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3.0 out of 5 stars
H/h relationship a little lacking,
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This review is from: Nurse at Ste. Monique: By Juliet Armstrong (Mass Market Paperback)
The Girl: Maura O'Shea, a Galway lass in London training to be a nurse. She's taken her finals and is aces at her job. Her bosses love her. The only thing that doesn't go her way is that she's perceived as a maneater, no matter what she does or says.
The Guy: Paul Lasalle, a Frenchie who runs some big business on the island of Ste. Monique. He's suspicious of the hold Maura has over his weak-willed half-brother Claude and thinks she's up to no good, but he's willing to admit that she's a good nurse. The Setup: On the way to work one foggy London morning, Maura is knocked down and robbed. Running to her aid are Paul and Claude Lasalle, in the country on business. Though she's immediately attracted to Paul, Claude is the charming one and Paul's brisk business attitude turns her off. Claude sweeps her off her feet and says they'll marry in Ste. Monique. When she arrives, she discovers that Claude has an ex-wife and kid and he's run back to them, leaving her stranded. Making the best of the situation, she gets a job at a nursing home and makes friends only to have the narrow-minded gossip of a small island wreck her reputation. Of course, Paul believes the stories and she believes whatever comes down the pipe about him and she refuses to think kindly of him at all, even though there's plenty of third-party evidence that he does care. But that tropic heat has got to thaw the ice eventually.... The Good Stuff: Nothing spectacular here, though the plot was relatively tight with the subplot of a murderous ex-gardener tying in neatly with Maura mistakenly shooting Paul when she thinks he's a burglar. It takes buckshot in the shoulder for these two to finally talk to each other. Criminy. There was no outright "other woman" in Paul's life, but rather a general mischief-maker who provided most of the animosity in Maura's stay on Ste. Monique. She also just happened to have a hankering for Paul and hated Maura for it as well as being jealous of Maura's competency as a nurse. My Gripes: Maura was a little too put upon. Bring out the crown of thorns, will ya? (Just give Mel a few seconds to stop abusing his wife and grab his camera.) It got a bit tiresome to see so many scenes involving sly asides to Maura's face, and yet she lets things pass more or less in the interest of politeness. While there were no BIG MISUNDERSTANDINGS, there were a series of little misunderstandings -- which in the end was just as annoying. The good part is that the misunderstandings weren't absurd. But still frustrating. Paul wasn't all that memorable a hero. He popped in and out of the story, but didn't linger too long. Most of the time they were apart from each other and Maura was hating him and dwelling on how much he disliked her. Then at the end, BOOM! "Let's get married!" says Paul! "I luvs ya! Always have!" And it was obvious from his actions that he didn't dislike her, but Maura's one of those women who won't let crap slide. She gnawed over their first meeting like a dog on a bone. FFS. And there was also a loose thread that wasn't explained, AFAIK. I don't think Paul ever explained to Maura just why he was kissing Phyllis. I guess the author lost track of all the eavesdropping/spying her little cast of characters did over each other.
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