The Pursuit

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Summary: predictable but fun
Review: like all the lori wick books i read i find them light and something i enjoy reading after a busy day. there is not alot of thought that is need to get the story read. this one is more of the english garden series familys. I guess iread her books when i need a pick me upper.

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Summary: Great Conclusion to the Series
Review: The Pursuit had much more action than the rest of the English Garden Series but still kept the charm that all the books had.
Widowed Niki Bettencourt is trying to keep her sons away from her manipulative mother-in-law. On the way she meets Edward Steele, who helps her out of jam, and then they part company.
Later, in the town of Collingbourne, they run across each other again when Niki is staying with an old family friend. Edward starts calling on Niki for curiosity's sake until the curiosity turns into love.
Lori Wick ties up all the ends nicely and brings this remarkable series to a close in the wonderful book, the Pursuit

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Summary: A Different Type
Review: The Pursuit is quite an exceptional book for the Christian fiction genre. It deals with the issue of a woman, dressing as a man, who is on the run from someone or something. The book takes the normal Wick layout of the two main characters' meeting and falling in love. This book is an extremely easy read, it flows incredibly well so that you do not know you have been reading the book for hours. While it is an easy and quick read, it also does not stray from the normal romance novel plot line. It is a very predictable book. The characters again are normal for a romance novel. One of them always has either a big secret of is incredibly rich, well in this book , you have both. this book lacks no big shock or action in this book, and everything stays with the general plot line. I would recommend this book if and only if you like the romance plot line.

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Summary: Decent book, disappointing ending
Review: This book was about what I've come to expect from the English Garden series (by far not one of her best). Her characters are recycled from previous works, and the plots are the same. However, her writing was engaging, and though familiar (If you've read the Rocky Mountain series, you'll remember the twin boys who make a repeat appearance here with different names), the characters were poignant. The ending was the most disappointing, since I always enjoy Lori Wick's signature way of ending a series by fast forwarding a few years and tying up all the loose ends for all her characters. She did try to do that, but I felt a bit more time and words, for that matter, could have been spent on the epilogue. I felt a bit let down. It sort of felt like she just wanted to finish writing it, and get it published. This whole series has felt more like a money-maker project rather than "I have this story in my head and I just can't wait to write it down". That's too bad, because I've seen what Lori Wick is capable of in the past. Try the Kensington Chronicles by Lori Wick if you want great romance and adventure. This series isn't quite up to par.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is an excellent conclusion to the English Garden Series, all ends are tied up nicely and to your satisfaction. With a little more action than the others in the series it keeps your attention throughout the entire book.

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Summary: Amateurish and awkward
Review: This is the first and last Lori Wick book for me. The Characters were shallow, simple puppets moving through a prescribed series of very boring events. I found myself skimming through great portions of the chapters involving characters I can only assume were part of other books in her series, but which I found extraneous and irritating here. There also seemed to be a serious lack of real research for a historical piece, with anachronisms abounding. I found the protagonists simplistic, and their actions overwrought for the situation. The twin's grandmother,(the villain here) was very one-note, with no attempt on the author's part to make her a real person. Instead she appears as almost an afterthought used to explain the ridiculously melodramatic and circuitous actions of the boys mother. Not worth the paper it's printed on, or the time I wasted forcing my way though it.

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Summary: Amateurish and awkward
Review: This is the first and last Lori Wick book for me. The Characters were shallow, simple puppets moving through a prescribed series of very boring events. I found myself skimming through great portions of the chapters involving characters I can only assume were part of other books in her series, but which I found extraneous and irritating here. There also seemed to be a serious lack of real research for a historical piece, with anachronisms abounding. I found the protagonists simplistic, and their actions overwrought for the situation. The twin's grandmother,(the villain here) was very one-note, with no attempt on the author's part to make her a real person. Instead she appears as almost an afterthought used to explain the ridiculously melodramatic and circuitous actions of the boys mother. Not worth the paper it's printed on, or the time I wasted forcing my way though it.

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Summary: romancejunkie
Review: This was the best of the entire series! I loved the mystery surrounding the main female character and the protectiveness of her suitor. Lori Wick has an incredible style that keeps you turning the pages. Only complaint is we don't know if the brother Henry got married! AHHH!

Rating:
Summary: romancejunkie
Review: This was the best of the entire series! I loved the mystery surrounding the main female character and the protectiveness of her suitor. Lori Wick has an incredible style that keeps you turning the pages. Only complaint is we don't know if the brother Henry got married! AHHH!