More Than You Dreamed [Paperback]

Kathleen Gilles Seidel (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

Seidel ( Maybe This Time ) should score points among romance readers with lively characterization, careful plotting and details on movies and moviemaking that add spice to her tale. Jill Casler grew up loving Weary Hearts, the classic 1948 film edited and coauthored by her father, the late "Cass" Casler. Hollywood wisdom has it that Cass brilliantly salvaged the mediocre script that actor Bix Ringling wrote for himself and his brother Charles. But one day Doug Ringling appears at Jill's door inquiring about his late Uncle Bix's original script; he implies that Cass merely "commercialized a masterpiece." Disburbed, Jill commences her own investigation into the whereabouts of the missing script; despite her industry contacts and determined digging, she uncovers only a conspicuous absence of information. Increasingly uneasy about what her father did to the film and why, Jill travels to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, ancestral home of both the Ringlings and Caslers, where she and Doug begin to track down the truth behind the making of the film and learn how deep family loyalty can run.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (December 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671662171
• ISBN-13: 978-1416506935
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yah, yah, when I get bored I'll just skip to the end..., November 7, 2007

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K. Campbell "KC" (Santa Cruz CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Than You Dreamed (Paperback)

I bought this book for 50 cents at the library. Cover looks hooky, but I'll give it a try. If the book gets boring, I usually go to the end and read the chapters backwards. The middle oft times is predictable or gets goes on and on with long scenes of dinner, etc.. I kept waiting for this story to do those things. Not. I was suprised at the depth of character, the explorations of interactions, and the perceptions of the characters. I'll say that there is one slight mention of a first bedding, don't let that stop you. I found myself second guessing what the characters would do. It is really worth a read. I won't tell you what I think of Charles, but he proves blood is thicker than water. See if you can guess why. Enjoy! By the way I ended up reading it all the way through. K. Campbell

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From the back of book Description, August 30, 2005

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Psboston7 "~ And so it Goes ~" (Upland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Than You Dreamed (Paperback)

A favorite old movie...a leading man as dashing as Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind...and a dream that someday you'll meet someone as romantic and perfect to love...

Jill Casler, an elegant guest at Beverly Hills' best hotel, stared in shock at the handsome man on her doorstep: Phillip Wayland, hero of Weary Hearts, the movie that launched her father's career as a Hollywood director forty years before. It was as if Phillip had stepped off the silver screen -- her imaginary lover appearing before her in the flesh!

In an uncannily familiar Virginia drawl, the visitor explained that he was Doug Ringling, nephew of the actor who played Phillip Wayland. With a chilling sense of deja vu, Jill heard Doug's suspicions about the existence of a secret version of Weary Hearts that could shatter Jill's precious memories of her deceased father and smear him in the film industry.

Now, illusions and truth weave a tangled web around Jill as she begins a journey into a past long hidden from her; to the family her father left behind in the Shenandoah Valley; to the poignant reality behind a film classic. Now she will embrace life with a roan determined to pursue his own dreams, a man who fills her empty heart as fantasy never could--with love.