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Title: Sweet Nothings
ISBN: 0451220692
Author:
Catherine Anderson
Publicate Date: 2007-01-02
Publish: 2007-01-02
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Sweet Nothings
Wonderful! Catherine Anderson keeps the reader interested from the 1st word to the last word of the book. I have enjoyed many of her books and look forward to reading many more.
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2: some irritations in an enjoyable story
In the second of the Coulter family books, the heroine, Molly, meets Jake Coulter when she brings him an abused horse to tend. Jake knows immediately that she's hiding something, but her vulnerability and her determination and compassion in rescuing the horse convince him to help her and to allow her to pay off the horse-training fee by cooking for the ranch hands.
Molly's definitely running from something--her ex-husband had her committed to an insane asylum, with the full support and cooperation of her own mother, who's married to Molly's ex-husband's father. Though, granted, Molly's mother didn't know that her son-in-law had been systematically drugging Molly first.
The Good:
One thing I really enjoyed about this one was the humor--Jake kept putting his foot in his mouth, and saying things he didn't mean, getting himself in trouble, and then having to apologize. He was so sincerely flustered about falling in love.
The Bad:
While I can buy most of the plot, I can't quite believe that there aren't any checks and balances to keep someone from drugging his wife and throwing her into a mental hospital to get control of her fortune. Wouldn't drug tests be one of the first things they'd do?
Then there's the mother, who not only believed her son-in-law, she helped keep her daughter locked up, and when it all came out, she couldn't even bother to apologize.
And finally, there was the tired plot of the heroine being hired to cook for the ranch hands and not making enough food, but everybody liked her so much they couldn't bring themselves to tell her--not only is it overused, but it was just left dangling. Argh.
The Verdict:
I enjoyed Sweet Nothings very much despite the irritations, and they were minor irritations--they just stand out because the rest of the book was so good.
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3: A beautful romantic story..........
I love this story! It was soo romantic and sweet. Jake was an awesome manly-sexy, protector,cowboy. Yes it's very sappy, but isn't that what romance novels are all about? If you want something realistic read a biography. I highly recommend it.
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4: Another great story from Catherine Anderson
Catherine Anderson has done it again with the Coulter family line staying true to form! Always a pleasure to pick up an Anderson book!
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5: Sweet Nothings
Well, I bought this book last year, January I think. Catherine Anderson has been coming out with one new book a year so I just bought it assuming it was her newest. Well, apparently she has started re-releasing her old books like Nora Roberts has been doing. Buyer beware. Make sure the plot doesn't seem too familiar. I had already read the book, probably in 2002. It wasn't that great then and now I'm out the money I spent on the new version. It doesn't indicate on this website that it is a re-release. New cover art and a January 2007 release date. I work hard for my money and hate to waste it on a book I've already read. I'll think twice before I buy another Catherine Anderson book.
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