This pair of character-driven, page-turning romantic short novels by Ms. Sharp is a terrific bargain you should seize upon. Both novels have been published previously to enthusiastic reviews from prominent bloggers and authors -- and this reviewer as well, so I won't repeat myself other than just to say that Margaret Sharp writes stirring romance (with completely authentic and believable heroines) in exquisitely poetic, spare, well-crafted prose that makes her work a delight to read. And you'll save ($2.49) by enjoying both in this dual volume, currently available as a "twofer" at $3.49. Individual reviews follow.
Uncertain Love:
This is a story about that most essential element in any relationship, *trust*, and the turmoil felt by the heroine, Amanda, when she finds herself compelled to reevaluate her perceptions of someone she has come to trust very closely. Up until now, Kevin, her boyfriend, has increasingly stirred in her the kind of deep affection and trust that she associates with finding that elusive person: "The One." But seeds of suspicion have begun to spring in the flower bed of her seemingly perfect relationship -- something seems "not quite right" -- and not knowing whom to "trust" with her feelings, she confides her misgivings to someone who is little more than a stranger, and with consequences that she may not begin to foresee, but that will engage both her and the reader fully in a web of conflict and dangerous realizations.
Of Love and Secrets:
I think that, in order truly to become invested in a novel, you need a character to love or to hate. Jenny, the protagonist of Sharp's latest and best work, is extraordinarily likeable.
You'll *hate* Jenny's mother. It takes some considerable measure of literary skill to conjure up a character you'll so much want to loathe -- whom you'll so much enjoy detesting -- and Sharp, who has matured from a writer of delicately poetic vignettes into a thoroughly engaging (and even more eloquent) novelist, unquestionably has it.
Jenny's and Richard's romance is tentative, then intense, then (to Jenny's perception) sporadic and unreliable, but throughout, it's clear to the reader that it's all authentic, and when Richard wants to commit and move with her to forge a very promising life in a distant city -- the promise not only of love and a life, but *oxygen* to a young woman literally asphyxiated in the nest of her mother's making (past the point of normal separation), then the question is whether she'll take the offer. Or suffocate. You'll be captivated by the story, strongly involved with the characters (and Jenny is particularly endearing), and swept to the conclusion, which also offers a revelation and a twist. But no further spoilers here. The book will appeal both to a YA romance and a more general literary audience.
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