- Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Mira Enterprises; reprint edition (July 15 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 155166917X
- ISBN-13: 978-1551669175
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #654,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Fans of Matlock's Cold Tea on a Hot Day will welcome this smooth continuation of life in the cozy town of Valentine, Okla., where newspaper editor Tate Holloway and his star reporter, Marilee James, are preparing for their wedding day. The story opens with Marilee and Tate experiencing a bad case of premarital jitters. Adding to their stress is Marilee's ex-husband, Stuart, who shows up at her door after a two-year absence with the news that he's dying of cancer, and he wants Marilee and their special-needs son, Willie Lee, at his side for his final days. Marilee is generous to a fault, but she resents the thought of having to give up her life for a man who never cared for anyone but himself. Still, she realizes that her son deserves a chance to establish a relationship, however short, with his father. Soon Marilee finds herself balancing Tate's feelings, Willie Lee's newly discovered ability to heal animals, her troubled niece, Corrine, and her self-involved mother while planning a wedding that is getting out of control. Once again, Matlock delivers a gentle, glowing tale that is as sweet and sunny as its smalltown setting. Readers will be delighted by this deft mix of romance and inspirational, slice-of-life drama.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Life is just about as good as it gets in Valentine, Oklahoma . . .
In this funny and poignant sequel to Cold Tea on a Hot Day, Valentine's own Marilee James is engaged to Tate Holloway, the new editor of the Valentine Voice, a man whose sweet Southern sensibilities and melting kisses have convinced her to take a leap of faith. But marriage is a nerve-racking proposition -- especially when she's got a special-needs son and an abandoned niece to care for.
As she stands at life's crossroads, Marilee needs a push in the right direction.
That push, ironically, comes from Stuart James, Marilee's ex-husband and her son's father. Gone these two years, he's come back at the most inopportune time, pushing Marilee to think long and hard about the road she's taking. But Stuart, with his charm, his talent and his own secrets, is exactly what Marilee's heart needs to move into the arms of the right man . . . and into the happiness that's waiting right around the Corner.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Like a family reunion that you just don't want to miss!,
By Sharon Galligar Chance (Wichita Falls, Texas) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: At the Corner of Love and Heartache (Mass Market Paperback)
Curtiss Ann Matlock is the new queen of heartwarming romances. With this new novel, she invites her readers to return to the small town of Valentine, Oklahoma to visit with the residents and learn a little more about their lives. On this trip, a wedding in being planned, an ex-husband shows up needing help, and a child discovers a rare talent. It's like a family reunion that you just don't want to miss. Read it, share it with a friend. Can't wait for the next story!Sharon Galligar Chance TIMES RECORD NEWS, Wichita Falls, Texas
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific blend of romance and women's fiction,
By Karen Templeton (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: At the Corner of Love and Heartache (Mass Market Paperback)
I've long been a fan of Curtiss Ann Matlock's work, with its subtle humor, rich, realistic characterizations and uplifting outlook on life. AT THE CORNER OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE, which continues her series set in Valentine, Oklahoma, delivers all that and more. In this book, she explores love from a host of angles -- between the middle-aged, just-engaged protagonists, caught up in the intense, sometimes doubting, flush of still-new love; between an older woman and a younger man; the pure, uncomplicated love of a "challenged" child for animals that enables him to heal them; the love of family and friends and neighbors that are the hallmark of all Matlock's stories. There is an undeniably spiritual bent to this story, but it is by no means preachy, nor does that aspect in any way diminish the joy of the natural physical expression of a man and woman's love for each other. Even though Marilee and Tate decide to "wait" for their wedding night, the pages shimmer with the ...tension of two people so much in love with each other, they can hardly believe they've been so incredibly blessed.If you're looking for a "feel good" read with some real meat on its bones, this is it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
engaging contemporary small-town romance,
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Ce commentaire est de: At the Corner of Love and Heartache (Mass Market Paperback)
In Valentine, Oklahoma, Marilee James wonders if she lost her mind accepting relatively new Valentine Voice editor and her boss Tate Halloway's proposal. She was married once before, but her former husband Stuart left her too many times for his overseas and other jaunts to photograph the world forcing her to raise her special ed son Willie Lee by herself. Marilee also mothers her abandoned niece Corrine. Still Tate is a nice guy and Marilee likes being with him and thinks she loves him, but has doubts about a lifetime.Stuart has followed the Voice as much as possible because he has never forgotten Marilee. Now he comes to Valentine to see the woman he let get away for the first time in two years. His charisma makes Marilee wonder if she is marrying the wrong man as the steady but kind Tate seems pale in comparison. The sequel to COLD TEA ON A HOT DAY, AT THE CORNER OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE, is an engaging contemporary small-town romance. The story line focuses on Marilee struggling to nurture her two charges, maintain her employment and other civic activities, plan for her wedding without any motherly help to smoothly cruise her through the prenuptial, and worse her feelings for the two adult men in her life. The characters make the tale work in a Running Scared style as the audience wonders who will Marilee choose, as both are good people. Will she select the steadfast almost boring fiancé, the dynamic undependable ex husband, or neither? To learn whom read Curtiss Ann Matlock's wonderfully warm tale. Harriet Klausner
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