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Setting: Eclipse Bay, Oregon, present day
Sensuality Rating: 6
Sensuality Rating: 6
Multimillion-selling author Jayne Ann Krentz weaves a classic tale of a rich girl and the town's bad boy who grows up to be very, very good. Eight years have passed since Hannah Harte laid eyes on Rafe Madison--eight years since Hannah risked her reputation by providing Rafe's alibi for a murder he did not commit. Drawn back together by a strange bequest, Hannah and Rafe must first try to figure out how to share their dreams for the old seaside manor they've inherited and then determine who's willing to try anything, even murder, to stop them.
Hannah is astonished to find that the rebellious Rafe, who once loved living up to his family's unsavory reputation, has shed his bad boy ways and become quite a success. And Rafe is equally disturbed to realize that the naive girl he met on a beach one night long ago is all grown up--and how! The first in a new trilogy from perennial favorite Krentz is a tantalizing reminder of the attraction of opposites. Readers will be waiting with bated breath for the sequels. --Alison Trinkle
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Jove has led Krentz (aka Amanda Quick) to a paperback romance trilogy about love and family in seaside places. This first volume sets up the feud between the Hartes and the no-account but very sexy Madison clan. Hannah Harte, a well-organized wedding planner, reencounters raffish Rafe Madison, a self-made chef and newly made multimillionaire stock trader. Their previous meeting occurred eight years earlier, on the Oregon coast, when Hannah supplied an alibi that kept Rafe out of jail. Even though everyone knows that Hartes and Madisons never mix, Hannah's eccentric aunt Isabel has left her home, Dreamscape, to both Hannah and Rafe. As the hostile pair attempt to turn Dreamscape into an inn, and to solve an old murder mystery, Krentz sets fire to their incipient attraction. With her usual entertaining mix of quaint folk, sex and mystery, Krentz takes to these new waters like the smart fish she is. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
The DOG makes the book,
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This review is from: Eclipse Bay (Mass Market Paperback)
When you have to say that the dog makes the book--you know that something's not right. If this book had been by an author I had never read before I would have tossed it aside without finishing, and put the author on my "do not read books by this author" list, but it was Krentz and so I kept thinking that the chemistry would come between the characters, they would do something, something would happen that would make the story click. That something never happened.Both Hannah and Rafe just got on my nerves--the only thing that saved the book from a well deserved one star rating was Winston, Hannah's adorbale pooch!
5.0 out of 5 stars
J.A.K. at her best...,
By Chris Jennings (Washington, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eclipse Bay (Mass Market Paperback)
Love this writer's style in romantic suspense...hard to top! Don't believe me...run to the closest bookstore for your copy of Eclipse Bay, buy the book, read it, and you too, will quickly become a fan as well!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book 1 of 3 "Eclipse Bay" novels - a fast, enjoyable read,
By mzglorybe (Southern CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eclipse Bay (Mass Market Paperback)
Never having read Ms. Krantz before I can't compare this with any previous novels, but for me this was fast reading and entertaining, just what I needed after finishing a dark novel about child sexual abuse. I liked it well enough to buy the sequel to it, Dawn at Eclipse Bay, which I am now reading. This was written in 2000, and is the first of a trilogy. I found the author to be witty with her dialogue and enjoyed the bantering between the characters. The names of the local places in Eclipse Bay, Oregon, such as the Total Eclipse Bar and Grill "where the sun don't shine" were refreshing and original. I did find myself wanting to know more about the characters than she gives us, however. It seems like we get just enough of a look into their personalities to interest us, but she doesn't let us readers feel as if we really know them, as other authors I have read. This novel is not deep in mystery either, although there is a question about consipiracy, murder and blackmail that gets delved into. It is not on the level of novels by serious mystery or crime writers, but enjoyable. It's a good book to take on a trip, as it goes fast, but not one of those you stay up all night reading.
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