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3.0 out of 5 stars
It started out strong..., May 10, 2005
This review is from: A Date with the Other Side (Paperback)
This book started out with a strong opening scene and snappy repartee. The image of a naked Boston Macnamara in the haunted bedroom of the bed and breakfast with his manhood caught in the antique white eyelet bedspread as Shelby Tucker was conducting the haunted house tour was an image to behold. With this kind of introduction, I felt like the book was going to have a lot of zippy dialogue and sexual tension.
But by mid-book, the story was losing steam fast. The relationship between Shelby and Boston would have been stronger if Shelby would have continued to be the quick witted, charming country bumpkin who was comfortable in her own skin. But she started to wallow in self-pity, acting like she was not the right match for Boston and insisting that she could never leave Cuttersville Ohio. I started to feel like Shelby was right and she would have been better off in a re-marriage to her ex-husband, farmer Danny Tucker. Heck, he was even starting to look too good for her! The ghosts that may or may not have been haunting or cohabitating in the houses of Jessie Stritmeyer, Shelby's grandmother, never had a resolution within the story. This would not have been 100% necessary, but it would have added some depth since they were part of the background to the story. I felt overall the book started out promising but had some missed opportunities as it came to an uneven conclusion.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Winner For Ms. McCarthy!, May 6, 2005
This review is from: A Date with the Other Side (Paperback)
Ms. McCarthy has taken a turn and added a new aspect to her contemporary romance reads by adding a touch of the supernatural. Her ghostly characters although not headlining in the romance department do play a rather significant role in bring together two so opposite people that you can't help but to keep reading until the final page.
Boston Mcnamara has been sent to small town USA in what he views as a punishement. What has he done to deserve this? Answer is he has no clue. Add to this, he finds himself renting a haunted house, has a rather quirky land lady and oh, yeah, locked doors mean nothing to sexy Shelby. Resident ghost tour guide. Could life get any more complicated? Well of course it could!
Shelby is making ends meet by taking people around her small town on a personal guided tour of hunted houses. Cuttersville is loaded with them and her grammy just so happens to own many of them. She is in for the shock of her life when she brings her tour to "the white house" only to find it not haunted by spooks but instead occupied by one sexy man. Of course Boston is not thrille to be caught without a stich on by Shelby and her faithful followers. What follows is a wonderfully funny and moving read about thinking you know what you want only to find out you could not be more wrong. But in a good way that is. Now if the ghost have their way there will be a happy ending for them both.
Ms. McCarthy truly knows how to tell a story and how to create characters that a reader will feel attached to. This effort is no different and her creation of small town america made this expat homesick! Again in a good way. This read is one that I highly recommend that you add to TBR pile. You won't be sorry.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and Charming, November 24, 2006
This review is from: A Date with the Other Side (Paperback)
I love Shelby and Boston.
This was a reread for me. I laughed just as much this time around as I did the first time.
Shelby Tucker runs a haunted house ghost tour for people in her home town of Cuttersville Ohio.
She has been divorced from her High School sweetheart for 3 years. Shelby and Danny are still such good friends... Everybody in town doesn't understand why Shelby divorced him.
Shelby thinks she lacks passion. She never felt all the "sparks" with Danny. She thinks she is defective.
Until she leads a tour into a bedroom and finds a naked and sleeping Boston MacNamara.
Suddenly Shelby isn't feeling so "dead" inside.
This book starts out with one of the funniest scenes... I won't spoil it, but you have to wonder where Erin comes up with this stuff!
Boston is a rich city boy, sent to Cuttersville by his boss to check on a factory.
Shelby and Boston are sooo different. Yet you know they are perect for eachother. They have some obstacles to overcome. Erin writes in some funny, sexy, tender and sad moments to help them on their way.
A very enjoyable read.
This book is filled with great side chracters too. You'll want to read the next book in the series, Heiress for Hire. Enjoy!
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