Chasing Rainbow [Mass Market Paperback]

Sue Civil-Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1999

Jake Carpenter has traveled all over the wold, living a neat, orderly life.Now he's come to Paradise Beach, Florida, intending to stop his globetrotting ways and settle down with a tidy woman. But barging into his life comes untidy, disorderly Rainbow Moonglow. The sexy psychic turns Jake's world upside down, gets him all shook up in more ways than one. And suddenly - surprisingly - he's having the time of his life.But Jake knows that he and Rainbow are worlds apart. His soul-searing desire for this eminently kissable woman defies all rational behavior, but rational is the last thing he feels when he takes Rainbow in his arms. She's as tempting as a summer breeze yet as unpredictable as the weather. And soon he realizes he can never let her go...even if it means chasing Rainbow from here to eternity.

Editorial Reviews

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"A powerhouse author." -- Melinda Heifer

"Her offbeat characters and humor are wonderful." -- Affaire De Coeur

About the Author

Sue Civil-Brown has been writing romantic stories since childhood. Now, having published two dozen books under the pen name Rachel Lee and won numerous awards, she is delighted to turn her attention to the light-hearted and humorous in love and life.

Sue lives with her own knight in shining armor on Florida's Gulf Coast, where the weather provides almost as much excitement as her dearly beloved, their children, and their Siberian husky.

Boredom, she says, is never a problem.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380800608
• ISBN-13: 978-0380800605
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,841,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Ghost Story for Valentine's Day, January 29, 2000

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Lynn Bulmahn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chasing Rainbow (Mass Market Paperback)

Chasing Rainbow is billed as a romance novel, but it is much more! It is warm, witty, funny and a wonderful read. There's even a wee little murder mystery stirred in for good measure. It reminds me of the light romantic comedies that Doris Day and Rock Hudson used to star in...I'm surprised Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks haven't made this into a movie. It'd be a blockbuster.

I read this book out on the deck, and I was laughing with every delightful new plot twist. A gifted humor writer, Sue Civil-Brown comes up with the zaniest, most lovable characters I've ever seen: a no-nonsense geologist who doesn't believe in superstitions falling in love with an adorable young psychic named Rainbow Moonglow.

Rainbow, you see, was born in a commune in the 1970s; her mother was into free love and doesn't know who the father was, but is still strict with her grown daughters'morals. And its a tossup who has the craziest uncle, Rainbow or her beau.

The minor characters are a scream: the red-haired psychic/mother who wears purple because her spirit guide told her to; the retired Colonel who believes his military training can handle anything, including ectoplasm; the flirty ex-CIA agent with his goofy T-shirts; minor league mobsters; grandmothers who are hell on wheels on their motorbikes; playful spooks who play tricks on the living; and an assortment of colorful, crazy retirees in the Florida condo community.

Buy this book, it's a laugh a minute. You'll fall in love with Rainbow and her pals.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cannot be mistaken for a Rachel Lee--NO emotional intensity, March 30, 1999

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This review is from: Chasing Rainbow (Mass Market Paperback)

Whatever caused Rachel Lee to metamorphose into Sue Civil-Brown was a BIG mistake! Her three contemporaries as S. C-B. have all lacked the intensity, sensuality and emotion which made many of her pre-Conard County and Conard County books outstanding. Perhaps because I treasure some of her older books so much, my disappointment in her new work is even greater. Although I did not find her Lee books consistently good, C-B's Avon books are less enjoyable even than the Lee misses. The characters are plastic and the story is thin. I will not buy any more Avons. I hope she gets back on track. I know she can write novels that are memorable.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Big Let-Down, April 28, 2000

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Caroline P. Hampton (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasing Rainbow (Mass Market Paperback)

I was really disappointed in this one. I had heard such great things about it, but it was too wacky. Too many characters, and you didn't care a fig about any of them. It just went on and on. Rambled....and, didn't focus on anything. Not worth the time.