Second Love

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Summary: Second Love
Review: I enjoyed the book very much, the problem came at the end. I felt the author was tired of writing the book and rushed the final chapters. I also found a few spots where the clues didn't jive. But I do look for these. Otherwise I truly enjoyed the book.

Rating:
Summary: Second Love
Review: I enjoyed the book very much, the problem came at the end. I felt the author was tired of writing the book and rushed the final chapters. I also found a few spots where the clues didn't jive. But I do look for these. Otherwise I truly enjoyed the book.

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Summary: Suspensful and Intriging
Review: This story is the 3rd novel of a trilogy, which I must now read the 1st. Not usually into romantic and love novels, but this story intrigued me by Dorothy-Anne's (main character) husband gone missing on their most important night and then we get into the Asian Cartel which are secretly meeting to end Dorothy-Anne's reign as the Queen of the Hotel empire. In the meantime, we are introduced to Moma Rosa and her eatery and into the Chinese lifestyle and traditions. Where do they all intervine and where the heck does a hotel empire come into this? Then enters Senator Hunt Winslow Netherland 111 (you can almost image how gorgeous this man is!) and his boozer wife Gloria. The plot thickens as we wait for some news of Freddy and the plane crash and in the meantime the Asian cartel are having their meetings. As Dorothy-Anne's hotels are infected by bacterias and called in bank loans, we are still routing for Dorothy-Anne even though she is a very powerful woman with everything anyone would ever want. You don't feel jealous or want to wish her bad. She really is a NICE and good woman who cares about her guests and friends. Toward the end is some surprises so I won't give anything away but if you are looking for a good suspense and who dunn-it novel without the gore pick this up and enjoy!

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Summary: light-hearted entertainment in the tradition of Dynasty
Review: Tonight is the night that wealthy Dorothy Anne Hale-Cantwell (see TEXAS BORN for her initial appearance) has waited for all her life. Happily married to Freddie Cantwell, she has reached the epitome of her business dreams with the opening of the San Francisco Palace, a glittering hotel that stands out and above the cityís skyline. However, Anne's dreams soon turns into her worst nightmare as Freddie's helicopter crashes, killing her beloved partner.

Other incidents hit Anne and her hotel chain. An unknown Asian cartel has bought out her bank loans and is putting pressure for prompt payment without renewal. Two of the Hale luxury chain suddenly suffer strange bacterial outbreaks. Anne turns to California Senator Huntington Netherland Winslow III, who has been comforting the widow, for help. The two soon realize that a drug ring wants to use the Hale hotel chain as their port of entry around the world. As love blossoms between the two upper crust Californians, they risk their lives to stop a nefarious foreign plot to sell heroin out of the Hale hotel consortium.

Readers who can ignore a soap opera type story line that is filled with international intrigue, interesting locations around the globe, and a Venus-hot romance will love Judith Gouldís latest tale, SECOND LOVE. Though the plot suffers from too much secondary intrigue without full development of the primary suspense line (perhaps a Pert Chart could have helped keep the primary path moving forward), readers will enjoy the stylish locations of the rich and famous, the sizzling sex, and the nefarious schemes of a moneyed international underworld.

Harriet Klausner