Shattered Vows (43 Light Street, Book 2) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #155) [Mass Market Paperback]

Rebecca York (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037322155X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373221554
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,473,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"[Rebecca York's] books. . . deliver what they promise: excitement, mystery, romance. . ."
- Michael Dirda, Washington Post

An award-winning, best-selling novelist, Ruth Glick is the author of over 100 books. Writing as Rebecca York, she has authored or co-authored over 50 romantic suspense novels. The first of her Berkley Sensation paranormal romantic suspense novels, KILLING MOON, was published in June 2003; EDGE OF THE MOON followed in August 2003 and WITCHING MOON in October 2003. KILLING MOON and EDGE OF THE MOON were launch books for the Berkley Sensation imprint.

She writes the popular 43 Light Street series for Harlequin Intrigue. Over 30 Light Street Intrigues have been published. NOWHERE MAN was called "one of the most heart-wrenching, moving works of romantic suspense in several years," by reviewer Harriet Klausner.

Ruth's many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book has been selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances." In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for NOWHERE MAN. Ruth's book, KILLING MOON won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal. AMANDA'S CHILD won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times. "Tyler" in BAYOU BLOOD BROTHERS won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for best Novella. In 2007 THE SECRET NIGHT received the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for best Harlequin Intrigue. Ruth's cookbook, 100% PLEASURE, was picked by USA Today as one of the 12 best cookbooks of 1994; her FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE was a finalist for the MidAtlantic Publishers Association's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award.

Several of Ruth's Moon books (WITCHING MOON, SHADOW OF THE MOON, and NEW MOON) have been on the USA Today best-seller list.

Ruth and her husband travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks. Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a hot air balloon.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 15, 2006

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This review is from: Shattered Vows (43 Light Street, Book 2) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #155) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Harlequin Intrigue #143 Life Line (ISBN 0-373-22143-6), York introduces us to some of the people who work at the office building whose address is 43 Light Street, most specifically, to Abby, the resident psychologist who falls in love with Steve during the course of that book. In this second novel in the series, Abby and Steve are getting married, and Abby's friend Jo O'Malley, the widowed PI who also works in the building, is her matron of honor. Steve's best man is old prep school chum and Christopher Reeve look-alike, Cameron Randolph.

Jo is on edge at a high-society pre-wedding event, due to the fact that she has just heard a news report that Eddie Cahill has escaped from prison. She remembers quite clearly Cahill's threats toward her when he was sentenced to prison thanks to her detective work and testimony. So it's no wonder she winds up in the washroom with wine all over her dress. In happens Cam, the nerd in wolf's clothing inventor who happens to have an ionic stain remover that needs testing.

While the story has some twists that keep it moving, I'm sorry to report that I was disappointed with this second installment in the "43 Light Street" series. There was nothing really wrong, no clumsy writing, bad style, or weak plot. But there was nothing really right about it either, nothing that in the characters that grabbed me as other books by the same author.

Next in the series will be #167 Whispers In The Night ISBN 0-373-22167-3. Let's hope for better things...