The Waterfall

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Summary: The Waterfall floods the reader with boring page after page.
Review: As the novel opens, Lucy Swift appears as a with-it, independent widow. Enters her life, a series of frightening occurrences which result in Lucy needing a man to solve. Once the strong, fearless male enters the picture, Lucy let's herself become weak and needy. Her strength as an woman and mother begins to diminish. Too much of the novel is a love story versus suspense.

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Summary: An enjoyable contemporary read
Review: Carla Neggers writes engaging characters and interesting twists on plots. While I wouldn't say that the non-romantic plot of this book was particularly distinctive, I very much enjoyed the story of Lucy and Sebastian. I enjoy Ms. Neggers' books and this was no exception.

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Summary: The best in a long list of excellent books
Review: From the minute Sebastian Redwing with his laid-back demeanor and sly wit hit the scene in The Waterfall, Ms. Neggers had me hooked. What a terrific hero. Ms. Neggers has always done suspense and humor well, but with the added element of a really demented, yet understandable villain, she has taken her writing to new heights.

Few writers around create the broad canvas of extended family as well as Ms. Neggers does and nowhere are they more fun, more irritating -- more human -- than in The Waterfall.

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Summary: didn't do it for me
Review: Gotta say right up front, Carla Neggers is one of my most "favorite" authors.........been reading her since she began writing category romances, all those years ago <bg>...and, she hasn't let me down yet!! Her newest book, The Waterfall, has something for everyone - - great dialogue (especially between Lucy and her kids), beautiful setting, very realistic and likeable hero/heroine, suspense, and of course, romance..........Now who could ask for more?? Three years ago when her husband died, Lucy moved herself and her two children from Washington, DC to a quaint farmhouse in Vermont. She owned an "adventure" travel agency and was planning on taking a tour to Costa Rica, but forcing herself to make a stop in Wyoming first, to see Sebastian Redwing, her husband's friend and security agent........Colin Swift had made Lucy promise that if she ever was in trouble, she would go to Sebastian..........and, with all the bizarre happenings lately, she had no other choice......she had been getting late-night phone calls and hangups, and a bullet was found inside her car..... Sebastian had loved Lucy for years even though he didn't let her know.........and even though he was hesitant to help, he did go back to Vermont to protect her and find out who was the culprit...... We know who the villain is from the beginning, but it doesn't detract from the wonderful read.......it builds up to a great climatic ending.. This author not only uses cute one-liners, she draws the reader right into the story.......I felt as though I was Lucy, feeling her emotions - her fears - her happiness......... Hooray for Carla once again!! Each new book of hers becomes my "favorite."

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Summary: ANOTHER WINNER FOR CARLA NEGGERS
Review: Gotta say right up front, Carla Neggers is one of my most "favorite" authors.........been reading her since she began writing category romances, all those years ago ...and, she hasn't let me down yet!! Her newest book, The Waterfall, has something for everyone - - great dialogue (especially between Lucy and her kids), beautiful setting, very realistic and likeable hero/heroine, suspense, and of course, romance..........Now who could ask for more?? Three years ago when her husband died, Lucy moved herself and her two children from Washington, DC to a quaint farmhouse in Vermont. She owned an "adventure" travel agency and was planning on taking a tour to Costa Rica, but forcing herself to make a stop in Wyoming first, to see Sebastian Redwing, her husband's friend and security agent........Colin Swift had made Lucy promise that if she ever was in trouble, she would go to Sebastian..........and, with all the bizarre happenings lately, she had no other choice......she had been getting late-night phone calls and hangups, and a bullet was found inside her car..... Sebastian had loved Lucy for years even though he didn't let her know.........and even though he was hesitant to help, he did go back to Vermont to protect her and find out who was the culprit...... We know who the villain is from the beginning, but it doesn't detract from the wonderful read.......it builds up to a great climatic ending.. This author not only uses cute one-liners, she draws the reader right into the story.......I felt as though I was Lucy, feeling her emotions - her fears - her happiness......... Hooray for Carla once again!! Each new book of hers becomes my "favorite."

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Summary: ANOTHER WINNER FOR CARLA NEGGERS
Review: Gotta say right up front, Carla Neggers is one of my most "favorite" authors.........been reading her since she began writing category romances, all those years ago <bg>...and, she hasn't let me down yet!! Her newest book, The Waterfall, has something for everyone - - great dialogue (especially between Lucy and her kids), beautiful setting, very realistic and likeable hero/heroine, suspense, and of course, romance..........Now who could ask for more?? Three years ago when her husband died, Lucy moved herself and her two children from Washington, DC to a quaint farmhouse in Vermont. She owned an "adventure" travel agency and was planning on taking a tour to Costa Rica, but forcing herself to make a stop in Wyoming first, to see Sebastian Redwing, her husband's friend and security agent........Colin Swift had made Lucy promise that if she ever was in trouble, she would go to Sebastian..........and, with all the bizarre happenings lately, she had no other choice......she had been getting late-night phone calls and hangups, and a bullet was found inside her car..... Sebastian had loved Lucy for years even though he didn't let her know.........and even though he was hesitant to help, he did go back to Vermont to protect her and find out who was the culprit...... We know who the villain is from the beginning, but it doesn't detract from the wonderful read.......it builds up to a great climatic ending.. This author not only uses cute one-liners, she draws the reader right into the story.......I felt as though I was Lucy, feeling her emotions - her fears - her happiness......... Hooray for Carla once again!! Each new book of hers becomes my "favorite."

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Summary: Not Carla's best
Review: I don't like to correct other reviewers work but I must this time. Harriet, please read the book next time. First of all, Lucy's husband's name was Colin not Collin, her daugther was 15 not 13 and Colin death was from cardiac arrythmia not a brain aneuryem. And there really wasn't any "cold blooded killers". No one got "killed" in the whole story. Just a couple of bad people who miscalculated their own worth.

The story never did take off. So much was left unsaid. Lucy and Sebastian were a great couple but more needed to woven into their lives as to why they had feeling for each other. To much was center on Grandma Daisy who was dead. The story around the kids was true to form. I really like Plato, would love to read one about him. All in all the story was lacking in a lot of areas. Not great but not boring just lacking.

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Summary: didn't do it for me
Review: I got this book based on the overall good rating it got and the fact that I like romantic supsense type of books. This one, however, didn't make the mark. The romance portion was barely there and seemed far-fetched. And I wasn't the least bit afraid while reading this book. No good suspense factor for me. I also found that I could put this book down for long periods of time and not be compelled to pick it up again. All in all, I found it to be a waste of my time...I don't think I would try to read another book by this author again.

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Summary: Just didn't do it for me ...
Review: I loved Carla's last book "On Fire," but this book had, I thought, many problems. Sebastian was supposed to have been "in love w/ Lucy since her wedding day to his friend 20 years before." How do we know this? Does Sebastian have flashbacks of their quality times together? Ruminate over the family outings he joined, all the while longing for his friend's wife? No, never. Sebastian has maintained this "love" for 20 years from one single glimpse of Lucy on her wedding day ... and they barely even spoke then! Supposedly, he never visited his friend because he couldn't handle seeing Lucy. We are simply TOLD that he's loved her; we are given no reasons why. Then there's the matter of how Sebastian is supposed to be "superspy guy," and yet almost every character, except Lucy, knows that "he's been in love w/ Lucy for 20 years." No, they don't have "quality time" flashbacks either. I believe in "love at first sight" to a point ... do I believe in maintaining a "true love" feeling for TWENTY YEARS w/ someone I've only met once? No way. And that thing of Sebastian hiding behind the couch during the showdown ... seriously uncool! :-)

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Summary: The Waterfall floods the reader with boring page after page.
Review: I picked up Carla Neggers new release, The Waterfall, on a recommendation from coworker. I could have never realized when I started how much I would love the book by the end. It was a fabulous read; I absolutely could not put it down. The characters were absolutely amazing, and not a second of the 5 hours I spent reading it was boring. I'm dashing out to my local bookstore just to get more of her books. I have never been this taken with a book, let alone an author, in a long time.