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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: I flat out adored this book. It was one of the most moving books I've ever read. The passion between Alessandro and Lauren gave me the shivers and I loved the twist at the end. The last few pages brought tears to my eyes and having read about Ms. Leclaire's sister on her website, I think I know why the ending held so much heart. My mom put this book in my stocking for Christmas because she saw the Romantic Times review and that they gave this book a 4 1/2 gold. Well, it deserved it. I'm crazy about Day Leclaire's books and this one is a definite keeper.I also read on AOL that Ms. Leclaire is currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. I wish her every success in her fight and want her to know that my prayers are with her for a full recovery. You can beat it!
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Summary: Big Disappointment!
Review: I have never written a review before, but I felt compelled to after I read this book. I was disappointed not only with the story itself, but the way it was written. I would read something and have to turn back the pages and reread something from earlier just to make sense of it. I know this book meant to provide romance and mystery, but instead it left me confused. I am not even sure how to summarize the book without giving away the 'twist' or the suprise. I don't think its worth the time to try to figure this story out.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: I was not real impressed with The Baby Gift. I have never read a book by Day Leclaire before now, Usually when I sit down to read a book I have a hard time putting it down until I have read it from cover to cover. Unfortunately, I found myself putting this book down on several occasions and making myself come back to it. The story did not seem to have a good flow to it. Basically woman shows up with baby on mans doorstep. Man is drawn to woman and child, forms an attachment, realizes their is a past connection and in the very end of the book we find out the real connection and the reason the woman showed up to begin with. There was so much that could have been left out of this book. There was no real reason for the child to even be included. I just did not find a real exciting flow to the story. There was nothing there that made me want to keep turning the pages to find out what would happen next. It was a nice story that probably could have been written in a couple of chapters. I hate to say that I was bored, but, I was, in fact, bored with this book.
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Summary: THIS IS A KEEPER!
Review: It was hard to keep all the emotions generated by this story under control.
That is what makes a great story.
The characters were intriqueing, their personalities complex enough to bring sympathy for their plights.
Little Nick added the tug of love for each and helped bring Alessandro and Lauren together.
Highly recommended but use very good concentration or you will miss the finer points of the story.
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Summary: Give this book a chance.
Review: No, this is not the easiest story to follow. No, Alessandro is neither as charming nor as likeable as his brothers in general. But this story will grow on you; it's one of those books that can touch you more the second time around.
Fleeing painful memories associated with both a traumatic childhood incident and a bitter divorce, Alessandro Salvatore holes up in his family's mountain cabin to escape Christmas hoopla. But he hasn't been there long before a woman shows up, a beautiful, exhausted woman with a child in tow. The woman informs Alessandro that her name is Lauren, and that the little boy was born as the result of a two-week affair that Alessandro had with Lauren's sister about a year before. Lauren has brought the child to his father because she needs help taking care of the little boy; her sister has died of a brain tumor.
Now, unfortunately, comes the weak part of the plot: Alessandro was in a car wreck around the time Lauren says the affair took place, and he has suffered from limited amnesia. In other words, he really has no idea exactly what happened during that time in his life. But instead of just telling her that, he simply denies her version of events, and goes on denying it for quite some time, suspecting her of being a golddigger. All this denial goes on despite the fact that Alessandro is troubled by a recurring dream involving an intimate relationship with a woman whose appearance gradually changes to match that of a photo Lauren has shown him.
Alessandro gradually begins to fall for Lauren and little Nicky, and eventually admits that he can't remember the time in question. But now he's also haunted by a new feeling of guilt: are his growing feelings for Lauren disloyal to the memory of her sister Meg?
Gradually, too, Alessandro begins to realize that Lauren is harboring some painful secrets--secrets which his dreams and his returning memory hint at. He must figure them out in order to find her when she leaves at Christmas--in order to have a future with the woman who has been so much a part of his past.
Amazing ending--Worth your time.
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