Product Description
She couldn’t turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother’s house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn’t want the secrets the old house harbored to come to light. Trusting anyone– even the handsome carpenter who seemed so genui… More >>
#1 by Book Lady on May 24, 2010 - 10:47 pm
Now I know why they say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. The book was offered free on the Kindle. I remembered a review that remarked on it’s portrait of the Amish–I downloaded it –and read all the way to the end ashamed of myself for reverting back to a thirteen year old reading Confidential Magazine at newstands. This is possibly the sillest, poorest imitation of a Mary Higgins Clark mystery I have ever read. The simple formula, innocent unsuspecting career girl gets caught in a clutches of bad people and “white knight” rides to rescue ain the nick of time and all is restored to wealth, happiness and ultimately marriage. It’s a good story when Mary Higgins Clark tells it–this one needed a better plot and a good editor–This one added “inspired” scenes like a chase through the woods, an old house with closets to “die in” an attic to hide in and antiques that would make the readers of House and Gardens jealous–I thought I had picked up a Harlaquin novel (i’ve never read one). Who knew? It is one and that Christianity light that’s thrown in -=now it’s God out there directing the hero and heroine into each other’s arms–and good grandmother who wears silver earings and is a hip, but “fragile 74year old, falls gracefully to sleep every night over her bible–seems to be the faith inspired Haralquin series for sophisticated women or so they claim on their publisher’s blurb. I just looked it up to see who actually published this and why. So instead of bodice ripping and passionate sex, the hero and heroine have a couple of soulful kisses and rub each other’s hands meaningfully. Well, it’s taged religious fiction–next time I’ll look up the book online before I download it. And I know why I’ll stay with Mary when I want easy to read “trashy” fiction.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Sarah on May 24, 2010 - 11:21 pm
I really enjoyed this book. So much so i read it in a day! The characters and plot are well developed and unlike a lot of “chick-lit” mysteries they’re actually realistic. I like that there is a romance undertone with out being erotica. It seems a lot of authors don’t know the difference anymore.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by T. Gue on May 25, 2010 - 1:00 am
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t full of sexuality and swearing. As a Christian women I find books like this hard to find. I rather enjoyed the plot and the mystery. And how it managed to stay clean.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Jazz Fan on May 25, 2010 - 3:24 am
I loved this book. I enjoyed the fact that it was a book without all the graphic sex scenes that surround some romance novels. It was the first time I’d read a book by this author and I will purchase more.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Linda S. Craighead on May 25, 2010 - 5:19 am
This was a great little mystery, romance book. I enjoyed all the characters and it was a easy read. I would read more by this author.
Rating: 5 / 5