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Sugar Daddy [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Lisa Kleypas (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Mass market bestseller Kleypas makes her hardcover debut with this entertaining chronicle of Liberty Jones's rise from the trailer park to life in a Texas mansion. The daughter of a Hispanic father (who dies during Liberty's childhood) and a white mother, Liberty pines for the hunky bad boy Hardy Cates while mom Diana has another daughter, Carrington, and scores the occasional windfall to keep the famil afloat. After Diana is killed in a traffic accident, Liberty raises Carrington, gets a beauty school scholarship and lands a gig at an exclusive Houston salon. There she meets investment mogul Churchill Travis, who takes a paternal shine to her. A horse-riding accident puts Churchill in a wheelchair, and he hires Liberty to be his personal assistant, with the catch that both sisters have to live with him. Churchill's oldest son, Gage, immediately distrusts Liberty, and their vicious bickering, as romance readers know, can lead to only one thing. Things get messy once Hardy, now rich, reappears and a Travis family secret is revealed. Though Liberty's plight and redemption are straight out of the soaps and the prose has its trite moments, Kleypas's many readers will root for Liberty, a fiery and likable underdog. (Mar.)
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Money is tight while Liberty Jones is growing up in Welcome, Texas, but somehow she and her mother Diana manage. Having good friends like Miss Marva, Lucy Reyes, and especially Hardy Cates, on whom Liberty has a crush, helps. Then tragedy strikes and Liberty must take care of her younger sister and find a way to support them. Hard work and determination get Liberty through cosmetology school, then, while working in a Houston salon, she meets wealthy older businessman Churchill Travis, who offers her a job as his personal assistant. At first Liberty is reluctant to accept, especially since Churchill's son, Gage, seems to think she's a gold digger. Then, just as Liberty is settling into her new life and her initially frosty relationship with Gage is heating up and turning romantic, Hardy Cates, her first unrequited love, reappears. New York Times best-seller and RITA Award winner Kleypas moves from historical romance into contemporary women's fiction with an emotionally compelling and superbly satisfying tale of family, friendship, hope, and love. Writing with wit, wisdom, and warmth, Kleypas has created a book to treasure. John Charles
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great first book in Travis family series!, Mar 16 2012
This review is from: Sugar Daddy (Mass Market Paperback)
Liked this book - great first book in the Travis family series. Kleypas brings both the depth of sibling love and the pain of unrequited love alive within the pages of this book. Well written, with a lovable, admirable heroine. Enjoy!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very touching - expertly done, May 1 2007
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R. Kerr (Calgary, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugar Daddy (Hardcover)
I'm a big fan of Lisa Kleypas and her historical romances, so I couldn't wait to see what a contemporary from her would be like. She writes this one in first person style, and at first I didn't think I would like the style at all. But I had to give it a try, and 3 hours later I was still madly reading! The story is powerful and heartwarming. You can't help but connect with Liberty as you travel with her from childhood to adulthood, I had to dry my eyes a few times.

I highly recommend this novel!

I can't wait for more contemporaries from this wonderful author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY ENTERTAINING VOICE PERFORMANCE, Mar 11 2007
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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugar Daddy (Audio CD)
Talented voice performer Jeannie Stith is amazing. Well remembered for her reading of My Sister's Keeper and The Secret Life of Bees, she also did a star turn as Bridget Jones delivering a perky narrative complete with British accent. Now, this gifted young lady has become the voice of Liberty Jones, a Texas gal with gumption. Her interpretation of Liberty's voice is a tad husky, fetchingly so, with a soft Southwestern drawl. (Think the speaking voice of June Carter Cash) Stith delivers a well paced reading ably reflecting with intonation alone Liberty's dreams and determination.

Welcome, Texas is home to Liberty and Hardy Cates. Both hope to see Welcome only in rear view mirrors. She has always wanted a family and knows very little of her own relatives. On her father's side they're scattered across the state, and for some reason Liberty's mother refuses to discuss the family from which she came.

One day as Liberty is walking along she is frightened by two pit bull dogs and begins to run. She slips on the pebbled path, falls, and covers her head with her arms fully expecting to be bitten to death. But instead of bites she feels two strong arms lifting her and she looks into Hardy's eyes. That chance meeting would change both of their lives forever. There is, of course, an immediate attraction and the two fall in love.

Hardy is an ambitious fellow and falling in love wasn't part of his plan for success. He leaves Welcome and a broken hearted Liberty. After some time passes Liberty also leaves Welcome and finds a job in a large city. Once there she meets and is befriended by a very wealthy older man, Churchill Travis. After becoming Churchill's assistant and sparks begin to fly with his son, Gage, Liberty begins to enjoy life again, she is peaceful, content........until Hardy reappears. The eternal triangle!

Romance readers will take to Liberty as a worthy heroine, enjoy her adventure, and cheer for her all the way.

- Gail Cooke
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