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Title: Double Standards
ISBN: 0671737600
Author:
Judith McNaught
Publicate Date: 1991-01-15
Publish: 1991-01-15
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: something special
It was my first book from Judith Mcnaught and I think it's next to "Perfect* her best. She writes witty, exciting and gripping. I couldn't put this book down.
It is a very exciting lovestory between Laureen Danner, a very talented secretary (she also has a diplom as pianist) who comes from a poor but very warmhearted family and Nick Sinclair, president of Global Industries who's coldhearted widowed mother left him, as he was a little boy, in the care of his grandparents to marry her rich exfiance. For Laureen it was love on first sight but for Nick she was a girl next to the other. He was afraid to feel love and before it got that far he left. This all because of his mother - as a little boy he worshiped the floor she was walking on -, a shallow woman who's living comfort and status is much more important than her childs love. This all changed with Laureen, a proud, witty with a rare spirit beauty. But Laureen has a secret that could destroy Nicks love for her.
I can highly recommend this book to all readers who likes lovestorys with a happy ending.
excuse my english. I'm better at reading.
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2: ANOTHER GREAT BOOK FROM JM
I won't include plot summery as it has been done in many reviews. I just wanted to say that i loved this book. The characters were wonderful, and i really felt their emotions. That is what I love about Judith, every one of her books makes you feel, and that makes a great book. She never lets you down, this book is a must read.
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3: This Man Says "Bravo!"
I'm a man in his late 30s and I'm quite honored to admit that this book was thoroughly satisfying. It was one of my first romance novels (as well as my first McNaught title), and it definitely helped open up an entirely new world of reading for me. In fact, to this day I routinely pull this book off the shelf every few months and re-read it just for sheer enjoyment.
The characters, environment and settings are instantly recognizable to anyone who's ever spent a little time in the urban business world, even allowing for the passage of time since its original 1984 publishing date. Nick and Lauren were both remarkably well-developed, considering the fairly compact length and fast pace of the book. The corporate intrigue and espionage was very believable and much more accessible to me than some hackneyed murder subplot that is found in too many such novels. I could easily relate to Lauren's sense of awkward disorientation in the foreign world of power and money in which she was unexpectedly thrust - always the constant little reminders of not really belonging and never feeling fully secure. Nick was a perfect example of the man ruthlessly stroking his ego and exploiting his social connections, continuously seeking transitory thrills in a desperate attempt to fill a loveless void in his life. The supporting characters were all relevant and seamlessly complemented the storyline.
And the icing on the cake for me was the vivid capturing of the era that was the middle 1980s; this book brings that lost culture of my adolescence back to me, if only for a little while.
As for whether or not it brought any tears to my eye - well, I'm keeping that detail to myself. ;) Many thanks to Ms. McNaught for a wonderful reading experience.
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4: A rather emotional guilty pleasure...
Wow -- I never read romance until last fall. I had always seen the "historical" romance novels about Dukes and Earls...and responded with a "roll of my eye."
One day I found a Judith McNaught novel - a contemporary novel about corporate greed, insider action, and hot romace...and well, I was done!!
I have all of her contemporary books - this is my favorite.
Lauren is a wonderful heroine.
I absolutely LOVE the intertwining of characters from her novels - it is like hearing gossip that an old friend is doing well - it warms your heart and makes you want to see them again!
And that is how her books are - a great warm bath, and a drink of expensive wine...something to indulge in...and enjoy.
I would love the chance to thank Judith - you help me relax at the end of the day --- after the kids are in bed...and my husband thanks you too...because your books...well...you know how a romance novel effects a woman... ;)
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5: Ok Book
I read this book in a day, but it was hard to read. The story went fast, but the story lacked so much.
Her cousin Philip Whitworth interviews her for a job, never intending to give her one. Until he sees how pretty she is and asks her to spy for him at Global Industries. The company that keeps out bidding him for jobs. Philip thinks there has to be a leak in his company, so he offers Lauren a salary she can't hardly refuse.
Lauren being the innocent girl from a small town doesn't want to spy on another company but her Father has been sick and he needs the money.
After intentinally failing the tests for the new job,so they won't hire her she runs into the most handsome man in the world, Nick Sinclair.
Thinking he is just a carpenter that works for Globial, she regrets not getting the job.
Nick puts in a good word for her and she is offered the job again.
She is thrilled to be working so close to Nick.
Nick invites her to a party for the weekend at a friends house. They sleep together and then he tells her she has to leave he is expecting someone, but to let him know if she is pregnant. JERK!!
It only gets better from there, she sees Nick in the paper with a woman at the house where they had spent the night together.
Nick tells Lauren it is natural to sleep with other people and not feel anything. He is one sick person.
Lauren has fallen for him and he keeps flaunting other women in front of her. But she still loves him. I was actually hoping she would be pregnant so she could take him for everything he was worth.
The story goes on from love, hate, betrail, and then back to love.
I think Nick was the toughest person to read about, he was a jerk,a fake, and every other bad word that you could associate with men who like to use power over women.
This book was not worth $7.99, it was a very short book with some awful characters in it. Get it from the library.
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