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Summary: Two Great Romances in One
Review: "The Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda" is a wonderful introduction to a family of 4 feisty, determined, and beautiful women.
This book contains the first two stories from the Calhoun series. In the first one, "Courting Catherine," tomboy C.C. Calhoun meets Trenton St. James III. C.C. is a mechanic and when she fixes Trent's car for him, she soon discovers that he's the man who is trying to buy her home, a wonderful but dilapidated mansion called The Towers, and turn it into a hotel. C.C. immediately tells Trent just what she thinks of him, but as these two spend time together the sparks begin to fly. This first story also introduces the mystery of the missing emeralds belonging to Bianca Calhoun, great-grandmother of the 4 Calhoun sisters. This is a lovely romance with an intriguing mystery added to the mix.
The second story, "A Man for Amanda," tells Amanda Calhoun's story. C.C. and Trent are now an item, and they have decided to turn one wing of The Towers into a special getaway, while keeping the rest of the home for the family. Enter Sloan, the architect Trent has hired for the renovations. His first meeting with Amanda doesn't go too well, but he finds himself completely taken with the obsessively organized and beautiful Mandy. The romance between these two is wonderfully written - when they aren't steaming up the windows they are arguing and taking shots at each other. However, Amanda soon discovers that she can't live without this handsome southern gentleman and wonders how she managed to lose her heart to him. The unbalanced and dangerous thief, Livingston, who is intent on stealing the Calhoun emeralds for himself, is introduced in this book. He causes all kinds of trouble (and danger) for the Calhouns.
C.C. and Amanda's stories are sure to please readers. Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of weaving the present day romances with the mystery of the emeralds and tying them to the long-ago story of the unhappily married Bianca Calhoun and her true love Christian. I truly enjoyed this book and I'm sure that you will too.
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Summary: Two Great Romances in One
Review: "The Calhoun Women: Catherine and Amanda" is a wonderful introduction to a family of 4 feisty, determined, and beautiful women.
This book contains the first two stories from the Calhoun series. In the first one, "Courting Catherine," tomboy C.C. Calhoun meets Trenton St. James III. C.C. is a mechanic and when she fixes Trent's car for him, she soon discovers that he's the man who is trying to buy her home, a wonderful but dilapidated mansion called The Towers, and turn it into a hotel. C.C. immediately tells Trent just what she thinks of him, but as these two spend time together the sparks begin to fly. This first story also introduces the mystery of the missing emeralds belonging to Bianca Calhoun, great-grandmother of the 4 Calhoun sisters. This is a lovely romance with an intriguing mystery added to the mix.
The second story, "A Man for Amanda," tells Amanda Calhoun's story. C.C. and Trent are now an item, and they have decided to turn one wing of The Towers into a special getaway, while keeping the rest of the home for the family. Enter Sloan, the architect Trent has hired for the renovations. His first meeting with Amanda doesn't go too well, but he finds himself completely taken with the obsessively organized and beautiful Mandy. The romance between these two is wonderfully written - when they aren't steaming up the windows they are arguing and taking shots at each other. However, Amanda soon discovers that she can't live without this handsome southern gentleman and wonders how she managed to lose her heart to him. The unbalanced and dangerous thief, Livingston, who is intent on stealing the Calhoun emeralds for himself, is introduced in this book. He causes all kinds of trouble (and danger) for the Calhouns.
C.C. and Amanda's stories are sure to please readers. Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of weaving the present day romances with the mystery of the emeralds and tying them to the long-ago story of the unhappily married Bianca Calhoun and her true love Christian. I truly enjoyed this book and I'm sure that you will too.
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Summary: Can't Wait To Read Lilah and Suzanne
Review: Catherine's story is the first in this double story book of the Calhoun women. I enjoyed C.C., as she is nicknamed, because she is such a "tomboy". C.C. and Trent are complete opposites who fall in love with each other anyway. Their story is an enjoyable one. Second is Amanda and Sloan. I liked this story best, out of the two. They bicker back and forth just to get to each other. It is quite amusing and funny! Both stories, were quick to jump to the "love" part of it, but they were good romance reads, which I enjoyed. Next comes Lilah and Suzanne's, the last two sisters, stories. I can't wait to get started, espically to see how C.C., Trent, Amanda, and Sloan are doing.
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Summary: Sisters of the Heart
Review: Catherine's story is the first in this double story book of the Calhoun women. I enjoyed C.C., as she is nicknamed, because she is such a "tomboy". C.C. and Trent are complete opposites who fall in love with each other anyway. Their story is an enjoyable one. Second is Amanda and Sloan. I liked this story best, out of the two. They bicker back and forth just to get to each other. It is quite amusing and funny! Both stories, were quick to jump to the "love" part of it, but they were good romance reads, which I enjoyed. Next comes Lilah and Suzanne's, the last two sisters, stories. I can't wait to get started, espically to see how C.C., Trent, Amanda, and Sloan are doing.
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Summary: Reprint of a good series start.
Review: Comprised of two books previously published: COURTING CATHERINE and A MAN FOR AMANDA. Roberts begins a quartet of romances about the Calhoun sisters, tying the books together with an ill-fated romance from the past and a missing necklace to find. COURTING CATHERINE had the type of heroine I must enjoy and rarely see: a woman who works with her hands, feisty and sure of her own self-worth.
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Summary: Calhoun Women-read in chronological order
Review: If you've chosen this book then you're already a romance novel reader. It's not the typical extreme romance mush but it is close. Be sure to read these in the appropriate order. 1st-Catherine & Amanda then 2nd- Lilah & Suzanna. The reviews i read didn't specify but I checked. It flows and is quite engrossing. I easily got caught up in the characters but the overall premise of 4 sisters all falling fast & head over heels in love in a short period is somewhat unbelievable (but i guess that's why we read romance in the first place). I don't want to say more so as not to ruin the book. My original "Roberts" book was "Montana Sky" which has been the best by far after reading 5 of hers. I like story lines that are a bit more realistic than this series. Hope this helps more than the ones I read.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: The 2-book series of the Calhoun sisters was wonderful. I was so involved in reading both books that I couldn't put them down. I loved the way the Nora Roberts wrote and kept the reader so involved in all the characters. She made each women so dynamic in their own way and the men in the lives that fit each personality. I was so interested in reading each life and seeing how they each fit together and worked together to end the books. Great Job!
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Summary: Also as enchanting
Review: The 2-book series of the Calhoun sisters was wonderful. I was so involved in reading both books that I couldn't put them down. I loved the way the Nora Roberts wrote and kept the reader so involved in all the characters. She made each women so dynamic in their own way and the men in the lives that fit each personality. I was so interested in reading each life and seeing how they each fit together and worked together to end the books. Great Job!
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Summary: Typical Romance but Wonderful Nora Roberts
Review: This is a collection of two stories. Both are very good in typical Nora Roberts fashion. However, because both of these stories are shorter than the normal Nora Roberts books, the characters tend to fall in love faster and it is much less realistic than her longer stories. The added drama of a missing jewels is what ties these two stories (and the others in this series) together. In the first story- C.C. and Trent are fun to read about. They are opposites and prove that love can conquer all. The second story about Amanda and Sloan I found very enjoyable because of their constant sniping at each other. As an added note, it is best to read these and all of the Calhoun Women books in order.
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