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Tough Emotional Decisions,
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This review is from: Together by Christmas (Harlequin Superromance No. 1095) (Paperback)
Toronto videographer Miranda James returns to her Saskatchewan hometown to get a video biography of former classmate Warren Addison who's gained fame as the author of a bestseller.Still more than half in love with her best friend Chad, Miranda is shocked to hear he's newly separated from his wife. As she penetrates Warren's defenses, she also tries to help Chad's ailing marriage, unaware that she may be doing more harm than good. She enjoys being around Warren, acknowledges there's a chemistry between them, but she is unable to shake her childhood fantasy that focuses on Chad. And Warren, who has loved the beautiful Miranda since high school, struggles to win her before Chad's marriage is forever destroyed and his own heart is broken all over again. C.J. Carmichael pens a story of deep emotions and flawed character, especially in the complex Miranda. Chad's wife Bernie, with whom many will sympathize, is also well depicted. Ms. Carmichael provides just the right amount of angst and ties up the ending in a wonderful way that won't leave you disappointed. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful Yuletide romantic spin,
This review is from: Together by Christmas (Harlequin Superromance No. 1095) (Paperback)
Video biographer Miranda James heads to her hometown in hope of obtaining an interview from reclusive author Warren Addison, someone she went to high school with. Trying to meet Warren reminds Miranda of her dreams of Chad English, a person she had a crush on back in school.Because he wants time with Miranda who he loved as a teen, Warren, breaking his strict rules of media avoidance, agrees to be interviewed by her. However, as he falls in love with the biographer, he remains disappointed that Miranda does not to see how much he cherishes his old schoolmate because she still pines for Chad, separated from his wife. The key to C. J. Carmichael's warm romance, TOGETHER BY CHRISTMAS, is the complex Miranda, a person with a great deal of professional success and acclaim, and an outer beauty who still feels all alone and insecure, mindful in a sense of Richard Cory (before the bullet). Though the rest of the cast, especially Chad, pale next to Miranda, her struggles with the awareness of loving someone else, s her fanciful dreams along with her obvious flaws make her seem human with foibles. She turns Ms. Carmichael's tale into a wonderful Yuletide romantic spin. Harriet Klausner
3.0 out of 5 stars
The best of C.J. Carmichael,
By Katherine Laura Mayfield "A Bookie" (Northwest Florida, the United States of America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Together by Christmas (Harlequin Superromance No. 1095) (Paperback)
My first was "Secrets Between Them". Horrible. Nick and Jennifer were dreadfully dull, and so were all Jen's friends. The "twist" was awful, like who cares?
My second was "A Little Secret Between Friends". Good, but could have been better. My third was "Small-Town Girl". It was okay, but I didn't like the character of Julie. She was such a selfish person and you know your book is in trouble when you'd rather have the hero end up with his old girlfriend than his own wife. I also don't care for love stories that start off with the couple already being married. I like the "and so they lived happily ever after" kind of endings. I suppose this is more of a review of the author thus far, but Ms. Carmichael's books are not very consistent in quality. This one, however, surpassed all the rest. I really enjoyed all the characters in this one. The character of Chad is just like this guy I used to know, which is why I didn't much care for him and thought Miranda too good for him, and, like Chad, he married a plain girl. In this case, Bernie (I assume it's short for Bernice?). I did feel a wee bit sorry for Bernie, though I really liked Miranda. She was so pretty and nice--I agreed with Bernie that it really was hard to hate her, but then, readers aren't supposed to hate the heroine. Truthfully, I think Bernie was too good for Chad, as well, though I couldn't root for the break-up of a family. I was annoyed that Ms. Carmichael just had to mention that Miranda had lost her virginity (what purpose did that serve?) to a man she didn't even love (I am really tired of reading about women who sleep with men they don't love, though I do commend Miranda for not sleeping with Chad while he was still married, and helping him realize that perhaps he was only using her to make Bernie jealous). I know Miranda is thirty-two and for her to still be a virgin would be unrealistic, but why not just leave her sexual history to the reader's imagination, hmmm? Though this book was really more about Miranda realizing she and Chad didn't really belong together than about her falling in love with Warren (their romance was more of a secondary plot, or subplot), it was still a really good book. I like a book that has more going on than just the romance between the hero and heroine (which is why I prefer the Superromance line over the lackluster Special Editions anyday). For another good Superromance, read "The Other Woman" by Brenda Novak. The character of Liz is so sympathetic and real, and the story reads more like regular romance fiction than just a category/series romance.
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