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Summary: Fun and sexy contemporary romance
Review: In the world of contemporary romance novels, all small town sheriffs are single, handsome, buff, tall and incredibly sexy. Dylan Taber, the hero of Rachel Gibson's "True Confessions," fits the mold perfectly. If only these guys existed in real life. Unfortunately, that might spawn a massive crime wave among the women of America. Not only does Gibson give us wonderful heros, but she also creates some of the most unique, realistic and relatable heroines in romance novels. Hope Spencer is no exception. These two meet in Dylan's hometown of Gospel, Idaho. Hope is a city girl who's moved to town for the summer, and she finds its much more remote than she was expecting. She's constantly surprised by the vagarities of the local populace - old ladies with purple hair, toilet tossing contests and Rocky Mountain oysters, to name a few - and they make wonderful fodder for her secret work as a tabloid writer. Sheriff Taber is a reformed hell-raiser raising his young son with some secrets of his own. Thanks to his new position of responsibility in the community and the twisted reputation of his predecessor, he's been living like a monk even though all the single women in town are after him. Once he lays eyes on Hope, that becomes a whole lot harder. Gibson has created two wonderful characters, and both the dialogue and the plot are funny and charming. A great recipe for a contemporary romance!
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Summary: Delicious!
Review: Just like chocolate - smooth, rich and delicious! Simply Irresistable is still my favorite, but this is #2 in my book.
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Summary: Almost 5 stars...still a very good read!
Review: My favorite Rachel Gibson book is Truly, Madly, Yours. If you haven't read this one, get moving and beg, borrow or pay for it. Though the next two books by Ms. Gibson were still very good reads for me they still did not live up to her first book, in my opinon.True Confessions almost does. I liked the romance and Ms. Gibson can turn a phrase...some smoldering love scenes..which she does very well. The sheriff's 10 yr. old son was written wonderfully as well. Small town life with all its ups and downs adds alot of funny characters and some great one-liners.My only problem with this book was a mystery surrounding the previous Sheriff, now deseased. It never went anywhere. It is almost as though this was suppose to be a seperate plot line that was just abandoned in the middle of the book.Aside from that, this book is nearly five stars. Bravo Ms. Gibson, another winner!
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Summary: How Many Confessions can a Little Town Have? Surprise!
Review: Once upon a time there was a tiny town full of nosy neighbors and gossipy folk nestled in the Idaho mountains with enough juice to keep any tabloid going for at least ten years or more.
Elderly twins that die there hair purple and blue and have matching eyeshadow and mascara, not to mention clothes and cars...A gorgeous sheriff with a big secret...A motel owner who thinks her Norman Bates-like motel is the Ritz...Townsfolk who think aliens are lving amongst them and last but not least, a tabloid reporter that just pulled in the sleepy town in her silver Porche wearing a tight pair of jeans and a big smile.
Not what the sheriff needs right now, or is it?
Trying to live down the embarassing disaster that was the former sheriff, former L.A homocide detective Dylan Taber is trying to start a new life in his hometown and hide a very big secret when Hope Spencer walks in looking purely L.A.
Hope needs some inspiration for her writing and this little hokey town is just the spot. What she finds goes beyond the crazy fiction she writes and what she finds is not only a sexy sheriff who seems to be hiding something, but a whole town of weirdies.
But that's the least of her problems right now. The house the company has leased for her seems to have been the scene of a murder and still bears the blood stains and not to mention the weird story that goes with that. Bats and mice are another fact of her stay and she isn't happy.
The more she finds out about Gospel, Idaho, the more she thinks she's entered the Twilite Zone.
I mean, really, who tosses toilets for sport?
What exactly are Rocky Mountain oysters? Something about steer and privates? Who are these people?
People eat squirrels and other things she'd rather not think about here. Hmmm, not only is the sheriff sexy and very mysterious but the town is going to provide tons of juicy stories for her paper...but wait, what does a Hollywood actress have to do with the sheriff?Funny and just yet another winner from Ms. Gibson. Small-town fun and packed full of laughs sure to please. Dylan the sheriff is to die for... Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: Heavenly TRUE CONFESSION sparkles with wit and romance
Review: One glimpse at the tabloid-parodying title of the latest novella by Rachel Gibson "TRUE CONFESSION", you know it's potent stuff - and what with small-town life and romances being Gibson's stronghold, this offering confidently establishes as her most accomplished so far. In fact, Ms. Gibson with some intensive research, narrates the sedate lives in Gospel, Idaho vividly to the point where fact and fiction seemed blurred. She speaks of this town where gossips are rampant as wildfire; and it absolves itself from any blame of ozone pollution by pointing the finger towards California. Where alien abductions are speculated. A perfect place for LA-based tabloid reporter Hope Spencer with her writer's block. When she enters the town with the amusingly-plated MZBHAVN Porsche, struts with her blue Tony Lamas boots and Ray-Ban, she is in for a culture-shock. She wonders whether she is the only one sane in the town where people eats steer's testicles. Her designated lodgings at the Donelly's is rumoured to be a suicidal venue for the former owner. Yet there are blessings in disguise too. Like in the form of drop-dead gorgeous Sheriff Dylan Taber who with his emerald gaze and antics make her feel desirable again. Like her next-door neighbours Paul and Shelley who are unpretentiously amicable. She feels genuinely happy and uninhibited with the simple people here, with whom she casts away her reservations except for the fact she is with the tabloids. Before romance can take flight, Hope finds herself confronting her insecurities - as a woman who indelibly becomes infertile with her hysterectomy and her failed marriage with a plastic surgeon who had an affair with her best friend. Dylan has some confessions to make - Adam is an illegitmate child of his and famous soap drama queen Julie Bancroft. When the dark secret surprisingly spreads to the tabloids, Dylan suspects Hope - and soon their tenuous relationship festers. Ms. Gibson's TRUE CONFESSION is an utter bliss brimming with wits and exuberant romance. There is tender poignancy especially where Dylan and Adam is concerned; he being overprotective of Adam, elucidating the whole birds and bees business to his son. His paternal love shows when he moved from LA to Gospel for his son after being shakened by an infanticide. The desire between Hope and Dylan is smoldering and passionate - you will never view cakes in the same way after reading. Their love has to be fortified with trials on trusts and communication. A breezy, feel-good piece of solid entertainment that bubbles with love and joy - Ms. Gibson has successfully outdone herself. Never before in her past novels like IT MUST BE LOVE or SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE has she spawned small-town romances with such intricacies and details on the rustic life. That leaves only one thing for me to confess in the whole gospel truth - it's heavenly.
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Summary: EXCELLENT READ
Review: Rachel Gibson has an excellent ability: she can write funny, witty, romantic stories that leave the reader wanting more. This book is an excellent example of that, she combines all of those elements to create a side-splittingly funny, romantic, and touching story. Hope Spencer is a woman on the run. She's running from herself, her writer's block,and a certain midget wrestler who won't stop harrasing her. She ends up in Gospel, Idaho a small town populated with very unique (read weird) individuals. Hope is hoping to get inspired and find ideas for her articles. She writes very creative stories( alien abductions, leprechauns etc) for a tabloid and she has recently suffered from a bad case of writer's block. Gospel proves to be very inspirational not only for Hope the writer but also for Hope the woman.
The town's sheriff is Dylan Taber a handsome cowboy and single father of a seven year old boy.He's immediately attracted to Hope and lets her know it . She, on the other hand, in totally unable to resist him and is hurt when Dylan refuses to take things further after one hot, scorching kiss. Dylan is crazy about Hope and can't think of anything else but for this ... single father his son comes first. The sheriff is hiding a big secret and he's afraid of the way it will affect his son if it's discovered. He feels that the fact that Hope is a writer makes her enemy number one. Dylan, however, isn't the only one with a secret. Hope has one as well and if it's discovered it could tear them apart. This book is a fun read and I loved Hope and Dylan's characters. However, I had two small quibbles with the book. I felt Adam's character was not fully developed and his relationship with Hope left largely unexplored. Gibson had shown a special talent in writing children and adult-child relationships in Simply Irresistible and I was hoping to see more of that. Also there's a story line about the old sheriff and the way he died that felt as if it was going somewhere and then suddenly flatlined. These like I said are very small issues and in no way affected my enjoyment of this book. Recommended. :)
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Summary: I Loved This Book!
Review: Rachel Gibson has done it again. I loved this book and was sorry to come to the end of it! This book has it all. Humor, a great and likeable hero and heroine, great secondary characters that helped to move the story along, quirky little town, and steamy love scenes that were not just used as filler. Needless to say this book has found a place on my "keeper shelf" and is one that I am sure I will keep re-reading. If you have liked other books by this great author you will love this one!
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Summary: Love in a small town - with the proper cowboy!
Review: Rachel Gibson is now pretty much an auto-buy for me. I've enjoyed the three books I've read so far and look forward to "Truly, Madly Yours" and "It Must be Love". Heck I'll probably even read "Lola Carlyle" though it doesn't look as good and hasn't gotten as positive reviews as her other books. Single dad, town sheriff and sought after hunk Dylan Taber figures trouble has arrived in tiny Gospel, Idaho when a gorgeous woman driving a porsche with "MZBHAVN" California vanity plates pulls into town. What's a sophisticated city girl like her doing out here in the wilderness? Though suspicious of her, he's also intrigued and attracted. But he's got his son to consider and seriously guards his privacy. But is it because news travels so fast in a small town or is there something more to it? Hope Spencer writes (i.e., makes up) stories of alien abductions and bigfoot sightings for a tabloid. After some unpleasantness with one of the few subjects she based on a real person results in stalking and a restraining order, her boss sends her to the boonies to lay low for six months. She's not really interested in mixing with the locals (and keeps her occupation to herself), but several encounters with the sexy sheriff Taber bring her out of her self-imposed exile. As Hope and Dylan flirt, she also opens up enough to befriend her neighbor Shelly - her first female friend in a long time. And Dylan's son Adam is also surprisingly enjoyable to be around. As things heat up between them, Hope wonders if she could ever make a life here in a town with no movie theater or even a 7-11. But it also seems like Dylan is ashamed of their relationship, not wanting anyone to find out about them. Hope's not going to be anyone's dirty little secret, but when a famous TV actress Hope once crossed paths with in LA also seems to be mixed up in Dylan's life, both will have a lot of 'splaining to do! Hope and Dylan are a fun and sexy couple with lots of chemistry. Dylan is especially appealing if you like the confident, sexy cowboy type. A recommended read!
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Summary: Fabulously Fun!!!
Review: Tabloid reporter Hope Spencer has had a rough couple of months. Facing an ongoing creative block, as well as being stalked by an angry midget wrestler, she is sent to Gospel,Idaho by her editor. As soon as she arrives in Gospel she is met by the sexy sheriff, Dylan Taber, where an instant attraction is formed. These characters are wonderfully complex, and each has their own reasons for not wanting a relationship. Hope and Dylan are complete opposites, but the attraction is too strong to be ignored, and the progression of their romance is presented in a witty, humorous, and utterly delightful style that is reminiscent of Ms. Gibson's "It Must Be Love". Added into this wonderful romance is a charming cast of supporting characters and townspeople that provide excellent fodder for the strange and unusual stories that Hope writes. This is by far one of the best books that I have read. It is funny, warm, and light-hearted. If you want a serious romance that makes you laugh, cry, and cringe this is not it. But if you want a fun, fast-paced romance that makes you laugh out loud, "True Confessions" is for you.
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Summary: enjoyable -- for the first twenty pages
Review: The beginning was semi-promising, but then the book descends into the ubiquitous territory of lousy romance novels. A beautiful woman in trouble, a smashing male in charge of the saving, a quirky group of people as a background, all ending in a predictable climax. While some romances deal well with this framework, "True Confessions" is much too predictable to excite much interest.
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