Marooned with a Marine (Silhouette Romance - Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Maureen Child (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 037360257X | ISBN-13: 978-0373602575 | Publication Date: August 10, 2005 | Edition: 1

A torrential hurricane stranded Karen Beckett in a tiny hotel room with Gunnery Sergeant Sam Paretti, the one man she never wanted to see again! Although months before Karen had severed all ties with the gorgeous marine, bittersweet memories of their love remained. But to surrender would mean exposing her past and admitting her fathomless love for Sam.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 283 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; 1 edition (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037360257X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373602575
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,755,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

USA Today best selling author Maureen Child is the author of more than ninety romance novels and novellas. Maureen is a five time nominee for the prestigious Rita award from Romance Writers of America.

One of her novels, A POCKETFUL OF PARADISE, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.

Maureen was not only on the Texas set to watch her characters come to life in front of the cameras, she was also tossed into the last scene by her husband and the producer, who both thought this would be a fun way to humiliate an author!

When her kids were small, Maureen started writing as not only a way to stay sane, but in the hopes of finding a job she could do and stay at home with them. Sanity is still an issue, but she did manage to write her way into a career she wouldn't trade for anything.

Over the years, she's written under lots of different names and she prefers the term 'pseudonym' to 'alias'. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing.

Under her own name, Maureen writes short contemporary novels for Silhouette Desire--books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling. Maureen is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances for NAL and darker paranormal stories for Silhouette Nocturne.

Life is busy but when she isn't writing you can find Maureen sitting under her 'thinking tree', coming up with new ideas for even more stories. When she isn't dreaming up a new book or writing a current one, Maureen loves to travel. Her favorite vacation spot is Ireland, with Scotland coming in a very close second. She and her husband love a good road trip and Maureen's looking forward to the day when she can actually drive to Ireland. Talk about the best of both worlds!

Maureen lives with her family in Southern California and loves to hear from her readers. Visit her online at www.maureenchild.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Back Cover, October 31, 2004

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Debbie P. Moore "Got 2 Have It Collectibles" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marooned With A Marine (Bachelor Battalion) (Desire, 1325) (Paperback)

Stormy Hearts. A torrential hurricane stranded Karen Beckett in a tiny motel room with Gunnery Sergeant Sam Paretti, the one man she never wanted to see again! Just months before, Karen had severed all ties with the gorgeous marine, but bittersweet memories of their love refused to vacate her mind. Now her rescuer demanded a hefty price for shelter from the storm.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars marooned with a marine, November 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Marooned With A Marine (Bachelor Battalion) (Desire, 1325) (Paperback)

This book was entertaining but so predictable. The heroine was a weak and indecisive woman. The story centered too much around their waiting out the storm. This book would have been better if the characters developed into a more in depth story line. I felt the story was a simple idea that did not contain enough to fill the pages of a book. The story did not "wow" me over.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buildup fails, instead it's boring, November 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Marooned With A Marine (Bachelor Battalion) (Desire, 1325) (Paperback)

I think the main storyline failure is that chapter after chapter consists of the two characters arguing. This is supposed to function as the buildup of sexual tension, but it doesn't work. It gets really boring really fast.

In general, the plot and characters seemed contrived.