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3.0 out of 5 stars
3rd in the Trilogy - The Moorehouse Legacy, January 1, 2007
This review is from: From The First (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
Alex Moorehouse not only lost his best friend in a sailing accident, but he almost lost his leg. Recovering from the numerous leg surgeries, Alex had little choice but to stay with his two sisters at the family bed & breakfast. There he stayed in his room, drank booze, took pain pills, and generally felt sorry for himself. Alex not only mourned his best friend, but also felt guilty over him. Alex continually asked himself, "Did I try hard enough to save him?" This question arose in Alex's mind, because Alex had fallen in love with his best friend's wife, Cassie, almost from the first.
Cassie, a wealthy widow with her own construction business, had a slightly different viewpoint. Cassie knew her husband was cheating on her, but liked him well enough to still consider him her best friend. Cassie was very saddened at his death, but also knew that eventually they would have divorced. Now the Moorehouse sisters had asked her to help renovate the inn, and Cassie was looking forward to it because it would give her more of an opportunity to speak with Alex. Cassie had felt drawn to Alex from the start, but felt he didn't like her because he always avoided her. Little did Cassie realize Alex's avoidance was because she was a married woman and to his best friend at that.
This wrap up book in the trilogy was very good in a lot of ways. The character of Cassie was a pleasure. Cassie was a strong, independent woman who knew what she wanted and did what was necessary to get it - whether it was running her own business, or facing her feelings for Alex. I enjoyed her very much. The failing in this book - a major one - was Ms. Bird failed to redeem the hero sufficiently to make you understand how Cassie - or anyone else - could love him. Alex was one of the most self-centered, immature heros I have ever ran across in the world of fiction. Alex left his family years ago, and he barely kept in contact with his mother and father. After his parents died, he came back for the funeral and left as quickly as possible, leaving his sisters to shoulder the burden of the family bed & breakfast and a grandmother with dementia. His family was living in poverty, and he's off sailing!! He then busts up his leg, moves home, shuts himself in a room and proceeds to inconvenience everyone in the household, and all he can think about is his best friend's widow. Yuck. While the writing style was definitely more J.R. Ward than the other two books, and the story did hold my interest, I would hesitate to recommend this book to anyone - unless you like reading about men with weak characters.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome love story ...., November 3, 2007
This review is from: From The First (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
From the First by Jessica Bird
Silhouette Special Edition # 1750 - April 2006
Moorehouse Legacy trilogy - Book # 3
Alex Moorehouse knew he was first class scum. What kind of man lusts and then falls in love with his best friend's wife? And that storm, that ended up being a hurricane, swept up on them so fast; the sea was so angry. He really hadn't meant to let go of Reese' hand and then let the sea swallow him up; had he? The nightmares tortured him. It seemed only right that the sea had damaged him too; and he, after countless surgeries, should have lost his leg, but it was still there, still an agony. Cassandra had never been able to understand what it was that she had done to offend her husband's partner and best friend. It had to do with that day on the boat, when she'd caught Alex naked out of the shower. Had she let him see how much he attracted her? She hadn't realized it then, but maybe Alex had, and it was because of his innate sense of honour that he'd been avoiding her for years. Avoiding Cass now wasn't an option, as she'd agreed to restore the family B&B after a fire has gutted the kitchen and damaged the rear of the inn. As a resident in the workshop behind the B&B, Alex would have no place to hide while he continued his rehab.
Awesome love story. I can certainly see why From the First earned the RITA for Ms. Bird. Alex is a tortured hollow man when Cass sees him for the first time since her husband's death. In a moment, when Alex was sure he was dreaming, he revealed to Cass how vulnerable he was and in that moment he'd begun to heal. That was also the moment Cass realized that she'd always been attracted to Alex, a revelation that shakes her. Beautifully written and it was great to visit with the characters from the other books in the trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading Spikes story. It's up next. :D
Moorehouse Legacy series ...
Beauty and the Black Sheep - SSE# 1698 - July 2005
His Comfort and Joy - SSE# 1732 - January 2006
From the First - SSE #1750 - April 2006
A Man in a Million - SSE #1803 - January 2007
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting foreshadowing..., February 11, 2007
This review is from: From The First (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
For those who don't know, the author who writes as Jessica Bird also writes as J.R. Ward, author of the Black Daggerhood series (paranormal). I read the first two books in the Moorhouse series before reading this one. Both were all right but forgettable, so I wasn't expecting much from this one, but despite big plot and characterization problems, it was much better than the others. I found myself actually caring what happened to the characters, though as the other reviewer comments, the hero (Alex) is really not an admirable character at all. The heroine, Cassie, is a little unbelievable herself. (Where exactly did she pick up the skills to know all about construction work?)
The really interesting thing about the book to me is that I do start to see J.R. Ward's touch here. The male characters in this book are bigger than life, and relate to each other in ways very similar to the Black Daggerhood group. I do find myself wanting to read their stories, and am expecting that each Jessica Bird book I read will get better and better, as happened with this trilogy. (If you enjoyed the male characters here and haven't read the Black Daggerhood series, you're missing something!)
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