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Summary: fresh and interesting. really injoyed this first effort.
Review: Characters are well developed. The story moves nicely . Hope to read more about the characters. Nice fresh effort.
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Summary: If romance is what you want....
Review: Growing up in a small town in Southern Indiana, where the local library offered only a single rack of romance novels, it didn't take me long to figure out that there was something missing from my life. My pursuit of that elusive something began at a very early age, when I started penning my own romances to make up for the lack of them at the library. I had discovered something at the age of twelve that most people don't ever figure out: If romance is what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself! And that's the motto by which I've tried to live my life, pursuing my college degree in fine arts, instead of something "sensible" like business; moving to New York City at the age of twenty-two...even eloping to Italy when I found the man of my dreams (who, wouldn't you know it, I met when I was fifteen, right in my own hometown)! A lot of people would say that there isn't anything romantic about getting married on April Fool's Day, which my husband and I did, but as we explained to our families at the time, Only Fools Fall In Love.... And that's just how the heroine of my first historical romance novel, Where Roses Grow Wild, feels. Pegeen MacDougal doesn't have much time for romantic sentiment--not when she's busy single-handedly raising her hellion of a nephew. But when the arrogant and handsome Lord Edward Rawlings appears on her doorstep in search of the heir to his father's dukedom, Pegeen is hard pressed to remember that she thinks romantic love is drivel, much less that she despises everything about the British aristocracy.... Stella Cameron, author of Wait For Me (Warner Books) calls Where Roses Grow Wild "thoroughly charming," a book with "passion, wit, and warmth." I hope you'll enjoy reading Where Roses Grow Wild as much as I enjoyed writing it! Be sure to look for my next historical romance from St. Martin's Press, Portrait of My Heart, due out in January 1999.
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Summary: THIS IS HER BEST BOOK-----
Review: I have read all of Patricia Cabot's books and this one is by far her best one. The characters are lively, the conversation is witty, and the heroine is not some wimpy miss. The hero shows vulnerability in his actions as he falls in love with her despite her connections to his brother's death. They make a great couple and kept me up till 3:00 in the morning since I could not put the book down. I also recommend her other book--An Improper Proposal--although the hero is somewhat lacking in terms of emotion in this book.
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Summary: A writer of great promise
Review: I hope my title line does not sound condescending, because it is exactly what I mean. I have been reading Jilly Cooper for years, and Patricia Cabot's first novel seems to me to be full of the same potential. I loved the tongue-in-cheek humor, and the way the two major characters developed so well. As other reader reviewers have stated, it seems a pity when the book finishes, for I would love to know how life progressed for them. Surely Lord Edward got over his first rapt adoration of new wife and new daughter, and started eyeing the local scene (perhaps from the back of a restive stallion in the hunt) -- and I would really enjoy reading about how the initimitable Pegreen foils the potential rival for his affections!
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I quickly read this one and can't wait to start the next
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Summary: Wonderful human insight for a romance novel
Review: I was afforded the opportunity to read a pre-press copy of this stylish new book. Patricia Cabot is the best new writer in her field that I have read in years. She has done a wonderful job of portraying human characters in a normally unreal world ( that world of the romance). I highly recomend this book by a shining first time author.
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Summary: Her worst effort I've run across
Review: I've been on a Patricia Cabot kick recently because she has witty characters with good and sexy interactions. EXCEPT in this book. In Where Roses Grow Wild, the characters are schizophrenic liars who repeatedly say one thing and do another. It is jam packed with Her saying "no" but maybe not meaning it, and Him ignoring her wishes in every possible thing. I do not recommend this book! Read just about anything else she wrote, including the follow up to this, but do not read this one. If my unsubstaniated opinion isn't enough to dissuade you, here's some more reasons it's a bad book: The events/stated facts are inconsistent. In the beginning of the story, She has 2 dresses. She wears her weekday dress to an event that smells so bad she vomits. She then runs most of the way home, meets Him within the hour and He thinks She smells sweet. During this time she has not freshened up even a little. My guess was she smelled like sweat, anger, blood, and vomit. Meanwhile, He drinks bottles and bottles of liquor without becoming drunk or smelly. The book didn't get any more believeable for me. Her character is supposed to be hardworking of rural middle-class birth, but she acts 'to the manner born' without hardly blinking. She goes from being a social worker to someone who no longer thinks of dressing herself without the aid of a maid without any hint of transitional period. She goes from being sole caregiver for her nephew to hardly ever seeing him as he is banished to the nursery with hardly a murmur on her part. It takes time and training to learn those behaviors and she doesn't have either. Additionally, there is some contrived plot about her having a terrible secret which "of course she can't tell him" but it's not really her secret, but her sister's, and of course he'll find out and not care because it barely even involves her. Give me a break - that's the worst kind of plot device. It doesn't create suspence, just annoyance. There's also supposed to be a secondary romance between Anne and Alistair. I couldn't find it but they wound up married anyway. This book was just a huge disappointment in every respect, especially considering how good her other efforts are.
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Summary: Her worst effort I've run across
Review: I've been on a Patricia Cabot kick recently because she has witty characters with good and sexy interactions. EXCEPT in this book. In Where Roses Grow Wild, the characters are schizophrenic liars who repeatedly say one thing and do another. It is jam packed with Her saying "no" but maybe not meaning it, and Him ignoring her wishes in every possible thing. I do not recommend this book! Read just about anything else she wrote, including the follow up to this, but do not read this one. If my unsubstaniated opinion isn't enough to dissuade you, here's some more reasons it's a bad book: The events/stated facts are inconsistent. In the beginning of the story, She has 2 dresses. She wears her weekday dress to an event that smells so bad she vomits. She then runs most of the way home, meets Him within the hour and He thinks She smells sweet. During this time she has not freshened up even a little. My guess was she smelled like sweat, anger, blood, and vomit. Meanwhile, He drinks bottles and bottles of liquor without becoming drunk or smelly. The book didn't get any more believeable for me. Her character is supposed to be hardworking of rural middle-class birth, but she acts 'to the manner born' without hardly blinking. She goes from being a social worker to someone who no longer thinks of dressing herself without the aid of a maid without any hint of transitional period. She goes from being sole caregiver for her nephew to hardly ever seeing him as he is banished to the nursery with hardly a murmur on her part. It takes time and training to learn those behaviors and she doesn't have either. Additionally, there is some contrived plot about her having a terrible secret which "of course she can't tell him" but it's not really her secret, but her sister's, and of course he'll find out and not care because it barely even involves her. Give me a break - that's the worst kind of plot device. It doesn't create suspence, just annoyance. There's also supposed to be a secondary romance between Anne and Alistair. I couldn't find it but they wound up married anyway. This book was just a huge disappointment in every respect, especially considering how good her other efforts are.
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Summary: witty, charming, sophisticated, most importantly romantic
Review: In the spirit of Jane Austin, Where Roses Grow Wild's social commentaries, of Victorian England, are nicely blended with wit and charm. The characters are engaging, the pace is high energy. Most importantly this Victorian romance leaves the reader wanting to know more about the characters, and this reader hopes that Cabot will indulge her.
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Summary: Absolutely Delightful
Review: My first book by Patricia Cabot and after finishing this one I immediately bought all her other books. Her style is a delightful blend of wit, sex and insights into human nature, sometimes a little far-fetched but always engaging and rewarding. It is one of those books with few wasted passages covering details that are not essential to the storyline and I found I couldn't put the book down for long.
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