The Calhouns: Catherine,Amanda and Lilah : The Calhouns (Silhouette Single Title)

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Summary: Emotional manipulation
Review: I enjoy Nora Roberts. I bought the Donovan legacy, Carolina Moon, and several other equally enjoyable books because they seemed romantic and realistic (to a point). I almost threw this book away half an hour after buying it because (...) Why is it acceptable for older women to treat their daughters or young female relatives like pieces of meat, and why would anyone think that's romantic? Also, why don't younger women get to stand up for themselves and express their anger? Why are these women so docile, and why can't the matriarch at least apologize in earnest for treating her nieces' feelings like garbage? Most of her other books have women being empowered and making their own decisions about the romance in their lives, but in this one, the aunt seems to think it's up to her whether her nieces choose to stay with these men. Nora Roberts has several good series, indeed several that I've read multiple times, like the Irish Born trilogy and Sullivan's Woman, but this one was perhaps the worst romance novel I've ever read.

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Summary: The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda and Lilah
Review: I really liked it. Can't wait til the next one is out. I want to read what has all happened. It was fun reading.

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Summary: Left me hanging
Review: There was too many loose ends to this story at the end. New characters were introduced and not developed (Aunt Colleen, Bradford's son). Second to romantic story line was the search for the Emeralds and rennovation of The Towers into a 1st class destination hotel. We don't know what happens to either. Aunt Coco's fascinating character is not developed either. We also don't know about Caufield the thief? Does he give up his obsession?

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Summary: The first three
Review: This is a reissue of the first three stories of the Calhoun Women Series, Courting Catherine, A Man for Amanda, and For the Love of Lilah. I don't agree with the previous review by S.L. Webb, first of all the aunt is extremely loving, I mean, she took in her four neices after their parents died, and she is usually funny, as are Suzanna's children. For the Love of Lilah was the second book I read by Nora Roberts, and if it hadn't been that good, I probably wouldn't of become the Nora-holic I am today. I need to own them all. (The aunt acts the same way the father does in the MacGregor series.)

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Summary: Read the series in the past
Review: This is a reprint of the original series of the Calhoun women. I loved seeing it republished. It did leave it hanging but that's why it's a series you have to read the next book to continue the story. This book is definately a pageturner that leaves you wanting the next in the series now.