Romance Book Reviews
Page One of TwoThe MacGregor Grooms by Nora Roberts
Silhouette, November 1998.Paperback, 381 pages.
ISBN: 0373483694.
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The irrepressible, irascible and lovable Daniel
MacGregor is back. Basking in his success
at marrying off his granddaughters (See, the
delightful The MacGregor Brides) the wily
MacGregor has his sites set on marrying off
his three handsome grandsons: D.C., Duncan
and Ian. Unlike the MacGregor brides, the
potential grooms are well-aware of their grandfather's
schemes to marry them all off, one by one, and
believe themselves fully capable of avoiding
the tender trap of matrimony. Boy are they wrong!
No one is a match for the wily MacGregor, who
truly knows what's best for his progeny. There
are three couples whose stories are told:
D.C., the talented and passionate painter, and Layna,
the ice-princess heiress to a fashionable department store,
Duncan, the sophisticated riverboat owner and Cat,
the sultry singer from the wrong side of the tracks who
incites passion with her steamy
torch songs, and Ian, the brilliant attorney who loves beautiful things
and Naomi, the bookstore owner whose veneer of sophistication
hides a shy, unattractive teenager she can't seem to forget.
The MacGregor Grooms will make you laugh and cry out loud in turns, so be sure to read it when you're curled up in your favorite armchair without those nasty distractions of everyday life. Indulge!
The Lost Bride by Marianne Willman
St. Martin's, November 1998.Paperback, 352 pages.
ISBN: 0312966245.
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In 1880 England, Chloe Hartsell gets a terrible shock
when she finds out that the lovely house in which she lives,
Lacey's Folly, was not bequeathed to her as she expected,
but to the handsome, rakehell artist Gideon Stone. Determined
to sell off his inheritance, Gideon learns to his dismay that
he must first find a husband and a home for Chloe. The two
spend most of their time sparring and being irritable at the
enforced living situation -- and fighting the growing passion
between them. As time goes on, they both become
determined to solve the mystery of the lovely old house. One hundred
years ago, a beautiful woman vanished on her wedding
night with a fortune in jewels. The legend says that she
was taken by the fairies. Her portrait hangs in the house,
and soon, Gideon is haunted by dreams of the beautiful,
missing bride from long ago. One day, a young woman
who is the spitting image of the portrait shows up at the
house and Gideon is besotted. Is she the missing bride or
a clever imposter? Chloe will have to use all her wits
to find out the truth and win the man she has come to love.
Marianne Wilman has written a beautiful story with just the right mix of passion, mystery and enchantment. Chloe is a charmer as is Gideon, the artist who is determined to throw away life's most precious gift. Wilman has a gift for creating a magical setting and weaving a romantic spell that cannot help but entrance. A captivating and lovely tale.
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