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Summary: BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!
Review: As much as I enjoyed the Bride of Willow Creek (5 stars) and the Wives of Bowie Stone (4 stars) that's how much I did NOT enjoy this one. The story is preposterous, the events are unlikely, the characters (except for Lily) are unsympathetic and even she begins to grate after a while. First she feels one way, then does a U-turn with respect to her feelings for Quinn. Quinn's secretiveness becomes absurd as the book progresses. - shades of Jane Eyre - And Paul is a total jerk. Still, the author's other books are well worth reading - I am reading "Silver Lining" at this moment. Much better.
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Summary: BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!
Review: As much as I enjoyed the Bride of Willow Creek (5 stars) and the Wives of Bowie Stone (4 stars) that's how much I did NOT enjoy this one. The story is preposterous, the events are unlikely, the characters (except for Lily) are unsympathetic and even she begins to grate after a while. First she feels one way, then does a U-turn with respect to her feelings for Quinn. Quinn's secretiveness becomes absurd as the book progresses. - shades of Jane Eyre - And Paul is a total jerk. Still, the author's other books are well worth reading - I am reading "Silver Lining" at this moment. Much better.
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Summary: I loved this book . . .
Review: I love a Cinderella story, and Maggie Osbourne has outdone herself with this one. Great characters, great settings, great story . . . I couldn't put it down. Wonderful book!
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Summary: she's written much better books
Review: I wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't believable to me that a politician would try something like masquerading a prison inmate as his wife. The ending was even MORE incredible! I simply could not identify with a heroine who ran around with guys and even had a child without the benefit of wedlock, much less took part in a holdup and just missed the gallows! The justification for this didn't ring true: lots of women in those days lost their families at a young age and grew up on a farm doing hard labor and still managed to live respectable lives without turning into jail bait. And the hero wasn't such a great guy either, allowing his friend to conjure up so many lies--all in the name of ambition and political power. Frankly, the author did such a good job of making him into a villain that I just could not believe he had any redeeming qualities. Ms. Osborne is a very talented writer, but this is not the type of plot that appeals to me. At all.
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Summary: I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
Review: I'm a hopeless romantic & this book just feed those feelings in me. Yes if you pick it apart it is a bit far fetched but if you just read it without doing that it is very enjoyable. I couldn't put it down. I like Cinderella stories & this one keeps you guessing the whole time. It's exciting, surprising, it brings out all your emotions. It's different, maybe the author had to go a bit far fetched to accomplish this but I liked all the different twists & turns this book took.
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Summary: Nice romance with a twist.
Review: The initial premise of this novel - that a Colorado politician somehow finds his wife's double in an Arizona prison and persuades her to imitate his mysteriously missing wife during an upcoming campaign - is so implausible that some readers are unlikely to get any further. What were this guy and his cronies doing, holding a beauty pagent in prisons around the country? If you can suspend disbelief a little and get past this initial problem, you're actually going to find a very unusual and sweet romance. I particularly liked the heroine. This was a woman who admittedly made some very poor choices in her life, but she was smart enough to realize her mistakes and take advantage of an opportunity to change her life around. Osborne has some fun with the mystery of the missing wife. The sexual and emotional tension between the two lead characters is well done, and many readers will be surprised by the ending.
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Summary: One of her best ever
Review: This book was definitely one of Maggie's best. You truly enjoy her writing AND you learn from it. Her research is interesting, her plots unique and her relationships passionate and desirable. She is incredible.
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Summary: One of her best ever
Review: This book was definitely one of Maggie's best. You truly enjoy her writing AND you learn from it. Her research is interesting, her plots unique and her relationships passionate and desirable. She is incredible.
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