Unforgettable

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Summary: wow, simply breath-taking!
Review: If this is anything to go by for miss Kallmaker's work, then damn! A wonderfully scripted novel which just left me wishing it had lasted longer. Rett and Angel are two main charecters who you just become involved with, in a wonderful tale of true love, and spine tingling sex scenes, you'll find yourself grinning hopelessy at the end! Well worth reading on that lonely night, or any night, just! A MUST read.

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Summary: Terrific Romantic Story!
Review: Karin Kallmaker makes falling in love with her characters wonderfully easy. Unforgettable, being my first Kallmaker experience, was a perfect choice. I've recommended it to several friends and will continue to do so. Read it! :)

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: Karin Kallmaker makes falling in love with her characters wonderfully easy. Unforgettable, being my first Kallmaker experience, was a perfect choice. I've recommended it to several friends and will continue to do so. Read it! :)

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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: Like the jazz that Rett Jamison sings, Unforgettable is mesmerizing. It plays for the mind and heart with a simple melody over a complicated background. When and why does a woman give up dreams for excuses? Self-esteem for flattery and lies? How does she turn the corner toward something better? Who can help and who can she trust?

It was Rett's journey back to her dreams that fascinated me most, and yet her story is realistic as not everything is fixed. Some things aren't fixed in a week or a even a year. Those things that do work out are movingly realized. This novel is a wonderful read and like a steamy ballad, plays on in the heart and mind long after the music stops.

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Summary: Not your run of the mill book
Review: Ms. Kallmaker shows a mastery of the language in her newest book. The characters are well thought out and the details of their lives are included within these pages. There's even a couple of twists that just keep your eyes glued to this novel. Great book. I can hardly wait for her next one.

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Summary: Great Fun
Review: The best thing about this book is its humor. Imagine that, humor on more than one page in a lesbian romance. The book may have its faults, but I was too busy laughing to catalog them.

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Summary: Terrific Romantic Story!
Review: The women and story in this romance novel are just wonderful. They're strong, their mature and they have their stuff to deal with. They're ambitious but real, passionate but practical. They way they find each other and finally come together is something I wish were real because I so wanted them to exist and their relationship to be real. I guess for a real-life love affair I'll have to continue to admire the author's 25 years with her partner, and take that as my proof that it can happen!

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Summary: I was cheering!
Review: There's a difference between when a book leaves me with a happy glow and how I felt at the end of this book -- I was literally cheering! I could not believe how realistic these two women were and all the little things that conspired to keep them apart. A parent'sillness, job relocation and travel schedules. Stuff from real life. And they found a way to make it work, to accept that they would have time they were apart, but it didn't have to matter. This book was a springboard for my partner and I to talk about a lot of things, including our schedules, and ways to make it not matter for us. This was the most uplifting book I've read in a long time!

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Summary: Complex Story of Believable Lesbian Characters
Review: This novel begins with singer Rett Jamison flying home from a music gig and groggily remembering abusive words said long ago by her booze-loving mother. All Rett's life, she's heard that voice in her head, and despite how far she has come in the 22+ years since she left home after high school, she still hasn't entirely shaken the doubts and negativity. This opening scene serves as a portent omen, for in the next few hours, Rett will discover that her lover/manager, Trish, has been cheating on her, that Trish doesn't love her and has used her all along, and worst of all, that Trish has blown the music deal of Rett's lifetime by being difficult and demanding. When the dust settles, Rett is alone, Trish has depleted her savings, and there are no big music gigs in the offing.

The breakup brings up painful old memories and is further complicated when Rett receives an invitation to her high school reunion from Cinny, Rett's unrequited love from her teen years. In the middle of all this change and confusion, Rett meets the familiar, but enigmatic Angel. The two are drawn to one another and share one night of passion--after which Rett promptly loses Angel's phone number. To make matters worse, that same day her agent calls with a long-term tour engagement which could solve money problems and give Rett a shot at reviving her music career. The catch is that she must leave town immediately to perform that very night. Will Rett ever find Angel again? What about Cinny and the reunion? How can she banish the cruel voice in her head? Rett knows she has a lot of issues to address.

One thing I have always liked about this author's style is her ability to render scenes with humor and with feeling. An example of the humor comes when Rett is sweating in a hot car. She cranks up the A/C because she "felt like a pot roast in a pressure cooker" (p. 118). In terms of evoking genuine feeling, I liked this sentiment: "Love crept into dark places she'd always known were there. In that instant, with the words she'd managed to say echoing in her head, all the dark places were suffused with light" (p. 239).

Karin Kallmaker has built a solid reputation by writing complex stories of believable, vulnerable lesbian characters who grow strong through facing tough issues. UNFORGETTABLE is vintage lesbian romance, continuing Kallmaker's string of well-written, thoughtful stories about women surviving difficult times and coming into their own.
--Lori L. Lake, Midwest Book Review