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Summary: A book worth savoring...
Review: 2nd in a trilogy of the MacNeill brothers, Con is the middle child. The calm, cool and collected one...until he meets Val Cutler a restaraunt owner he at one point dubs the "goddess of tofu and sprouts." I picked this up on the recommendation of others and was not disappointed I don't think you would be either.
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Summary: Thank heavens there are three brothers!
Review: After reading THE PASSION OF PATRICK MACNEILL, I had certain expectations for Con. He had to be strong, handsome, intelligent and most of all compassionate. His story had to have the same depth of emotion and character, the same intense and quality writing. That seemed a lot to ask, but I did anyway.
I wasn't disappointed. THE COMEBACK OF CON MACNEILL is just as well written as Patrick's story. Virginia has consistently given us strong men, and holding her to that, I'm looking forward to Sean's story, which is now on shelves.
For those of you who don't normally read category romance, this series about three brothers is one that might just make you change your mind.
~sue
Sue Waldeck
Road to Romance
http://www.roadtoromance.dhs.org
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Summary: Thank heavens there are three brothers!
Review: After reading THE PASSION OF PATRICK MACNEILL, I had certain expectations for Con. He had to be strong, handsome, intelligent and most of all compassionate. His story had to have the same depth of emotion and character, the same intense and quality writing. That seemed a lot to ask, but I did anyway.
I wasn't disappointed. THE COMEBACK OF CON MACNEILL is just as well written as Patrick's story. Virginia has consistently given us strong men, and holding her to that, I'm looking forward to Sean's story, which is now on shelves.
For those of you who don't normally read category romance, this series about three brothers is one that might just make you change your mind.
~sue
Sue Waldeck
Road to Romance
http://www.roadtoromance.dhs.org
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Summary: Virginia Kantra is an auto-buy for me!
Review: Con MacNeill lost his job, and his identity. He's gone South hoping to rebuild his reputation and sense of self. His client is reluctant -- more than that Val Cutler is furious. She doesn't want some Boston consultant telling her how to run her business, but more than that, she doesn't want him kissing her and easing his way into her heart. The last thing Con wants is to fall for anyone, much less the unconventional, irrepressible Val, but despite his best intentions he's falling hard. Con and Val unite to save her business, and to save her friend from a horrible marriage -- but more than that, they find they've united in a bond of love that nothing can break.
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Summary: Virginia Kantra is an auto-buy for me!
Review: Con MacNeill lost his job, and his identity. He's gone South hoping to rebuild his reputation and sense of self. His client is reluctant -- more than that Val Cutler is furious. She doesn't want some Boston consultant telling her how to run her business, but more than that, she doesn't want him kissing her and easing his way into her heart. The last thing Con wants is to fall for anyone, much less the unconventional, irrepressible Val, but despite his best intentions he's falling hard. Con and Val unite to save her business, and to save her friend from a horrible marriage -- but more than that, they find they've united in a bond of love that nothing can break.
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Summary: Wonderful!!
Review: Having read the first book in this series, I couldn't wait to read Con's story and I was not disappointed. Ms. Kantra in a master of characterization.
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Summary: I recommend this story and this author.
Review: I am very greatful to a good friend who recommended Virginia Kantra to me last year, and have been waiting for months for this book to hit the streets. It was worth the wait. The hero is a business consultant, the heroine has a restaurant that can't seem to make money and the villian is one you'll love to hate. Enjoy!
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Summary: I recommend this story and this author.
Review: I am very greatful to a good friend who recommended Virginia Kantra to me last year, and have been waiting for months for this book to hit the streets. It was worth the wait. The hero is a business consultant, the heroine has a restaurant that can't seem to make money and the villian is one you'll love to hate. Enjoy!
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Summary: An incredible must-read book!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Con's story -- one of the best books I've read all year. Con is a very real-life hero, intelligent enough to think before reacting. He accepts that the heroine, Val, isn't a ninny but rather an independent woman who just needs a helping hand. I adored Con and can't wait for Sean's story! Hurry up September!
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Summary: Outstanding book in a three-book plus series
Review: Virginia Kantra has joined my list of favorite authors, after I read a few other books and then stumbled across Book 2 of the O'Neill brothers trilogy (the first book is Kantra's second THE PASSION OF PATRICK O'NEILL; the third book is THE TEMPTATION OF SEAN O'NEILL). Another book MAD DOG AND ANNIE is a sequel to some of the events that take place in THE COMEBACK OF CON O'NEILL, although both books can pretty much stand on their own - which is the secret of a great series romance.Kantra writes category romance, i.e. romances published in a monthly line by publishers such as Harlequin and Silhouette. I cut my eye-teeth on category romances (along with Georgette Heyer), but most of the authors I loved back then leave me cold now. Kantra's second book of her O'Neill trilogy is set in a small town. Financial consultant Con O'Neill, with his lean clever face, has been forced out of Boston and his high-paying and high-flying job. Not only has he lost his job, but also his fiancee. Con comes to small town USA when he is hired for a job or project by the local bank president - to bail his daughter Val out of trouble with her restaurant. This is small potatoes for Con, but if he can pull off the job, he will get a badly-needed recommendation with which to stage his comeback to the world of high finance. Con is not too enthusiastic. What does he know about restaurants after all? Pretty soon, he realizes that Val Cutler, the restaurant owner, is something special. Val has her own demons too - including being emotionally smothered by her too-helpful father and her distant mother. She wants to run a purely vegetarian show in a town where the usual call is for steak and fries. Con tries to reorient her cuisine with unexpected results. He then begins poking into the business's finances with even more unexpected results. Woven into this story of a woman's effort to prove herself to her father and the town is the story of her friend Annie who is married to the local "golden boy" [For more on that, read MAD DOG AND ANNIE]. There is suspense, there is heartache, and there is the need to combat prejudices of all kinds - the town's against the outsider Con and for the local "star", Val's father's about his daughter's efforts to make her own living, and more. Throughout this, there winds a honeyed strain of sexual tension (along with tension of another kind) which brings the book to a dramatic close. Con and Val's problems are not solved by the end. We know that life will be a struggle, and that Con will have to make a choice - between big-city glamour and fame and small-town success. Elder brother Patrick, his second wife Kate and their family make a brief appearance. If you liked this book, try either the last part of the O'Neill trilogy or MAD DOG AND ANNIE (which tells the heartbreaking story of Val's friend).
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