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Summary: Typically JAK - great fun!
Review: Okay, JAK is not long in originality. You know that going in, if you are looking for totally different characters, don't think you ever will find them in her body of work. One might call her a one trick pony, but it is a very well trained pony and you really don't mind watching again and again, despite the different finery and feathers she dresses the pony in. So if you buy a JAK, don't complain because you see the same pattern...you KNOW that is what you buying. That said....It is a fun book, with JAK wonderful quirky writing. I mean, when her character takes one look at the Private Investigator Cyril Chandler Colfax and thinks "She wondered what the penalty was for strangling very large men who wore tacky aloha shirts, khaki chinos and moccasin-style loafers. Surely no judge or jury would convict her, she thought. Not when they saw the evidence." Well, you know the romance is off to a rocky start!!! Eugenia Swift is a sensible young woman, a connoisseur of beautiful art, a very elegant woman. She has been asked to go to Frog Cove Island, and artistic Haven outside of Seattle. She is to go there to catalogue the art collection of Adam Daventry. Only, she is forced to take Colfax as a body guard, much to her dismay. The dismay increases to horror, when Colfax insists they pose as lovers while on the island. This does not sit well will Eugenia, because she is going there not only to catalogue the artworks, but to find out what happened to her friend, Nellie Grant, the late Adam's Daventry's lover. She thinks the green-eyed Colfax (green this time - you get green, grey or amber....lol) might crimp her investigation into Nellie's death. What she does not understand, Colfax is on a trek to avenge an old wrong. Eugenia has always keep her emotions on the shelf, putting everything into her career, but it soon becomes evident, that their lives will depend on them playing convincing lovers. JAK delivers her usual spunky heroine who tries to run circles around the deceptively deep male...and does it with style.
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Summary: She's the best romance has to offer
Review: On the surface, they could not have been more opposite. Cyrus Colfax Chandler is a country boy, who loves beer, meat and potatoes. Eugenia Swift is an arty intellect, who is a museum director that knows artifacts like no one does. Cyrus realizes that this feisty woman is nothing like the fragile and dependent female who was his deceased wife. He acknowledges that he needs her help if he wants to gain access to Glass House in order to regain the priceless Hades Cup that his former partner stole from him. That was the same man who seduced and ultimately killed his spouse. Eugenia does not want anything to do with Cyrus even as she is stuck with the man at the insistence of her boss. She ostensibly goes to Glass House to categorize the collection that the Seabrook Glass Museum will inherit. However, she also has a hidden agenda. She travels to Frog Cove Island in hopes of finding out what really happened to her former friend, who allegedly was lost at sea near here. Thus, these two individuals end up confiding in each other and soon work together as a team. Ultimately, they fall in love with one another. SHARP EDGES is a fun to read romantic suspense that also challenges the reader. The lead characters and their relationship provides the light hearted entertainment needed to cool down the intensive tension-charged story line. Jayne Ann Krentz has produced another winner that deserves to become her latest New York Times bestseller. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: I really liked this book
Review: The book was entertaining, the plot interesting, and the characters very much as usual for her. The only problem I had with this book was that it wasn't as fast paced as I would have liked. But it was ceretainly worth the time to read it.
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Summary: Not one of my favorites
Review: This book could have been better, tighter, but it wasn't. The ending was especially disappointing.The main characters, Eugenia and Cyrus were too different and I never believed their relationship was more than sexual companionship and a limited business partnership. For a director, she seemed way too impulsive and irrational. For an owner of a multi-office investigation company Cyrus seemed too much on a one-man unit. I liked the idea of them living together in the end, giving themselves more time, but I did not need a marriage to tie up the story. I wanted the relationship to simmer a bit longer before they made a lifelong commitment.
I love art and antiquities which is one of the reasons I like Krentz as she often uses art and antiquities in her plots. I have seen ancient Roman glass. I was very upset that Krentz did not share Eugenia's reaction when she saw the actual Hades cup. Where was that moment of excitement when she saw the real thing and knew what Cyrus has said about its beauty was true? What about the sparks when Eugenia and Cyrus looked at the cup together? We do not even know how the cup got from the condo to the museum? And what was Tabitha's initial reaction when she learned of the cup? When she learned of their romance? And who was Damien really? Honestly, Krentz could have cut out Rhonda and Joshua (who cares about them anyway?) and spent more time developing Eugenia and Cyrus. This book seemed to be rushed at the end, I agree with another reviewer who suggested Ms. Krentz slow down and give us a complete and satisfying story.
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Summary: Not one of my favorites
Review: This book could have been better, tighter, but it wasn't. The ending was especially disappointing.The main characters, Eugenia and Cyrus were too different and I never believed their relationship was more than sexual companionship and a limited business partnership. For a director, she seemed way too impulsive and irrational. For an owner of a multi-office investigation company Cyrus seemed too much on a one-man unit. I liked the idea of them living together in the end, giving themselves more time, but I did not need a marriage to tie up the story. I wanted the relationship to simmer a bit longer before they made a lifelong commitment.
I love art and antiquities which is one of the reasons I like Krentz as she often uses art and antiquities in her plots. I have seen ancient Roman glass. I was very upset that Krentz did not share Eugenia's reaction when she saw the actual Hades cup. Where was that moment of excitement when she saw the real thing and knew what Cyrus has said about its beauty was true? What about the sparks when Eugenia and Cyrus looked at the cup together? We do not even know how the cup got from the condo to the museum? And what was Tabitha's initial reaction when she learned of the cup? When she learned of their romance? And who was Damien really? Honestly, Krentz could have cut out Rhonda and Joshua (who cares about them anyway?) and spent more time developing Eugenia and Cyrus. This book seemed to be rushed at the end, I agree with another reviewer who suggested Ms. Krentz slow down and give us a complete and satisfying story.
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Summary: Lots of fun
Review: This fast-paced mystery is propelled by quirky yet warmly real characterizations, while the sharpest edges in the novel come from the terrific dialogue. A great summertime read.
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Summary: Well crafted and entertaining, plus interesting parallels.
Review: This latest Jayne Krentz offering shows her writing technique at its best. While not my favorite work, I thoroughly enjoyed it for all the qualities her work has always displayed: a fine blend of humor, adventure and romance and wonderful characters in both the main and supporting roles. But what makes this one rate well is the craft she exhibits in the plot development, which is better than in some of the other novels that I find just fun reads. One of the most interesting points which longtime Krentz' readers should pick up on is the parallels between this book and Grand Passion, with a little role reversal thrown in.
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Summary: This novel converted me to a romance reader.
Review: This was my first Krentz novel. I never read romances, but I enjoyed Sharp Edges so much that I have read 10 more Krentz novels since. Krentz's writing style is crisp and easy to read. The stories are about mature, educated women and not starry-eyed, lithe heroines with heaving bosoms. I enjoy the mystery subplot that goes along with each romance.
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Summary: This novel converted me to a romance reader.
Review: This was my first Krentz novel. I never read romances, but I enjoyed Sharp Edges so much that I have read 10 more Krentz novels since. Krentz's writing style is crisp and easy to read. The stories are about mature, educated women and not starry-eyed, lithe heroines with heaving bosoms. I enjoy the mystery subplot that goes along with each romance.
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Summary: Ms. Krentz never ceases to amaze me.
Review: Two unlikely strangers join together for a common goal brings us to the world of mystery that will give us something new to think about. Ms. Krentz truly shows her ingenuity in this book and she has the readers spellbound with her characters. Imagine two totally oppistes discovering love and finds happieness in each other. It's about time we take a look around us and see the goods in each other to understand that we're actually very much alike after all. I'd recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good book and expects quality that only Ms. Krentz can deliver. Ms. Krentz holds the strings that tugs at our hearts.
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