- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Romance (Nov 4 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0380785749
- ISBN-13: 978-0380785742
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.9 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,286,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Crosby (On Bended Knee) stays true to form in this lively late-19th-century romance about Sophia Vanderwahl, a Boston heiress funding her delinquent fianc?, Harlan Penn, who has gone off to explore the Yucatan and, as it becomes apparent, the joy of native women. Looking for retribution, Sophia sets out to find Harlan and give back his engagement ring. She hires Jack MacAuley, an overbearing adventurerAand old rival of Harlan'sAto take her to Mexico. Though suspicious of Sophia's motives in using him, Jack needs the money to finance an expedition of his own. Jack is convinced that Sophia is out to sabotage his boat, but before long, angry sparks turn into romantic ones. Gradually Jack and Sophia each learn to trust the other as both lover and friend. The entertaining banter of Crosby's characters will keep readers engaged in this humorous romance. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lisa Kleypas
"Tanya anne crosby writes remarkable love stories."
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3.4 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice to know there are Happily Ever Afters, Dec 2 1999
By "dfischet" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Happily Ever After (Mass Market Paperback)
While I have enjoyed most of her books, Ms. Crosby scored a hit with me with 'Happily Ever After.' The author has drawn her romantic pair as warm, funny and, well... just plain sweet. Jack, the hero, was a NICE hunk and Sophie was a beautiful woman (who didn't know she was lovely) coming into her own. I really thought it was a nice touch at the end of the book to have Sophie writing her parents with her recipe for happiness. If you want a really enjoyable read that will make you laugh and make you cry(and not because it is sad), don't overlook this book. It's well worth the time.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
How to abuse the term "happily ever after"..., Jun 29 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Happily Ever After (Mass Market Paperback)
Sophia Vanderwahl is the beautiful yet empty-headed heroine of this novel, who, after discovering her fiance's philandering tendencies, concocts an ill-thought out plan to confront him with the aid of an adventurer she doesn't know, one Jack MacAuley. And that is just about the sum of this puerile plotline.Sophie manages to irritate the reader throughout the novel with her foolish behaviour, which the authour tries unsuccessfully to convince us is for the sole purpose of the heroine freeing herself from the societal strictures imposed upon her. She also has a propensity for causing stupid accidents - the scene where she manages to fire the ship's cannon into the air only to land safely by going through her stacked chests of clothes stretches the limits of credulity.
Jack MacAuley's words to her early on sum up her character succinctly when he tells her "you're a spoiled rotton brat used to getting your own damned way", yet this promising sign of intelligence from him quickly fades as physical desire becomes synonymous with love in his head. However, to be fair to a hero who is not given much of an opportunity to develop in this story, his mental faculties would certainly be called into question if he came to desire her intellect, or more accurately, lack of, as well as her physical form.
If you must read this novel, do yourself a favour, borrow it from the library, and imagine a more fitting ending, one which includes a plank-walking scene, perhaps...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Happily Ever After, May 20 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Happily Ever After (Mass Market Paperback)
This was my first Tanya Anne Crosby book and I loved it! Sophia came from a rich, refined family, with a father that gave very good advice. Although she lived the easy life with servants to do everything for her, she had the determination to stand up for herself and her dreams and go on an adventure to tell her unworthy fiance she knew of his unfaithfullness and she wasn't going to stand for it! She pitched in to help on her journey, ending up dirty and smelling bad, but she was still a beauty in Jacks eyes. This was a great book, I highly recommend it
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