An Accidental Woman : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: Heather Malone?? Lisa Matlock??? Who is the woman living with Micah Smith and his two girls, Missy and Star? That's the question on everyone's mind when the Feds show up to arrest Heather Malone for flight to avoid prosecution. Then it seems as if everyone's friend Heather could be a murderer! This scandal has the whole town talking. And it brings Griffin Hughes to town to help solve the case. Griffin not only wants to solve the case but to become more than friends with Poppy Blake, who is wheelchair-bound from a snowmobile accident.

An Accidental Woman had a good storyline with the Heather/Lisa plot. This storyline takes a detour and becomes the love story of Poppy and Griffin. Their story takes center stage and the Heather/Lisa story becomes the secondary storyline in this book. The character of Heather, who I thought would be the main character but wasn't, barely says anything throughout the book. She seems spineless and not to seem to care about herself or her supposed loved ones--Micah and his daughters.

I thought this book was a little too technical with the description of syrup making. I found the parts with Micah and the neighbors in the sugarhouse and sugarbush boring. I could have lived without the sugar lessons. To me this seemed to add nothing of importance to the story. It just filled up space on the pages, making this book longer than necessary. I think this book could have been cut down by a hundred pages and been better. There was just too much "filler" to the story. I have read two other Delinsky novels with a "who are they really" plotline and liked them much better. The story Heather/Lisa should have been the main focus of the book but it becomes obvious this is just a way to get Griffin to Lake Henry so he can charm Poppy.

This book wasn't what I thought it was going to be. I was looking forward to a suspense story with maybe a touch of romance thrown in. This story disappointed me. The main story fell flat and the characters were not very real to me. I really didn't care about them that much.

If you're thinking of reading this book borrow it from your library. It isn't worth buying.

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Summary: MyShelf.com Book Reviewer
Review: Step into the peaceful valley of Lake Henry. Be blown away by the
trials and tribulations that it holds...

Poppy Blake's closest friend, Heather Malone, has been arrested. It is up to Poppy to step in and take charge and to provide the support that Heather's family needs. Although confined to a wheelchair as a result of a snowmobile accident, Poppy refuses to let life's hardships stand in her way. Poppy's strength and courage is the foundation that bonds the family together. How will she feel when she learns that the person who has betrayed her best friend is the same person that she has developed feelings for?

Secrets have a way of unrevealing, just when you least expect it. . .

Writer Griffin Hughes first met Poppy while doing a news story
involving her older sister. He immediately was attracted to the
fiercely independent determination that Poppy displayed. How will he ever be able to tell her that, by a slip of a tongue, he is
responsible for his closet friend incarnation?

From the moment you turn and read the first page in Barbara
Delinksy's AN ACCIDENTAL WOMAN, you quickly see that you are
experiencing one of the most touching and thought provoking novels in 2002. Always when I select a Barbara Delinsky novel, I
mmediately know that I am in for a very rewarding experience. By
reading this book, there is no way you can not back up and read
Heather's prior story. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED . . .

Rating:
Summary: A Great Read by Delinsky-Don't Miss!
Review: This book was an excellent read, and I enjoyed it all the way through.

Heather Malone has a happy life with her lover Micah and his two daughter's of whom she considers like her own. But intertwined in this wonderful romance, is a hidden past. It comes to light when the FBI come knocking at the door one morning. They have Heather under arrest. But the thing is, they say she's really Lisa, and that she murdered Rob Dicenza who was her abusive husband in the past. So flabbergasted, Micah follows her to the police station where Heather will be held in jail without bond.

Up in arms about what to do, Micah will seek the advice of Poppy Blake, who is an investigative journalist, as well as Heather's dearest friend. If anyone can get Heather to talk, it is Poppy, who is now a paraplegic from a freak accident. Heather finally tells Poppy about Aiden Greene, but only briefly. It is there that Poppy will begin to uncover the whole case, which is shocking once found out.

Griffin enters Poppy's life to help solve the case, and in the meantime the story takes another twist as the two fall in love.