Customer Reviews

Back in Baby's Arms

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Everyone in Sugar Bay on Florida's Gulf Coast refers to Maddie Schaeffer as "Baby" because of her sickly childhood. Even her spouse Wayne, who call his new boat "baby" tells her she is "the baby" while the craft is a "generic baby." However, when Wayne takes his new ship out for a test run, the steering wheel fails and he crashes. As he dies in Maddie's arms, he promises her that he will send her an angel because he vowed never to break her heart. She believes her beloved Wayne.

A year has passed and Maddie still expects an angel to appear. Her uncle hires a stranger, Chase, who was found drifting at sea with no memory or identification. Maddie believes that Wayne sent Chase as her angel, but though he cannot recall anything he knows he is no angel. Still, he finds himself attracted to Maddie and soon they join forces to try to learn who he truly is.

Though a bit more inspirational than readers normally receive from Tina Wainscott (see A TRICK OF THE LIGHT and IN A HEARTBEAT), BACK IN BABY'S ARMS retains the awesome author's ability to make the impossible seem feasible. The story line is taut, poignant, and exhilarating as two damaged psyches find healing in love. Ms. Wainscott provides her growing audience with another magnificent reading experience that is becoming the norm from this sensational superior storyteller.

Harriet Klausner

I could not put this book down, loved every minute of it. It was romantic and adventurous. I recommend it to all of my friends and family. This was an easy read. Put this on your MUST READ LIST.

I would actually give this 3 1/2 stars. The characters in Maddie's family were just goofy. I couldn't decide if it was the author's attempt at injecting humor or they were just strange. They reminded me of the movie "Junebug". It was distracting to me. I liked Chase. The mystery was pretty good, but the climax was a little over the top. Maddie's transformation was just too much too fast. Also, the whole plot of Chase being her 'angel' was more like a subplot. On the positive side, I could not put it down. I liked "Now I See You" a lot which was my first Tina Wainscott, so I will try another.

I was trolling amazon fishing for good books for the students in our writing school, WorldCrafters Guild at simegen.com, when I found the 'forthcoming' page for Romance.

As it happened, our Romance Reviews columnist at simegen.com, Darlene Kendall, was on AIM -- so I hailed her and asked for a recommendation from amazon's forthcoming page by pasting the link into AIM. As a reviewer, Darlene often gets books before they're published, so she had already read these books.

She chose BACK IN BABY'S ARMS, keyboarding to me, "BACK IN BABY'S ARMS gives readers a wonderful heroine who grows into the perfect match for such a delicious hero."

Now, I do love stories about characters who learn emotional lessons and grow because of the events in the book.

But I tell you -- this new online world is just what an avid reader needs -- not Instant Messages -- INSTANT RECOMMENDATIONS on next month's books!