Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda

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Summary: Two Great Romances in One
Review: "The Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda" is a wonderful introduction to a family of 4 feisty, determined, and beautiful women.
This book contains the first two stories from the Calhoun series. In the first one, "Courting Catherine," tomboy C.C. Calhoun meets Trenton St. James III. C.C. is a mechanic and when she fixes Trent's car for him, she soon discovers that he's the man who is trying to buy her home, a wonderful but dilapidated mansion called The Towers, and turn it into a hotel. C.C. immediately tells Trent just what she thinks of him, but as these two spend time together the sparks begin to fly. This first story also introduces the mystery of the missing emeralds belonging to Bianca Calhoun, great-grandmother of the 4 Calhoun sisters. This is a lovely romance with an intriguing mystery added to the mix.
The second story, "A Man for Amanda," tells Amanda Calhoun's story. C.C. and Trent are now an item, and they have decided to turn one wing of The Towers into a special getaway, while keeping the rest of the home for the family. Enter Sloan, the architect Trent has hired for the renovations. His first meeting with Amanda doesn't go too well, but he finds himself completely taken with the obsessively organized and beautiful Mandy. The romance between these two is wonderfully written - when they aren't steaming up the windows they are arguing and taking shots at each other. However, Amanda soon discovers that she can't live without this handsome southern gentleman and wonders how she managed to lose her heart to him. The unbalanced and dangerous thief, Livingston, who is intent on stealing the Calhoun emeralds for himself, is introduced in this book. He causes all kinds of trouble (and danger) for the Calhouns.
C.C. and Amanda's stories are sure to please readers. Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of weaving the present day romances with the mystery of the emeralds and tying them to the long-ago story of the unhappily married Bianca Calhoun and her true love Christian. I truly enjoyed this book and I'm sure that you will too.

Rating:
Summary: Two Great Romances in One
Review: "The Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda" is a wonderful introduction to a family of 4 feisty, determined, and beautiful women.
This book contains the first two stories from the Calhoun series. In the first one, "Courting Catherine," tomboy C.C. Calhoun meets Trenton St. James III. C.C. is a mechanic and when she fixes Trent's car for him, she soon discovers that he's the man who is trying to buy her home, a wonderful but dilapidated mansion called The Towers, and turn it into a hotel. C.C. immediately tells Trent just what she thinks of him, but as these two spend time together the sparks begin to fly. This first story also introduces the mystery of the missing emeralds belonging to Bianca Calhoun, great-grandmother of the 4 Calhoun sisters. This is a lovely romance with an intriguing mystery added to the mix.
The second story, "A Man for Amanda," tells Amanda Calhoun's story. C.C. and Trent are now an item, and they have decided to turn one wing of The Towers into a special getaway, while keeping the rest of the home for the family. Enter Sloan, the architect Trent has hired for the renovations. His first meeting with Amanda doesn't go too well, but he finds himself completely taken with the obsessively organized and beautiful Mandy. The romance between these two is wonderfully written - when they aren't steaming up the windows they are arguing and taking shots at each other. However, Amanda soon discovers that she can't live without this handsome southern gentleman and wonders how she managed to lose her heart to him. The unbalanced and dangerous thief, Livingston, who is intent on stealing the Calhoun emeralds for himself, is introduced in this book. He causes all kinds of trouble (and danger) for the Calhouns.
C.C. and Amanda's stories are sure to please readers. Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of weaving the present day romances with the mystery of the emeralds and tying them to the long-ago story of the unhappily married Bianca Calhoun and her true love Christian. I truly enjoyed this book and I'm sure that you will too.

Rating:
Summary: Two Great Romances in One
Review: "The Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda" is a wonderful introduction to a family of 4 feisty, determined, and beautiful women.
This book contains the first two stories from the Calhoun series. In the first one, "Courting Catherine," tomboy C.C. Calhoun meets Trenton St. James III. C.C. is a mechanic and when she fixes Trent's car for him, she soon discovers that he's the man who is trying to buy her home, a wonderful but dilapidated mansion called The Towers, and turn it into a hotel. C.C. immediately tells Trent just what she thinks of him, but as these two spend time together the sparks begin to fly. This first story also introduces the mystery of the missing emeralds belonging to Bianca Calhoun, great-grandmother of the 4 Calhoun sisters. This is a lovely romance with an intriguing mystery added to the mix.
The second story, "A Man for Amanda," tells Amanda Calhoun's story. C.C. and Trent are now an item, and they have decided to turn one wing of The Towers into a special getaway, while keeping the rest of the home for the family. Enter Sloan, the architect Trent has hired for the renovations. His first meeting with Amanda doesn't go too well, but he finds himself completely taken with the obsessively organized and beautiful Mandy. The romance between these two is wonderfully written - when they aren't steaming up the windows they are arguing and taking shots at each other. However, Amanda soon discovers that she can't live without this handsome southern gentleman and wonders how she managed to lose her heart to him. The unbalanced and dangerous thief, Livingston, who is intent on stealing the Calhoun emeralds for himself, is introduced in this book. He causes all kinds of trouble (and danger) for the Calhouns.
C.C. and Amanda's stories are sure to please readers. Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of weaving the present day romances with the mystery of the emeralds and tying them to the long-ago story of the unhappily married Bianca Calhoun and her true love Christian. I truly enjoyed this book and I'm sure that you will too.

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Summary: very nice
Review: a good story of love for a family. i enjoy stories that not only cover one person in a family, all such as the macgregors, sea swept and the mackades ::smile

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Summary: Sisters of the Heart
Review: Catherine and Amanda are so totally unalike in nature but absolute sisters in their hearts. They share their falling down old castle of a home with their two other sisters and an accentric aunt. They also share it with a young man who is bent on having the house to make into another of his chain of hotels. The plotting involved and the added excitement of an ancestral love story and some missing emeralds adds fire to the combination. Nora Roberts is at her best form.

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Summary: Can't Wait To Read Lilah and Suzanne
Review: Catherine's story is the first in this double story book of the Calhoun women. I enjoyed C.C., as she is nicknamed, because she is such a "tomboy". C.C. and Trent are complete opposites who fall in love with each other anyway. Their story is an enjoyable one. Second is Amanda and Sloan. I liked this story best, out of the two. They bicker back and forth just to get to each other. It is quite amusing and funny! Both stories, were quick to jump to the "love" part of it, but they were good romance reads, which I enjoyed. Next comes Lilah and Suzanne's, the last two sisters, stories. I can't wait to get started, espically to see how C.C., Trent, Amanda, and Sloan are doing.

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Summary: Can't Wait To Read Lilah and Suzanne
Review: Catherine's story is the first in this double story book of the Calhoun women. I enjoyed C.C., as she is nicknamed, because she is such a "tomboy". C.C. and Trent are complete opposites who fall in love with each other anyway. Their story is an enjoyable one. Second is Amanda and Sloan. I liked this story best, out of the two. They bicker back and forth just to get to each other. It is quite amusing and funny! Both stories, were quick to jump to the "love" part of it, but they were good romance reads, which I enjoyed. Next comes Lilah and Suzanne's, the last two sisters, stories. I can't wait to get started, espically to see how C.C., Trent, Amanda, and Sloan are doing.

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Summary: Reprint of a good series start.
Review: Comprised of two books previously published: COURTING CATHERINE and A MAN FOR AMANDA. Roberts begins a quartet of romances about the Calhoun sisters, tying the books together with an ill-fated romance from the past and a missing necklace to find. COURTING CATHERINE had the type of heroine I must enjoy and rarely see: a woman who works with her hands, feisty and sure of her own self-worth.

Rating:
Summary: Reprint of a good series start.
Review: Comprised of two books previously published: COURTING CATHERINE and A MAN FOR AMANDA. Roberts begins a quartet of romances about the Calhoun sisters, tying the books together with an ill-fated romance from the past and a missing necklace to find. COURTING CATHERINE had the type of heroine I must enjoy and rarely see: a woman who works with her hands, feisty and sure of her own self-worth.

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Summary: This book was a true love story!!!
Review: I have just recently been turned on to Nora Roberts, and she has quickly become my favorite author. The story of the Calhoun Women is both touching and heart-warming to read. It's nice to read a book where the women are proud, strong and confident.