Unfinished Business
by:
Nora Roberts (author)
What was she doing here? Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much either—he was still lean, athletic, rugged…But the once reckless boy had become a solid, dependable man. He'd stood her...
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What was she doing here? Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much either—he was still lean, athletic, rugged…But the once reckless boy had become a solid, dependable man. He'd stood her up on the most important night of her life; could she ever trust him again? So Vanessa had finally come home, Brady thought. She could still turn him inside out with one of her sultry looks. He couldn't believe she hadn't forgiven him for that night twelve years ago—but he'd had his reasons for not showing up. He'd let her leave town then—but he wasn't going to let her get away this time…
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781459273702 (1459273702)
Publish date: September 15th 2011
Publisher: Silhouette Desire
Pages no: 157
Edition language: English
This is an early Nora, a Silhouette reprint from 1992 and boy, does it show. The hero, Brady, is a tad overbearing for this day and age, the plot is somewhat dated and the actual writing... OMG, the HEAD-HOPPING!!! It's so bad... it's SO SO SO bad. I don't remember any Nora being this full of mexi...
GABRIEL'S ANGEL She almost crashes into him on a snowy road, he offers her temporary shelter in his cabin, discovers she’s pregnant, and on the run. To protect her, he decides to marry her, delivers the baby, and slays her dragons. Sheesh. Far from Nora Roberts’s best work. Slow and as annoying as t...
Unfinished BusinessVaniessa, a concert pianist, and her mother Loretta are together again. Van is visiting at her mother's house.She remembers all the pianos but they are all gone. Van is brought up to date with her best friend-back then, and her brother Brady Tucker who's also a doctor now.She mee...
I read this book for a challenge - I needed something from 1992 that wasn't a thriller. I'm not a contemporary romance fan, but Nora Roberts can make anything tolerable.
Eh. Nice.I probably would have liked it a lot better if I had read it when it was published. Reading it now the story is unsurprising. These tropes have been done to death by now. The writing, though, is very good and doesn't feel stale. At the time she had written this book, NR had been 10 yea...