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Summary: Enchanting. You won't want to put it down.
Review: Red Roses mean love... Once upon a time I was an historical fanatic, back in the days when Woodiwiss and Lindsey were all the rage. Then I turned to contemporary and delved into the steamy, mysterious world of the romantic suspense genre and eventually discovered the delightful work of Jane Ann Krentz. Now I have a new author to add to that list of just that right mix of mystery, humor, and love. In her debut novel, Red Roses Mean Love, Jacquie D'Alessandro has captured the art of story telling. Be prepared to laugh, be prepared to cry, and be prepared to fall in love, because everybody loves Hailey, a heroine too unique to resist. The aloof and debonair Marquess of Glenfield, Stephen Barrett doesn't stand a chance. Exactly the way it should be. I eagerly await her next book.
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Summary: Great
Review: It was a great book. I really enjoyed it
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Summary: Overall a good read!
Review: I liked this book a great deal. The characters made me laugh and unlike some books, the supporting characters (the children, especially Callie, Winston, Grimsley, and Justin) were interesting and well developed. Stephen's arrogance in the beginning was a bit annoying, but his gradual awakening to the love and caring around him was well done. My only complaint is with Stephen's behavior in the garden at the party. His arrogance and cruelty seemed needlessly harsh. But overall, a good read.
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Summary: Awesome, I couldn't put it down.
Review: When I received this book, I didn't immediately started reading it. I got home from work and told myself I would read a little of it before I went to bed. Well I started reading this book at 10pm and the story was so great that I did not put it down until 2am when I finished it. The story between Hayley and Stephen was so emotional for me. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: FANTASTIC!
Review: This is one of the best romances I've read in years! Hayley and her family are heartwarming and hilarious. Don't miss the chance to read this fun and romantic book!
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Summary: Spent a wonderful weekend reading this book
Review: "Red Roses Mean Love" was a great read! It's hard to believe that this was a first novel for the author. If you love Julia Quinn's books, I think you'll love this book too. I found myself cracking up throughout this book-LOL!
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Summary: Great Regency romance
Review: In 1820, Lord Stephen Barrett fleets London to escape the assailants trying to kill him. By the time he reaches the suburbs, he figures he and his few loved ones are safe. However, to his amazement, the hired goons catch up to him and shoot him. The hoodlums, watching Stephen plunge into the nearby freezing water, leave thinking their victim is dead. While driving her gig, Haley Albright notices an unconscious person. With the help of a servant, she brings home the injured individual to help him heal from his wounds. As he recuperates, Stephen pretends to be a tutor. However, the open display of love and caring amidst the Albright household including servants stuns Stephen. He wants the same for his own family. Even more shocking, Stephen begins to care for the precocious Albright children. He also falls in love with his Haley, who runs the loving lunatic farm that he wants to join. However, Stephen concludes he is not worthy and leaves when he feels Haley is beginning to return his love. Stephen knows he must first deal with an unknown assailant before anyone he loves becomes a victim of a killer. Regency romance fans will simply love RED ROSES MEAN LOVE because the jocular story line smoothly blends an entertaining mystery within a warm romance. The characters are an enjoyable lot as a new sub-genre force Jacquie D'Alessandro provides the audience with tidbits that bring the period to life. The myriad of wonderful often wacky relationships will remind the audience of a regency version of YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. Readers will ardently want Ms. D'Alessandro to provide sequels starring secondary characters who make this book an enjoyable reading experience. A prediction:In the years to come Jacquie D'Alessandro will become a household name for lovers of the romance genre. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Everyone MUST read this one!
Review: Someone had hired thugs to assassinate Lord Stephen Barrett. The second attempt almost succeeded. Hayley Albright finds Stephen close to dead in the woods and takes him to her home to recover. Stephen pretends to be a tutor. With the help of his brother-in-law, Stephen decides to lay low at the Albright house for awhile and recover in hopes the culprit can be found. Hayley's parents were years dead. Her father had died without leaving the family with much funds. Hayley, being the oldest, took control. She had to take care of five siblings and a staff. As Stephen recovered, Hayley had unknowingly shown him all that was missing in his life. Hayley's love of her family showed in everything she did. The entire family treated Stephen as one of them, instead of as a stranger. But soon, Stephen would have to return to his own world and face a killer. Hayley had her own secret: how she paid the bills. ***Everyone simply HAS to read this one! I chuckled all the way through it! I laughed out loud several times and twice had to stop to wipe the tears out of my eyes from laughing so hard! This is Jacquie D'Alessandro's debut novel. Dell Publishing was wise enough to quickly snatch up the rights to this author's second novel. With this one book, she has hit my tiny list of authors which I automatically purchase without reading the back first. If it has the name Jacquie D'Alessandro on it, it's guaranteed to please!***
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Summary: One to watch!
Review: This book will capture your heart! I'll be looking for more from Jacquie D'Alessandro.
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Summary: England, 1820. You might capture a killer--and fall in love
Review: I love stories that make me laugh, cry, and fall in love--and if there's a bit of mystery thrown in, so much the better! And I especially love a strong heroine who isn't afraid to do whatever is necessary to save her man. And if that man happens to be a wildly attractive, very proper English lord who finds himself in the middle of a madcap household (oh, and there's a killer after him!)...well, the fun, romance, and mystery is just about to begin. In my debut novel, RED ROSES MEAN LOVE, Hayley Albright is determined to care for her younger siblings even if it means having to give up her own dreams. She doesn't expect to ever find love or get married...until one moonlit night when she saves the life of a mysterious stranger. Lord Stephen Barrett woke up gazing at the face of an angel. He was alive. And safe, for now, from the killer stalking his every move. Allowing Hayley to believe he is just a tutor of modest means, Stephen stays on for reasons of his own, never anticipating the passions Hayley would stir in his cold, wary heart. Her innocence is pure seduction. Her touch is sweet temptation. And suddenly the man who has everything is willing to risk it all--for a woman who has nothing to give but all her heart. I hope you enjoy reading Hayley and Stepen's love story as much as I enjoyed writing it. I also hope you'll stop by my website (a work in progress!) and enter my contest. Drop me a note or e-mail and let me know how I'm doing! www.JacquieD.click2site.com Sincerely, Jacquie D'Alessandr
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