First Impressions
by:
Jude Deveraux (author)
When Eden Palmer moved into Farrington Manor, the charming house that was willed to her, she hoped her new home in lovely Arundel, North Carolina, would provide the fresh start she needed. Her beloved daughter Melissa, whom Eden raised on her own, was married now, and Eden must begin a new...
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When Eden Palmer moved into Farrington Manor, the charming house that was willed to her, she hoped her new home in lovely Arundel, North Carolina, would provide the fresh start she needed. Her beloved daughter Melissa, whom Eden raised on her own, was married now, and Eden must begin a new chapter. But her arrival in the small Southern town soon plunges her into a mystery that threatens not only her plans and reputation, but her life...and when two eligible bachelors pursue her, Eden is flattered -- and more than a little suspicious. Can she use one man to save her from the other?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743437158 (0743437152)
Publish date: August 1st 2006
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
This miserable book started out with 32 pages of exposition, setting up a ludicrous situation with two dimensional characters, served with steaming piles of cliché. It only got worse in the second chapter. I gave this my minimum 50 pages and DNF'd on page 56 upon reading this from the main love inte...
First Impressions by Jude DeverauxEden Palmer was sent away when as a teen she became pregnant from a rape on her way home. She ended up filing papers for a woman in the Carolinas. When her son was released from jail, a sex pedofile, she had to leave and journeyed to NY where she got a job in the pu...
To me the most memorable thing about this book was Eden's knowledge of gardening. I kept thinking "Mum will like this" and that's about it. Not a bad book, but just not for me.