Bradley Bay

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Summary: Bradley Bay
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If you enjoy passionate woman from the start to finish, then this book is for you. The main characters, Kaitlin and Sierra's first meeting is explosive but soon their love is just as explosive. Besides the passion in their lives for their dedicated beliefs in what they do and in each other. The story's main plot is admirable and in places poignant in portraying individuals staying at a luxury resort in Northern Canada that specializes in the care of spinal cord injured people. Different characters with physical challenges, their heart felt comments, their love and life perspective are especially poignant. I thoroughly enjoyed the depth of description and detail of space and places to the point that I almost felt I could feel the beautifully built log cabins and shivered with the coldness and depth of the northern lake water. I was however unaccustomed to the speed of the main characters falling in love and use of frequent use proper names but this seems to be the style of the author.
This authors second book is a bit more enjoyable then her first because it showed growth and provided extra information and detail, including the actions and inter actions of the other characters in the book. The love scenes had just the right amount of erotica to be thoroughly enjoyable for this woman and I look forward to the next book this author will write. As a Canadian reader I especially enjoyed knowing it was a tender love story written by a Canadian in Canada.
BAP, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Summary: Not worth the money or time!
Review: Friends highly recommended 'Bradley Bay' to me, but I regret that I can't give it anything higher than a mediocre mark. The story line is fine as far an any conventional romance goes. Two women (a nurse and the doctor who runs the clinic) meet at a medical facility out in the country which is set up for spinal cord injured people. Sierra and Kaitlin could be engaging characters - but a lot more editing of their internal thoughts and "let's tell everything and show nothing" needed to be cut.

From the beginning the author telegraphs the fact that these two, who meet and start out having an almost unintelligibly and unbelievable fight, will fall in love and live happily ever after. The speed bumps along the way are so flat that there is never really any doubt that the author had this all choreographed from the very beginning.

The book showed some promise, but above all, it needed some talented editors to cut out the purple prose and the constant description from the exterior of how everyone feels. No one ever just speaks their part; no, they ask inquiringly and say things angrily or cheerfully happily or any other combination of heavy-handed adverbs you can dream up. It got so tiresome. I struggled through as best as I could, but it was, unfortunately, time ill spent.

The author shows glimmers of talent. It would be very helpful if she took some writing classes or got some editorial help to improve the technical writing skills. The cover is nice, and the book is well laid out, but regretfully, I cannot recommend it.

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Summary: Not worth the money or time!
Review: I can not believe I made a mistake and purchased yet another one of her books. The one entitle Tender Heart was bad enough and this one is worse only longer. Characters are never developed fully and the story line is way over the edge. After one day these two fall madly in love and talk goo-goo conversation for the remainder of the book. There are so many good romance novels available for anyone to waste their time and money on this one. Check out Melissa Good, Peggy Herring, and especially Radcliffe if you want some really good romance stories. Don't buy this one or her other book either.

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Summary: Sappy at best!
Review: I can't beleive a publisher would charge $... plus for this book. I kept waiting for it to pick up and half way through the book realized it wasn't going to. I wonder if I could get half my money back? For the cost and for your time, I'd recommend against this book.

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Summary: Bradley Bay Sinks!
Review: The two stars are really just for the sheer weight of the thing. The characters are one dimensional, and the dialogue stilted. Every conversation seems to be a string of aphorisms and platitudes. These folks take themselves WAY too seriously!

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Summary: You can't stop reading this book.
Review: Unlike the previous reviewer, this reader absolutely recommends this book! If the previous reader was looking for "steamy love scenes" she should have looked elsewhere. This book is not about two women having sex. This book is about two women who unexpectedly fall in love while spending 2 weeks at a spinal cord injury mountain resort retreat. The author brings to life real people and real issues and creates a page turner you can't put down. The lovemaking scenes left me breathless. If your looking for a book to take to bed, buy Bradley Bay. It will leave you wanting more.