Slow Heat in Heaven [LARGE PRINT] (Hardcover)

by Sandra Brown (Author) "At first she wasn't sure he was real..." (more)
Key Phrases: landing office, Belle Terre, Jimmy Don, Cash Boudreaux (more...)

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When her adoptive father suffers a life-threatening heart attack, Schyler Crandall returns to her hometown of Heaven, Louisiana, after a six-year absence. It isn't just the heat that's sizzling in Heaven. Schyler's sister hates her enough to do her harm; her father's logging empire is about to go under; her beloved home, Belle Terre, may be lost; and Cash Boudreaux threatens Schyler's heart with a sensual pull that's impossible to resist. Unfortunately for Schyler, Cash is a dangerous, complex man with a dark past and a wild reputation that he won't deny. Schyler needs Cash's expertise to save her father's business, but can she let the handsome Cajun into her life without losing her heart?

Slow Heat in Heaven is a rip-roaring tale that grabs the reader's attention on page 1 and doesn't let go until the book's end. Complex and vivid characters, family intrigue, and old scandals all make for the perfect romantic suspense read. --Lois Faye Dyer --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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"Brown fires your imagination with irresistible characters, unexpected plot twists, scandalous secrets...so electric you feel the zing".

-- The Literary Guild "RM" --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 659 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr; Largeprint edition (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156054791X
• ISBN-13: 978-1560547914
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,373,636 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Belongs in the Romance Book Hall Of Fame!!, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Slow Heat in Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is an example of Sandra Brown at her very best. In fact, I don't think anything else she's written has even come close to the emotional rollercoaster ride you get with this one.

Now, admittedly, Cash is not a hero for everyone; he is rude, crude, opinionated and just too sexy for words, but Schyler is more than a match for him. And I just loved the secondary characters of Gayla and Jimmy Don; their own love story just tore at my heart.

I bought this book when it first came out and recently re-read and believe me, it stands the test of time and very few books can do that. Bravo to Ms. Brown and please, please write another book that's as emotional and steamy as this one.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bayou Bliss, January 30, 2002

By	W. Kaplan "calyndula" (Wynnewood, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Slow Heat in Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)

If you want slow and sensuous, if you want to paddle softly in a pirogue through a bayou at midnight, if you want a strong, gorgeous, mysterious, dark and brooding lover at the end of your journey, buy this book. It's the next best thing.

Sandra Brown is at her best in this evocative book about Schyler Crandall, who returns to her native Heaven, Louisiana after many years abroad to find her ailing father's logging business in danger, and her beloved family estate, Belle Terre, in danger of being lost. Schuyler's hateful sister and ne'er-do-well husband live at Belle Terre, but seem unable to save either the business or the estate. More exasperating, when Schuyler rolls up her sleeves to get to work, her sister's envy and hatred threaten to keep her from succeeding.

Enter the aforementioned lover, Cash Boudreaux, a native Cajun whose chip on his shoulder is equal only to his irresistable fascination for women. And Schuyler, who has known him from childhood, is not immune, although she tries as hard as she can to keep her confusing feelings to herself.

Now imagine a hot sultry night, a possible snakebite, and Cash Boudreaux performing his mysterious medical magic learned at his late mother's knee. Imagine him sucking the venom from your wrist. Holding you close to examine your wounds. Lifting you in his manly arms as you swoon. Oh yessssss....but unlike lesser romance novels, Sandra never sinks to the banal. This is not a bodice ripper. It has a plot, and plenty of it. There is mystery. A jailhouse rape. An abused woman who escapes only after her abuser dies horribly in a revenge killing as scary as any I have read.

There is a shady banker and his shallow wife, who has been having an affair with Cash. There is the mysterious force that is keeping the logging business in the red by any means, including fire. Is Cash the good guy? Or is he the evil behind all the mysterious deaths and destruction?

Read it and find out...and find yourself lured into the humid, sultry warmth of a hot bayou night. This is a romance must.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, complex plot and strong characters., November 28, 1999

By	azteclady (Winter Springs FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slow Heat in Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read and liked most of Sandra Brown books. Some of them, particularly the very early ones, are lighthearted read. This one is not. The plot is complex enough to keep the reader interested to the very end. The main and secondary characters are well developed [Jimmy Don and Gayla are a good enough example]. The suspense and passion in this book are arresting, with the loose ends' -few as they are- solutions hinted at but open to the reader's imagination or particular bend of mind. "Slow heat in heaven" grabs the reader until the last sentence, although it is not -at least for me- a book for one sitting, but then, it is neither a book to read only once. It remains a favorite.