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ANOTHER WINNER FOR CARLA NEGGERS, August 12, 2000
Gotta say right up front, Carla Neggers is one of my most "favorite" authors.........been reading her since she began writing category romances, all those years ago <bg>...and, she hasn't let me down yet!! Her newest book, The Waterfall, has something for everyone - - great dialogue (especially between Lucy and her kids), beautiful setting, very realistic and likeable hero/heroine, suspense, and of course, romance..........Now who could ask for more?? Three years ago when her husband died, Lucy moved herself and her two children from Washington, DC to a quaint farmhouse in Vermont. She owned an "adventure" travel agency and was planning on taking a tour to Costa Rica, but forcing herself to make a stop in Wyoming first, to see Sebastian Redwing, her husband's friend and security agent........Colin Swift had made Lucy promise that if she ever was in trouble, she would go to Sebastian..........and, with all the bizarre happenings lately, she had no other choice......she had been getting late-night phone calls and hangups, and a bullet was found inside her car..... Sebastian had loved Lucy for years even though he didn't let her know.........and even though he was hesitant to help, he did go back to Vermont to protect her and find out who was the culprit...... We know who the villain is from the beginning, but it doesn't detract from the wonderful read.......it builds up to a great climatic ending.. This author not only uses cute one-liners, she draws the reader right into the story.......I felt as though I was Lucy, feeling her emotions - her fears - her happiness......... Hooray for Carla once again!! Each new book of hers becomes my "favorite."
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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Her best work yet-Plenty of suspense and humor, April 22, 2000
Three years have passed since Collin died from a brain aneurysm, but his widow Lucy Blacker Swift and their children feel as if that was a lifetime ago. They left DC to live in a Vermont farmhouse where she runs a travel business for those seeking an adventurous vacation. The move has allowed Blacker to stay outside the "Beltway" influence of her father-in-law, a US senator. When someone begins to stalk Lucy, she rejects turning to her in-law for aid. Instead, heeding Collin's advice, she heads to Wyoming where Sebastian Redwing, an expert on security lives. Sebastian is burned out from his years of performing international investigations and security. However, he follows the only woman he ever loved back to New England to keep her and her children safe from a cold blooded killer with lethal intentions. Carla Neggers puts the emphasis on suspense with romance playing a secondary role, a change that will remind readers of the works of Sandra Brown but using Ms. Negger's personal writing style. The excellent characters are fully developed including the children. Readers will feel the emotional turmoil of the thirteen year-old girl and the impishness of her younger brother. This and the motivations behind the actions of the lead couple augment the tension filled story line that grips the audience from start to finish. The wonderfully wry THE WATERFALL is going to be watershed mark in the rising and expanding career of the talented Ms. Neggers. Harriet Klausner
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Skip This One, April 8, 2004
Sometimes when you try a new author you are wonderfully surprised. Sometimes when you try a new author it's a struggle to get through every page and you throw the book away without ever finishing. This book falls into the second category. When widow Lucy Swift's family is threatened, she won't go to the local Sheriff. (Sheriffs are usually the ones to see when you find bullet holes in your dining room walls.) Lucy somehow just "knows" the law can't help her. She has a father-in-law who is a senator. She won't go to him for help either. Why you ask. Her indecisive, wishy-washy parenting has brought criticism from the father-in-law in the past. She's too weak to risk more advise from the senator so she has to keep the threats a secret from him.
Lucy takes a little trip to Wyoming to ask for help from Sebastian Redwing, a friend of her deceased husband. Sebastian ran a security company until he killed a bad guy. Later he finds he didn't really kill the bad guy, but just the thought has sent him into a neurotic state of seclusion. Anyway he's a surly, rude, misogamist who's hiding out in a hut without running water or electricity. (Seems like he could have used some of that money he was saving on electricity to see a psychiatrist about his social problems. Maybe going without bathing and wearing dirty underwear is his idea of psychic healing.) Turns out Sebastian wasn't such a good choice in the help department. First thing he does while skulking through the woods looking for evildoers is to tumble off a cliff. Of course this requires Lucy to take care of him. Ah, what woman could resist falling for a mean-mouthed guy with poor judgment, serious psychological issues, and a concussion? For everyone who thinks rude, uncommunicative macho-men are romantic as heck, get this book. Personally, I like my men with a deep appreciation of the finer things in life like hot showers, electric washing machines, and good reading lamps. Doesn't hurt if they actually want to say a few words to me now and then either.
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