Eden's Garden (Tango 2 Romance)

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Summary: A Modern Fairy Tale
Review: Eden's Garden reminds me of a modern day fairy tale. Ms. Rose paints a pastel picture of a sleeping beauty and a dark prince who together make it possible for both to have a life neither could have separately. This book is a real charmer.

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Summary: A Modern Fairy Tale
Review: Eden's Garden reminds me of a modern day fairy tale. Ms. Rose paints a pastel picture of a sleeping beauty and a dark prince who together make it possible for both to have a life neither could have separately. This book is a real charmer.

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Summary: A real page turner!
Review: I found Eden's Garden to be a wonderful romance! There is a bit of Peruvian culture mixed in with everyday life of Chicago restaurant owner Jack Talon. Eden Ramirez comes from the Andes, and clashes with the rest of the Chicagoens, but still finds a way to fit in.

I found Ms. Rose's characters to be real life, with real problems and accomplishments of their own. Not only Jack and Eden, but the secondary characters as well.

This story is well written and will keep your interest. The plot was great, and the humor the author throws in is refreshing. I found myself not wanting to put it down.

Pick it up - you'll be happy you did.

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Summary: A visit to Peru
Review: I hope you'll enjoy Eden's Garden - a story of a Chicago man, Jack Talon, and a Peruvian woman, Eden Ramirez. Eden has come from her homeland of Peru, to Chicago, to be with her dying father. She's then left in the care of a man who wants nothing to do with her or her culture. She's stranded, with no money and only Jack Talon to help her get home.

My debut novel, Eden's Garden was inspired by a trip I took to Peru years ago with my husband. Peru is magical, mystical, and the people and their culture captured my interest as well as my heart. That's why I knew I had to bring this part of my life to others through my writing.

Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, was like a dream. A place so high in the Andes that the double rainbow and clouds were below me. I was lucky enough to be able to have my own photography of this site used on the book's cover. The high mountain in the background is Huayna Picchu. We climbed that mountain and found ourselves sitting on top of the world, literally.

Nights in the Andes are so gloriously dark that trillions of bright stars in the heavens are visible against the velvet sky. The people of Cuzco are colorful and intriguing - their music lively, their lives simple, their food unique.

Though most of my story is based in Chicago, Eden brings her culture as well as new life to Jack's failing restaurant. Seeds are planted, and love blooms in Eden's Garden. I hope Peru finds a special place in your heart as it did for me.

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Summary: A Romance with taste
Review: Ms Rose gives a new and exciting twist to the typical romance of small town girl meets big city boy with her tale of Eden's Garden. Eden wants to go home to Peru but is stuck in Chicago. Jack needs the treasure Eden's father promised him to save his failing restaurant. Neither gets what they expected. The growth of both characters is nicely done and the romance is charming.

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Summary: A Romance with taste
Review: Ms Rose gives a new and exciting twist to the typical romance of small town girl meets big city boy with her tale of Eden's Garden. Eden wants to go home to Peru but is stuck in Chicago. Jack needs the treasure Eden's father promised him to save his failing restaurant. Neither gets what they expected. The growth of both characters is nicely done and the romance is charming.

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Summary: Great new author's first book is a wonderfully exotic trip!
Review: New author Elizabeth Rose's first book, Eden's Garden, is being published by Genesis Press in their Tango 2 line in June. Tango 2 is described by Genesis as their "foray into the sizzling world of Latin romance." Certainly Eden's Garden, with a Peruvian heroine and plenty of sexual sizzle, fits nicely into that category.

Eden made her first journey to the U.S. from the mountains of Peru at the bequest of her dying American father, Professor Jonathan Starke. Although Jonathan visited Eden every summer in Peru and toured Machu Pichu and other sites of Peru with her, he never married her mother or lived with them as a family. Eden's mother was part of the Incan world; they do not welcome strangers and only marry others of their tribe.

Eden, who has never felt completely a part of that world, is somewhat overwhelmed by the world of her father, especially after his death. On his deathbed, her father bequeaths to her his bible and asks her to deliver a small sack to Jack Talon, to whom Jonathan owes money. In addition, he tells Eden that Jack will take care of her.

When Jack learns that Jonathan has died and left him nothing but the care of his Peruvian daughter, he is livid. He is trying to prove himself to be a competent businessman in his father's eyes. When he loaned money from his father's restaurant to Jonathan Starke, he considered it an investment which would not only make him more money, but show his father how shrewd he'd become. Instead, Jonathan is dead, his money has been gambled away, and Jack is left with the responsibility of his Incan daughter.

Elizabeth has added quite a bit of humor to this story starting with it's not-too- subtle resemblance to the Jack and the bean stalk fable, and enhanced by Jack's reaction to Eden's native costume mistaken belief that Eden cannot speak English. Jack is a pseudo-bad boy with a heart of gold; he can't help himself from taking in strays, be they animals or humans. However, he is desperate to prove to his father, and more importantly, to himself that he is smart and capable enough to take over running the restaurant business.

Eden has grown up in a culture so far removed from downtown Chicago that it is almost as if she has travelled through time from her dirt-poor, mountain farming village. Although she knows nothing of the restaurant business, she is a good judge of people and a loving person herself, so she is able to help Jack in the most unexpected of ways. The chemistry between these two, bolstered by the humor in their relationship, is captivating. Regardless of where they end up or what they do, you can truly believe that these two very different individuals will live happily ever after. Great work, Elizabeth! Copyright 2000, Barb's All Romance Book Store

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Summary: A splash of culture, a lot of fun.
Review: With a dash of culture and a lot of class, Peruvian Eden Ramirez turns spoiled rich guy Jack Talon into a likeable character. If you've never read a multi-cultural romance before, this one's a good place to start.