee's presence in Oliver's life and how Oliver displays Dee Dee at his home, they become a couple and then it is Tim's turn to miss out.
I found it easy to listen too and a good book story....more
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