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Summary: Very Very Disappointing!!!
Review: I've read almost all of Jude Deveraux's books, but this is one book not worth putting up in the shelf.
It started out as a promising book. Bailey, the widow of a billionare, was willed a runned down farm house and a mere 50 grand. Their lawyer satrted to help her. Then a guy named Matt was introduced in the plot. Less than a year of her beloved husband James' death, she's falling in love again. And in the midst of it all she has to solve a mystery about her fromer husband's life. Something to do about the golden six. She also has to avoid getting killed, when Ms. Deveraux killed characters from left to right. The ending was also not as good, it was kinda abrupt and rushed.
I'm really very disappointed. I believe she should just stick to writing romance novaels. What's up with authors now a days? Most romance authors are trying to write romance-mystery books. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE HER BOOKS and will definetly recommend, except this isn't one of the good ones. Hope her other books would be more promising someday.
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Summary: A Women Finding Herself, and Uncovering the Past
Review: This is the first book by Jude Deveraux that I have read. I felt at first, the plot was slow and it was taking a long time for anything to happen. Bailey, the main character, isn't interested in starting a new romance after her husband dies - but she is interested in starting her own business. But since her husband was a wealthy man with questionable relatives, there are lots of interesting plot twists. Towards the end of the book, when strange things start happening to her late husband's associates, the book really gets interesting. Bailey does find love, but the author keeps the romance clean and more as background to accompany the main story of a woman discovering secrets about her past while creating a new life for herself.
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Summary: An Engrossing Novel I Couldn't Put Down
Review: I had just started reading Deveraux's novels and loved everyone but the Mulberry Tree has become one of my favorites. Bailey and Matt are dynamic characters that develop more and more as the story continues. As with all of Deveraux's books that I've read, I finished this the night I bought at about 3 AM. What I really found intresting about this is she swayed away from her normal romantic plots for one with more depth. It was a refreshing change that showed Deveraux's true talent as an author...
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Summary: Good Airplane Book
Review: This is a great airplane book: a story that is absorbing and well written enough to compensate for being stuck for hours on a plane. Sizzling sex is not part of the story at all, but a good plot is. Unfortunately, the book ended before the plot ran out of steam, which is why it gets a 4-star instead of 5-star rating. Devereaux should have spent more time creating depth around the romance as well as unraveling the mystery -- in other words, should have been a longer book. But it was well-written and the supporting characters were interesting.
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Summary: I liked it...
Review: I got burned out on Jude Deveraux a while back and had not read any of her books for several years because of so many stories with the Montgomerys and the Taggerts. Then last summer a friend gave me The Summerhouse which did not feature either of those families, and I really enjoyed it. Then yesterday I picked up The Mulberry Tree. It was engrossing, and I stayed up half the night to finish it in one sitting. I liked Lillian a.k.a. Bailey. I thought the mystery was interesting. It had a great cast of characters that gave this story depth. Sure, the thought of being married to a billionaire is outrageous, but I think this book is a very good read.
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Summary: A great book
Review: Jude Deveraux seems to understand that when we want to be entertained by a story it needs to have certain elements: 1)people in relationship to other people. 2) people in relationship to money and 3) ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. She's captured all of those elements once again in a very entertaining way. She combined a study of sociology, a tangled mystery and a riches-to-rags-to-riches theme all into one great read.
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Summary: Her worst book ever
Review: What is going on with Mrs. Deveraux? She has gone from books like "Knight in Shining Armor" to this trash? It's almost hard to believe that both books were written by the same author. She used to write such good, steamy romances. I didn't even realize Baily and Matt were suppossed to be the main romantic couple until I was halfway done. Don't waste your time. Read anything that she's written up to and including "An Angel for Emily". Her current books are awful.
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Summary: Bailey can come and cook for me and my family.
Review: Bailey/Lillian is a very likeable character much like Jude's other characters, and boy can she cook. She is introverted and shy at first but comes into her own eventually. I myself would not have put up with some of the things she does but hey, I'm not a romance novel heroine either. If you want to do a little light reading go ahead and pick this up. ...
That said, I have noticed that Jude's books have not been as good as usual lately, seemingly hurried and thrown together to make a story to sell. Hope her next book is better.
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Summary: Going from Fat to Thin
Review: Like the heroine in the Mulberry Tree, Deveraux continues to go from fat to thin in her recent writings. Being a farm girl I've spent my life making preserves and canning. I really don't need a cooking education. Should I ever, I know that there are many books in the COOKING SECTION that should help me. Deveraux spent more time explaining how to can foods, (something that must have totally excited her when she researched this book), than she did developing a romance between Bailey and Matthew. Her books used to be so very good. What is happening with our girl? Please don't bother with this book, especially if you're an avid fan like me. This, as well as many recent novels, only serve to depress those of us who have followed her for years.
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Summary: a fun book to read
Review: Mulberry Tree is a fun book to read - a bit out of the ordinary and just fun. There are loose ends that could have been better wrapped up or explained, but it was entertaining and perhaps the reason for the book is simply entertainment!
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