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Summary: With this book, I rediscovered Sharon Sala.
Review: Sharon Sala used to write for Kismet books (now defunct.) I always enjoyed her stories for being a little different from the traditional romance format. I was delighted to find this book.
Like many of Sala's books, the emotions are a little darker; the danger is more dangerous.
When her father's body is discovered, Sarah goes back to the town in which she was raised to claim the body and demand justice. Her father had been accused of a crime and the town gossips had never let her or her unfortunate mother forget.
Tony, a friend from her past, goes with her to make up for the guilt he feels about the past. The acton starts when she announces that she will not leave town until justice is done--setting a killer on her trail. Tony comes to her rescue and she comes to his.
The emotional bond that forms between the two is extraordinary. There are several dark currents in the town leading to confusion about exactly who's doing the killing. I couldn't put this book down and it has led me back to Amazon looking for other books of Sharon's.
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Summary: good romance
Review: This is not Sharon Sala's best work but it is fine for its genre. Sarah Jane Whitman is a succesful restauranteur but she still feels the stigma of having had a father who embezzled a million from his bank and ran off, allowing his wife and child to suffer the consequences. Her mother committed suicide shortly after leaving Sarah alone with her shame. Twenty years later the father's body is found and Sarah realizes that she has misjudged her father. Determined to prove his innocence to the town that scorned her family she returns to Marmet,Maine and in so doing stirs up more trouble than she can handle. Tony (Silk) Demarco has long regretted not having been there for the daughter of the only man in Marmet, Maine to believe in him. Now a wealthy nightclub owner in Chicago Tony returns home to support Sarah, who was just a girl when he last saw her and discovers more than he bargained for. Everyone Sarah meets is a suspect; someone wants her out of the picture for good; and Tony wants more than just to protect her. The story has too much formula and there's little suspense but it's an enjoyable read with likable characters.
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Summary: Good, easy escapism
Review: This is the first book I have read by Sala, and I certainly enjoyed it. It was a fast, easy read and will keep you turning the pages. Not heavyweight stuff, but great for a snowy afternoon's entertainment. Although I don't usually shop in the romance section, I will check out her other books.
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Summary: Sharon Sala never disappoints!!
Review: This novel has great thrills, creepy twists, and amazing characters. "Dark Water" has characters that are in-touch with the world today. Sarah Whitman's father allegedly stole [money amount]from the bank where he worked twenty years ago, took off, and was never heard from again. Believing he went off in luxury with his money, Sarah's mother killed herself. All of this happened to Sarah at age ten, and she was sent to live in New Orleans with her mother's good friend Lorett Bordeaux. Twenty years later in Flagstaff Lake in Marmet, Maine, a skeleton in a trunk at the bottom of the lake has been recovered, soon identified as the body of Frank Whitman, Sarah's dad. Now all these years he's been dead, and when Sarah comes back to reclaim her father's remains, she realizes that he was murdered, and she will not leave Marmet until she finds justice and clears her father's name. Tony "Silk" DeMarco felt guilty because he wasn't by her side when her mother died, and now he wants to make it up to Sarah. He leaves Chicago and offers Sarah a place to stay while she is in Marmet. While someone is trying to kill Sarah so as not to reveal what happened twenty years before, Tony and Sarah are falling in love. Now, he is her protector, and Lorett has a "psychic power" and knows all before they happen. With a wonderful plot and a heart-stopping ending, this novel is sure to please anyone who likes the romantic thrilling genre.
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Summary: Sharon Sala never disappoints!!
Review: This novel has great thrills, creepy twists, and amazing characters. "Dark Water" has characters that are in-touch with the world today. Sarah Whitman's father allegedly stole [money amount]from the bank where he worked twenty years ago, took off, and was never heard from again. Believing he went off in luxury with his money, Sarah's mother killed herself. All of this happened to Sarah at age ten, and she was sent to live in New Orleans with her mother's good friend Lorett Bordeaux. Twenty years later in Flagstaff Lake in Marmet, Maine, a skeleton in a trunk at the bottom of the lake has been recovered, soon identified as the body of Frank Whitman, Sarah's dad. Now all these years he's been dead, and when Sarah comes back to reclaim her father's remains, she realizes that he was murdered, and she will not leave Marmet until she finds justice and clears her father's name. Tony "Silk" DeMarco felt guilty because he wasn't by her side when her mother died, and now he wants to make it up to Sarah. He leaves Chicago and offers Sarah a place to stay while she is in Marmet. While someone is trying to kill Sarah so as not to reveal what happened twenty years before, Tony and Sarah are falling in love. Now, he is her protector, and Lorett has a "psychic power" and knows all before they happen. With a wonderful plot and a heart-stopping ending, this novel is sure to please anyone who likes the romantic thrilling genre.
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Summary: Okay Read!
Review: This was a pretty good novel by Ms Sala. The story was interesting, but I always felt like something was missing. That being said, I really liked the ending.
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Summary: Okay Read!
Review: This was a pretty good novel by Ms Sala. The story was interesting, but I always felt like something was missing. That being said, I really liked the ending.
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Summary: Twenty Years in Dark Water Couldn't keep the Truth Buried
Review: Twenty years ago Sarah Jane Whitman's father supposedly robbed the bank he managed in Marmet, Maine, making off with a cool million. Her mother couldn't stand the innuendos and committed suicide. Alone in the world, Sarah went to New Orleans and was raised by a woman she called her aunt.Now, her father's body has been found in a trunk in Flagstaff Lake outside of Marmet. So maybe he didn't steal that money after all. Jane has grown into an independent woman who owns her own trendy restaurant, called Ma Chère, but she's not going to let her business keep her from going back and clearing her father's name. Tony DeMarco owns a nightclub in Chicago called by the name he went by in high school back in Marmet, Silk. Franklin Whitman, Sarah's father was the only person who believed in Tony back when he was sixteen years old. He loaned Tony enough money to start a small business. When he hears Franklin's body has been found, he goes back to Maine to help Sarah. However there is someone who doesn't want the truth to come out and will stop at nothing, not even murder to keep it buried. But when someone tries to kill Sarah, she becomes even more determined to stick it out and find her father's killer, no matter what the danger. Luckily she has Tony by her side and her mystical aunt. Ms. Sala has written a gripping romantic thriller that had me hooked with the first sentence: "If Avery Wheeler hadn't robbed an armored truck in Farmington, Maine, and taken a woman hostage, the state police would never have given chase when he headed north up Highway 27." With an opener like that, how could you do anything else but read on. And that just what I did.
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Summary: This was a terrible, predictable, sickeningly Christian read
Review: Whilst the cover boasts Sala's achievement of writing 40 books in 10 years; one can't help but think that after reading this, that she could've spent a little more time on her better concepts to get them right. A Christian farm girl visibly struggles with real-world concepts. The characters are two dimensional, predictable and play on the easiest of stereotypes. Don't waste your time, or your money on this book as you could formulate a better murder mystery yourself and have more fun doing it. One positive aspect of this book was that they fixed her spelling mistakes and grammar for the final print, not to mention it's not written in crayon, as per Sala's final draft.
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