September Canvas [Paperback]

Gun Brooke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 16, 2009

Physically depleted and at a crossroads in her personal life, popular TV-personality Faythe Hamilton rents a lakeside cabin in Vermont for a much-needed vacation. Her first day in town, Faythe receives unsolicited warnings from the locals to stay away from her neighbor, which only rouses her curiosity.

Deanna Moore, a successful illustrator, has dedicated her life to her work and her family. Beleagured by accusations stemming from an event she is powerless to explain or defend, Deanna lives a solitary life. When she meets Faythe she is reluctantly attracted to her, but she fears Faythe will not be able to see beyond the rumors.

This is a story of hurt and betrayal, but also of trust and endurance as two women struggle to show faith and dare to love.

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (June 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602820805
• ISBN-13: 978-1602820807
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #912,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This Gun's not loaded., July 8, 2009

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baud "criticaleye" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: September Canvas (Paperback)

After having just finished this book, I reminded myself of some of her earlier works that held such promise. While the writing style is effective, the central characters just don't 'work'. There is no plausible reason why Fathye and Deanna accept their circumstances and can't figure out how to deal with them. And for Deanna to so easily forgive the outrage caused by one of the secondary characters is delusional in the real world. Gun could have delved deeper into that story thread, but it would have added another 50 pages to the book.

And something is going on at Bold Stroke Books. The line editing is becoming sloppy, with several transposed verbs and pronouns, not just in this work, but in several recently published books. That caused some distraction. Used to be there was NEVER an issue with the line editing from BSB, a great standard that other publishers couldn't match.

Overall, the book is okay...but Gun is better than okay.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special., August 11, 2009

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Wolfe, I.M. - See all my reviews

This review is from: September Canvas (Paperback)

I've read all of Brooke's previous books and I'm a big fan of her sci-fi in particular and have have never been disappointed. But I was disappointed in this one.
I found the characters two dimensional and the story, although romantic, was flat. I'm not sure why but this book and it's characters didn't do much for me.
But since I'm a fan of Brooke's books I look forward to her next one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, July 17, 2009

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Taylor "Taylor" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: September Canvas (Paperback)

I never read this author before and did not know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. The characters were fun and well developed, and their story was not rushed as they realized that they fell in love.

I had it when characters fall in love 2 days after meeting!!! This was not one of those stories.