From This Day [Mass Market Paperback]

Nora Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Series: Language of Love | Publication Date: October 2003

A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Like the lovely Vermont inn she managed, B. J. Clark was charming and old-fashioned. And she had no intention of allowing the new owner, hotel tycoon Taylor Reynolds, to modernize her beloved inn and destroy its uniqueness. Taylor lived a fast-paced, high-tech sophisticated life. But his fascination with this innocent enchantress made him long to live in B. J.'s arms from this day until forever.

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"[Nora Roberts is] a word artist, painting her story and characters with vitality and verve."
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About the Author

Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 190 novels, including The Search, Black Hills, Tribute, High Noon, and many more. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. Roberts has more than 400 million copies of her books in print. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373218427
• ISBN-13: 978-0373218424
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,078,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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64 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Even Nora Roberts Can Have A Bad Day..........., March 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: From This Day (Hardcover)

I love Nora Roberts, but this book asked for too much suspension of belief. The young and lovely B.J. Clark is the manager of a historic inn in New England. The new owner, Taylor Reynolds, comes in with plans for renovation. Taylor and B.J. spend the entire book arguing, since B.J. is resistant to any change whatsoever in her beloved inn. Taylor is surely the most benevolent boss ever, since he tolerates B.J.'s attitude and doesn't suggest she seek alternate employment. After spending 200 pages arguing bitterly, they decide to get married. Good luck, you two.....
Excerpt from inside the book:
"When handsome new owner Taylor Reynolds brought a pocketful of renovation plans for B.J.'s beloved inn and a blueprint for her seduction, the course of true love did not look smooth!"

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just the Book I Needed!, December 3, 2004

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Nancy R. Katz "NancyK18" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From This Day (Mass Market Paperback)

For many years I heard the name Nora Roberts touted on romance boards but never read any of her books. Then for some reason I began collecting them and one winter's weekend picked up Born in Fire and the rest is history. Now having read over 60 of Nora's romance and romantic suspense books, I find myself picking up one of them when I'm not quite sure what to read. I also know that they provide me with a good comfort read and something which will make me smile at the end. And as I tried to find a book that interested me after Thanksgiving weekend, I chose to read From This Day hoping it was the sure thing. And as always a Nora Roberts book came to my reading rescue.

The age old story of girl and boy, in this case a man and woman meet when a young woman is the manager of an old inn which has just been acquired by the man. While they spar with one another neither of them can complain that they aren't physically attracted to one another. And then as time goes on the man wears the woman down to spend more time with him while the woman weaves a spell of love and as promised in a romance novel, there is a wonderful happily ever after ending.

I did enjoy this early romance novel by Nora Roberts published as part of the Language of Love series during the 1980s. If you can find this title I suggest you read it and see how the queen of romances can enrapture you with her stories from the first page as she does to me time and again.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Chauvinist vs. Whiner - Ugh!, May 5, 2005

By 

Susie Morris "Book Junkie" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From This Day (Mass Market Paperback)

FROM THIS DAY is the story of BJ Clark and has a weak premise to begin with and continues a downhill course. BJ is a manager of an old-fashioned country inn and stands up to the new owner, Taylor Richards. When she does, it's not one with respect and intelligent, but comes across like a spoiled child making demands and giving ultimatums. What I don't understand is why BJ thinks she can make demands on a new owner to the point of telling him what he will and will not change about the way the business is run. It's his business, not hers, and she can be replaced! I understand loving your job, but she definitely crosses the lines of propriety and doesn't have a real sense of her own job responsibilities.

This would be enough to throw the story off kilter, but Nora Roberts has other ideas. She creates a male character that is so power hungry and self centered that he makes demands as only a chauvinist can!

A woman with no spine who whines about proposed changes to the inn and an overbearing new owner that thinks his money is enough for him to control and order everyone - including during their non-working hours. This relationship reminds me of Archie and Edith Bunker, but it's not written to be funny like the sitcom was! It may have been more acceptable in the era in which it was written (late 70's early 80's) but I doubt it. It probably rankled even then!