Waves Of Passion (Encanto (English)) [Paperback]

Sylvia Mendoza (Author)

Book Description

Series: Encanto (English) | Publication Date: May 1, 2001

From ship to shore
After years at sea, Lieutenant Commander Alex Rivera has realized something is missing from his life. Namely, having one. It's time to settle down in his California hometown and experience the real world... and maybe even romance. Former Navy brat Marissa Buenaventura is the ideal candidate to initiate him into the joys of civilian life, like babies, barbecues - and certain other things a man can't live without...

As Tourism Director for her picturesque community, energetic, impulsive Marissa is supposed to bridge the gap between the locals and the Navy - with Alex's help. But when business quickly turns to pleasure, she's torn. A by-the-book military man has never been her idea of marriage material. So why is it so easy to imagine herself sailing off into the sunset with Alex?

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786011750
• ISBN-13: 978-0786011759
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,478,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant But Nothing Special, August 31, 2001

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This review is from: Waves Of Passion (Encanto (English)) (Paperback)

This was a quick and easy read. Read it if you just want to pass the time, rather than get emotionally involved. It involves a US naval officer and a civilian, set in Coronado Beach CA. He is duty-oriented, she is outgoing, both have issues with their fathers, etc., etc. Plenty of secondary characters - enough for spinoffs anyway.

I don't know if this is being marketed as a multicultural book, but except for some Spanish phrases here and there, the families could have been any family with strong ethnic ties (at least the ones that I'm familiar with). It would have been more interesting if the author given more background as to why certain items had the significance they seem to have had to the characters.

The main characters, Alex and Marissa, really didn't have much depth. Both appeared to be eye-candy. The conflicts were standard, as were their resolutions. In real life, I think that a person such as Marissa would be just too tiring to be around - her personality was just too consistently enthusiastic for a grown woman. Alex was a more realistic character but again, his problems were simplistic - things that we've already read in way too many books.

I seem to be damning this book with faint praise, but really, it wasn't bad. It was just that I expected more and didn't get it.