Rating: 
Summary: Pure Delight
Review: Becca Sinclair visits her grandmother in Copper Creek, Michigan for some solace and advice as she is pregnant and wary of repeating the mistake her mother made when she gave birth to her. Becca knows how hard Susan worked to raise her alone at the sacrifice of any happiness. However, Becca finds her staid widowed grandma Lydia acting like a teenage woman in love for the first time.Becca asks her mom to return home to insure grandma is okay. Susan comes back to Copper Creek, the town she fled over two decades ago, only to see the one male she has always loved Jon Laker. Becca and Lydia believe that Jon and Susan still love one another and want the best for the sandwiched generation so they begin to intercede to propel this couple back together regardless of the consequences. This is an insightful relationship drama that will provide gratification to fans that relish a complete family drama inside a strong romance. The story line enables the reader to see deeply inside the heads of the lead characters, especially Susan because her two female relatives add an extra beacon on her soul. Jennifer Greene displays her skills as an author most likely to receive audience appreciation for this warm second chance at love novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: warm second chance at love
Review: Becca Sinclair visits her grandmother in Copper Creek, Michigan for some solace and advice as she is pregnant and wary of repeating the mistake her mother made when she gave birth to her. Becca knows how hard Susan worked to raise her alone at the sacrifice of any happiness. However, Becca finds her staid widowed grandma Lydia acting like a teenage woman in love for the first time. Becca asks her mom to return home to insure grandma is okay. Susan comes back to Copper Creek, the town she fled over two decades ago, only to see the one male she has always loved Jon Laker. Becca and Lydia believe that Jon and Susan still love one another and want the best for the sandwiched generation so they begin to intercede to propel this couple back together regardless of the consequences. This is an insightful relationship drama that will provide gratification to fans that relish a complete family drama inside a strong romance. The story line enables the reader to see deeply inside the heads of the lead characters, especially Susan because her two female relatives add an extra beacon on her soul. Jennifer Greene displays her skills as an author most likely to receive audience appreciation for this warm second chance at love novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Contrived, Unoriginal, Awkward, Sloooow...
Review: I always wonder why some of the worst books I've read garner such glowing reviews, and almost always, they are the very first reviews. I can only hazard a guess that perhaps family and friends write these initial reviews and then the real reviews come in after? I also tell myself that we all like different things, but still...
I'm not going to recap the story, we all either know the story or we can read the back cover.
My major complaints:
1) There are way too many contrived scenes between the three women where they're giggling or crying or making a "hair train", all intended to paint a sorority among the three, instead they're just mostly awkward, poorly written scenes;
2) The grandmother's character is way over the top as not to be credible. In fact all characters are poorly developed and inconsistent - you don't get the sense that you know them, really know them
3) The hero, Jon, uses the word "doyen". From that point on all I could get was a mental picture of the author poring over a list of "words" that she would pepper all over the book, and then she proceeded to use it in a fashion that I consider to be my no. 1 romance novel pet peeve: WOULD A GUY ACTUALLY SAY IT IN REAL LIFE?
4) I am so bored with this book I'm thinking of skipping the final eighth of an inch left.
I can't recommend this book. But then like I always said, nothing wrong in enjoying different things. It might actually help you enjoy this book more by setting your sights low.
Rating:
Summary: very enjoyable read
Review: I read this book over a very relaxing weekend. very enjoyable, Nothing complicated just a good, entertaining story with likable characters. I look forward to future books from this author.
Rating:
Summary: very enjoyable read
Review: I read this book over a very relaxing weekend. very enjoyable, Nothing complicated just a good, entertaining story with likable characters. I look forward to future books from this author.
Rating: 
Summary: Pas mal, mais pr?visisble
Review: Pour une premi?re lecture de cette auteure, je fus un peu d??ue. L'amour entre les trois femmes est trop aveugle et inconditionnel. J'ai parcontre bien aim? avoir le point de vue de l'homme qui aime et qui d?sire la femme plut?t que le contraire. Un livre malgr? tout bien recommandable.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: Susan Sinclair became pregnant at 16. Her boyfriend, Jon Laker, wanted to marry her, but she refused. She had the baby, went to college, and got a great job with a very nice salary. All the while, Jon remained a part of their daughter's life. Now, at 38, Susan's taken a month off work to spend time at the family home with her recently widowed mother, Lydia, and her daughter, Becca. Lydia, after a long marriage to a harsh man she never loved, is learning what it's like to enjoy some freedom. Becca, who has recently learned that she's pregnant, is trying to escape a bad relationship with a loser boyfriend. Susan and Jon join forces to help their daughter through this difficult time in her life and in the process rediscover their passion for each other. The author is a good writer and I enjoyed the sub-plots with Lydia and Becca. However, even though I normally love `second chance' stories, I had some major complaints about the book. (1) From the first page to the last page the pace is incredibly slow. Because it was so slow, I often found my mind wandering and had to force myself to focus on the book. (2) I never really figured out exactly what was keeping Susan and Jon apart. I understood her reasons for not marrying him at 16, but they're in their late 30's now and nothing is standing in their way. The reader, or this reader at least, never believes the reasons given--which basically boils down to `he never loved her for who she was'--because Jon never did or said anything to indicate that it might be true. Because of this, I found all her internal anguish silly. In my opinion, her thoughts often seemed like those of a teen-ager rather than a grown woman. (which surprised me a great deal because she was such a strong character in every other aspect) As a result, I didn't truly care if she ended up with a `happily ever after' or not. I did, on the other hand, want Jon to find his `happily ever after' but frankly by the end of the book I was kind of hoping that he'd find it without Susan.
Rating:
Summary: A disappointment
Review: Susan Sinclair became pregnant at 16. Her boyfriend, Jon Laker, wanted to marry her, but she refused. She had the baby, went to college, and got a great job with a very nice salary. All the while, Jon remained a part of their daughter's life. Now, at 38, Susan's taken a month off work to spend time at the family home with her recently widowed mother, Lydia, and her daughter, Becca. Lydia, after a long marriage to a harsh man she never loved, is learning what it's like to enjoy some freedom. Becca, who has recently learned that she's pregnant, is trying to escape a bad relationship with a loser boyfriend. Susan and Jon join forces to help their daughter through this difficult time in her life and in the process rediscover their passion for each other. The author is a good writer and I enjoyed the sub-plots with Lydia and Becca. However, even though I normally love 'second chance' stories, I had some major complaints about the book. (1) From the first page to the last page the pace is incredibly slow. Because it was so slow, I often found my mind wandering and had to force myself to focus on the book. (2) I never really figured out exactly what was keeping Susan and Jon apart. I understood her reasons for not marrying him at 16, but they're in their late 30's now and nothing is standing in their way. The reader, or this reader at least, never believes the reasons given--which basically boils down to 'he never loved her for who she was'--because Jon never did or said anything to indicate that it might be true. Because of this, I found all her internal anguish silly. In my opinion, her thoughts often seemed like those of a teen-ager rather than a grown woman. (which surprised me a great deal because she was such a strong character in every other aspect) As a result, I didn't truly care if she ended up with a 'happily ever after' or not. I did, on the other hand, want Jon to find his 'happily ever after' but frankly by the end of the book I was kind of hoping that he'd find it without Susan.
Rating:
Summary: Formulaic
Review: The story is interesting enough, but cliche and uninspiring. It fails to move beyond what amounts to typical romantic fiction formula. If you want romantic fiction that inspires you, read Susan Donovan's "Take A Chance on Me" instead.
Rating:
Summary: Formulaic
Review: The story is interesting enough, but cliche and uninspiring. It fails to move beyond what amounts to typical romantic fiction formula. If you want romantic fiction that inspires you, read Susan Donovan's "Take A Chance on Me" instead.
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