I can't knit. I've tried a couple of times, but can't seem to get the hang of it (much more of an embroidery lass myself). That said, for some reason, I went through a spurt of being inclined to read books where knitting is a prominent hobby of the main character(s).This was a cute addition to ...
Unless I am preparing to explore a classic (Literature with a big "L"), my selections for "recreational" reading are generally determined by the first page and often the first sentence or two. This filter has allowed for some rather guilty pleasures (like paranormal romance stories) and this boo...
Não sei mais que acrescentar, quando o que eu sinto em relação a este livro, é exactamente o mesmo que senti quando li o primeiro volume. A história continua muito bem escrita com aquele toque de humor especial e com carradas de acção cheias de magia. A única coisa que me faz alguma confusão é qu...
Não tenho muito mais a acrescentar a este segundo volume.Com uma escrita leve e uma pitada de humor continuamos a acompanhar Chloe no processo de satisfazer os cidadãos de Sugar Maple.Com uma boa evolução das personagens, parto assim para o terceiro e último volume da trilogia.Barbara tem uma esc...
This is what I have come to expect from Ms Bretton, a sweet romance with loads of family drama to sort out. I generally enjoyed the story behind this sweet romance. There are many levels to delve into.This is more of a mature romance, not my typical fav. I like things with more action all around....
This third installment of the Sugar Maple series fell a little flat for me. It was okay and I was glad to find out how the disappearance of the town where part two ended was resolved, but I don't think I will continue on with this series.Chloe and Luke go on a mission to figure out what happened ...
Bem, esta trilogia começou muito bem e, na minha opinião, tem vindo a piorar desde então. Eu, que não costumo gostar muito desde tipo de romance, adorei o primeiro livro porque achei que a história era romântica sem ser excessivamente melosa, porque a escrita era fluida, sem se alongar demasiado ...
Livro 4 da saga mágica e romântica passada em Sugar Maple. Este livro começa com a protagonista Chloe grávida de 8 meses. Seguimos o final da sua gravidez e confesso que pensei que teria mais cenas com a bebé ma gostei do livro apesar de o final ser um pouco morno mas provavelmente para deixar a ...
Mais uma vez voltei a Sugar Maple, uma terra de seres mágicos, que se misturam com quem não tem magia, nem conhecimento da mesma- Claro que esta situação dá uma boa confusão, com muito humor. Agora que Chloe tem a sua pequena filha Laria , terá que lidar com o mundo humano da menina, assim como o...
I found this author and book, for free, on BookBub (a great free service, by the way!). Free and reduced-price books nearly every day.Truthfully, I didn't know what to expect, and therefore had pretty low expectations. :)The book was a fun read, certainly not groundbreaking, but the characters ...
19 year old spoiled, little rich girl Megan falls madly in love with poor Aussie Jake. They marry and get divorced a year later. Jake heads off to the tropics to lick his wounds while Megan runs home to Daddy (and his money). But wait...Daddy is out of money and when he dies, he leaves Megan with...
Playing For Time has Ryder O'Neil who is a genius and works for a very top secret anti-terrorist agency. When Ryder first meets Joanna Stratton she is testing her skills as a make up artist by making herself appear to be a 70 year old woman. He is very kind to this "elderly" lady which Joanna t...
"We'll Always Have Paris" by Barbara Bretton After twenty-eight years of marriage, Kate and Ryan Donovan called it quits. Two years later at their daughter's wedding, they're seeing each other in a whole new light-- the City of Light, where romance beckons around every corner... . "Something Bor...
Love in the eighties -- was it possible?Larkin Walker had always thought that the challenge lay in finding it. Her many tasks as director of The Learning Center on Long Island had always given her little time to eat, let alone socialize. Then Dr. Alex Jakobs, successful psychologist and cable rv ...
It all started with a red lace thong. Normally Kate is a twin set and pearls kind of girl who wouldn't be caught dead in such a thing. But that's exactly what happens when sudden chest pains leave her lying in a parking lot with her skirt hiked up around her hips for all of Princeton to see. It's...
Jesse Reardon was the king of Silver Spur, a rough Nevada boomtown where he called all the shots. But then one hot and dusty afternoon beautiful Boston socialite Caroline Bennett stepped off the stagecoach determined to avenge her father's death and claim what's rightfully hers: the Crazy Arrow s...
Favorite Quotes:“It was all there, all the beauty and wonder and sorrow of life, there in the papers and scrapbooks and photographs packed away with wedding dresses and pressed corsages. Somehow the Wilson attic had become the repository of memories for two families and, in a fashion, of a way o...
After years of lies, loneliness, and betrayal, she's finally left her wealthy husband in London--and moved into her own house in the run-down resort town of Sea Gate, New Jersey, the place of her childhood dreams, and now, her grown-up hopes. But while patching together her falling-apart house an...
Molly Chamberlain's husband had abandoned her even as she carried his baby. He'd taken away the life they'd built together...and even the furnishings that had filled their house.It was into this empty shell of a home that Rafe Garrick walked one afternoon -- surprised and saddened to discover a w...
Her mother had told her she was taking her out for lunch to celebrate the pending nuptials, a splashy, fun get-together with family and friends on hand to share the good news. She had set her taste buds for the amazing chicken burritos at Casa Mexicana in Spring Lake and was dismayed when they ro...
Kate Finney Donovan fumbled with the fistful of euros then finally handed them all to the impossibly good-looking bellman waiting expectantly by the door. “Merci beaucoup.” He bowed and said either, “May I be the father of your children?” or “Lady, you’d better take a crash course in the exchange...
"This is the best Christmas present I could possibly have!" The elderly woman flung open the door and motioned them inside. "When did it happen? I want all the details, every single one of them." Jill exchanged glances with David. "Claire," she said carefully, stepping into the warm foyer, "I'm a...
The Overlook was situated atop one of the cliffs that, appropriately enough, overlooked the Cove itself. It had been built some eighty years ago by a wealthy shipbuilder who intended to use it as his summer mansion. The Great Depression, however, put an end to that dream and over the ensuing year...
"We're driving out to the Christmas tree farm." Cat made a Scrooge-like face. "Not this time." "You should come with us," Jenny urged. "You can't sit around moping all day." "I'm not moping." "You miss him, don't you?" "Absolutely not!" "You can tell me the truth, honey. Love is nothing to be ash...
For Daniel, thirty-four years of living finally made sense the moment Isabelle placed his hand against her belly and he felt their baby move. Everything she was, everything he wanted to be—all of it was right there beneath his palm, growing stronger and larger every day within the nurturing darkn...
But this time, she really casts a spell in a new series of magic and murder weaving its way into the lives of New England's most unusual town--and most unique knitting store . . . Sugar Maple looks like any bucolic Vermont town, but when the tourists go home it's a different story–inhabited as it...
Larkin had no idea how her mother managed it, but a long-distance phone call from Las Vegas seemed to coincide with every major emotional event in Larkin’s life. So it was no surprise at all when Sharon buzzed Larkin on the intercom the next morning and told her Jayne was ...
“Are all Americans like them?” Mac fed his wife the maraschino cherry that adorned her Tom Collins. “I don’t think so.” “The Graysons are from I-o-wa,” she said, pronouncing the odd word with careful precision. “Is that near new York?” &...
"You'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the New Jersey Devil in our folklore section in the east wing." She handed the girl a flyer. "Our map will help you find the right section." The girl scurried off with her mother, a woman who was obviously at the end of her summer-with-kids ro...
No announcements were made. No papers were signed. But everyone understood that the buck stopped right there on Catherine’s desk. Lou Alfano, her father’s right-hand man, had retired just after Easter, but the truth was few people even noticed. Catherine had become the heart and soul of the Wilso...
Finn said to Anton. “I’m going to make a call.”He smiled at the dark-haired counter girl who was pretending she wasn’t listening and ducked out to phone Tommy. The old man was no longer sitting in front of the dry cleaners. He was perched in the window looking out. The wind had kicked up and a li...