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Summary: A dated Harlequin romance re released in a hard cover
Review: I would be so embarrassed to release this old book in hardcover if I were Sandra Brown. Originally published about 20 years ago the author states that this story reflects the "trends and attitudes" that were popular at that time. (Read-dated!) I've never read any other Sandra Brown books and am not likely to now. I wonder why this supposedly successful author of numerous novels would re-release something this dated and simplistic? It certainly isn't worth the ...cover price. Check it out at the library if you are a huge Sandra Brown fan. If you're not, don't even bother with it.
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Summary: Serves as a remembrance to Brown's powerful romance
Review: It is so often that readers now not only judge a book by its cover and tantamount to it is the value for price. Sandra Brown's latest hardcover A KISS REMEMBERED billed as a classic love story should be released into a paperback given that it is firstly too short and ungratifying in terms of price against quality and secondly a dated re-release of her work when she writes under the pseudonym of Erin St. Clare.Not that the story itself is insipid. Sandra Brown is a master at crafting moral dilemmas and poignant romance. This time round she weaves a student-teacher romance between Shelley Browning and Grant Chapman. Once at Poshman Valley High when Shelley was a budding student worshipping the devastatingly handsome political science teacher Mr. Chapman until a shocking yet pleasantly intimate kiss fuelled their desire. Confusion propels Shelley to distance herself and run straight into the arms of Daryl Robins, who later she discovered was a erroneous choice for a husband with his selfishness. Grant moved on to the political stage as a senatorial aide but later a scandal exploded to revert him to teaching yet again. When they meet again it is at a church-sponsored university where Shelley studies as an undergraduate and Grant as the professor. A wiser and matured Shelley finds her grappling with the primal attraction to Grant, yet again public opinion and objections from the school chancellor threatens their rekindle of romance. When love comes heading, Shelley is forced to evaluate her option and apprehend her fears in love. Most importantly of all, she has to learn to trust Grant.... The awkward relationship under Ms. Brown comes maturedly handled without eager prurience - and it is all the more miraculous she can explore and develop their passion within 180 pages. The hardship and hurdles to surmount manifest as ostracization, gossips that threatens Grant's career, political scandals and Shelley's selfish ex-husband. It makes their precarious May-December romance all the more rewarding and triumphant. The love scenes are uniquely Brown's passionate prose and they sizzle. However, it is ultimately Ms. Brown's high-voltage emotional drama that renders her one of the most profilic author today and also one romance writer who is fondly remembered for her optimistic and uplifting romance.
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Summary: Very VERY average
Review: It wasn't the sort of spine-tingling romance you would expect from Sandra Brown. It wasnt completely hopeless though, I just felt that the relationship was a bit rushed.
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Summary: Great weekend read!!!!
Review: This is a typical love story by Sandra Brown. It is fast-paced, filled with juicy love scences, and with characters that make us feel. I love reading Ms. Brown, she has the ability to take the reader away from everyday life and bring us a world filled with happily ever afters. What more can a avid romance reader ask for? This is a great starter for those just getting into this genre. Enjoy...I sure did.
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Summary: Sexual Predator + Desperate Girl = Classic Love Story?
Review: This story had so much potential. I was hooked on this book from the blurb and had such high hopes for it only to be disappointed. I know that professor/student affairs go on, but I can't imagine them being as creepy as the relationship described in this book. The guy needed to be doused with some pepper spray on several occasions and the girl needed to grow a backbone and stick up for herself when she did not desire his sexual advances. The whole thing was not what I would call romantic, just strange. The entire book was strange. NOT one of Sandra Brown's best pieces.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This was a sweet story. It was straight and to the point. No boring dialogue. The ending was a little sappy, but it was still a great story.
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Summary: Great love story!!
Review: This was my first Sandra Brown book and it is such a sweet love story. I could not put this book down! For some, it may need some censoring, but otherwise it was great and I recommend it for anyone to try. It is a little outdated as far as the cars and fashion she describes - but that does not at all take away from the story. If you want to read a good love story, get this book to read!! :-)
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Summary: A Kiss Remembered
Review: Throughout the novel, you are kept interested in what is going to happen next. The main characters Grant Chapman and Shelley are in love with each other. Shelly has been in love with Grant for years. For so many years, it has been Shelley loving Grant and not the other way around. Now, the tables have turned. Mr. Chapman is falling in love with Shelly, his current college student. Grant invited Shelley to go out with him to a popular place where many of his college students would be. It was then that she decided that she no longer wanted to be seen with him in public. Will she continue to fall in love or will she forget?
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Summary: A Kiss remembered
Review: What were they thinking to reissue this book? And in hardcover and audio. A Kiss remembered is not just extremely dated it is extremely silly.
There must be many wonderful new authors with wonderful books waiting to be printed but the publishers here have chosen to use Sandra Brown's name to trick readers into buying a book that is a grand disappointment. Do they think we can't tell the difference between a good book and a dud? Well, people who paid money to buy this are not likely to take a chance again.
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Summary: disappointing
Review: When I read the back of this book, I thought it sounded great. I have to admit, the idea of a former high school student and teacher meeting again after 10 years sounded interesting and would make for a good story. However, I was disappointed, mostly with Shelley's character and the overdramatic writing. Shelley was too easily influenced by people's opinions, even strangers'. Everytime she and Grant got close, the slightest thing would send her scurrying away. I actually felt sorry for Grant, that he had to put up with it. I hated how she wasn't able to make up her mind about anything. For instance, in one scene they are all over each other in the library, and they leave together when on their way out, a colleague of Grant spots them and sounds disapproving in her greeting. As a result, she immediately pulls away from him outside and all but runs to her car, blaming Grant entirely for the little episode by the bookshelves. Then, while he tries to be nice to her afterwards, she is as cold as an iceberg. This is bad enough, except that this scenario repeats over and over again. Grant was a likeable character. Why did he put up with this? Also, the whole style of writing was so overdramatic. It was very tiring and irritating to read. Every little event was given unnecessary weight, and Shelley was always overreacting. For instance, after their first time together and predictably, a student of Grant's shows up and sees her at his house, she suddenly turns rude and cold to Grant, who didn't even do anything. He wants to take her out to dinner. "Payment for my services?" she snaps. He's understandably confused and angry, but replies "Read it any way you like." This sets her off into turning her head away so he can't see her uncontrollable tears. Right. I really like a lot of Sandra Brown's other books, but stay away from this one. It's really too bad, because I thought the premise of the story had a lot of potential.
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