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Summary: A top author writes a scintillating mainstream romance
Review: Someone attacked, with the intent of killing, Academy Award winning actress Cassandra Winter. The victim is rushed to Westwood Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles where she is barely holding on to life. Though she left him eight years without a word of warning, upon hearing the news, Chase Tessier immediately leaves his Napa Valley winery and heads to LA. The only thing that keeps Cass alive is Chase's pleading for her to come back to him. When Cass regains consciousness, she remembers nothing about the brutal assault. Chase convinces her to return to his home so that she can recover in safety. Chase and Cass quickly realize that they still love each other, but both have ghosts to overcome before a lasting relationship could again form. Additionally, her assailant knows that he failed to complete the job, leaving Cass and Chase to wonder and worry when he will come back to correct his error. BED OF ROSES is a contemporary romance filled with dark secrets and revenge competing against true love. Cass is an intrepid heroine, but it is Chase, who wins our hearts when he refuses to allow Cass's seeming betrayal stop him from protecting his beloved. Katherine Stone uses elements from romantic suspense to spice up her poignant second chance at love novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: This book SUCKED
Review: This book was awful. I became aware of this fact when I got about 100 pages into the book and I decided to finish it totally out of obligation and not enjoyment. What a mess! Not only was the book, easily, 150 pages too long, K.S drove me crazy with the constant repetition of the same details and lack of ability to subtly drop hints as to what was really motivating the characters. Talented romance writers weave a succinct plot that, after the book is finished, the reader can go back and understand and appreciate why certain events happened. Not in this book. Right up to the final pages the plot continued to be weak and murky and pathetic. Those same words can be used to describe every single character who were all so annoying and one-dimensional that it made the book...painful...to read. One good thing came from reading this book; I realized anyone with a thimble-full of writing ability and a lot of time on their hands can write a romance novel worth publishing. Come on Ms. Stone, stretching your imagination doesn't hurt that much. You should try it sometime.
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Summary: Convoluted mess . . .
Review: This was my first Katherine Stone book and it will be my last. These are my reasons: Some readers praise her "beautiful" writing, but the attempts at lyricism are overdone and painful. Bed of Roses contains enough misunderstandings, failed communication, and implausible coincidences, and plot twists to fill five books. And finally, Stone has to spend a lot of time with her characters talking giving exposition in order to get through character motivation and background, and the result is a painful read. I hate talking about a writer like this, but sometimes the truth must be told. This book is atrocious, and I think she must be able to do better. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Very good and a fast read.
Review: When I first started this book, I said "Oh, no," another book full of "italic thoughts." But, because Katherine Stone's books are so consistent I kept reading and found the story to be sensitive, and lovely. I enjoy the way Ms. Stone adds a mystery twist to all of her stories, particularly the relationship between Nick and Sybil. I couldn't put this book down when I got to the last 100 pages.
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