To Meet Again [Mass Market Paperback]

Elaine Barbieri (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 375 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books; PF edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843949082
• ISBN-13: 978-0843949087
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,262,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An ok read but fell short of its' great potential!, December 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: To Meet Again (Mass Market Paperback)

It always amazes me how we (reviewers) read the same book and come up with different insights. I thought the book's premise was great and,having read Barbieri books before, looked forward to a great read but was disappointed. The initial chapter was wonderful. You had to fall in love with Wade even as he said good bye in Thea's arms at the altar. Going away to her aunt's to recover also made sense. Yet the relationship between Thea and her aunt Veronica never jelled. And then there's Quinn...who looks and talks like Wade, seems to say the same things to Thea that Wade did, but instead of a lawman is a stage robber. Is this man Wade? Thea chews this over for most of the book, which gets a bit boring. Of course the reader finds out that Quinn is an undercover lawman...hence another similarity to Wade. Sheffield, a fiesty female federal agent, and Perry enter the chase...and then there's aunt veronica's friendship with Larry. Everything is in place for some wonderful things but at this point I thought the book kind of died. The relationships of the secondary couples were superficially written about and came to conclusions very quickly. Thea and Quinn did the is he or not thing til the end of the book. The ending is different but I'm not sure what to make of it. I guess its open to interpretation. I read constantly. I don't understand the 5* ratings on this as I barely finished the book and gave it away. Just didn't think EB did her storyline and characters justice this time.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TO MEET AGAIN-By Elaine Barbieri, September 21, 2001

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Josefa Vila (Newark, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Meet Again (Mass Market Paperback)

When Thea's Husdband to be Wade Randolph Preston, was murder at the altar, When she was about to said I Do,He die in her arms her wedding dress was full of his blood, She was devasteted,Them her aunt Veronica, her only relative a Doctor ask her to come to Wyoming to live with her,on the way her stagecoach was held up she could not beliver her eyes, She thoug she was looking at Wade the stage robber was had Wade's face body eyes and even talk with Wade's voice,it was like looking at Wade allover again, but this thief was Federal agent under cover possing as a thief, his name is Quinn Robert Banning. Thea though she was going crazy. I love miss Barbieri's book I gave it 5 Stars because she deserve it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Never judge a book by it's cover, October 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: To Meet Again (Mass Market Paperback)

When I read the book cover I thought this might be a change from the run-of-the-mill romance novel. The idea that someone's first love who was murdered on their wedding day might come back somehow to be with his beloved intrigued me. I was willing to suspend disbelief if it could be made somehow believeable. I'm sorry to say it was not. There are 3 different couples whose stories were being told any of which could and should have been a book by themselves.The main characters Thea and her "is it him or isn't it" outlaw Quinn,her aunt Victoria and her recently widowed "she sees him as a friend but he wants more" best friend Larry and the two Treasury agents-Is he the boss or is she?? None of these couples are given enough attention to fully tell their story and one is left with the feeling that this book is just an introduction to a series the author is planning to write. Now it is not uncommon for authors to springboard books from books but my beef is that the author is so busy setting up for the sequels that she forgot to write a good first novel.The main character Thea walks around in a daze most of the time and when she is with her outlaw Quinn(Wade?) all she does during their "romantic encounters" is think about her dead fiancee which for me at least was a real mood killer. The author purposely leaves out any information about Quinn's past until the very end to keep you guessing if he really is the "dead" fiancee. Thea never asks him questions about his childhood which could have answered her questions once and for all. There is no real "intimacy" between them only sex so whether they stayed together in the end became irrelevant. My advice: Wait for the sequel about the Treasury agents Sheffield(a strong female) and Perry(strong but gentle) they were the best part of this book and the only reason I gave the book 3 stars-I wish I had waited.