This book will help you over the rough spots of Infidelity. The authors let you know you are not alone and we all go through the same stages of Infidelity.

Not all affairs are the same, but they are just as hurtful, nor do they all call for the same response, which does not make cheating right in any way. Surviving Infidelity will help you to understand what goes on in a cheaters mind. Here you will find answers to the many questions you have. I believe the hardest part to get over is the betrayal. Every one handles infidelity differently. Remember: we must never take it on ourselves, the cheater is wrong.

Here is a list of subjects the authors explain to us: Why affairs happen Discovery and its impact Coping and healing Dealing with the martial crisis Repairing the relationship, if that is what you want The post affair marriage Increasing your self-esteem What it takes to be a survivor

I noticed this book in a bookstore as I was searching for a book to improve on myself. Something told me to buy it because at the time it fit my life, boy was I glad I did. I realized that I did not need the fixing because I was the injured party. It is really strange but those of us cheated on seem to take the blame for something that is out of our control. Remember where the blame lies -- we are the hurt and damaged ones. Read the book it will really help you pick up the pieces of your life. It did me.

This one earned High Marks from this reviewer.

this book is a man's story of his wild adventures of travel. Craig Nelson is an adventurer who likes to live on the edge.

On his travels, he was threatened by orangutan in Borneo; taught dance steps to Stone-Age Cannibals in New Guinea; climbed a mountain to get a aerial view of Mauchu Picchi; taken psychoactive drugs with Juvaro Shaman in the middle of the Amazon; gone hunting with the last of the African Bush man; had a run in with the Peoples Liberation Army in Tiananmen Square; has seen the total eclipse of the sun from the roof of an eighteenth century Mughal Fort; sailed the south pacific in a nineteenth century brigantine; stalked gorillas through the Nontane forests of Ugana; been to Egypt when Arab terrorism was going on; went to Peru with the Shinning Path Gorillas, just to mention a few.

Craig Nelson loves the wild life and loves to takes his readers with him. He has had so many more adventures and if you want to take that trip with him read the book!

This isn't just a book for people who have been touched by cancer, but, for their loved ones as well.

It will get you informed on every aspect of cancer. Help you deal with the emotions of your diagnosis, helps you cope with the physical and sexual issues. Help you to learn your options in your treatment process, and in the legal work place issues and what your insurance will and will not cover; most of all, how important it is to be in a cancer support group. This is a very important book for those who want to be well informed about this illness.

I've yet to deal with this in my family, knock wood, I was sincerely impressed and informed. Very well done.

At times we all need a little pampering and relaxation. One of the first things Stephanie Tourles book 50 SIMPLE WAYS TO PAMPER YOURSELF points out is the need to realize our bodies can only take so much. Our lives are so stress filled these days, we need to be able to release that stress or our bodies will go haywire. When we even think about taking time for ourselves we feel guilty, well, Ms. Tourles tells us to forget the guilt and relax because it well help to make us calmer, better people if we do.

Did you know that stress restricts blood flow to the skin preventing moisture and nutrients from getting where they need to go? Or that stress promotes the production of the male hormone testosterone, which stimulates oil production that in turn promotes pimple formation and clogged pores? Stephanie Tourles tells us that lowering our stress level will dramatically improve the texture and condition of our skin.

Ms. Tourles doesn't just fill her feminine readers in on all the information they need to know to help them understand why they should take the time to pamper themselves; she also gives us ways to do it.

Such as: Use aromatherapy to relax and recharge in the bath. Get steamed with an herbal facial, which will leave your face clean and toned. She offers a list of 10 top healing foods and ideas on how to nourish your hair.

I chose this one to review because I needed it. It's a fascinating read full of wonderful ideas; I did not find anything that sound ridiculous or extreme. Get the book for the wonderful ways to pamper yourself. Throw away all the guilt and go for it, you will be so glad you did, and you will also have a more productive life.

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A humorous, emotional and yet sad novel about a woman who feels she has reached that certain age and needs to find a rich husband quick.

Florence Collins is past 30 and decides that the time is NOW to get serious about finding a rich husband. On her way to finding a man, Florence does some questioning things, even for her. The novel reads as both sad and funny as we follow Florence thru her trek to finding a rich husband. Florence seems to make some bad choices along the way, such as a one night stand with her best friends' husband, which she defends by saying she could not help herself - she felt sorry for him. And of course she loses her best friend. Another time is when Florence meets a man named Rafaella at a party, and tries cocaine with him to loosen up. He turns out to be married, with kids and his wife is in Venice having a baby while they are partying. An intimate experience with him finally nudges at her conscious and causes her to flee.

The author had the ability to draw out some emotions in me when reading, the strongest being sadness. A wonderful writing job in showing what a woman is willing to go thru in order to reach a goal, a goal she may never be happy with any way.

There's only two ways a reader can read this one and it not affect his or her mind or life, either with the lights on or during the daytime. It's that intense and riveting. There is a danger along the San Diego coast, where a slasher, rapist is targeting young lonely single women. After one of Dr. Cory Cohen's patients is killed, Cory decides to get involved, but the police do not want her help, needless to say that does not stop Cory. She bands together a group of psychologists in hopes of finding out how many of their patients are receiving calls from the rapist, they also attempt to come up with a pattern. Cory decides to go even further by putting herself in harms way to get this maniac. I call him a maniac because the rapist they are dealing with is a brutal, unemotional psychopath like no other I have ever read. The author does an excellent job of literally putting the reader into the mind of the killer. I promise as you read Prescription for Terror, you too will wonder with a feeling of fear could there really be such an evil creature as this running around our streets. This psychological thriller is one of the best that I have read. It was fast paced -- a real page-turner. I can hardly wait for the sequel.

Capitol Scandal is the 4th legal thriller featuring Texas Lawyer Russell Black and single mother Sharon Hays. This time they are asked to defend a Texas Congressman named Will John Benedict, who is accused of murdering an office intern whom he was having an affair.

Capitol Scandal was a very good read. I read it in one evening. I like the character of Sharon Hays because she is a complex woman with secrets and problems of her own, just as all women do. A lot of plot twists, plenty of courtroom atmosphere, can hardly wait for the next book on Russell Black and Sharon Hays.

A very well written mystery.

PRAYERS FOR RAIN Dennis LeHane Harper Torch - May 2000 ISBN: 0380730367 Buy a Copy

Karen Nichols is a very pretty young lady who has a problem with a stalker, so she turns to Boston P.I. Patrick Kenzie to solve her problem. Kenzie and his sociopathic sidekick and guardian angel, Bubba Ragowski, solve Karen's problem very quickly and he figures that he has heard the end of Karen Nichols. But six months later he hears that she has jumped naked off the observation deck of Boston's Custom House and that she was drugged up when she jumped. The fact that this did not fit in with his impression of Karen and that she had called him shortly before her death and he never returned her call made Kenzie feel compelled to look into what went wrong in the last few months of her life. With the help of Bubba and Angie Gennaro, they uncover that Karen was into drugs, prostitution, had some dreadful family secrets, and a madman that knows how to manipulate the minds and lives of his victims until suicide was a welcome relief. As the plot twists through layers of old deceit and current corruption, the victims multiply while the killer remains elusive, protected by the terror he inspires.

Prayers For Rain is well written with dialogue that is gritty and true to life. The scenes are so vivid that the hair on the back of your neck will stand straight on end--a real page-turner from the beginning to the outstanding ending. This book has graphic violence and the darkest of dark humor. The villain in this book is one of the slipperiest and most evil characters you will ever read about.

Pam Stone

The Burglar in The Rye Lawrence Block Signet - May 2000 ISBN:0451198476 - Paperback Mystery / Comic<This is Bernie Rhodenbarr's ninth heist. Bernie Rhodenbarr, bookseller by day and burglar by night, is on the prowl again. Alice Cottrell has hired him to steal back the letters of reclusive author Gullivar Fairborn from Anthea Landauthe, who is about to put them up for auction. Bernie breaks into her room to search for the letters, but instead of letters he finds Anthea's dead body, and the cops are not far behind him. Bernie gathers all the suspects together in one room to see if he can try and weed out the culprit behind the murder that he is accused of.

The Burglar in The Rye is a well-written book, but I had some real problems with it. (1) Every character in the book is involved with the murder, desired letters, or the missing jewels (a subplot). Telltale clues are left throughout the plot, which enables the reader to guess the outcome too early in the book. (2) Next, Block takes one-liners and turns them into several pages of talk, for instance "The Femininity" of Bernie's lesbian friend, "Carloyn, and Paddington Bear," or any number of dumb drinking jokes. Who really cares about these things? They didn't have anything to do with the storyline. Worst of all, the ending of the book is so preposterous; it did not make any sense. I know that Lawrence Block is a great writer and can write a good book because I read "The Hit Man" and it was a grand read. Not this one. Pam Stone END

The Great Divide (polyical ) T. Davis Bunn DoubleDay - June2000 ISBN: 038549615X - Hardcover < Marcus Glenwood was a partner ina very prestigious corporate law firm until he was involved in a car accident that killed his children and almost killed his wife, who blames him and is divorcing him. Worst of all he blames himself and is living in his own private hell. Marcus decides to move back to his hometown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, into the old Victorian manor that was his grandparents. Little did Marcus know that when he moved back to Rocky Mount, that the biggest and most difficult case of his lifetime would fall into his lap. The church of New Zion is that client. The church was founded with the first earnings of freed slaves, and Marcus successfully stops a court action made by a company that wants the churches historic cemetery relocated so they can build a factory in it's place. Marcus has won a battle against New Horizons Co., but the war is raging and it will not be so easy this time with the dirty tactics that New Horizons uses.

This book is very well written with lots of lovely, caring characters. Dee Gautam, who works with Marcus, is a very enigmatic lady who provides Marcus with some very important info. Kristen is a young woman who has suffered her own family tragedy and whom Marcus finds himself drawn to. Charlie Hayes a retired judge and a supportive mentor who will serve as co-counsel.

T. Davis Bunn has a talent for creating a wide range of characters whose humanity and concern for each other is tremendously moving. Thought that the most compelling character of all was Marcus. While writing a thrilling trial filled with surprising twists and shocking revelations, T. Davis Bunn also pens an inspirational work about Marcus's Path to self-forgiveness. In the church of New Zion, Marcus finds a surrogate family who welcomes him with open arms, helps him go on with his life, and learn to love himself again.

Reading The Great Divide was like reading several stories that came together collectedly into a nice tight package. An immense read. 5 stars for sure. Pam Stone