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Someone to Love: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

by Jude Deveraux (Author)
Key Phrases: lady highwayman, chintz room, garden contest, Jude Deveraux, Priory House, Danny Longstreet (more...)
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In Deveraux's familiar latest, Jace Montgomery's fiancée, Stacy, commits suicide while they're vacationing in England—or so, three years after her death, everybody but Jace believes. The chance discovery of a letter Stacy received days before she died and a photo of Priory House in Margate, England—the village where Stacy committed suicide—prompt Jace to investigate. Finding Priory House for sale, Jace buys it despite its ugliness and expense. Dwelling in the house is the ghost of young Ann Stuart, who lived there in the 1870s and committed suicide just before her wedding. A local journalist, the beautiful and confrontational Nightingale Smythe, joins man and spirit in the search for the truth about Stacy and Ann's deaths. Deveraux never raises the pitch very high, and harmonizes the whole satisfactorily. (July)
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Three years after wealthy Jace Montgomery's fiancée, Stacy, committed suicide, he discovers a postcard of Priory House, a British estate, with an enigmatic love note. Although Stacy's family blamed Jace, saying she wanted to end the engagement, he knows their love was mutual, and has never believed it was suicide. Certain that Priory House holds the key, he buys the estate. He detests the rambling house on sight; however, he is intrigued by the Victorian ghost of Ann Stuart because, like Stacy, she supposedly committed suicide before her wedding to escape from marrying her intended groom. Jace knows that if he can untangle Ann's mystery, he can find out what really happened to Stacy. He gets help from his beautiful next-door neighbor, Nigh Smythe, a war correspondent on leave after a tragedy. Deveraux's wonderful addition to her romances about the Montgomery family will satisfy old fans and entice new ones. Engelmann, Patty --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Star (December 26, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743437179
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743437172
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Weak Mystery, August 26, 2007
This review is from: Someone to Love (Hardcover)
Deveraux, the early years, has always been a favorite author of mine. My all time favorite book is a "Knight In Shining Armor". It is well written and a great story. Many of her early books are very good as well.

In the last 5+ years her books have gone downhill. This one is at the bottom of that hill. This is not a romance. Its a mystery...but a weak one at that. The characters and story are so incredibly dull, you expect that something has got to happen. Yet, it doesn't. The story goes on and on, but never really goes anywhere. The characters are boring. The dialogue is boring. The book is boring.

Save your money!!!!!!!!!
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars OK but not gripping, July 22, 2007
This review is from: Someone to Love (Hardcover)
This is an odd style of romance book. It's set in modern times, but involves both the romance of a modern day couple as well as the love of a couple back in the 1870s. The hero is an American, while the heroine is an English woman. It's a blending of cultures and times. Oh yes, you have to be prepared to accept ghosts as well.

I don't mind ghosts, and I am an avid fan of English culture. I realize that it can be boring to write the same-old romances over and over again, and give Jude great credit for trying something quite off the wall. I can't imagine there are a great number of books involving this combination of situations.

I went into this really wanting to adore this oddball combination and to applaud Jude's venture into something out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to connect with all of the characters and their situations, it was very difficult.

First, the two main characters. Jase Montgomery is a wealthy American who does general business "stuff" despite his degree in history. His fiance - a legal secretary - commits suicide in England and he's been distraught for the past few years. He finally decides to go to England, buy the house she was interested in, and figure out why. On the other hand is Nightingale Smythe, a CNN-style reporter who first ridicules him and then is drawn into his quest.

Both are painted with very broad strokes, and it's not really believable that their instant connection is valid, or that they are drawn together so quickly. In fact, during the first scene or two, I felt that she was going to be a nemesis that would cause trouble for him and a woman he *really* would care for. No such luck.

The encounters with the ghosts are equally odd. It's very stuttering in style, hit or miss affairs that leave you wondering if he really cares at all about what they are doing.

The plot unfoldings really require you to suspend disbelief about what people would choose to hide from others - and what objects people would carry around with them. In some cases individuals' memories are incredibly accurate - and in other situations things people should remember easily have been completely forgotten. I realize that romance stories expect you to take things with a grain of salt - but again, I was really trying to love this story. It just became too much.

I read the book in a few hours, and it was an OK way to pass the time, but to be honest, I would much rather have re-read several other books I own rather than have gone through this. It's not that it was bad - but it just didn't draw me in.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Long-time fan losing interest, July 28, 2007
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This review is from: Someone to Love (Hardcover)
I picked this up out of nostalgia for Deveraux's early work... and was hugely disappointed. Boring characters, wandering plot, and a tepid conclusion. I thought maybe I'd get to at least enjoy a tender & passionate love scene as the main characters channeled two of ghosts, but apparently that happened between one chapter and the next.

I give it two stars because I can't quite bring myself to give it the one star it deserves. Time to go back and re-read Velvet Promise.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty okay.
'Someone to Love' is the first book I read authored by Jude Deveraux.

Someone to Love is a romantic novel, interwined with a mystery. It was the 'What Happens Next? Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jane Austen

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a waste of time.....
I read some of the other reviews and I do agree that this was not a gripping, sensational story..., but entertaining and enjoyable. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jude Deveraux Books
Took awhile to get to me but it was within the time stated and I wasn't in a hurry anyway. Quality was good and the price was excellent. I would buy from this seller again.
Published 5 months ago by Miriam E. Bonk

3.0 out of 5 stars a bit strange and not disappointing, but not her worst
I read this book in a few hours; Jude Deveraux's books are quick reads. Jude usually carries me away to a different reality, but in Someone to Love, she doesn't. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alexis Callaway

3.0 out of 5 stars Dieing to have it end already
I love Jude Deveraux's books, but this one just kept going and going to the point of frustration. Too much of insufficient details that I couldn't care for in the least. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Katherine Callaway

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really what I expected
The first romantic novel I ever read was a Jude Deveraux romance. I remember getting SO excited back in the 1990s when her new books were released. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shelley M.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good
I liked Someone to Love. I'm a fan of Jude Deveraux but haven't enjoyed or completed reading any of her recent novels for at least four years. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Constance J. Gomez

4.0 out of 5 stars immaginative
I love the author and she can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned, so I was pretty happy with the book, even though I didn't like the ending. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Romantic Suspense
I really liked this book and couldn't wait to read it each night. The idea of a dual romance between different centuries, with some supernatural elements and some murder mysteries... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Beth E. Settje

5.0 out of 5 stars A Departure
I am always amazed at some of the savage reviews on Amazon. This book was no exception. I enjoyed the return to the Montgomery family. Ms. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mary Ledbetter

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