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Summary: Everything I Ever thought Was Weird
Review: All I want to know is . . . Jo Goodman, how many of those hallucinogenic drugs (which the villian was addicted to in this book) were you taking when you wrote it?
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Summary: Keep Them Coming Jo!
Review: Everything I Ever Wanted is the second book in Jo's series of the Compass Club. Matthew, Lord Southerton, is working for Colonel Blackwood to uncover a plot to kill the Prince Regent. His path leads him to Indian Parr, a beautiful and talented actresss who has done work for the Colonel in the past. Fearing for her life, South kidnaps India and keeps her in a cottage in the country. They cannot deny their feelings for each other, and start an affair. But, India is not the woman South thought her to be, and she has her own demons to battle, which South helps her to win. Many twists and turns in this mystery. India is a very strong, independant woman, and Jo Goodman let's us see inside her soul and heart. I agree with the previous post that Jo knows how to write a strong heroine. I can't wait for East's story with Lady Sophia, or for West's story.
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Summary: A must read treasure !!!!!!!
Review: Evething I Ever Wanted is an intriguing romance, full of mystery and surprises. It has an excellent plot and very good characters . In fact, this romance was very impressive!!!!
I highly recommend you to read it - It is a treasure and a page-turner !!!
Actually I didn't read the book in english, I've read a copy in Portuguese (this book was translated).
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Summary: Another good one by Jo Goodman
Review: I just started reading Jo Goodman books and have been sad to learn that many of her older books (which really aren't that old!) are out of print. She's an excellent author, and her books are delicious to read.This story is the second in a quartet of tales about four boy-hood friends known as the Compass Club. In this story we learn about the life and love of The Earl of Southerton, aka, South. In these "Compass" books, I greatly enjoy the change of pace Ms. Goodman offers us from the traditional historical romance--in this and the first book, it's the hero we know more about and we grow attached to, while the heroine remains shadowed in mystery and secrets. I am not often fooled by an author, but Jo Goodman is a master at keeping tricks and surprises up her sleeve. I love it! She has stunned me so many times, I wonder what she could possibly do to surprise me next. But she finds a way! The only reason this book got 4 stars instead of 5 is because it ends on a rather dark note. Unlike a previous reviewer of this book, I wasn't left with the feeling that they may or may not have lived "happily ever after." The hero and heroine were happily together, but it was the dark and rather unpleasant secrets of the heroine's past that really put a damper on this story at the end. It was hard to feel happy for the two of them with all that other stuff hanging in the background. But don't let that stop you from reading this book! Jo Goodman has a tremendous wit, and she will keep you guessing until the end!
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Summary: Another good one by Jo Goodman
Review: I just started reading Jo Goodman books and have been sad to learn that many of her older books (which really aren't that old!) are out of print. She's an excellent author, and her books are delicious to read. This story is the second in a quartet of tales about four boy-hood friends known as the Compass Club. In this story we learn about the life and love of The Earl of Southerton, aka, South. In these "Compass" books, I greatly enjoy the change of pace Ms. Goodman offers us from the traditional historical romance--in this and the first book, it's the hero we know more about and we grow attached to, while the heroine remains shadowed in mystery and secrets. I am not often fooled by an author, but Jo Goodman is a master at keeping tricks and surprises up her sleeve. I love it! She has stunned me so many times, I wonder what she could possibly do to surprise me next. But she finds a way! The only reason this book got 4 stars instead of 5 is because it ends on a rather dark note. Unlike a previous reviewer of this book, I wasn't left with the feeling that they may or may not have lived "happily ever after." The hero and heroine were happily together, but it was the dark and rather unpleasant secrets of the heroine's past that really put a damper on this story at the end. It was hard to feel happy for the two of them with all that other stuff hanging in the background. But don't let that stop you from reading this book! Jo Goodman has a tremendous wit, and she will keep you guessing until the end!
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Summary: Who says nice guys finish last?
Review: I love Jo Goodman's heroes - I get so tired of hard-faced, bottled-up he-men! Her men are always humorous, compassionate, all around good-guy hunks (I especially loved the Thorne brothers!). Her heroines tend to be the walking-wounded, though, and this one is no exception. This book is the second of four in the Compass Club series, about four men who were childhood friends and their continuing adult friendship. The story lines occur simultaneously, not sequentially, so many of the events from the first book, Let Me Be The One, overlap with this one, but from a different point of view. It was helpful to reread the first one before reading this one. I like the intelligence of Goodman's writing and the thought that goes into her plots, while still having the requisite hot love scenes. She seems to be under appreciated, from the way her books are marketed. My only complaint is that the titles of her books are hard to distinguish one from another (like Lisa Kleypas titles). I highly recommend any of Goodman's books (with the exception of her very early books that were reissued - her early writing tends to be a little overwrought).
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Summary: exciting Regency romantic suspense
Review: In 1818 at a Drury Lane theater, the four members of the "Compass Club" interrupt the performance on the stage. Actress India Parr takes exception and rips into the aristocratic quartet. Matthew "South" Forrester apologizes for the group. Afterward, he visits India and coaxes her into punching him in the face to allegedly win a bet from his three buddies. Actually South and his cohorts had a purpose for their boorish behavior during the show and afterward. Colonel Blackwood has assigned South with solving a murder mystery where India is either a suspect or she knows critical information from her assignations with the rich and famous. South "abducts" India in an effort to seduce her into telling him the dark secret that he knows she hides from him while love flourishes between the combatant lovers. EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED, book two (see LET ME BE THE ONE for the first story) of Jo Goodman's Compass quartet of novels, is an exciting Regency romance. The story line is fun to observe as the exchanges between the lead couple are often humorous and as frequently passionate with some cases a mixing of both. The return of previous cast members serves as a double-edged sword as it nice to see them, but when the foursome get together they are diverted from the key plot of romance and capturing a killer. Still fans of Regency romantic suspense will take much delight with second tale while waiting for the other two points to be told. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: exciting Regency romantic suspense
Review: In 1818 at a Drury Lane theater, the four members of the "Compass Club" interrupt the performance on the stage. Actress India Parr takes exception and rips into the aristocratic quartet. Matthew "South" Forrester apologizes for the group. Afterward, he visits India and coaxes her into punching him in the face to allegedly win a bet from his three buddies. Actually South and his cohorts had a purpose for their boorish behavior during the show and afterward. Colonel Blackwood has assigned South with solving a murder mystery where India is either a suspect or she knows critical information from her assignations with the rich and famous. South "abducts" India in an effort to seduce her into telling him the dark secret that he knows she hides from him while love flourishes between the combatant lovers. EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED, book two (see LET ME BE THE ONE for the first story) of Jo Goodman's Compass quartet of novels, is an exciting Regency romance. The story line is fun to observe as the exchanges between the lead couple are often humorous and as frequently passionate with some cases a mixing of both. The return of previous cast members serves as a double-edged sword as it nice to see them, but when the foursome get together they are diverted from the key plot of romance and capturing a killer. Still fans of Regency romantic suspense will take much delight with second tale while waiting for the other two points to be told. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Dark and Tormented Romance
Review: Jo Goodman has written a fine tuned novel but gets bogged down by the angst of the heroine and the dark storyline. There are so many secrets and hidden agendas going on, that the reader truly doesn't understand everything till the last chapter. Goodman writes elegantly but the story is so dark that there doesn't look to be a happy ending for our two main characters. Even then, their relationship is still questionable.
India, the heroine, is an actress on the London stage and the latest toast of society. South is part of an elite group of friends who have known each other since childhood. Each is named North, South, East and West. Murders are happening to titled men and South is approached to find the killer, who maybe India or something to do with her.
Of course both are attracted to each other but because India is so tormented by her past and by someone truly insane, she can not act upon her growing feelings for South. He maybe the killer's next target.
The love scenes seem stilted and the chemistry is kind of bland between India and South. All is mainly due to India's part.
Madness, obsession and murder all play a part in this story. People are not whom they seem and the reason for the murders don't become clear till the very end.
If you enjoy complex characters and many forboding moments, check out Jo Goodman's latest. It is the second of four novels about the four friends.
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Summary: This series might be one of the best ever!!
Review: Jo Goodman really has incredible depth to her characters. Maybe it is the extra 75 or more pages she adds to her books to make them a little more complete than the average. I am not sure what it is but the tale of South and India was ever bit as compelling as North and Elizabeth. What a story - how India had suffered with her life before meeting South. And the love between them just sizzled. Again bringing in the other members of the Compass Club - just to intertwine their stories is a unique touch by Goodman. These stories all run rather simultaneous to each other although it is better to read them in order. I just loved this book - South and Elizabeth were an exciting, very real heartfelt couple. Defintetly one of the better books I have read - impossilbe to put down!!!
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