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5.0 out of 5 stars
A DAZZLING DEBUT!!!!!, January 10, 2010
This review is from: Lake Magic (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
Jenny Beckinsale is still grieving the death of her fiancé, Steven. She is still too grief-stricken to give much attention to get their seaplane charter business, Blue Sky Air, off the ground (no pun intended) when suddenly a tall, dark, and handsome stranger, Jared Worth appears demanding that he be paid in full for his portion of the business. Jenny is shocked. Steven had never told her they had a silent partner. And she has no intention on giving up Steven's dream. If Jared has to be paid, she is going to wait until the day the money is owed, not one minute earlier. Jared vows to stay until then; but the only available lodging in the little town on the lake is a spare room in the home Jenny inherited from her grandmother.
Although there is an attraction between Jenny and Jared, neither of them have any intention of getting involved in any type of romance right now. In fact, both stubbornly resist one another. Jenny adamantly does not want to get involved with another Flyboy whose life would be given to the sky instead of her. She is determined though to show Jared she isn't just another little blonde airhead, but is able to get more clients for Blue Sky Air and make the business successful on her own.
Little by little though Jared begins to endear himself to Jenny as he befriends Jenny's 13-year-old nephew, Cody who is going through teenage angst. When the moody teen opens up to Jared, it starts melting Jenny's heart. Maybe there is more to Jared than just sexy bravado.
This is a dazzling debut by Golden Heart winner Kimberly Fisk that reads as if it were from a much more seasoned author. She has a successful writing career ahead of her if LAKE MAGIC is any indication of her talent. She compares to such bestselling authors as Kristin Hannah, Luanne Rice, and even early Jodi Picoult. . Note to publisher: While I would never want to tell a publisher how to do their business, as a former bookseller and long-time reviewer, I believe books of this caliber should be published as a trade-sized paperback rather than mass market in order to be placed on the bookshelves with women's fiction to garner the wider audience they deserve.
LAKE MAGIC is absolutely outstanding and very highly recommended. Fisks's characters are well-fleshed out and the story of the relationship between Cody and Jared brings a depth to the novel. I will be anxiously awaiting her next novel. It can't come soon enough for me!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
entertaining contemporary romance, January 8, 2010
This review is from: Lake Magic (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
Jenny Beckinsale and her late fiancé Steven Harmon started together The Blue Sky Air seaplane charter business three years ago but it has failed because she has no interest in anything except grieving her loss. Feeling pity as she compares her self to her siblings "Perfect Paul" and Amazing Anna" "Jinxed Jenny" wants to be left alone to wallow. Navy pilot Jared Worth arrives at the cottage of Jenny's grandmother where Jenny hides from the world demanding she either get the business running or refund him the money he lent his best friend Steven.
Jared immediately writes off Jenny as a kewpie doll who cannot run a business. She vows to prove to him she is not an airhead. Neither expected a second chance at love, but will she move past the ghost of Steven before it is too late?
Lake Magic is an entertaining contemporary romance starring two individuals who meet because of the death of someone both loved. The story line is driven by the characters whose first impressions are not favorable, but over time change to love, but both loath the feelings of betraying Steven especially Jenny. Readers will enjoy this warm second chance at love drama.
Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Made me cry!, February 16, 2010
This review is from: Lake Magic (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
What a magical book! Fisk, a debut author to watch in the future, managed to break my heart and heal it again within the span of just a few wonderfully written pages. The characters were well-drawn and realistically flawed and made you ache for their hearts to heal. Fabulous job!
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