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Summary: someone to watch over me
Review: I enjoyed this book very much, but then I don't go in looking for flaws as I have read from some of you. I enjoyed for the suspence and readability. Good new word. But I was actually looking for Water's Edge. I had read in these reviews that the name was changed to this one. But WHOEVER was wrong. Where is that book? The little I read was fantastic, is it ever coming out?
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Summary: Loved this book!
Review: Exciting, mysterious, romantic, sensual. This book has it all. And just when you think you have it figured out, another twist. Very interesting characters with great detail makes you want to keep turning the pages. The hero has a dark past and a dark present but is really a knight in shining armor. Very romantic with a good mystery thrown in.
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Summary: McNaught is a lady
Review: Even after seeing all my favorite romance writers turn their hand to the "woman in danger" genre (and most of them faltering badly in the attempt,) I still cannot see the point. So many authors who wrote fantastic romance, Judith McNaught and Sandra Brown being two that come to mind, have succumbed to the pressure to branch out into more "legitimate" genres, and that's a shame. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the beautiful stories of male-female relationships they crafted before this new wave hit. I suppose I should be grateful LaVyrle Spencer retired before joining the throng. I mean, can you imagine a murderer running amok in Morning Glory? Didn't need one. In Someone to Watch Over Me, McNaught has retained most of the elegance of her earlier writing while incorporating into the story the currently requisite death and danger elements. In a book like this, the heroine could have used a bit more salt-to-the-sugar ratio, or at least a blemish or two to humanize her. But, over all, the characteristic Judith McNaught touches were in evidence and somehow got the story over the bumps and jolts of what is obviously still alien terrain to her.
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Summary: Why haven't I been reading Judith McNaught???
Review: This was a wonderful, incredible book. The story is about murder, but the romance is wonderful and the seduction scenes are the best I've ever read. I laughed and cried and fell in love, and I followed the murder investigation wherever it led. If her other books are BETTER, I can't wait!
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Summary: someone to watch over me
Review: i was really pleased with this book. it has such an unusual plot. judith is a genuis. however, i have been looking forward to "waters edge" since 1999. before 1999, i had sworn off romance, until i stumbled across "kingdom of dreams". this book renewed my interest in romance, and i have been searching for "waters edge" since then. call me a sappy, male-dominating romantic (female-empowering;such a contradiction)story-searcher. all the other books i have read since then have just been the tide-me-over until "waters edge" release. judith, where is it ..........?
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: Ms McNaught seems to have lost her charisma in this book. I do not find the romance between Michael and Leigh as sensual and attractive as that between Mack and Sam. In fact, the story of the latter pair can be written as a separate story! I've so missed Whitney, My Love and The Kingdom of Dreams.
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Summary: what a letdown
Review: I love all of her books but after reading the excerpt to this one (before it came out,and obviosly before she wrote more than a few pages) I was VERY disapointed. this was supposed to be some kind of medieval/timetravel thing (called waters edge) and she suddenly turned it into a contemperrary novel. whats the idea? I guess she just couldn't go forward with the plot, still I think it WOULD have been a very good story!
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Summary: Love this book!
Review: Someone to Watch Over Me was the first book I'd read by McNaught, and it got me hooked. I thought it was awesome! Perfect by McNaught, is an all time favorite now, but Someone to Watch Over Me is right up there. I just loved Michael Valentine, the love scene is just magical. Remember When is also a good one.
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Summary: Pleasant read....ending a disappointment
Review: I have read all of McNaughts books, and my all time favorite is 'A Kingdom of Dreams'. I haven't really gotten into JM's comtemporary novels, but I like her work enough to wait for paperback editions. This novel was exciting in the beginning, but the excitement started to fade in the middle of the book. The ending was not as much of a shock as I wanted it to be. Actually, I enjoyed Sam and Mac's relationship more than I did the main characters. Maybe if JM spent more time explaining Michael's infatuation with Leigh in the earlier years, I could understand why their relationship came together so quickly in the present story. Also, the stalker storyline was not satisfying whatsoever; I wish JM did more with it. The begining of the novel was a more 'edge-of your seat' type of story, but then becomes dry and meatless in the middle and end.
All in all, I liked the storyline, but I didn't feel Leigh and Michael's relationship was feasible.
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Summary: a big disappointment
Review: I'm a big fan of Judith McNaught's historical romance novels (Whitney My Love is my favorite romance novel of all time), so when I read this novel, I was very disappointed. The story was very slow and the characters seemed to lack personality. I think I'll stick with her historical romance novels and stay away from her contemporary romance novels. For contemporary romance, you can't beat Nora Roberts and Linda Howard.
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