Wanting What You Get

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Summary: Enjoying What I Get
Review: "Enjoying What I Get"
By SG Cardin

Ellie Stepp has lived in Millbrook, Maine all her life. It's a small town and overweight Ellie has watched many romances come and go as the town's librarian. She never thought she'd have her turn.

Mason Sweet has been burned by love and he's in no condition to fall in love again - until he decides to give Ellie a shot. Only Mason doesn't realize how complicated true love can be.

Mason and Ellie embark on a "secret" affair but it's an affair that touches their hearts. Through their trials and tribulations both Ellie and Mason realize that love can bind one together forever but it's something that's easily lost if it's not nutured in a healthly way.

Mason and Ellie are delicious simply because they are so human and suffer from a lot of the same human failings we all do. Ellie is overweight which leads to self esteem issues. Mason hides his pain in a bottle. Only when they look their demons in the face, can they embark on their true love affair.

Love is a delightful author. Full of wonderful descriptions she easily draws you into her characters. I truly enjoyed her story of a more realistic romance. (I must admit to having a "secret" romance myself in my younger days) Love always wins in the end and Love proves it without a shadow of a doubt!

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Summary: Loving Kathy Love!
Review: As a fan of her fist novel, Getting What You Want, I was eagerly awaiting the release of this second installment of the Stepp Sisters Trilogy. I was not disappointed!
From the first page, it is evident that this is not your typical romance novel, nor are Ellie Stepp and Mason Sweet your typical heroine and hero. Both characters are real and identifiable. It is easy to empathize and connect with them on a deep level, which makes the read even more enjoyable.
Despite its scandalous beginnings (Mason offers to back Ellie politically if she agrees to sleep with him.), their relationship is actually very sweet and very touching. Both grow and change in positive ways from having known and loved each other, and the odds working against the success of the pairing make the happy ending downright blissful. This is definitely a must read for any contemporary romance fan.

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Summary: This is better than any romance movie
Review: Ellie and Mason together is the perfect sin. This book makes you feel like you are in the room with these two. The details and feelings being described while reading makes you want to smoke a cigarette yourself. Kathy Love's books are the best romance novels i have ever read and cant wait for the next book in July 2005.Way to go Kathy, you are the best and I am so proud of you. Everyone needs to read these books...

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Summary: amazing
Review: I read the first one and I liked it. But I was really looking forward to this one, and I was not disappointed. I rate how much I like books on how long it takes me to read them, and this one took me 2 hours. Ellie was an amazing woman who wasn't exactly perfect but she was real, and since I am sick of thin, beautiful, waifs she was a nice departure of the mainstream. But the character I really loved was Mason. You don't get many books were the hero is perfect on the outside but is really not perfect on the inside. He has a real problem(alcoholism) and he was depicted acurratly, and not like some guy who sweeps his problem under the rug. This was one of my favorite books of the year, and I imagine the wait for the next one will be well worth it.

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Summary: Wanting What You Get
Review: Loved this book. This is the first time I have read Kathy Love's books and it won't be the last time. I really like the interaction between the characters, and the story of the Stepp Sisters. I am waiting for the final book to be published. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: As good as it gets in romantic fiction
Review: Thankfully I was fortunate enough to find this gem when I looked for it at a local bookstore. I'd wanted to savour it over tea during the Christmas holidays but instead I was instantly sucked into Mason and Ellie's world and didn't emerge until a few hours later - story finished.
Love has created a novel that transcends modern romance fiction and stands apart from the formulaic standards. The reader is treated to passion, romance and angst without the distractions (verbosity, boring plots or excessive setting descriptions) that assail many readers. Almost immediately you fall in love with the heroine - identifying with her struggle for self-worth and her inability to see herself as the world sees her. You're at once cheering her on while you take stock of your own self-esteem. Ellie Stepp is not the ugly Stepp sister, but the reality of every woman inside, at one time or another.
The object of Ellie's affection and obsession is so well- realized that he breaks the mold of romantic hero.
This novel stands alone as the most honest and passionate story I've read that is sold under the canopy of romantic fiction. It clips along at an exciting pace without ever missing a beat.
I found myself laughing and crying and caring about the characters as if they were old friends falling in love. And if there is any bit of voyeurism in you, you'll be pleasantly surprised about every intimate moment Kathy Love's characters share...The printed word leaps off the page filling your imagination with a completely satifying vision of this exciting relationship from beginning to end.
I highly recommend it as a great escape...

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Summary: can't put it down!
Review: This book is even better than the first book in the stepp sister trilogy! And I can't wait to read the 3rd..

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Summary: Just adored this book.. A keeper
Review: Wanting What You Get tells the moving story of the middle sister, Ellie Stepp.

Ellie, local librarian has always been the good one. At her sisters wedding she is paired with best man Mason Sweet. Ellie has had a crush on Mason since he stood up for her in grade school. She can't believe Mason seems to be flirting with her.

Mason Sweet the towns golden boy has grown up to become mayor. Lately he cannot get thoughts of Ellie Stepp out of his mind. Mason is convinced he is no longer the man for a serious relationship. So he offers Ellie an affair, shockingly she says YES.

Ellie and Mason both have problems from their past to deal with before they can make this affair turn into something more. It takes a serious wake up call for Mason to admit he has a problem.

Wanting What You Get is an emotional, funny and sexy book. There are traits in both characters that will pull at your heart. I really could identify with Ellie, we need more real characters. And Masons drinking problem was written very true to life.

Looking forward to Marty Stepp's story.