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Summary: Wonderful Story
Review: A fast paced story with wonderful twists and turns and wonderful steamy heat. I loved Banner, even though at times you want you clunk her in the head, same with Jake, although any woman would want to do other things to him!! If you like a rich story with good characters that moves along quickly, BUY this book, you will love it.
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Summary: Very good
Review: A friend had given me this book because someone left it at her house. I love almost all of Sandra Brown's books, have exhausted the libraries supply and own many of her works. I had put off reading this because I hadn't read Sunset Embrace, the prequel. When I read that, I fell in love with Ross and Lydia and am hoping to own that book soon.
So I finally read "Another Dawn"...and I truly enjoyed it. I liked the age difference, and I loved that I got to see "Bubba" - or Jake - again.
I can't really find anything wrong with this book...other than the end. What happens in the end...truly disturbed me. I was sitting at the kitchen table sobbing, quite loudly, and I could barely read for the tears in my eyes.
The end, which was a complete surprise, is still with me weeks later and I can't quite get over it.
I would definitely suggest reading "Sunset Embrace" first, though.
"Another Dawn" was NOT disappointing.
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Summary: One of the very best!
Review: Although I read this book a good many years ago, I still recall the emotional tension that kept me riveted to the pages for hours. Ms. Brown used to be a master at manipulating our emotions, at keeping us turning pages so fast the edges of the paper turned hot to the touch. If only she would write a book like this today, but the new political correctness of today's romances precludes much of what makes the old ones great. As far as Ross' death, I heard Ms. Brown explain at a signing once that she killed Ross as a way of helping her accept and get over the death of her father. It is a tribute to her skills as a writer that so many readers were affected by Ross' death. Perhaps the book should be sold with a warning similar to those on cigarettes: Warning! This book may cause you to feel real pain!
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Summary: If you haven't read Ms Brown yet, you haven't lived!
Review: By God!!! I never thought I could become so absorbed in any author's works like this. Slow Heat in Heaven was definitely a keeper, but I read Sunset Embrace and continued with the sequel Another Dawn immediately and wasn't dissappointed. The continuity of the two novels is perfect. One can't help but be swept up in the Coleman's and the Langston's lives. The romance is all-consuming and energizing. You can't put these books down!!
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Summary: Enjoyed this book!
Review: First read Sunset Embrace. People always write in reviews that they could not put down a book. But I have to use the cliche here too. I loved Sunset Embrace...and this is a wonderful story to follow it. I am glad I bought it. So far these two books are my favorite.
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Summary: You mean it's over??
Review: Have you ever read a book where you get so involved in the characters and the plot that you just can't put the book down? That you spend every spare moment, reading to see what happens next? And two days later you've found you're at the end of the story, but you do not want it to end? I went through those feelings and more in this book from Sandra Brown. This is the first novel I've read of hers, but I am now a huge fan of hers, and will definitely be reading more of her books in the future. On Banner Coleman's wedding day, her fiancée is shot in the shoulder at the church as the ceremony begins. The shooter is a man claiming that Banner's fiancée fathered his daughter's baby. Humiliated and angry, Banner retreats home with her family to put her life back together. That night, hurt and in need of self-confidence, she begs a long-time family friend she's always had a crush on, Jake Langston, to make love to her. Banner decides to ask her father to let her have the piece of land she was supposed to occupy with her new husband. Her father reluctantly agrees, under the condition Jake stays on as her foreman. Ashamed at her behavior the night before, Banner tries to persuade her father otherwise, but finally has to accept Jake as her foreman, or never have a ranch of her own. Throughout the novel, Banner and Jake are drawn together, and while Banner wants Jake for her own, Jake resists despite fate pushing them together. Banner's ex-fiancée shows back up, after the mysterious deaths of his new wife and father-in-law, trying to win Banner back, while he is plotting revenge against the entire Coleman clan. Sandra Brown did an excellent job in this novel of making the characters believable. The characters weren't phony, nor was their interaction with each other. While infuriating at times, you easily become so involved in the dialogue that you can feel yourself saying, reacting, even feeling what the characters are experiencing. The only real criticism that I can make about this novel is that the plot twists and turns are at times a bit too intricate. Jake and Banner's parents have so many secrets in this novel, and Sandra Brown only releases bits and pieces of it at a time. More than twice, while reading Another Dawn, I had to go back and re-read a page or two to make sense of pieces of the past that were being related. While giving the characters in the book a sordid past they feel they must keep secret until their dying day, it left me unsettled that even as the reader, I couldn't get a grasp on the characters fully.
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Summary: good reading - can't put it down
Review: I absolutely loved Sunset Embrace and couldn't wait to read this one. I enjoyed it and could visualize Jake & Banner. The sad part (as everyone mentions) is Ross's death. I felt so bad for Banner and especially Lydia, they had a great love. It's still very worth reading - I enjoy every Sandra Brown book I read - I must admit, my husband gets a bit jealous - I lay in bed and read her books till the wee hours!
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I almost didn't read this book because of the low ratings it received. I'm really glad I did. I loved the Jake and Banner characters and got caught up in their romance. It was VERY sad when Ross died but it says a lot about Sandra Brown's writing when she can get a reader so involved in a story that a character's death causes real pain. I, too, would like to see another book in this series...Micah and Lee were a hoot!
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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: I am a picky reader and keep VERY few books I read, but this one I have. I found the plot to be very interesting and it's one of the better sequels that iv'e read. I thought this book was better than Sunset Embrace, probably because I liked Jake a lot better than I did Ross. Even in the first book Jake was my favorite character. I also liked Banner, yeah she was a little spoiled and very stubborn but I think she made for a more interesting heroine because of it. I know everyone is horrified by the ending, but as one reviewer pointed out, Ross had been an outlaw and killed people, so he did have it coming. I suppose if you really loved Sunset Embrace it would be almost impossible to like this book. All in all, I would definetly recommend this book.
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Summary: A stirring western romance
Review: I am writing this review to warn all readers who consider buying it: yes, do buy it, but don't read the reviews here, at least not the earlier ones. They are full of spoilers and give away an essential part of the plot, which nobody should know beforehand. It is one of the most surprising twists in any romance novel, and to know it will seriously detract from your reading pleasure. That said, the book is a real gem and definitely worth checking out. It is the sequel to SUNSET EMBRACE and closely connected to it. The protagonists are Banner Coleman, Lydia and Ross' daughter, and Jake Langston, one of their best friends. Logically, Jake is quite a bit older than Banner, but the age difference is protrayed very sensitively. He carries a lot of emotional baggage, but Banner is the perfect match for him. Basically, the novel is about their instant attraction, his trying to fight his feelings and Banner's efforts to win him over. It sounds simple, but Sandra Brown's unique, lively style, a set of fully developed secondary characters, touching love scenes and exciting twists and turns make this book stand out. It is a keeper, worth reading again and again. Despite being written in the 1980s, it has truly stood the test of time.
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