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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Page Turner with Characters you can root for, November 25, 2001
This review is from: Truth About Elyssa (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)
The moment TV news reporter Elyssa Jarmon accepts a ride home from her friend, Randy Barber, her life is never the same. A Chevy tails Randy's Toyota, and rams it from behind, sending it hurling down an embankment. Her fellow reporter is dying. Elyssa scrambles from the wreckage to seek help only to stare into the face of the killer, who then tries to finish what he started. Two weeks later, Elyssa opens her eyes to discover herself in a hospital recovering from a car accident. Randy is dead. She has a broken collarbone, a concussion, her face is scared and her memory of that night is a total blank. Sixteen months later, with her face no longer perfect, Elyssa's TV news career is finished. Dressed as a clown, she now entertains children in the cancer unit of a hospital, where she meets Dr. Brett Cameron. A man who will not let her hide behind clown makeup. A man who wants her, just as she is, from the moment he sees her. After talking to Randy's widow, Elyssa wonders what big story her reporter friend might have been working on. What if his death wasn't accidental? She wants to remember everything. Elyssa sets out to find out what really happened the night Randy died. And she soon discovers that the closer she gets to remembering that night and the truth, the closer the same people that took Randy's life are to silencing her as well. This book is fast paced suspense wrapped around solving a murder and uncovering a big story. Sandwiched between the pages is the wonderful, warm, growing love of Elyssa and Brett, two wounded souls who deserve and find happiness. And the lessons each must learn in order to let go of the past and reach out for love. Murder, amnesia, intrigue, suspense, conflict, and a happy romantic ending--just what a reader enjoys.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditionally recommended, January 31, 2002
This review is from: Truth About Elyssa (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)
Scars left from a tragic accident denied Elyssa Jarmon the opportunity to return to her role in front of the camera. Indeed, she lost her job and her boyfriend in the same day when he tried to transfer from television to radio where the audience couldn't see her scars. Instead, Elyssa resumed a job she loved years ago, working as Lulu the Clown. Her favorite place to entertain kids is on the cancer ward of a nearby hospital, which is where she meets the pediatric oncologist Brett Cameron. The beautiful reporter on the late news entranced Brett. When Elyssa disappeared from the screen, he didn't think much about it until she showed up regularly to perform the children in his care. Although she's extremely reticent about spending time with him, Brett is determined to know her better. Never mind he's decided that a busy career and family life don't mix, and that he's been terribly wounded by the loss of a wife and child. But as danger closes in and as Elyssa realizes the car wreck was no accident, Brett is swept away by the woman behind the clown makeup. When Elyssa was initially injured, her fellow reporter Randy was driving the car. He was killed in the accident. A year and half later, his widow Jenny approaches Elyssa with her suspicions that the wreck was no accident. Someone wanted Randy's story stifled. Elyssa's eventual inquiry sets extreme danger into motion. Author Lorna Michaels pens an intriguing romance about recovering from scars, both internal and external. Unfortunately, Elyssa comes across as superficial when the reader learns that "she wasn't disfigured". Her need for perfection also seems extremely superficial when her slight facial flaws are contrasted with a woman with a double mastectomy or children with cancer. However, Michaels does successfully balance Elyssa's superficiality when a surgeon promises better results toward the end of the book, and she declines, expressing satisfaction with her appearance. Also, I had a problem with Brett being so wildly attracted to a woman covered in clown makeup during the first month of their relationship, especially when she "smells like sex" after entertaining children for an hour. Nevertheless, I can't help loving a heroine able to wield a skillet her own defense. THE TRUTH ABOUT ELYSSA is recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet and sexy, December 6, 2001
This review is from: Truth About Elyssa (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)
At last! A heroine who isn't red-haired, feisty, and too beautiful to live. A hero who isn't rude, swaggering, or self-absorbed. Elyssa and Brett are two wonderful, caring people who deserve to overcome the traumas of their pasts and find happiness with each other. Lorna Michaels has written a compelling mystery plot wrapped around the can't-be-but-must-be romance of a strong, sensitive hero and a determined, loving heroine. The characters are people you know, good people you root for. The dialogue is fresh, forward-moving, and often funny. The sex scenes are delicious!
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