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5.0 out of 5 stars
A winner, September 8, 2005
This review is from: Saving Allegheny Green (Signature Select) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is another great book by Lori Wilde. Allegheny Green, is a take charge kind of woman, who spends all her time taking care of her zany family. When something goes amok it is Allegheny who must take care of things, putting her own life and dreams on hold. When her sister shoots her boyfriend in the foot, after finding he is married, things start to really spiral out of control. Enter the local sheriff, Sam Conahegg, and the sexual tension between the two is evident. When Allegheny gets involved in the darker side of life there is only Sam to protect her. This story has a little bit of everything - murder, drugs, crazy relatives, mahem, and the underlying fact that maybe dreams can come true. This is a book that will keep your interest and have you reading until you can find out the solution to the mystery, which is shocking. For a story that has a something for everyone, I feel that Lori has once again given us a winner.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Saving Allegheny...a Novel to Savor, November 24, 2005
This review is from: Saving Allegheny Green (Signature Select) (Mass Market Paperback)
Lori Wilde is fast becoming one of my favorite authors, and one of the few that I actually rush out to the bookstore to find when I hear they have a new novel.
Not only are her novels fun -- combining all the elements I enjoy in a story like romance, adventure, humor, a light mystery, quirky characters and lots of heat and sexual tension! -- she has a really great style and voice so reading her books is a pleasure.
What surprised me the most about Saving Allegheny was that it was written in first person. I know someone commented in the reviews below that first person doesn't work well for this genre, but I have to disagree...which surprises me because I normally loathe first person novels. Loathe them. In fact, I've been known to open a book in the store, see the "I" voice going on in the story and immediately put it back on the shelf and move on. I find first person perspective in books annoying, repetitive, and usually so distracting it takes me out of the story and makes me aware of the actual writing. Never a good thing.
But with Saving Allegheny I didn't notice anything at all. I was pulled into the story and involved in the character's lives, and the next thing I knew, I was done with the book.
Buyers should note that, while Saving Allegheny is a romance, it's more along the lines of a chick lit book, so the focus is more on the heroine and her life while the romance between Allegheny and the local sheriff, Sam Conahegg, is what prompts Allegheny to start making changes in her life. And she definitely needs to start making changes.
Her life is overrun and controlled by her sense of responsibility to her family and always putting their needs above her own. For anyone who has ever been in this position with loved ones, it's a hard dance to break (even scary) and Wilde handles the issue well. I sympathized with Allegheny as she was torn between what she wants in her life (love, romance, Sam) and her duty, honor and loyalty to her family.
Allegheny is a smart woman, something I always look for in a story, and Sam is a terrific counterpoint to her character. He's the "been there/done that" type who has been in Allegheny's shoes and knows exactly what she has to face, accept and change before their relationship can move forward.
Saving Allegheny is more than "just a romance". The mystery is well built, the relationship issues timely, the character studies on target, and yet Lori Wilde handles it all with her normal flare for fun, adventure, and humor, making you laugh even in the heavier parts of the story.
I was really surprised by the other review calling this book "crass" and "crude" and lacking "morals" because, if anything, I felt a strong connection with her main characters and the fine line they were trying to walk between doing what was expected of them and what others wanted and what they longed for in their life.
This was an unexpected gem in Lori Wilde's long list of works and I'm eagerly anticipating her next!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Charming romance-mystery, September 19, 2007
This review is from: Saving Allegheny Green (Signature Select) (Mass Market Paperback)
All her life, Allegheny Green has taken care of her family. She's the only sane one in a bunch of eccentric characters. When she discovers two deaths involving her jerk-magnet sister Sissy, she dons her Nancy Drew cap to prove Sissy's innocence, while fighting her lust for new sexy sheriff Sam Conahegg. Suddenly she has to balance her own needs with the needs of her very needy family.
Wilde, who is know for her racy romances, has created a charming lighthearted and humorous romance with just a touch of spice. She goes into new unfamiliar territory by writing it in first person, which provides more insight into Allie's need to keep watch over her helpless family. It's one of my favorite Wilde novels.
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