Once In Paris

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Summary: Is this really Palmer ?
Review: As Diana Palmer's #1 fan I was disapointed in this book. Pierce was not the normal sexy, masculine hero that's usually in Palmer books, instead he came across as kind of weak and whinny. There was also too much talk of war, and the chemistry between Pierce and Brianne just wasn't up to Diana's usual standards.

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Summary: Surprisingly disappointing
Review: First, I just want to say that I love Diana Palmer. She is fabulous and fun, one of my favorites. This book was NOT Diana Palmer material. It is about a young girl who falls in love with an older man and waits a year for him until he over comes his wife's death. In the meantime, Brianne's horrible step father promises her hand in marriage to someone else and Brianne will do everything she can to keep from marrying this evil man, with the help of Peirce if he gets over his wife's death. I could hardly stand Pierce for he was boring, self centered and childish. And though Brianne was not as naive as one would think, she was still not a very bright young woman. I found the plot somewhat weak, even though Ms. Palmer snuck in a few surprises with the oil companies and wars and etc. I found Tate Winthrop more exciting than anyone in this book and he was hardly in it!! I know the next book I read by her will be much better. I am not giving up on her! :)

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Summary: Something just was'nt right
Review: I don't recall ever reading a Diana Palmer story before (I know she has a bunch of them) and I'm not sure I would read another. There was not much wrong with this book per se, but there was not much right with it either. The dialogue was very simple as was the plot. Don't scratch too hard at the surface of this story or you won't hit anything. We have a tortured hero, who truly loved his first wife, and it was refeshing to see that he was faithful in his love. He also had a guilty conscience about a woman who could have been his daughter (though that seemed to just be a front to keep our heroine at arm's length while he mourned his wife). Our heorine was young and impressionable (though at 19 I don't know anyone who is still that naive...today maybe 16) but she was just...well ...there. Everyone loved her and thought she was special, but besides being compassionate, I'm not sure I see all the allure.

Instead of using big print and huge margins, the editor or publisher should have just used normal typeset and published this as a 'series'. This 377 page book shouldn't have been longer that 250 pages.

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Summary: Surprisingly disappointing
Review: I hadn't read a recent Diana Palmer book - she used to be one of my favorite series romance authors - but bought, read and really liked Lord of the Desert. Felt I was missing someting about "what happened before" so made a point of buying Once in Paris to find out Philippe and Brianne's previous history.
I liked the two main characters and their interactions; I especially liked the fact that there was a very believable reason to keep the hero and heroine apart - Pierce's love for his first wife.

That said, I'm a bit tired of the much older man/much younger woman theme. I also found Kurt Brauer a bit inadequate as a villian.
What REALLY annoyed me was the breaks in continuity - how can Brianne be told Pierce's age early in the book and later say she doesn't have any idea how old he is? Also going from Savannah to Virginia by private jet on page 298 and then to Charleston SC on page 302-303 when driving by limo to Washington DC was so incredible that I almost tossed the book out - except I wanted to know how it ended.

In summary, a good romance between likable characters made less enjoyable by annoying errors.

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Summary: Too hot to handle!!
Review: I liked the way that Diana Palmer wrote Once In Paris. I love all of her books. This was the BEST one yet. She really out did herself when she wrote Once In Paris. The way she made all of the characters and plots blend together was outstanding. Her description of Pierce and Briannes secret feelings was great. The romance and passion in this book was the greatest. Once I started the book I couldn't put it down. I read it in under 2 days! I really recomend this adventurous romance novel to any Diana Palmer fan and to any other romance reader.

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Summary: right...
Review: My first Palmer book and a little let down. The main characters were somewhat mediocre and flat, especially the hero Pierce. The heroine was much more interesting and I was finding myself hoping something would happen between her and the 'badguy' since he was much more interesting and exciting.
Pierce spent way too much of the book whining about his dead wife and how he can't love again, blah blah blah and I began to get irritated with the strong and fiesty heroine Brianne who kept waiting for the idiot to come around. He didn't deserve her waiting or love. His reasoning was so farfetched and unreal at times that I just shook my head and sighed. I was truly hoping Brianne would slap him a few times and take off with the secondary character Tate. Now HE was a man to wait for, he he he...subsequently he is also in the next book called 'Paper Rose', his story.
Pierce came off as whiny and weak and we were never really sure what he did with the oil business, it was too confusing. The secondary characters were great and I found myself hoping they would take over the story. CIA and other secret organizations played a big role in the plot along with foreign governments, ect. The plot was good and very developed, what was missing and left a big hole was the main characters. They seemed mismatched and misplaced in its complex web. I found myself enjoying the action going on around them and the movements of the secondary characters, even the badguys much more.

'Once in Paris' is a tale about two people who run into each other and fall in love, but neither will admit the mindblowing fact.
Pierce Hutton was too grief stricken and empty to realize there was life after his spouce's death. Coming to his rescue one night in the city, Brianne Martin, an 18 year old kid in school who seems to let him know without words that life can go on.
She was far too young for him and she knew he was too old for her, but their hearts didn't know the difference.
A year later, Brianne is caught in a web of political scandal and her stepfather is about to turn her over to a man who has no scrupples. He simply wants her and will have her at any cost. Never forgetting that night in Paris, Pierce comes to her rescue and leads them into an adventure she never dreamed filled with danger and chaos.
Can she heal his broken soul? Can he save her from a madman bent on destroying her?

Tracy Talley~@

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Summary: Storyline was Good, Characters Were Mediocre....
Review: My first Palmer book and a little let down. The main characters were somewhat mediocre and flat, especially the hero Pierce. The heroine was much more interesting and I was finding myself hoping something would happen between her and the 'badguy' since he was much more interesting and exciting.
Pierce spent way too much of the book whining about his dead wife and how he can't love again, blah blah blah and I began to get irritated with the strong and fiesty heroine Brianne who kept waiting for the idiot to come around. He didn't deserve her waiting or love. His reasoning was so farfetched and unreal at times that I just shook my head and sighed. I was truly hoping Brianne would slap him a few times and take off with the secondary character Tate. Now HE was a man to wait for, he he he...subsequently he is also in the next book called 'Paper Rose', his story.
Pierce came off as whiny and weak and we were never really sure what he did with the oil business, it was too confusing. The secondary characters were great and I found myself hoping they would take over the story. CIA and other secret organizations played a big role in the plot along with foreign governments, ect. The plot was good and very developed, what was missing and left a big hole was the main characters. They seemed mismatched and misplaced in its complex web. I found myself enjoying the action going on around them and the movements of the secondary characters, even the badguys much more.

'Once in Paris' is a tale about two people who run into each other and fall in love, but neither will admit the mindblowing fact.
Pierce Hutton was too grief stricken and empty to realize there was life after his spouce's death. Coming to his rescue one night in the city, Brianne Martin, an 18 year old kid in school who seems to let him know without words that life can go on.
She was far too young for him and she knew he was too old for her, but their hearts didn't know the difference.
A year later, Brianne is caught in a web of political scandal and her stepfather is about to turn her over to a man who has no scrupples. He simply wants her and will have her at any cost. Never forgetting that night in Paris, Pierce comes to her rescue and leads them into an adventure she never dreamed filled with danger and chaos.
Can she heal his broken soul? Can he save her from a madman bent on destroying her?

Tracy Talley~@

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Summary: Great book-couldn't put it down!
Review: This book is absolutely wonderful. Brianne is full of surprises and represents a different kind of girl than the usual heriones portrayed in Diana's books. I have to admit that I'm addicted to Diana Palmer's books, all of them! This book first got me hooked, and it is definitely to be recommended!

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Summary: right...
Review: um i dont mean to be mean but this book kinda made me ill. i dont like to judge people but pierce or whatever the heros name is hes really disgusting i mean its almost the end of the book and hes screaming out the name of his wife yes we know that he loves her already do we have to hear this every other page. heres some adivice to the hero get some therapy. i dont believe he loved the heroinne i think he just settled for having a mrs right now instead of a mrs right you know? he loved his wife till the very last page but he decided to stay with the heroine cause he "loves" her, im sorry i must have missed something...