11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anne Stuart classic, December 7, 2000
This was the first Anne Stuart book I ever read - but didn't realise I was reading an "Anne Stuart" at the time. After I read "A Rose At Midnight", I revisited "Glass Houses" and loved it. It's cheeky, it's passionate - there's a love/hate relationship between Laura and Michael that's just delightful. The two of them are so stubborn yet hopelessly attracted to one another. I could probably have done without the secondary love story (Laura's friend) - but it worked. Highly recommended! =)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!, November 25, 1998
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I liked this book so much, I couldn't wait to get home from work to get back to it. The secondary characters as well as the main characters were well written. The storyline moved quickly. There were a few inconsistencies but overall, a definite keeper.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Never buy your enemy sugar...., November 5, 2008
In the corporate world of big egos, Michael Dubrovnik has the biggest one of them all. He never lets anything stand in his way and has earned himself the nickname, the Whirlwind. Right now, he has his sights set on creating his legacy, Dubrovnik Plaza, right smack in the middle of Glass House, which is owned by Laura de Kelsey Winston. For three years he has carried on in the planning of the building, sure in the fact that he can get Laura to sell, only to be rebuffed at every turn. Well, he's done with the games and it's time to bring out the big guns. Michael worms his way into Glass House, settling into Laura's building as a new tenant. He enjoys stomping his way around the deteriorating glass building, looking on innocently as more and more cracks show in the buildings infrastructure. But that's not the the only thing that's starting to crack. Both Laura and Michael's steely determination to outwit the other begins to fade away as they both begin to enjoy the games they play, and their rapidly growing attraction. But Michael has come too far now to quit. Which legacy will remain standing? Glass House or Dubrovnik Plaza?
There is a lot of people in this fast paced story and at first, I thought it was too much. There is a second couple who get a HEA and then there are the midwest yokels. Well only one is a midwest yokel. The other is a voracious maneating snake who is clearly destined for bigger and better things. I gotta admit, I was bored during the first half of the book. It was so fast paced and so filled with people I didn't feel like I was grasping onto anything. I thought I had found my first Anne Stuart clunker so I was caught off guard when the story started to pick up in the second half. Two bits of advice I've learned from this story. Never run in the rain with someone unless you want to fall in love (sigh) and never buy your enemy sugar. (laughs)
This was a very enjoyable story with alot of humor and witty dialogue. I loved reading about Michael and Laura's attempts to outmaneuver one another. Michael is tough and ruthless without being too mean or overbearing and Laura was just shrewish and stubborn enough for me to like her alot. They also have some pretty steamy sexcapades that's always fun to read. I also enjoyed stepping back in time with this story. Glass Houses is seriously dated with its late eighties, early nineties pop references and I thought it was funny. There isn't much in the way of a plot. There is a blackmailing scheme that doesn't really go anywhere, but I still enjoyed it. What did it for me was the ending. This has such a happy, sappy little ending. I saw it coming a mile away, but I was still so moved by it and because of that, it makes this another excellent read by Anne Stuart.
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