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Summary: Proving home is where the heart is
Review: For Lizbeth Sullivan, providing food and hospitality is a legacy she is proud to have inherited from her family of hoteliers. The one thing that sets her apart from them, however, is her unusual need to establish roots. In Stafford, New Hampshire, she has found a way to accommodate her legacy and her preference by running a successful bed-and-breakfast, which allows her to exercise her expertise in home economics. Colin St. James is in Stafford to restore a house. His clients' recommendation leads him to Lizbeth's bed-and-breakfast where he finds himself delighted with the service and the proprietor whose timid manner and generous heart move him as much as her quiet beauty. An army brat, Colin finds he shares a common background with Lizbeth to a certain extent. Until he met Lizbeth, he was quite comfortable with his pick-up and go lifestyle. But Lizbeth, with her heart steeped in this quiet and appealing town, shows him how tempting putting down roots can be. Ruth Langan's second installment of her "Sullivan Sisters" trilogy is well written. It has an engaging style, which centers itself around a persistent change in point of view among the primary characters, including Loretta a ninety-two year old widow who nurtures the love that is developing between the hero and heroine. Colin St. James is an endearing hero who is a throwback by way of occupation as well as manner. He is an architect who loves to restore old houses, preserving their history while retaining their function. He is also gallant and charming when it comes to Lizbeth and Loretta. Lizbeth is a little harder to understand through no real fault of her own. She displays a great deal of strength despite her shyness and she loves being a part of a community. She is clearly a person meant for hearth and home. But in terms of development, Lizbeth was slightly lacking. Langan does hint that a previously painful experience with love gives the heroine pause when it comes to giving her heart but because she never allows her audience insight as to the reason why, it is difficult to sympathize with Lizbeth or to find any development on her part to be credible because it gives the impression of being too sudden. "Loving Lizbeth" has an appealing hero and a wonderful setting. The heroine is admirable but she would have been far more engaging if we had as much access to her thoughts as we did Colin's.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I felt that nothing happened in this novel. I found myself skipping pages just to get to the end. The most exciting event was a community party called the "Spring Fling" where the two main characters danced. The heroine's past was not fully developed and only given about three paragraphs on the third to last page of the book. Very boring...I do not recommend.
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