Her Mother's Keeper (Silhouette Romance, 215) [Paperback]

Nora Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1983

Her mother needed her... Gwen Lacrosse had decided. So she took a vacation from her demanding New York job with prestigious Style Magazine to go home to Louisiana. Gwen was sure that her mother had been duped by the successful and unscrupulous author Luke Powers. How could anyone fall for such a man? When Gwen met Luke she discovered the answer to her question: Luke was the most attractive man she had ever met. Gwen knew that she should persuade him to return to his native California...but how could she, when she knew that he would take her heart with him?

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; First edition (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671572156
• ISBN-13: 978-0671572150
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,814,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Rainy Day Book, February 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Her Mother's Keeper (Silhouette Language of Love #20) (Paperback)

Gwen thinks her ditszy,widowed mother may be having an affair with the young,handsome writer boarding at their historic Louisiana home. Worried that he's taking advantage, she comes home from NY to check him out. Then, she falls for him herself! Several red herrings in plot lead to a surprise ending.
Excerpt from the back of the book:
"Her mother needed her, Gwen had decided. So she took a vacation from her demanding NY job at prestigious Style magazine to go home to Louisiana. She was sure her mother was being duped by author Luke Powers. How could anyone fall for such a man?
When Gwen met Luke, she discovered the answer to her question:
Luke was the most attractive man she had ever met. Gwen knew she should persuade him to return to his native California, but how could she, when she knew that he would take her heart with him?"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who Needs Saving - Mother or Daughter?, May 4, 2005

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Susie Morris "Book Junkie" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Her Mother's Keeper (Silhouette Language of Love #20) (Paperback)

In HER MOTHER'S KEEPER, a daughter (Gwen Lacrosse) comes to the rescue of her mother to save her from certain scandal. The only problem is the mother doesn't know she's in danger of being disgraced. The villain (Luke Powers) is a younger man who has been staying in the Lacrosse mansion while he is finishing one of his books.

Set in New Orleans, Nora Roberts definitely gets the Cajon flavor correct with this story. Hot and humid could describe both the environment and the feelings Gwen develops for Luke. How does a daughter stop thinking romantic thoughts about her mother's boyfriend? Luke is her mother's liaison, or is it wishful thinking that they really are only friends?

Roberts bounces the reader back and forth on that perspective - is he or isn't he - only the mother knows for sure (and of course Luke, but he's not saying!). Ok, charming, but brainless, is a better description for this one, but I can't resist since it was so cute!

HER MOTHER'S KEEPER is a story with an exotic flare, pure romance, but mostly filled with humor. Nora Roberts shows that you can laugh at yourself in almost any situation!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars mediocre story, August 21, 2005

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Donna K. "bookcrosser" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Mother's Keeper (Silhouette Language of Love #20) (Paperback)

I found the entire concept upon which the story is based, that Gwen left her job in NY and came home to new Orleans to break up an assumed affair (which turned out to be unfounded) between her 47 year old mother and a man 12 years younger, to be totally proposterous.

One thing I find very annoying in romance novels is incessant and unnecessary bickering between the characters, supposedly representing sexual tension or a conflict. Gwen immediately responded to Luke with undeserved harsh animosity, judging him without knowing anything about him or having the facts straight. Gwen was so quick to assume the worst about him (she was also too quick to have sex with him, especially while proclaiming to dislike him so much). Luke summed it up best when he told Gwen that one day, she just might be the woman her mother is, one who looks for the good in everyone and finds it.