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Summary: I've re-read this book four times!
Review: Everyone was wonderful, the heroine was a paragon of virtue, confidence and caring. The hero was true to his ideals, his parents and the memory of his dead wife. All of the secondary characters were fine, upstanding, independent people, and there's not a darn thing wrong with that. The one exception is the heroine's mother, but that's ok, because her mother helped shape who she is now, and now she's wonderful. I felt like I was reading a fairy-tale written for a blue-haired ladies reading circle... not there's anything wrong with that. The emphasis was on living for today. The secondary storyline revolved around the vicissitudes of life that can take a strong marriage and make it shake. I'm sure some people will totally love this story, but I like my romance a bit more realistic, and a bit more focussed on the main couple.
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Summary: There was nothing wrong with this book.
Review: Everyone was wonderful, the heroine was a paragon of virtue, confidence and caring. The hero was true to his ideals, his parents and the memory of his dead wife. All of the secondary characters were fine, upstanding, independent people, and there's not a darn thing wrong with that. The one exception is the heroine's mother, but that's ok, because her mother helped shape who she is now, and now she's wonderful. I felt like I was reading a fairy-tale written for a blue-haired ladies reading circle... not there's anything wrong with that. The emphasis was on living for today. The secondary storyline revolved around the vicissitudes of life that can take a strong marriage and make it shake. I'm sure some people will totally love this story, but I like my romance a bit more realistic, and a bit more focussed on the main couple.
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Summary: I've re-read this book four times!
Review: This book was very good the first time I read it. The better ones cause me to re-read the best parts to make sure I savor the moments so to speak. Every now and then I say to myself, "where's that book about marrying an older man?" and I dig around in my closet until I come up with it. I just re-read it again... fourth time... thinking that I'd just read the romantic parts. I found myself reading every page! Well written. I didn't like the cheerleader scene, but it was such a minute part of the book, I could easily overlook it. I would have ended the book after firing Caroline, with Jesse going back to her shabby apartment and groveling for him to take her back. The book was filled with emotion, inner feelings, turmoil, realism, caring, kindness, maturity, and desire... the best!!! Keep up the great writing, Arlene James!
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