The Mulberry Tree

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful book
Review: I loved all the characters it was just fantastic one of my favorites by her. There different from her earlier books, the old ones are great, but this was fantastic. Great love story.

Rating:
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.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: This story is centered around Lillian Manville the young widow of an excentric billionare who at his death leaves her nothing but a run down farm house in the middle of nowhere. Lillian was a child bride who's husband molded her into the woman that he wanted at his side. At his death she is left practically penniless and has to solve the mystery of a cryptic note left by her late husband. When Lillian moves into the farmhouse she begins to piece together her life and the mystery of why her husband left his billions to a sister and brother he hated.

Jude Deveraux did an excellent job of making this story and the characters feel real. The characters though many, are well thought out and very intricate. The people in the book are flawed with real problems and issues like every other normal human. This book walks you through Lillians struggle to find out who she is and what she will make of herself. Just to spice it up, JD has added murder, mystery, cover-ups, shady pasts, lies and secrets, all centered around Lillians dead husband. You will find yourself entralled with the pampered life she led, the new life she is trying to build, the mystery she needs to solve and the people (and a new man) she grows to love in her new life. The story will keep you guessing and turning pages until the very end!!!