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Summary: Nice, Fun Read
Review: Another successful endeavor for Linda Howard. Snappy dialog, endearing characters, and a good dose of humor.The story revolves around a stereotypical "old maid" librarian who wakes up on the morning of her 34th birthday and decides she needs to make some changes in her life (i.e.: a husband and children). She enlists the help of a friend and remakes herself into a blonde bombshell, then hits the nightclub scene in search of a potential mate. Everything is working like a charm until she starts a few barroom fights, witnesses a murder, and comes under the heavy-handed protection of the new Chief of Police. From then on the sparks fly, bullets wiz, and the laughter is almost non-stop.
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Summary: Mildly Disappointing
Review: I'm a fairly avid reader and really enjoy books by Jennifer Crusie and Susan Andersen. I thought this book was going to be along the same lines. While it had some occasional humor and mildly steamy scenes, overall it lacked suspense, had several underdeveloped characters and a completely boring ending. I kept waiting for a big climax, but it never happened. This is my first Susan Howard - I may try Mr. Perfect since the reviews seem better, but if that doesn't live up to my other favorites, then good-bye Linda Howard.
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Summary: Good Beach Book
Review: This is a perfect book for the beach. Not too taxing on the brain, and probably forgotten after the last page is turned. A fair mystery, a nice, if predictable, romance.
Daisy Minor wants to shake up her life and meet a man. So she dyes her hair, buys a new wardrobe, and Voila she is a new woman. Unfortunately she witnessess a crime, and becomes the target of 'the bad guys'. Relying on the help of the Chief of Police, who just happens to be single and good looking, Daisy helps solve a crime and falls in love (guess who with?)
Not as laugh out loud funny as Mr. Perfect, but I still enjoyed it.
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Summary: Nearly a waste of time!
Review: This story is a very typical "makeover and get the guy" romance. The characters I could have really cared less about and the author spends more time talking about shopping sprees and interior decorating than she does on who these people really are. I was expecting more from Howard, but didn't get it. I recommend this book if you have nothing else left on your bookshelf.
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Summary: A light, funny read
Review: I enjoyed reading this book. It's a quick read, the characters are interesting and funny. There's not a whole lot of suspense here, it's more of a romantic story. A great book for a day at the beach!
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Summary: What happened here?
Review: This is not the type of writing I am used to from Linda Howard. The storyline was uninteresting as were the characters. A desperate attempt to keep us interested is made when a puppy is introduced into the story & we have to read about his antics. Please! I agree with the reviewer from Dallas that it's hard to believe someone who wrote a book like Son of the Morning could come up with this boring waste. I'd rather Ms. Howard wait until her writer's block is gone before handing her loyal readers this kind of garbage. Sorry, but I'm really upset that I bought this book & I expect much, much better.
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Summary: A Good Airplane Read
Review: I actually read this on the plane. It was a fast read. Entertaining but not intellectually stimulating. The characters in the small town were interesting and I enjoyed following their quirky romance. The plot was lacking in intensity and there wasn't much of a mystery. Bottom line: It kept me interested enough for me to try another of her books but not interested enough to pay full price.
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Summary: Daisy is Hunting for a Husband
Review: Daisy Minor, 34-year old librarian in the small town of Hillsboro, Alabama, is bored with her chaste, unexciting life. She hasn't had a date in years, and is still living with her mother and aunt. She decides that if she's ever going to meet a man and start a family, she needs to make some major changes in her appearance and lifestyle. She starts by looking for a home to rent and finds a small house in town, although not the best neighborhood. Then she gets her hair restyled and becomes a sassy blonde, buys some alluring new outfits and goes out dancing. She accidentally sets off a brawl in the bar, and is dragged away from danger by Jack Russo, the manly, tough-talking big city cop who has become the town's new chief of police. Daisy seems to feel nothing but irritation whenever she is near Chief Russo, but he keeps popping up when she least expects him and sparks fly whenever they're together. He rescued her again after her second visit to the dance hall, when she witnessed some men dragging someone out to his truck. Chief Russo soon determines that Daisy is in danger because she had witnessed a murder (although she didn't know it at the time). He whisks her to the safety of a motel, where she succumbs to the passion that has been building between them. The murderous plot involves smuggling of young girls who are sold to the sex-slave trade, and Daisy is able to help reveal the murderers by identifying the men she had seen in the dance hall parking lot. Daisy and Jack are both placed in some dangerous situations, but the ending is rather predictable. Evil murderers are foiled, girl gets boy, and lives happily ever after. The murder plot is rather contrived and not particularly interesting, but the romance is fun and provocative.
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Summary: Mildly entertaining; over all, disappointing
Review: When I first picked up this book, I thought it would pack the same kick as some of Howard's others; boy was I disappointed. Although it was entertaining to see the machinations of small-town America, the two main characters were so clueless as to be from completely different books. I never got the sense they had much chemistry, and the way the main character went from not liking anything about the man to loving him seemed a little too far-fetched. The plot was also cliche, dating back past all of the thousands of reincarnations of the plot of Pygmalion. All in all, I'd suggest skipping this one and wait for the next Howard book.
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Summary: Just "okay"
Review: I've just started reading Linda Howard, and although I'm enjoying her work, I must agree with some of the other reviewers on this book. It was funny and I liked the characters, but the "suspense" was nonexistant and the ending gratuitous (as someone has already noted). The thing I liked about the main characters was the thing that I actually disliked the most; that sounds contradictory, but I'll explain: Howard does a good job of making Daisy and Jack seem more like real people and that's nice. However, they're almost too real to be romance novel material. There just wasn't the sizzling chemistry you see in other romance novel main characters. Cute, but not great.
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