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Summary: Touches heart!
Review: Ms. Wolf's story is not a formula romance novel with long
"underline worthy" passages of stabbing sex. This is a heart
touching story of two people who just never seem to hit it
easy, hitting it right when random moments bring them together. And then a new situation brings them a better shot...
Our office moochers, my family and myself enjoyed it sufficient to purchase a replacement copy when the first vanished along the way.
Rating: 
Summary: Boring as heck!
Review: Normally I love Joan Wolf books, but this one was boring as heck! I can usually finish a book like hers in about 3 hours, but I'm still in the middle of it, because I've been taking my time for the last 2 weeks. To tell you the truth, I use it to unwind at the end of the day because I know it is sure to put me to sleep! The characters are cardboard, the dialogue stilted, the conflicts and plot nonexistent. I can't believe her publisher let this one go the press! Don't waste your money on this one, buy her regencies instead.
Rating: 
Summary: ... not that good
Review: The story line in this book was really good and I was interested enough to finish it. But I felt very let down by the ho-hum and luke-warm feelings in this book. I have read everything that Joan Wolf has written and most of them are extremely passionate, though not graphic. But the couples in her previous books had passionate feelings and you could feel the tension between the couples. With this book, High Meadow, I feel the story line got in the way of the relationships. There was no passion in either couple. Just like I said earlier, just ho-hum, yeah we are in love, ok that's nice. I really can not recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a great love story. It was a good book, because I don't think Joan Wolf knows how to write a bad book, but not anywhere near her best effort.
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Summary: I normally love Joan Wolf but...
Review: This book is a rehash of Beloved Stranger, which she published in '84 (iirc). The names have been changed, but that's about the only thing. Ms. Wolf should go back to writing regencies, where she excels, and stop rewriting her old books.
Rating: 
Summary: sweet but uninspired romance
Review: This is a sweet story about a single mom (Kate, actually she's an aunt) whose responsibilities have left her insulated and unattached and her son (Ben) who yearns for a father. The father arrives in the form of star pitcher for the World Champion NY Yankees. Daniel Montero is gorgeous, thoughtful and enamored of both mother and son. Kate is afraid of Daniel's intentions and of her attraction to this rich and famous ballplayer who may just be too good to be true. The story is too predictable to be great, but is a quick and satisfying read.
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Summary: All about Love, Faith and Personal Triumph
Review: This is only Joan Wolf's second book in the Contemporary Romance genre and she is definately getting the hang of it. Story.... Beautiful woman raising her sister's orphaned son. Son's previously unknown Father discovers that he has a son and turn's up out of the blue demanding to be part of childs life. Father is famous baseball player. Beautiful woman hardworking, proud and resentful of sharing child. Will these two people find a way to come together that will give this child the family he desperately wants? Throw in a Grandmother who discovers she has major health problems to complicate things. Ms. Wolf has taken a rather basic romance genre story premise and come up with an intelligent, well written, story about love, faith and personal triumph. While the romance is a subtle, sweet and passionate, the sex scenes are not written as a "how to" manual or a lesson in Anatomy 101 and I appreciate that. But it is not the "average" romance in that every thing is always bright and cheery. Hard-hitting issues such as grief, loss and life-threatening illness are addressed realistically. I give this book only a B. Joan Wolf has written a couple of books in the past that have knocked my socks off. My standards for her books are higher than for average romance authors. Otherwise I would have given it an A.
Rating:
Summary: Powerful drama -- Highly recommended
Review: This is the 2nd contemporary romance Joan Wolf has written. I liked it, but I don't think it was as well written or cohesive as her Regency romances. The plot wasn't as engaging and the characters weren't as detailed as her characters usually are. Perhaps Wolf's greatest strength is her simple language that allows her to tell the reader many things without seeming to get bogged down in detail. This allows her to bring to life her characters. I just don't think she was as successful with these characters as she has been in the past. Daniel and Kate seemed to be other characters she had done before rather than new and individual. With any one else, I would call this a very good book, but I expect the extraordinary from Joan Wolf because she usually delivers.
The plot revolves around Daniel, a pro baseball player, realizing he has a son who is being raised by an aunt, Kate. As Daniel attempts to become a part of his son's life, he also discovers he wants to become a part of Kate's life as well. This is a nice sweet story about love and hope that Wolf fans will like. But for a book you can love, check out her backlist!
Rating:
Summary: Good, but not her best
Review: This is the 2nd contemporary romance Joan Wolf has written. I liked it, but I don't think it was as well written or cohesive as her Regency romances. The plot wasn't as engaging and the characters weren't as detailed as her characters usually are. Perhaps Wolf's greatest strength is her simple language that allows her to tell the reader many things without seeming to get bogged down in detail. This allows her to bring to life her characters. I just don't think she was as successful with these characters as she has been in the past. Daniel and Kate seemed to be other characters she had done before rather than new and individual. With any one else, I would call this a very good book, but I expect the extraordinary from Joan Wolf because she usually delivers.
The plot revolves around Daniel, a pro baseball player, realizing he has a son who is being raised by an aunt, Kate. As Daniel attempts to become a part of his son's life, he also discovers he wants to become a part of Kate's life as well. This is a nice sweet story about love and hope that Wolf fans will like. But for a book you can love, check out her backlist!
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