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Truly Madly Yours

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Nick Allegrezza has got to be one of the sexiest guys I've ever read! He's drop-dead gorgeous (I've never come across a Basque hero before), incredibly sexy, and thoroughly infuriating. But more than just handsome and sexy, he's complicated too. He was the bane of Delaney's childhood, throwing snowballs at her and teasing her unmercifully, but did he flatten the tires on her bike to be mean or so that he could walk her home? Hmmm, true feelings and motivations can be so murky!

Delaney Shaw left Truly, Idaho at 18 and never looked back. She's been a nomad moving from place to place and job to job until she's forced to return to attend her controlling stepfather's funeral. In a last power play, his will stipulates that in order to claim her inheritance of three million dollars, she must stay in Truly for a full year! There go her plans to leave ASAP. Now if she can just avoid her nemesis, Nick for the next twelve months . . . Nick, who was Henry Shaw's unacknowledged illegitimate son, also has a stipulation to his inheritance. He will lose the lucrative property Henry left him if he becomes sexually involved with Delaney within that same year! Shouldn't be a problem, right? He's not interested in Delaney - is he?

But avoiding each other in a small town like Truly, especially when Delaney's best friend Lisa is engaged to Nick's brother Louie, and when the hair salon she opens in town is just doors away from the offices of Allegrezza Construction proves quite difficult. And as they have more and more steamy encounters we learn more about their tangled, complicated past - especially their night at Angel Beach when they were caught by Henry in a compromising situation. The repercussions from that night drove Delaney to leave town and continue to haunt both of them. Did Nick take advantage of her just to get back at Henry for not acknowledging Nick as his son? And did Delaney live the life of the pampered, pretty princess as Nick thought or did she pay a price for being Henry Shaw's stepdaughter?

I am a huge fan of Rachel Gibson's books and this and SEE JANE SCORE are definitely my faves! Nick and Delaney are so great together and Nick is the kind of complicated guy that you enjoy trying to figure out. A very highly recommended read!

I held on to this book for almost a month and a half so I could enjoy it on vacation, and boy am I glad. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Great characters, great romance and witty dialogue that kept me turning pages. Sparks fly every time Delaney and Nick are in the same room. These two are H-O-T ! Their frolick in the snow had my blood pressure up,not to mention that little episode in the linen closet!Definately gotta grab a copy of "Simply Irresistable" too. If it's even half as good as "Truly Madly Yours" it's got to be great. I wish Rachel Gibson had more books in print, but rest assured I will be on the lookout from now on for new releases!!

I recently read this book after a friend recommended "Simply Irresistible". I enjoyed this book more. I found the story very realistic. Who hasn't had a secret crush. The fantasy part is actually getting to fulfill your crush. I enjoyed the fact that Delany wasn't a blonde bombshell who didn't know she was beautiful. She was a real woman who had to work at being not ugly. And I especially liked that Nick was attracted to her even with 'bedhead'.

I thought the broomcloset sex scene was HOT. I have reread this book twice. And, it keeps getting better.

Sometimes soulmates can be opposites. Initial attraction isn't enough to live HEA, as one reviewer called it. But, it's what develops from that attraction that sustains this love/lust relationship.

Truly, Madly Yours is *truly* one of the best contemporary romance novels I've read this year! I thought the plot was original, the heroine spunky and wonderful and the hero sexy as hell! I'd recommend this book to anyone who's weary of contemporary romances. The author makes you feel Delaney's pain and confusion and even the hero's frustration... and at the end you're oh-so-glad to have gone through the rollercoaster because the end is oh-so-worth it!

A fantastic book! I couldn't put it down. This is one of my favorite romance novels to date. This is a funny, warm, sexy, and VERY HOT story set in a small town in Idaho. There are no lulls to this story - and what a satisfying ending!! I almost never re-read books, but I will this one. Plus, Nick has to be the hottest, sexiest lead guy in any romance novel I've ever read. (For a book with a similar hunk, read Susan Donovan's "Knock Me Off My Feet". Stacey Quinn reminds me a lot of Nick in the way he teases and temps his heroine, plus he has a heart of gold you will simply fall in love with.)

In Truly Madly Yours, Delaney's estranged stepfather (and Nick's biological dad) died and left a will with some odd stipulations. Despite a ten-year absence from Idaho and her family, she must now live in Truly Idaho with her mother for one year to collect over 3 million dollars. Nick - his illegitimate son who he didn't acknowledge until it was way too late - must keep his hands off of Delaney for one year to get a mass of land as his inheritance. Even from his grave the loathed stepfather is trying to control their lives. Why? Convinced that Nick will find Delaney's presence too tempting to resist, and knowing that there was once sparks between Nick and Delaney, his dying hope was that they consummate a relationship and carry on the family bloodline.

I had to step on the bandwagon of fans for "Truly Madly Yours", and even though it was said so many times before, I had to say it again! This is a GREAT book!

But although I enjoyed this book very much, I have to first say that there are quite a few holes in the plot. (Spoilers follow) First, Delaney is angry at Nick for what happened ten years ago between the two of them. I can see that she was upset at the time, but surely as she matured she must have put two and two together and realized that he was not taking advantage of her? She's not that stupid, is she?

Second, um, did anyone pick this up - Her step-father could not father any children, because he had a zero sperm count, and yet, he managed to produce a bastard son from a one-night stand? I kept waiting to see some explanation (he got Mumps afterwards or something), but no, no explanation.

Third, this is not a plot hole, but I would have really liked to see an epilogue, where Ms. Gibson would wrap everything up for us - the money, the place where they would live, the parent's reactions, what happened between Delaney's mother and her boyfriend? I guess Ms. Gibson stopped in the right strategic place to leave us hanging - and wondering; and for the more imaginative ones among us - to concoct all the satisfactory scenes in our own heads. The ending certainly makes us think - but I DONT LIKE IT!

All in all, despite all the problems above, this was still a five star book. Why? This is a book that grabs you and pulls you in. Once I got past the first few pages, I simply couldn't put it down. This is a book about all of us, about real people, and it's funny in a way that will touch your soul. The ending is a "truly" happy ending, with just the right amount of everything to make it so. And the h/h are just right, too. Nick is not perfect, just the better side of normal, in my opinion. He doesn't do and say perfect things, and I like him alot better that way. Neither, for that matter, does Delaney. But we love her just the way she is!

Those reviewers who said this book was not about love did NOT read this book. Yes, he keeps saying it's not love, it's lust, but we the readers, know better. It's all the things he does, not what he he says, that make us, the readers, understand differently. And, yes, she keeps saying, "I hate him", but then she can't keep away from him, she can't tell him no. If she were some spineless girl who can't say no to anybody, the attraction would not be as believable, but we see her sticking up for herself all over the place, and if she simply wants someone, anybody, why does she say "no" to Steve?

And no, they do NOT spend the entire novel being nasty to each other. They are actually quite good to each other, except when they get into a fight (over quite understandable reasons). It's everyone around them who are nasty to THEM, to Nick and Delaney. I think everyone is actually quite horrid, and I think there are so many strikes against them that its a miracle they actually got together in the face of so much real opposition. And I've read alot of books were the h/h fall in lust with each other, but this is not one of them. Ms. Gibson is just very good at describing those scenes.

Yes, a major plot flaw, and the pieces are not tied up well enough for my liking, but still - a five plus star book! It's worth it!

Rachel Gibson has an uncommon talent: she can actually write genuine, funny heart warming stories populated with REAL people. It is so refreshing to read about a contemporary heroine who doesn't wear slacks or blouses or worst of all pumps.Ms. Gibson seems to be the only contemporary author who realizes that no one under fifty wears that crap.

Delaney is a delightful young modern woman we can all relate to who happens to wear platforms instead of pumps and vinyl and spandex instead of cashmere. Nick is a gorgeous Levis wearing hunk who is head over heels in love with Delaney since they were kids but he believed Delaney was out of his reach because she was the mayor's stepdaughter and he was his illegitimate son. Delaney in turn thinks Nick hated her because she was raised in luxury by Nick's biological father who denied his real son everything she had.
Nick and Delaney are brought together after ten years apart by a bizarre stipulation in the late mayor's will. In such close proximity (Truly is a very small town) they are forced to face their feelings for each other and when they do the sparks will fly!

This is a well-written, funny, sometimes poignant love story that will leave a smile on your face. Highly recommended! :)

This was the first Rachel Gibson book I've ever read, it won't be the last! I checked it out from the library, and fell so in love with it I had to buy it! I loved the comedy and I loved the romance!
I grew up in a small town in Oregon and could totally appreciate the depiction of life in Truly, ID. I loved the charachters, and for reasons I can't explain, Nick the beefcake has stuck with me. I just read True Confessions by Rachel Gibson as well, and as much as I liked that book and the sheriff, he was no Nick Allegrezza. And I read a review in here that someone didn't think he and Delaney would last into the happily ever after. I so disagree! They loved each other half of their lives, why would they stop now?

I'd read 'Simply Irresistable' and purchased 'Truly, Madly' based on the reviews here. Great contemporary romance! I've already reread it 5 TIMES! I like that Delany and Nick are real (not perfect) and that Gibson spotlighted their enteraction with others (day to day life, jobs, family). I also liked the little details (Delany getting ready for something, descriptions of clothing and the fact that Nick noticed). Too many writers today leave out descriptive details and we forget what the characters are supposed to look like. Overall this is a great read.

I absolutely loved this book. I read it in one night...I could not put it down! Delaney and Nick are so great and funny and sexy and adorable together. Nick is just HOT! I did not think Rachel Gibson could top herself after the delightful SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE. Well, I was wrong. I enjoyed TRULY, MADLY YOURS even more. I cannot wait for the next book from this author. I have been reading romantic fiction for a very looong time...believe me when I tell you that Rachel Gibson is one of the very best!