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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely!, January 10, 2007

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MaryGrace Meloche (Ontario, Canada.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hellion (Paperback)

Hallelujah! This time my TBR shelf produced a real winner - LaVyrle Spencer's THE HELLION. A touching story about lost love and wasted years. THE HELLION is simply beautiful!

As children, Rachel Talmadge and Tommy Lee Gentry were best friends; as teenagers, Rachel and Tommy Lee were lovers; and by seventeen, Rachel and Tommy Lee were parents. Teenage parents who, regrettably, gave away their child. A tough decision forced by well-meaning parents. Unfortunately, along with their child, Rachel and Tommy Lee also lost each other!

Time slipped away. Rachel Talmadge married another man and Tommy Lee Gentry lived life on the edge. He married other women, fathered more children, and drank! Now, twenty-four years later, Tommy Lee is divorced and Rachel is a childless widow and again destiny steps in. The ill-fated couple receive a second-chance, but can they control the golden moment?

LaVryle Spencer took the "Second-chance Topic" by the horns and ran with it! Oh how, the author moved me with this sensitive love story. Outstandingly, Ms. Spencer applied tenderness, longing, and gentle humor. And as I turned the last page, I felt fate had truly granted the characters that rare second chance! Rachel and Tommy Lee would finally have a wonderful life . . . together! And LaVryle Spencer - well she wrote a gem! So why not the perfect A+ (10)? Because throughout the story, one nagging question loomed - why didn't Rachel and Tommy Lee contact each other during their college years? A nagging question . . . but minor and it will certainly not influence my final decision . . . from TBR shelf . . . straight to Keeper shelf!
Grade: A

MaryGrace Meloche.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Favorite LaVyrle Books, September 11, 2003

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Teresa B. (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hellion (Mass Market Paperback)

The Hellion is one of those books I find myself returning to again and again.

Although not one of her most sophisticated or complex plots - it is, as other reviewers here have pointed out, somewhat predictable - there is noone better than LaVyrle at creating genuinely likeable, engaging characters. Even if you can guess from the begining where Tommy Lee and Rachel are going to end up you'll want to go along for the ride!

It's the kind of story LaVryle does best - the rediscovery of love once lost. Two people no longer young, no longer innocent, discovering that love never simply disappears and that it's never too late to find out "what if".

And, finally, for anyone who ever fell for the "bad boy" Tommy Lee may inspire some wonderful memories!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully wrote! I was intrigued by the first page!, September 1, 1998

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This book brings Rachel and Tommy, who were high school sweethearts, to the present troubles of adult life. Lingering in the background are unresolved feelings from their troubled past together. This makes for such a story of love and forgiveness. This is a definate story for the Layrle Spencer fan. She never fails to take me into the characters heart and show me exactly how they feel.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars - needed an epilogue
This was my 2nd Spencer novel, Home Song was my 1st, so I only have the one story to compare this to. I liked this book and I liked how the story flowed. Read more

Published 17 months ago by J. Holmes

3.0 out of 5 stars Needed an epiloge....
I was very disapointed that there was no final epiloge to tie up some of the loose ends......(Spoilers!)...

Does Rachel get pregnant? Read more

Published 20 months ago by E. Holmes

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hellion is worth a Billion
This is one of my two favorite Lavryle stories, Twice Loved being the other. I like a guy who still loves his woman through thick and thin, 4 ex-wives, ship wrecks and what have... Read more

Published on November 23, 2009 by K. A. Roy

3.0 out of 5 stars Has the LaVryle flavor, but not her best work.....
I only discovered LaVryle Spencer in the last few months and enjoyed so much the first book I read that I was reading one after another in quick succession. Read more

Published on November 1, 2005 by Mary

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great...(3 1/2 stars)
The Hellion was an ok book. Tommy Lee and Rachel were involved long ago, but after a 24 year separation, they are reunited. Read more

Published on June 24, 2004 by M. I.

4.0 out of 5 stars Rachel & Tommy Lee's love was meant to be
Probably everyone knew of a Rachel and Tommy Lee in school that were just meant to be--- where one was you saw the other and you just knew that they would end up together. Read more

Published on June 22, 2004 by janlouise

1.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTING!!!
I hate to say this because I really like Lavyrle Spencer. I think that she's one of the best and I'm sad that she no longer writes. However, this book stunk. Read more

Published on March 20, 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
I enjoyed this romance, but not as much as I wanted to. It was so obvious that Tommy Lee and RAchel would get back together, I kept waiting for them to get it over with. Read more

Published on May 17, 2001 by CMBohn

4.0 out of 5 stars Predictable but still Lavyrle
I have to admit this is my least favorite of all the books of hers that ive read. The story is sweet and the way Rachel has to go about making Tommy's daughter trust her is nice... Read more

Published on April 5, 2000 by Shannon

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
This book takes you back in time to a day of innocence and growing up and a true friendship and love that is torn apart by others. Read more

Published on December 23, 1999 by Wowed1

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It was well known around Russellville, Alabama, that Tommy Lee Gentry drove like a rebellious seventeen-year-old, drank like a parolee fresh out, and whored like a lumberjack at the first spring thaw. Read the first page

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Tommy Lee, Callie Mae, Donald Wade, Will Parker, Miss Beasley, Rachel Hollis, Big Sam, Eleanor Dinsmore, Miss Rachel, Catfish Corner, Jackson Avenue, Rachel Talmadge, Beth Gentry, Cedar Creek Lake, Cotako Street, Everett Talmadge, Muscle Shoals, City Hall, Gaines Gentry

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