Say Goodnight, Gracie (Zebra Historical Romance) [Paperback]

Yvonne Jocks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Historical Romance | Publication Date: January 1, 2004

In 1880s Colorado, clumsy Grace Sullivan tumbles right on top of brawny gold miner Jon Erickson, breaking his leg and stealing his heart. Original.

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Belle has no beauty. Charisma has no charm. And Grace has no grace. After overhearing their escorts at a picnic discuss their shortcomings, the three sisters make wishes that will change their lives. This is the premise for a wonderfully witty, multiauthor trilogy, which includes Belle of the Ball (2002) and A Touch of Charm [BKL S 1 03]. In the final installment, Grace's nouveau riche mother, the wife of a Colorado silver king, is desperate to fit into proper society, and sees Grace's deportment as one of her biggest liabilities. When handsome miner Jon Erikson comes to visit, Grace falls from the staircase, lands in Jon's arms, and causes him to break a leg. As Grace helps care for Jon, he sees in her the potential and beauty no one else does. But Grace's mother wants nothing to do with a lowly miner. Jocks mixes lots of humor with a bit of magic in the closing chapter in this must-have series in which cleverly disguised fairy godmothers make wishes come true. Shelley Mosley
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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821774573
• ISBN-13: 978-0821774571
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,190,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, however, I prefered the 1st 2 books over this one, April 28, 2005

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Sandra J Smith "reader of passionate books" (Beaverton, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Say Goodnight, Gracie (Zebra Historical Romance) (Paperback)

I liked the beau, Jon, in this book the best of the 3 men.
Kit was good, Will left me a bit cold. But Jon, he was
wonderful!

Now, with that said, here are my thoughts on this book.
It had an interesting mix of an Irish family, a Greek
cook, an Italian street urchin, a French tutor, and a
Norwegien miner. Sometimes, if there were 2 or more
accents used in a scene, it was a bit distracting, but
some might say that made the book even more enduring.

The things that bothered me most:

1. Aglia from the 1st book, Thalia from the 2nd book, and
Phronsy from the 3rd book, were not invited to the Sullivan
girls' wedding. This was a sacrilege from my point of view.
These 3 women (Greek godesses) were an intrigal part of each
story, and without them, there would have been no stories.
Of course, in order to have them standing at the 3 Graces
rock formation in their flowing white gowns & flowers in their
hair, they couldn't very well have been invited to the wedding,
could they? I would have preferred to see them be invited to
the wedding, if it meant sacrificing the flowing gown scene.
They earned the right & deserved to be present. When Will
says "why would they be here?" I wanted to hit that man upside
the head with a frying pan ... get a clue, buddy!

2. At the end of Belle's & Charisma's stories, each of their
3 wishes were revealed: their spoken wish, their unspoken wish, &
their heart's wish. At the end of Grace's book, there is no
mention of it, so I can only guess at what I don't know.
Grace's spoken wish (we did see this in the 1st book): to be
more graceful. Grace's unspoken wish: for her dad & mom to
stop fighting all the time. Grace's heart's wish: for a husband
who felt, like she did, that propriety wasn't for everyone.

On a scale of 1-10, I'd give this book a 8.5 at the very least.