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Summary: Really delicious
Review: The novel starts when a southern rich girl, Dannielle, returns to her home widowed from an awful marriage and with a son to find her only love, Bad Jack, that she thought long lost fighting to enter back in her life and cure his own aching soul.
I personally prefer historical romances, but this one is touching since the very begining. I found Jack an extraordinary hero, he is strong and sexy but capable of long term love and forgive the ones who harm him in the past and the french words he often uses are so good on him that I have thougt to learn it myself. I fall inlove with him and you will too.
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Summary: It's "blue" alright.
Review: There's no real harm in this book; in fact, it appears a lot of readers liked it more than my 2 stars. But after reading some really great steamy cajun romances by Sandra Brown, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Tami Hoag, etc., this one is shallow in comparison. This is the first of a trilogy, which does not bode well for the next two installments. BLUE BAYOU by itself is not a keeper. We shall see.
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Summary: A Steamy Start To A New Trilogy!
Review: This is a first time read for me regarding this author and I am really looking forward to book 2 arriving in my mailbox!Set in Steamy Southern Louisiana the romance of Danielle and Jack itself is steamy and page turning. These are two people that have loved before as young kids. Fate and circumstances have separted these two but they have never fully fallen out of love with each other. They now both find themselves back in Blue Bayou the small town that they each grew-up in now with each of them carrying their own emotional baggage and distrust from their past. This was a great story that indeed has shades of Nora Roberts or earlier Sandra Brown stories. Still, this author manages to pen a love story that is touching, unique and worth reading. The story is well developed and the reader has plenty of understanding regarding the past that these two lovers shared. If you are a fan of the previous authors mentioned then you will no doubt like this story. It really is a strong beginning for the next two books in the series.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is my first JoAnn Ross book but it won't be my last. I already have her upcoming book on my wish list!
Rating:
Summary: Great book!
Review: This is my first JoAnn Ross book but it won't be my last. I already have her upcoming book on my wish list!
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Summary: i read this ~ this is good..
Review: This is the first book of Joann Ross's I ever read.. This book and every other one I've read since then have that same quality / effect on the reader.. reading her books is like a soothing balm for a weary soul. When you've just had enough of everything in your life, and you want something good and constant and soothing.. oh man, this is it... her books will do it for you... like comfort food, or a long tub soak, after a long hard day.. so easy to get into, so wonderful to experience, and you feel great after... aaaahh... Blue Bayou takes you literally, ha ha, to the bayou country.. when you're reading, you are there! you can feel the humidity, see the alligators, your ears will twitch listening to the cajun endearments.. Yes, ma chere, you will love this book... plot is amazing too.. I am beginning to love this part of the country I've never seen through her books.. Same with her books based in Ireland as well, A Woman's Heart, Legend's Lake et al... just great! Thank you Joann! :)
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Summary: A good romance
Review: This is the second book that I've read from the trilogy, the other being _River Road_. Although I didn't find this romance as steamy as the one in River Road, it still had the same qualities that make JoAnn Ross's fiction definitely riveting. I only had one eye-rolling moment during this book; I found it very implausible that when the characters are embroiled in the climax of the book (no pun intended), they still can't get over their sexual attraction to each other and they go at it. I would think a major life-changing event as had been uncovered would be enough to calm the libido for a few moments! I do, however, like JoAnn Ross's style of writing romance, and I hope to read more of her writing in the future. I'm a die-hard LaVyrle Spencer fan, and although Ross's writing is certainly more graphic than Spencer's, she still has the knack to keep the reader waiting for the big moments.
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Summary: A good romance
Review: This is the second book that I've read from the trilogy, the other being _River Road_. Although I didn't find this romance as steamy as the one in River Road, it still had the same qualities that make JoAnn Ross's fiction definitely riveting. I only had one eye-rolling moment during this book; I found it very implausible that when the characters are embroiled in the climax of the book (no pun intended), they still can't get over their sexual attraction to each other and they go at it. I would think a major life-changing event as had been uncovered would be enough to calm the libido for a few moments! I do, however, like JoAnn Ross's style of writing romance, and I hope to read more of her writing in the future. I'm a die-hard LaVyrle Spencer fan, and although Ross's writing is certainly more graphic than Spencer's, she still has the knack to keep the reader waiting for the big moments.
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Summary: Sultry Tale of Unrequited Teenage Love!!
Review: This one was a real tear jerker, and I was eagerly turning the pages to see if Jack and Danielle could overcome their demons and realize they are soul mates who belong together. Blue Bayou is book one of a trilogy of the Callahan brothers, and I just can't wait for the others to come out!! Jack and Danielle shared a summer of love when they were both 17 years old. At the end of the summer, Jack disappears without a word and leaves behind Danielle, who will soon find out she is pregnant. Danielle's father is a local judge and thrives on controlling her life. He manipulates her into giving her child up for adoption, and then manipulates her into a loveless marriage with a local politician. Thirteen years later, Danielle (who is now a widow) returns to Blue Bayou with her eight year old son. While Danielle and Jack rekindle their love for each other, the past and their old secrets are inevitably dredged up. I fell in love with these characters. Jack has a dark side, but I enjoyed how he was honest with himself about his feelings for Danielle. He never tried to deny how important she was. I also admired Danielle for her strength and how she survived all of the terrible things that happened to her. One thing I didn't understand was how she could possibly forgive her father for being such a lying, manipulative creep. I know forgiveness was the moral of this story, but I don't think I could personally forgive such heinous crimes were I in her shoes. Overall, this was a great read, and along with the wonderful story I loved the descriptions of the Louisiana countryside. A keeper!!
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Summary: WOW!!!!
Review: WOW! The sexual tension sizzles off page after page. Dani and Jack were long ago lovers. To each others surprise and dismay they are both back in Blue Bayou. Dani is an impoverished widow of a low down, no count, skirt chaser politician. The only good part of her marriage is her son, Matt. Jack is a burned out former DEA agent, who has become a big time writer. He has bought her childhood home. Jack has every carpenter in the area working for him on the renovations. Dani has come home to be the town's new librarian. Just as she arrives the apartment she was to share with her son and her soon to be released from jail, ex-judge father, was set on fire.
Bureaucracy is the same for small towns as big cities. She finally gets all the forms and permits needed to do the repairs. Now, all she needs is a few workers. They are all employed by Jack. Their meeting was inevitable, the sparks had never dimmed, but there were secrets keeping them apart. Make sure when you start this book you have time to finish it. You won't want to put it down. The plot and the characters are worthy of the great southern writers Williams, Faulkner and O'Connor. Ms Ross may not have been born southern, but she has found her southern voice. Deborah Ledgerwood
30 Mar 2002
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