Older Woman (Silhouette Special Edition) [Paperback]

Cheryl Reavis (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373244452
• ISBN-13: 978-0373244454
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,606,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An award-winning published author, Cheryl Reavis's literary short stories have appeared in a number of "little magazines" such as The Crescent Review, Sanskrit, The Bad Apple, The Emrys Journal, and the Greensboro Group's statewide competition anthology, WRITER'S CHOICE. Her contemporary romance novel, A CRIME OF THE HEART, reached millions of readers in Good Housekeeping magazine. She has won the Romance Writers of America's coveted RITA award four times and she is a three-time finalist. Publishers Weekly described her contemporary novel, PROMISE ME A RAINBOW, as "...an example of delicately crafted, eminently satisfying romantic fiction..."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Romance told mostly from hero's POV, July 9, 2002

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Stephanie Smith "English major in progress" (Blanchester, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Older Woman (Silhouette Special Edition) (Paperback)

Calvin "Bugs" Doyle is recuperating from wounds received from a Black Hawk helicopter crash. He endured months in the hospital undergoing surgery, then rehab. He can't walk without pain. He doesn't know when (or if) he can return to the military. He has to cope when Rita Warren, the woman he loved but who didn't love him in return, marries his superior officer.

Everything changes when Bugs' landlady, Mrs. Bee, sends him over to see why Katherine Meehan, their next door neighbor, is standing out in the rain. He goes, in spite of his physical pain, to humor Mrs. Bee and also because he knows Kate. She was one of the nurses who took care of him after his crash. What develops is a friendship, then attraction, then love between a younger man and an older woman.

Cheryl Reavis takes her time with this book, allowing us to get to know Bugs *very* well. The book is mostly in his POV -- which is unique in romantic fiction. Kate remains distant through most of the story because of this, but it's believable since she's a tough woman trying to keep up a strong front to deal with the pain of her past.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasingly different story, April 7, 2003

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Susan Smith (A small rural village in the English Midlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Older Woman (Silhouette Special Edition) (Paperback)

I did enjoy reading this novel - a story about ordinary people who find love, strength and completion in a most unlooked for way. An enlisted man (not Captain as the cover of the book says) finds that whilst recovering from severe wounds he can offer solace and comfort to a woman who has suffered the trauma of breast cancer - an older woman who holds him at arms length but whose doubts he overcomes. The charming peripheral characters (Mrs Bee and her ladies, the pussycat and his MREs for cats) add to the story. Cheryl Reavis is a good writer although sometimes fails to live up to her potential. However, she did very well in this one in handling difficult issues. I passed this one on to my mother who also enjoyed it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVED THIS BOOK!, May 20, 2002

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Cheryl St.John "Cheryl St.John" (the Midwest USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Older Woman (Silhouette Special Edition) (Paperback)

THE OLDER WOMAN held my attention from the get-go and didn't turn me lose until the end. A sexy tortured hero, a heroine with issues of her own, and a down-to-earth situation combined to make this story a winner in my book. I highly recommend it.