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Summary: Not My Favorite Lavyrle Spencer Book But Still Good!
Review: Lavyrle Spencer is one of my favorite writers and while I don't think of Vows as being her best book and I didn't hold on to it for my keeper shelf I did think it was a pretty good book full of good characters like Emily and Tom and Emily's family and friends I would recommend Vows to fans of Lavryle Spencer who haven't read the book. I actually listened to the audio cassette which was read by Mary Crosby and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to listen to audio books. BTW: Mary Crosby is an actress and she played Kristen on Dallas and she is also the daughter of singer/actor Bing Crosby.
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Summary: Good but not a keeper.
Review: Not my favorite audio cassette recording of a Lavyrle Spencer romance book but Vows was good and I liked most of the characters but especially Tom and Emily, really the only character that I didn't like was Emily's ditzy friend Tarsy, well she started off ok but than became too whiney and obnoxious! Though not a keeper I did enjoy this audio cassette.
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Summary: Average
Review: Not one of LS's best, though it was readable. Just didn't feel a connection between Emily and Tom, no chemistry whatsoever. But the story itself was entertaining, as one would expect from this gifted author.
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Summary: Hard to put down!
Review: Sweet, sweet love story! Definitely a keeper to revisit years to come. The setting is Wyoming, 1888. Tom is new in town, opening up a business of his own, just down the street from his competitor. Emily, the competitor's daughter is headstrong- tomboy describes her best, and doesn't like Tom right off because of the threat he is making to her family's business. The story goes deep, allowing you to really see her family for how they really are- her dying mother, her father who is trying to hold the family and business together, her aunt who comes to help the family handle death a little easier, the dingy girlfriend who is looking for a husband, and the fiancee who Emily has known since childhood and is more like a brother than lover. Sparks start to fly with Tom and Emily- both trying to deny them. Great story- several surprises. Sweet ending! You'll enjoy this one!
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Summary: Hard to put down!
Review: Sweet, sweet love story! Definitely a keeper to revisit years to come. The setting is Wyoming, 1888. Tom is new in town, opening up a business of his own, just down the street from his competitor. Emily, the competitor's daughter is headstrong- tomboy describes her best, and doesn't like Tom right off because of the threat he is making to her family's business. The story goes deep, allowing you to really see her family for how they really are- her dying mother, her father who is trying to hold the family and business together, her aunt who comes to help the family handle death a little easier, the dingy girlfriend who is looking for a husband, and the fiancee who Emily has known since childhood and is more like a brother than lover. Sparks start to fly with Tom and Emily- both trying to deny them. Great story- several surprises. Sweet ending! You'll enjoy this one!
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Summary: Page turner!!!
Review: The story was very noble to say the least. It was very touching how the town came together to rebuild a lost property, and have it led by the man who lost his fiancee. The villains in the book were written in with enough lines that I sometimes forget them, but they come up again to further clarify their significance in the story. The only thing that bothered me was it's subtle predictability. When men and women argue in these situations, it's almost likely going to be a romantic affair that follows.
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Summary: took me to a different time and place
Review: This book was a great read! Normally, I don't like books about head-strong women, but Spencer did such a great job at showing Emily's soft side, especially when she took care of her mother. And the parts where Emily lost her temper with Tom were very entertaining. Even though this type of story is predictable, I enjoy novels where the couple start as adversaries and gradually fall in love throughout the course of the book. And anyone who loves caring for animals as much as Emily did is a real heroine as far as I'm concerned. I also liked reading about life in Wyoming in the 1800's, it reminded me a little of how much I enjoyed reading about Laura Ingalls Wilder when I was young. This is a great book to read if you just want to escape the realities of this time for a while.
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Summary: A story of unlikely love...
Review: This is defintely one of those stories that make you mad at characters in the beginning, and then make you love them in the end... It makes your heart break for some of those...Lavyrle Spencer does a fantastic job of telling this story of a love that was not only unlikely, but unwanted... It only goes to show that love strikes in the most unlikely places...but there is no denying it when it arrives.
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: This is my absolute favorite book! I have read it many times and it has helped me get through my own bad times. You just have to love the women of Lavyrle Spencer. They are strong and independant for their time. Read Morning Glory, Years, Hummingbird and anything else she has written. I recommend her to all.......
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Summary: One of my Favorites
Review: This is one of my favorite books. I have read this several times. The chemistry between Tom and Emily is electric and there is also a very well-written subplot about Josephine-Edwin-Fannie. It really tugs at the heartstrings. You not only care about the hero and heroine but the other characters as well such as Fannie, Edwin, Josephine, Frankie, and Charles. I just wish this talented author hadn't retired. I would have liked to have seen a love interest develop for Charles (maybe with Tarsy??) There would have been lots of opportunities for a sequel.
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