Designed For You (Arabesque) [Mass Market Paperback]

Marcia King-Gamble (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kimani Press (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583146202
• ISBN-13: 978-1583146200
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,989,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A New Beginning, June 13, 2006

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This review is from: Designed For You (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

Social Worker Jana Lewis is outraged when she finds out the community center where she volunteers, and the surrounding park is being redeveloped to cater to the upper class. A Fare to Remember, an event-planning business that Jana co-owns with her best-friend Twyla, is chosen to plan the ribbon cutting ceremony to announce Lakeview Park's gentrification. When the citizens of this small community rally together to save their neighborhood they enlist Jana as their spokesperson.

When Reese McDonald, the gorgeous young urban architect chosen to design the 40-acres of Lakeview property, meets feisty little Jana he doesn't know what to do. And, finding himself attracted to her is not making things any easier. Torn between his feelings for Jana, the citizens of the Lakeview community and his overbearing boss, will Reese's design plan make or break him?

Marcia King-Gamble has crafted a wonderfully well-written novel depicting how neighborhoods are torn apart and their citizens misplaced to make way for more upscale communities. While in the midst of all the turmoil an awe-inspiring romance takes place. While reading DESIGNED FOR YOU, I found myself cheering on the citizens of this small community for standing up and making their voices heard.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP, April 7, 2006

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JRANDJFSMOM "jrandjfsmom" (TULSA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designed For You (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

THIS BOOK WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH. FOR A ROMANCE NOVEL THE READER DID NOT GET TO GO ALONG THE JOURNEY OF THE ROMANCE. THE TRANSISTION WAS JUMPY. ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOME IS USUALLY THE LEAD CHARACTERS GET TOGETHER, ITS THE JOURNEY WE AS READERS LIKE TO GO THROUGH. I THINK THE STORY ITSELF WAS ORIGINAL BUT IT DID NOT LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION AT ALL.

4.0 out of 5 stars Romance and Reality can co-exist, April 11, 2006

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Cynthia R. Breeding "romance writer" (South Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Designed For You (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

I found that "Designed For You" was a rare blend of romance mixed with the very real problems of this country's downtrodden. The book makes a social statement without being dark and morbid or going "preacher" on us.

The allegory that the beautiful Lakeview Park makes for all people, regardless of wealth, coincides nicely with the yearning we all feel for finding that special someone who will enhance our lives.

Doesn't everyone deserve that? "Designed For You" is light, easy reading that will still make the reader think.

Cynthia Breeding, author of "Camelot's Destiny", due out August, 2006