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WW Ladies and Friends Blurbs
May 21, 2008
Time for another Wednesday WW Ladies Book Blurbs, but here's the good news. Because I have so many great readers, we will also be blurbing on Saturdays. So, stop by then to find out about even more great books coming to a book store near you!
Sleeping with Ward Cleaver by Jenny Gardiner
Read by Dina
The great title should be enough to get you interested in reading the book.
Claire Doolittle with the help of her husband Jack or lack of, has fallen into a marriage rut with family life. Her happy life has not been what she thought it would be.
This is a fun and cleaver (sorry couldn't resist) way of showing how married life can be at times. I can relate to some of the things that were written and can laugh about them now, thanks to Jenny Gardiner. Sleeping with Ward Cleaver will happily keep your fingers turning the pages until you reach the end.
Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts
Read by Loretta
A woman's point of view - most unexpected in the year 1810 or thereabout, but so refreshing. Cokie Roberts has researched letter upon letter to make Ladies of Liberty come alive for us.
These ladies were at home, raising large families, running the homesteads, while the husbands were becoming presidents, big time figures in the legislature and ambassadors to France and England, trying to untangle the boycotts and embargos on our good and the dissension regarding slavery between the North and South.
The ladies wrote voluminous and news filled letters daily - to which their husbands responded. What a voice they were! Considering that in the year 1810, women were not even allowed to own property - they did keep abreast of current affairs and were not silent about them.
Cokie Roberts' comments are fun and she has given us a learning experience regarding our American history - and a delightful book!
One Real Man by Janette Kenny 
Read by Emily
After waking up with all his money gone, Gil Yancy wants revenge on the little strumpet that stole from him. He makes his way to his new home and business, Rocky Point Ranch, and is stunned to find that his business partner is dead, and the man’s widow is none other than the thief he’s been after. Josie Andrews is amazed to see Gil after all these years. Forced together by her late husband’s business contract, Josie and Gil defiantly feel an unspoken attraction. Gil soon realizes that the night Josie stole from him, she took something else of his too. Josie knows that this man could be her one and only, but she is scared to give her heart. If she is willing to give her heart, he could take everything she holds dear. Will their differences cause a rift, or somehow bring them closer together?
Janette Kenny is an up and comer on the western romance front. Her previous book One Real Cowboy was released early last year and has made quite the splash. She portrays her story so well and to me the characters come alive right before my very eyes. I can’t wait to read more of her books. And I hope you enjoy One Real Man as much as I have.
The Heat of the Moment - Anthology
Read by Beverly
I never know what type of book I will get from Barbara to read. I am not particularly a fan of short stories but this group of stories kept me up at night just to finish them. The Heat of the Moment is a collection of short stories about fire and each of them inspired by the heroes of the 2007 San Diego Wildfires. Every one of them was worth reading. Some of them were fiction, some were not. If nothing more, it gives you an opporturnity to see the various styles of the writers. I particularly liked the short story by Margot Justes as this was a prequel to the first mystery she wrote involving Minola Grey. ( I read her first novel A Hotel in Paris: a Minola Grey mystery and this filled in some questions I had concerning Minola).
Proceeds from the sale of this book will offer aid to those heroes through the support of the "Fire Safe Council of San Diego County". Buy it or borrow it - just read it!
Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
Read by Joyce
Though banished under the threat of death by her former alpha, Kitty Norville sneaks back to Denver for a family emergency. Her presence is noted, however, when her radio talk show, "The Midnight Hour", is selected by a celebrity stage actress as her means of outing herself as a vampire. Kitty and Ben are dragged into a dominance war involving vampires and werewolves, and more than their own lives are at stake.
The "Kitty" books continue to be engrossing and suspenseful, and I've enjoyed them a lot. As long as Carrie Vaughn keeps them creative and entertaining, here is one fan of "The Midnight Hour".
Taking Flight by Connie Cox
Read by Rhonda
Lawyer Lacey Seivers returns home for her high school reunion. Hank Chandler was her best friend growing up and now works as a crop duster for Lacey's father. Hank is trying to raise his ten-year-old son, but sees Lacey in a new light when she comes back to town.
This cute loves story asks the question, what's more important...a successful career or finding true love?
His Favorite Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
Read by Emily
Gabriella St. George is not your normal young lady. After being raised as a gentleman’s bastard, she agrees to a generous offer from a distant relative to be introduced into society. She meets Anthony Blake and is immediately entranced by the seductive rogue. He invites her into his bed but she refuses, she wants his heart and name, or nothing at all. Even though he is determined to stay a bachelor, Gabby is sorely testing his resolve. Can she tempt him to matrimony or will he refuse her and stay a bachelor forever?
His Favorite Mistress is the final book in the Mistress series. It was a little strange reading about a 17 year old heroine, but after the age was mentioned, you really didn’t notice it. I enjoyed the book very much, and I hope you read the Mistress series. I know you’ll love it.
Bottom Line: Definition of a blurb - a brief advertisement or announcement, esp. a laudatory one. Yeah, I think it fits here.
Posted by Barbara Vey on May 21, 2008 | Comments (30)
