[bookshare-discuss] Romance Club summary for April 18
- From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:29 -0400
April 18, 2008
The Romance Book Club’s April meeting focused its discussion on Thunder and
Roses (Fallen Angel Series) by Mary Jo Putney. Participants really enjoyed this
book, particularly due to its characters depth, development and growth as well
as the lessons they learned and the respect they showed for one another, even
when they were hurting. Other books in the Fallen Angel Series include:
Thunder and Roses
Petals in the Storm (revised from The Controversial Countess)
Dancing on the Wind
Angel Rogue
Shattered Rainbows
River of Fire
One Perfect Rose
Several in this series can be found on Bookshare.
Should anyone wish to explore Mary JO Putney’s books further, visit her website
at maryjoputney.com where many books, both contemporary and historical romances
can be found.
On Friday, May 16, 2008, Angels Fall, by Nora Roberts, a romance suspense
novel, (with a little mystery and some romance) will be discussed. This book is
available on Bookshare, or as RC 62893 through your regional library.
Synopsis:
Reece Gilmore knows there's a killer loose in Angel's Fist, Wyoming—even if
gruff loner Brody, despite his seeming impatience and desire to keep her at
arm's length, is the only one willing to believe her. When a series of menacing
events makes it clear that someone wants her out of the way, Reece must put her
trust in Brody—and herself—before it's too late.
After suffering a terrible shock, Reece Gilmore is slowly starting to put her
life back together. Leaving her home in Boston, she travels around the country;
when she arrives in Wyoming, her car refuses to go any further. Planning on
staying only until she earns enough money to fix her car, she takes a job as a
cook in the Angel Food Cafe. As she gets to know her new boss, co-workers and
the other residents of the town, including Brody, an annoyingly stubborn yet
mysteriously sexy writer, she starts to believe that for the first time, she
may have found a place she might actually want to call home. Reece's hard-won
happiness and sense of security is threatened, however, when she becomes not
only the sole witness to a murder but also the next target of the killer.
Other Books Which Were Recommended But Not Chosen:
Light In Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz
Synopsis:
Hiding behind an expensive, black-market-created identity, Zoe Luce has built a
successful interior design business in Whispering Springs, Arizona, and hopes
she has successfully buried her past. She can't ignore her unique psychic
abilities, and when she walks into a new client's bedroom and hears the walls
scream and moan, she knows something terrible has happened in the house. Did
her client murder his wife? She's determined to find out, but investigating a
possible murder is beyond her expertise, so Zoe turns to Ethan Truax, a private
detective new to the community. Solving the murder is easy for Ethan compared
to the complicated enigma that he finds in Zoe. Mysterious nightmares haunt her
and when a would-be blackmailer is found dead, her past inexorably collides
with her new life, threatening their dreams of a future together.
Though this book is currently not available on Bookshare, the National Library
Service offers it as RC 55520 or in WebBraille as BR 14598.
Lady Be Good By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Synopsis:
Flying from England to Texas, Lady Emma Wells-Finch meets world-famous pro
golfer Kenny Traveler. She assumes that he's a gigolo and decides that he's
just the man to relieve her of her virginity in order to get the stuffy, Duke
of Beddington out of her hair. Kenny's need to avoid scandal to save his career
conflicts with Emma's need to invent scandal to free her from her English
admirer. In another plot line, Kenny's flighty sister, Torrie, as beautiful as
Kenny is handsome is being forced by her father to marry geek Dexter O'Conner.
These two characters also have their work cut out for them, for Kenny and
Torrie's respective childhoods have left them scarred and incapable of adult
relationships.
This book is available from NLS as RC 48952.
Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Synopsis:
In this romance, struggling young Seattle businesswoman Desdemona Wainwright
meets reclusive super-rich computer genius Sam Stark. Hired to cater Stark's
wedding reception, Desdemona is left with the bill when Stark is left at the
altar. The account settled, she finds herself attracted to the emotionally
aloof Stark. When Desdemona backs away from their increasingly intense
relationship, Stark responds by hiring her to cater parties for Stark Security
Systems-on the condition that she act as his hostess. During a swank party at
his home, someone tries to make off with ARCANE, his new, top-secret encryption
and decryption software. Stark is certain Desdemona's jealously overprotective
stepbrother, Tony, is to blame. After Desdemona hires Stark's own company to
prove Tony innocent, matters take some dangerous turns, including murder.
Read this book through NLS as RC 40282.
Jill suggested a romance author she likes is Rosamunde Pilcher. Some of her
books which are on Bookshare are:
September
The Shellseekers
Another View
The End of Summer
Snow in April
We look forward to seeing you at our May, 16 meeting! As always, we welcome
your suggestions! Happy reading.
The Romance Book Club Team
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