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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous heroine! Highly recommended, May 26, 2003
In her early thirties, Rebecca Wells still sneaks an occasional cigarette and struggles to control her temper. Her nemesis Josh Hill, who lived across the street when they were growing up, fills her father's dreams of an ideal child, resulting in twenty-four years of discord. The wounds still have not healed, especially when her father announces that she is not invited to her parents anniversary party unless she promises to behave, meaning she has to strike a truce with Josh.
No one knows about the evening a year ago that proves that the chemistry between them has escalated, but neither Rebecca nor Josh can quite forget. With her best friend married, Rebecca decides it is time to marry and move away from Dundee, where her reputation has proven to be quite limiting. Unfortunately, her fiancé is more concerned with getting his great aunt to the wedding than sticking with a wedding date, so she dumps him and looks a bit closer to home. The question remains if Josh is up to her wild eccentricities!
I confess a weakness for heroines who do not fit the classic model of decorum. I identify with women like Rebecca who struggle with to grow beyond her reputation as a troublemaker and to quit smoking. It's heroines like Rebecca that make Superromances sparkle, because they are flawed, sassy and real. And they get guys like Josh, a fantasy come true. And with author Brenda Novak's pen, they also get a very bumpy ride on the way to romance, filled with the emotional conundrums that makes her stories outrageous, fun and believable. A HUSBAND OF HER OWN comes highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brenda Novak is so fun to read!, May 28, 2011
I'm on a sort-of marathon of reading Brenda's Dundee, Idaho series. This was #2, and I can hardly wait to read the rest.
Rebecca is 32 yrs old. Since she has always had the reputation around town of being a constant trouble maker/hell raiser, even she believes it & doesn't think she's able to change herself.
Sometimes all it takes is one special person (preferably from the opposite sex) to make one see her self-worth. But when this one special person is someone you've feuded with your whole life, it doesn't happen overnight. Even though the reader can see they belong together, it takes them awhile to catch on! :)
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