Table For Two (Arabesque) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dara Girard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Arabesque | Publication Date: November 1, 2003

After a disastrous weight-loss program and devastating divorce, self-help author and teacher Cassie Graham has given up on diets and men. So when she meets reclusive restaurant owner, Drake Henson, a man with gorgeous eyes and a sexy grin, who has a bigger appetite for food than she does, she’s ready to resist her attraction and run for cover. Drake Henson knows all about running. For the past several years he’s tried to distance himself from his past and the struggle of raising his two younger siblings on the streets of DC. When he takes one of Cassie’s classes to improve his social skills, he experiences his first taste of true desire. Now he just needs to convince Cassie that he’s the man she can trust and only the size of her heart matters.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Kimani Press (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583144528
• ISBN-13: 978-1583144527
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,814,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dara Girard is an award-winning author of novels that feature strong heroines, family dramas and romance. Her writing has been praised for its deft plot twists, witty dialogue and humor. Dara was born in the American Midwest to immigrant parents who moved around the country, before settling in Maryland. Dara's love of writing was evident at a very early age ' and supported by her close-knit family. After earning her undergraduate degree in communications, Dara held a variety of jobs and did some freelance writing. She was forced out of the corporate world when her last job was made redundant and that's when she decided to write full-time. Luckily this risk paid off and she received a two-book contract that same year. In July 2008, Power Play, was released. This is the first in her miniseries The Black Stockings Society about four women, one club and a secret that will make their fantasies come true. Dara is also the author of an award-winning non-fiction book for writers, The Writer Behind the Words (Ilori Press, 2007).

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars finally...a man that's ALL man!, January 26, 2004

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Jayha Leigh "www.jayhaleigh.com" (Chapel Hill) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Table For Two (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

Oh. My. Goodness. Drake was THE man. He was rough around the edges, socially unpolished, and took the 'whatever' attitude to a new level, but his brotherly love for his siblings and his don't-stop-get-it-get-it love for Cassie made him softer. He went after that which he wanted...including a woman with a dogged dermination that was admirable. I liked the fact that he could cook, but I loved the fact that he knew how to turn a woman on mentally, bring out the serious mack in the bedroom, and show the beast to anyone who threatened what he considered his.

What completely won me over was his passionate defense of Cassie, and how he refused to tolerate any derogatory remarks about her from anyone, including herself. His remark that she deserved better [than what she was getting from various people] and that he would make sure that she got it, demonstrated that he not only loved her but respected her as well. The setdown he gave one of admirers was textbook, but the what-for he delivered to her parents practically ad me cheering aloud and doing an end zone dance. "Go Drake!"

One of my favorite parts was when one of the characters revealed to Cassie that she could not recognize when people loved her. It was important because it is a fault that numerous people have, and they frequently realize wtoo late that someone thought that they were wonderful.

Sure, Cassie had serious issues with her weight, and Drake had serious issues with his past,which occupied a fair amount of space in the book, but that is life. The characters had real life issues that they had been dealing with for a large part of their lives and you cannot sum that up in a hundred pages.

This book had everything: a man defending his woman; a woman fighting for her man; a couple fighting for their inner peace and their future,and humor.

This book is a keeper. I thoroughly enjoyed it and eagerly await Ms. Girard's next book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!, November 21, 2003

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This review is from: Table For Two (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book captured my heart. It was romantic and funny and real. I read it in one day. The characters leapt off the pages and their strengths and flaws were something I could relate to. I can't wait to read future books by this author.

2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't care for this book, November 1, 2011

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Ms. Fayt "Meet your Fayt" (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Table For Two (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)

the whole thing was very dry to me. the mini-mystrey in it was pointless, the missing brother; pointless, the fractured relationship w/ the mother; pointless... the relationship "issues"; pointless... i'm in move with her writing but she missed the mark with this one.