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Summary: Awesome story!
Review: Lily Harper had been left at the alter by Matt Starr before. It took him a long time to convince her to give him a second chance. During their time apart Matt had built Digitech, a now famous software company. Dennis Wagner and Marcus Collins were his most trusted men. They had been with Matt since the beginning. Yet one of them was selling secrets to the competition. Marcus was trying to convince Matt it was Dennis. But Marcus was the one in major financial trouble and desperate for money despite the huge salary, bonuses, and company perks. As soon as the new software was announced, which would change the high-tech world, Matt would retire. He had only to marry Lily and fire one of his best friends. That was ... until he was kidnapped! When Matt did not show up for the wedding, Lily was left standing at the alter for the second time by the same man! She was deeply hurt until foul play became obvious. A necklace given to her (called a "Wish Keeper") was sending her short visions of Matt. The necklace and Matt's dog, Gracie, was the only hope Lily and her friends had of locating him. ***** Awesome story! Just a touch of the super natural (in the necklace) and combined with modern day computer geniuses (I LOVE computer nerds!) makes an excellent story for everyone! I could not bring myself to stop reading, so I finished it in less than a day! Be warned, don't start this one until you have plenty of reading time ahead of you! Highly recommended!
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Summary: Lily's fiance comes up missing a second time.
Review: Lily Harper is an expert at wilderness survival. Matt Starr is a wealthy computer whiz. Left standing at the altar once before by Matt, Lily is none too pleased when he disappears for a second time, just days before their wedding. Despite the efforts of Matt's best friend Dennis Wagner to convince her that something is wrong, it isn't until Matt's dog appears on the scene that Lily realizes Dennis is right and sets out to find her missing man. Lily is aided in her search by Dennis, her best friend Sadie, and canine sleuths Buzz and Gracie. The search is going nowhere fast until Lily comes into possession of the Secret Keeper's amulet. Suddenly she's having visions associated with Matt's disappearance. At times the dialogue drags on adding nothing to the story. The reader learns early on of the connection between Lily's visions and the amulet, whereas it takes Lily more than 100 pages to figure it out. These minor annoyances didn't prevent Charming Lily from being an entertaining read.
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Summary: Totally wooden with really unattractive characters
Review: The dialogue in this book easily has to be the worst I have ever read. It is the sort you hear on really bad sci fi programs like the old Star Trek, where everything is explained in a really long winded fashion to give you the background information on who these character are and what their situation, likes and dislikes. Endless comments about wine, his clothes, prime rib being Matt's favorite meal, and the hole in the big toe of his sneaker are just not romance worthy and bog down an already dull book. His whole dumping her at the altar and second chance and engagement to Lily in the wilderness survival course, should have been shown, not told in a paragraph or two. Let alone dumping her at the altar again. Tedious. This author breaks every rule of good story telling and is really starting to show her sell by date. I am heartily sick of pseudo paranormal stuff in supposedly mainstream contemporary fiction. Is this really the only way they can solve the messes they put their characters in?
And not especially interesting characters at that? Where is heat, sensuality? I am also sick of books where the characters are rarely ever in the same room with each other, and only ever fighting most of the time even when they are. Also, if they are already in love then where is the romance? This novel fails on every level a romance needs to function, and it is total fluff so can't be labelled women's fiction. I would give it minus stars if I could, it is so mediocre.
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