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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I was looking forward to reading this book after reading another's review that compared it to a Linda Howard book.Whoa, Barton comes no where near the writing talent of Howard. A bit of a stilted writing style, peppered with comic-like cliché characters ... and topped off by a few lines so particularly embarrassingly bad that will make you cringe. I can't understand how a fan of Howard's could compare the authors. She has promise, but still too rough around the edges and in need of an editor as capable as Ms. Howard has. I want to be 'glued' to the book, and this one was missing the glue.
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Summary: Southern Mystery
Review: It's a really good thing that the author sets up great characters with defined motivations at the beginning of the book, because by the quarter point she had dropped most of the character development in lieu of action. Still, there are some interesting, and not exactly stereotypical characters in this little mystery. I kept waiting for Webb to grow horns as the evil and snobbish southern old-money-turned-Senator, but he didn't. He, like all of the other characters, had their flaws, serious ones, but that only made them more approachable. Reed definately wasn't a gnetleman in disguise, Ella was naive about the people closest to her, her uncle was a snob, her aunt a lush and a "loose woman." The various other sub-plots kept the story moving, and the secondary characters were all deeply interesting. The ending was a little too fairy-tale-ish, with everyone ending happily ever after with someone else, but at least it tied up all the loose ends. Definately a must-read.
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Summary: Good book, but---
Review: My problems were: Ella was a 30 year old judge but still living with "Mother and Daddy". She was also extremely naive in regards to the people she loved. It's hard to believe that living that close to her family she could be so unaware of what was really going on. The ending was too tied up in neat little bows and too perfect. That said, this book definitely held my interest and there was a definite twist in the end. Most of the characters were likeable. Reed, was well written, an imperfect man trying to deal with having spent fifteen years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. And I admired Ella's determination to stand up for him in spite of what it could cost her. All in all an enjoyable book!
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Summary: (...)
Review: Reed Conway was convicted 15 years ago for the murder of his abusive step-father. Out on parole, he has just arrived back in his hometown determined to find the real murderer. And, boy is everyone watching his every move! Including the murderer! Senator Web Porter, who was DA at the time of the murder and was instrumental in prosecuting Reed, has a daughter who is now judge- Ella Porter. Ella was attracted to Reed in school when Reed had the reputation of "bad boy/bad news". Reed noticed Ella but knew she was off limits due to her daddy. But now the table has changed- Reed and Ella are in their thirties, are mature adults able to think for themselves, and, boy, is the attraction strong. Too strong to resist! To complicate things- 15 years ago to get back at Porter, Reed wrote a couple of explicit sexual letters to Ella from prison. Well, now that Reed is back in town Ella has started receiving letters again- but Reed isn't writing them. The "suspect of murder" list grows in leaps and bounds and it turns out to be a "peyton place" southern town where everyone is involved with everyone's wife and is trying to cover something up. There is sizzling romance, secondary characters to keep it from getting dull, and suspence of "who did it." I enjoyed it, my first BB to read and I will read more of her books. I thoroughly enjoyed Reed. Ella seemed wimpy a little. It was wierd her living with her parents at her age and holding a such an important position as Judge. But, yes, I would recommend this to read.
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Summary: wow-awesome
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read. It's right up there with my favorite book, "Slow Heat In Heaven" by Sandra Brown. If you liked "SHIH" you're gonna adore this one. If you like your books to have suspense, fabulous sensuality and be a great love story then this is for you. What a story Ms. Barton has come up with. ...All of the secondary characters are well developed too. This book is set in the South and that is another thing that is interesting to me. These seem like real people. I bought this book in hard cover because it was a keeper to be treasured. ...
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Summary: Totally Awesome
Review: This was my first Beverly Barton book and it will certainly NOT be my last! I picked this book at random because the back cover peaked my interest. Little did I know what awaited me inside the cover! The story of Reed and Ella was so captivating! So much suspense and hot steamy sex. I thought that I had figured out the story middle ways of this book, but the ending totally shocked me! Who would of guessed that it would end like it did! This is a must read for any of you that enjoy a suspenseful story line with a powerful, too hot to handle love story intermixed. I love Linda Howard stories and now with Beverly Barton, I have enough reading to keep me mezmerized for a long time! Beware..once you start reading you will not be able to stop until you are finished with the whole book!
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Summary: He'd been the guy every girl wanted and every parent feared
Review: When Spring Creek, Alabama's worst bad boy finally makes parole after fifteen years of imprisonment, someone's eager to send Reed Conway back to those steel bars. Indeed, perhaps the same someone who framed him for the murder of his abusive stepfather, Junior Blalock, in the first place. While everyone in town knew the evil intent of his stepfather, Reed was one who badly beat the older man, and it was his knife found at the murder scene with only his fingerprints. Judge Ella Porter was only a teenager when Reed was convicted. Her father was a DA then, moving onto becoming a senator while she now presides in Spring Creek's court. Shortly following Reed's release, Ella receives sexually titillating, anonymous letters richly reminiscent of the letters Reed sent her to taunt her father fifteen years ago. Despite Reed's prostrations of innocence, when letters escalate into danger, the whole town seems determined to convict Reed a second time. As Ella and Reed join forces to discover the true killer, they find themselves drawn together in firey passion. Obviously, someone watches EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES, and will stop at nothing to keep Reed from uncovering the truth behind his conviction. Southern small town corruption and secrets come to light in Beverly Barton's EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES, revealing the hidden passions of love and murder. Intricately plotted, Barton presents a risk cast of suspects, from a senator to a mechanic, cutting across economics and politics a blistering combination. As tension builds between Ella and Reed, they find themselves torn between past and present, truth and lies, danger and passion. Very highly recommended.
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