Slow Heat in Heaven

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Summary: Early Sandra Brown
Review: Skip this one if you are looking for realistic dialogue. Read it if you want a good old fashioned smutty romance novel with a little intrigue thrown in. Sandra Brown's most recent novel, ENVY, was a 5 star book all the way. Slow Heat in Heaven is an inside look at a disfunctional southern family with heavy sex dialogue that doesn't add much to the plot; but it is pretty much the plot. Fortunately Sandra Brown gets better with each book.

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Summary: In my top 5 list
Review: I don't know what the other 4 are, but this book has set a standard. It is the best I have read in the genre. I reread it in order to write a review and couldn't put it down. I just wished SB had added about 5 more pages to the end. Buy this book. A definite keeper.

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Summary: Don't judge this book by its cover!
Review: I passed on this book on the first run through Sandra Brown's work because of the tawdry title and cover that belonged on an advertisement for an adult pay-per-view movie. Big mistake. Cash Boudreaux was certainly no milquetoast. He gets my vote as best hero in a Sandra Brown novel, and in my all time top ten. I enjoyed everything about this book, especially the realistic dialogue and vivid descriptions. I could feel the bite of mosquitoes and smell the swamp while reading in an air conditioned hotel room. I'd love to hear the true interpretation of the rattlesnake in the story. There was no epilogue, dare we hope to see these characters again?

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Summary: One of Sandra Brown's best books
Review: This book has it all. Strong and interesting characters, and a fast paced plot with many twists and turns that are not expected. All the characters seem to be hiding something and there is just so much stuff going on that you become so engrossed in the book that it could be finished in just a day because once you pick this book you won't want to put it down until you turn the final page. Sandra Brown is one of the best mystery/suspense/romance authors around.

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Summary: Simply the best
Review: This is THE #1 best book I have ever read and I read a lot of romance novels. I have thought about this book EVERY day since I read it 9 months ago, Sandra Brown thank you sooo much for this awesome, awesome story!!

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Summary: dissapointing
Review: Ms Brown got in over her head with this book, like may romance authors who switch from writing romances to thrillers -such as Linda Howard, and Elisabeth Lowell. The book is about Schyler who tries to save the family property with the help of Cash, the black sheep of the town. Possibly to give the book a dramatic character every kind of drama is introduced: Not just sabotage of the company, but also a friend of Schyler who is more or less enslaved by her by her dangerous, drunken low life of a husband who beats and protitues her. The only love of this friend has been imprisoned and is raped several times in prison. Then there is the frigid foster mother, a treacherous sister who tricked Schyler's good for nothing boyfriend into marrying her instead of Schyler, the father who had a lover living on his property. And furthermore the lover's son Cash, who never had a real chance because his father was unknown. Nevertheless, the book lacks tension and likely and interesting characters. Especially the character of Cash stays superficial, which makes him just a very shallow and rude person who is not very particular about who he sleeps with. The attraction between Schyler and Cash can never be taken for more than sexual and his declaration of love in the end is completely unbelievable. The plot is also completely predictable and never becomes interesting.

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Summary: Hot stuff in the deep South!
Review: Sandra Brown, if you read this, I am desparately hoping that you will write a sequel to the best book you have ever written! I just can't seem to get enough of Cash Boudreaux and Schyler Crandall. These primary characters seemed very real to me, more so than in most romance novels.I have read and re-read this book many times, and want more. The dialogue between them is always sexually charged and electric! The sex not romantic, but sultry, steamy, and passionate. It works. These characters slowly develop a love and intense mutual respect for each other that evolves in a very satisfying way. Cash Boudreaux is no angel, but he's just about the sexiest bad boy you'll ever want to read about!

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Summary: Skip this book
Review: To the earlier reviewer from Seattle that claims this book gives the romance genre a bad name: I couldn't agree with you more. This book is cliched and overripe. Kept waiting for the best romance of all time to unfold. It doesn't. The "surprise" ending is one the reader can figure out by the end of the first chapter. The familial relationships are contrived. The Louisiana Cajun setting is interesting, but the characters are not original or engaging. Let me put it this way, "For those of you who like Sandra Brown's style & storylines, this is another book you will like." But for the rest of us, leave this book ON the shelf where it belongs.

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Summary: LOVED IT. Take me to southern Louisianna....
Review: I have read Sandra Brown, Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, Danielle Steele, and many others in the genre. I absolutely loved this book. I finished it on a plane trip and had about a half an hour left on the flight and so I flipped back several chapters and re-read the ending again. The suspense and action added to erotic love scenes is incredible. I put this book away with my own five stars written on the front inside cover (a sign to re-read soon!) If you love a rough, sexy man than Cash is for you...

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Summary: Well written, complex plot and strong characters.
Review: I have read and liked most of Sandra Brown books. Some of them, particularly the very early ones, are lighthearted read. This one is not. The plot is complex enough to keep the reader interested to the very end. The main and secondary characters are well developed [Jimmy Don and Gayla are a good enough example]. The suspense and passion in this book are arresting, with the loose ends' -few as they are- solutions hinted at but open to the reader's imagination or particular bend of mind. "Slow heat in heaven" grabs the reader until the last sentence, although it is not -at least for me- a book for one sitting, but then, it is neither a book to read only once. It remains a favorite.