Once Upon a Dream [Mass Market Paperback]

Jennifer Archer (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 050552418X
• ISBN-13: 978-0505524188
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,130,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

At the age of ten, Jennifer Archer made up her mind to become a writer. Then she grew up, became "sensible" and earned a business degree with a minor in accounting instead. After years of trying to find her way through a confusing maze of debits and credits she realized that, for her, accounting was no more sensible than becoming a World Federation wrestler. So in 1993, she enrolled in a creative writing class, and five years later, sold her first novel. Since then, Jennifer has written many novels and novellas, as well as numerous non-fiction works.

She has twice been a finalist for Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart award, and in 2006 was a finalist for the prestigious Rita Award and a nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award. Her debut novel for teens, Through Her Eyes, will be published by Harper Teen in April, 2011.

Jennifer has taught creative writing and has presented numerous talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' organizations and bookstores. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, travel and hanging out with family, friends and her dogs, Marge and Harry. She lives in Texas.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was absolutely wonderful!, January 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Once Upon a Dream (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed this book so much that I read it in just about four hours. I simply could not put this book down.

Alex Simon has just moved to America from England after his breakup with his fiancé. His newly widowed sister and her son live in America and Alex wants to be there for them. He checks a Western out of the library about a hero named Johnny Amigo. Somehow or other he falls asleep while reading the book and has the most incredible dream about helping a woman find out how and why her great grandmother was murdered. He doesn't think anything about this until he meets his neighbor Robin Wise.

Robin has agoraphobia and hasn't been out of her house for a year. Her uncle has perpetrated this condition by relaying his superstitions onto Robin when he took her in after her mother died in a freak accident before she turned thirty just like her mother and her mother before that. Now Robin is two weeks from turning thirty and this weighs heavily on her mind. Can she get past this birthday or will she die too? Then Robin starts having dreams about herself and a man wearing a mask back in the old West. She has asked the man to help her investigate her great grandmother's murder.

Then Alex and Robin meet. Alex is taken aback that Robin is the woman in his dream. Robin thinks Alex is the man in her dream but because of the mask she isn't really sure. Can Robin and Alex solve this mystery in their dreams before it's too late?

This book is a must read. I laughed and I cried through the whole book. I highly recommend this most wonderful book!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 chili peppers, December 3, 2000

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This review is from: Once Upon a Dream (Mass Market Paperback)

"What is a dream if not a soul's whispered secret?"

When Professor Alex Simon moved to Canyon, Texas from England, he welcomed the opportunity to change his locale. Not only would he be aiding his recently widowed sister, but he would have a chance to forget a failed relationship. One in which his fiancée had tried to change him. He knew he was not dashing, but he wasn't the dullest knife in the drawer. Perhaps he might be a bit set in his ways . . . Maybe he could use a little more excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when he encounters his attractive next door neighbor. He could do without her prickly nature, and that little dog too. Until he found an alternative, he would have to settle for the vicarious adventures in the western novels he'd recently discovered.

Robin Wise is less than impressed by her new neighbor-- and his little devil-cat. The feline taunts her dog, and its stuffy owner has the gall to blame her pup for the squabbles. At a second glance, Alex isn't quite as nerdy as he seems. As a matter of fact, when he isn't insulting her dog, he can be quite charming. She didn't need charming. She has her own problems. Such as the inherited curse looming over her impending thirtieth birthday. Until Robin can overcome the hex, she can't indulge in any fantasy she might have regarding the more-perfect-by-the-minute professor. No matter how she wishes she had the courage to act on the awakened desire in her heart.

By day Robin and Alex fight their feelings of attraction. By night, however, their souls have another way of dealing with one another. For you see, when they meet in their dreams, the wishes they make in their hearts really do come true....

This story evokes images akin to the Cary Grant movies of old! The premise is original, and the paranormal plot is well blended with passion, humor, and rich characterization. Guaranteed to keep a reader turning pages long past bedtime!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witty, wonderful, spellbinding story, January 21, 2001

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A Texas reader (Amarillo, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Once Upon a Dream (Mass Market Paperback)

Robin Wise is trying to make sense of the past. It seems the females of her family do not live much past their 30th birthday, and hers is in two weeks. More to the point, she'd love to meet the man of her dreams before she meets her maker. The problem is he seems to be just that - a dream. In her dreams is man, a gambler and something of a rogue, but she can't forget his eyes or his touch.

Alex Simon can't seem to please a woman, or so he's been told time and again, so he decides that swearing off women is the smart thing to do. However, in his dreams is a woman who fulfills all of his desires. And yet, in the light of day, he can't help noticing the woman next door stirs up her own brand of excitement in him. By night they're lovers, by day they're strangers. Their souls know the truth, but will their eyes and hearts recognize that love is where you find it. And no matter what you must learn to believe, love is meant sometimes to last an eternity. This author is bound to make everyone's wishes come true with this witty, wonderful, spellbinding story. Ms. Archer aims for the heart and doesn't miss.