false 2003767 16 Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a long way from Hollywood. And that’s exactly how Cilla McGowan likes it. Cilla, a former child star, has found a more satisfying life working with her hands to restore homes from floor to ceiling - and has come here to her grandmother's farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. Sadly, no one had been able to save her grandmother, legendary Janet Hardy. An actress with a golden voice and a tumultuous life, Janet entertained glamorous guests and engaged in decadent affairs - but died of an overdose in this very house more than thirty years ago. To this day, Janet haunts Cilla's dreams. And during her waking hours, Cilla is haunted by her melodramatic, five-times-married mother, who carried on in the public spotlight and never gave her a chance at a normal childhood. By coming to the East Coast, rolling up her sleeves, and rehabbing this wreck of a house, Cilla intends to take a shot at finding some kind of normalcy for herself. Cilla has her work cut out for her - the house, once a place of comfort and simple rural beauty, is long neglected, crumbling, the grounds chocked by weeds. Plunging into the project with gusto, she's almost too busy and exhausted to notice her neighbor, graphic novelist Ford Sawyer - but his lanky form, green eyes, and easy, unflappable humor (not to mention his delightfully ugly dog, Spock) are hard to ignore. Determined not to carry on the family tradition of ill-fated romances, Cilla steels herself against Ford's quirky charm, but she can't help indulging in a little fantasy. But love and a peaceful life may not be in the cards for Cilla. In the house's cluttered attic, she has found a cache of unsigned letters, tied with a faded red ribbon, suggestion that Janet Hardy was pregnant when she died - and that the father of her child was a local married man. Cilla can't help but wonder what really happened all those years ago. The mystery only deepens with a series of cruel and intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault. And if Cilla and Ford are unable to sort out who is targeting her and why, she may, like her world-famous grandmother, be cut down in the prime of her life. 3353247 8 7 2008 Tribute total:2077|5:530|4:753|3:652|2:119|1:23| 2077 7879 2837 343 4 11 false false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 21:14:41 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 14:48:00 -0700 2008 Tribute 4.5 stars probably. Otherwise it was a solid 4-stars. I didn't absolutely and utterly LOVE the book, but I enjoyed it quite a bit (and was rather annoyed that everything seemed to be going wrong this week, keeping me fr...more...]]> 5 6 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 13:03:13 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 20:12:06 -0700 2008
WOW…just WOW! I just finished Nora Robert's new book "Tribute" and my heart is still racing. I don't know how La Nora does it, but she has written yet another sure-to-be-bestseller that is truly a romantic suspense. Th...more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 22:17:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 16:04:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 20:58:39 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:10:12 -0700 2009 1
Cilla McGowan, former child star, has grown up a woman who knows what she wants. And when she figures out how to get it, there’s no stopping her. Finally, her grandmother’s house, legendary actress Janet Hardy, is hers, and she wants to restore the old ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Dec 02 06:11:18 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 06:12:17 -0800 2008
I won't bother with anymore of her novels. They are trite, boring, and lacking in any substance.]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 11:44:10 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 15:30:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:16:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:26:04 -0700 2009
I've come across this book several times and several times picked it up and put it back down again. But I was looking for something at the library to listen to before a long trip and finally decided to give this a try. I prefer to read books, but when I do listen to ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 17 13:39:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:43:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 15:49:45 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:12:57 -0700 2009
It is about Cilla, the granddaughter of a movie star, the daughter of a movie star, who was a child star herself. She has turned her back on Hollywood and is into flipping houses when she ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 20:01:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 17:43:35 -0700 2009
Tribute is the story of Cilla (a former child star, descended from a line of celebrities), who has retired from show business to rebuild her grandmother's house. Acr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:49:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 13:52:09 -0700 2009
So, I loved this book. I had it sitting in my house, and...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 10:51:51 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 07:19:50 -0700 2009 This is a love stor...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:36:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:21:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 23:47:20 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 17:26:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 31 15:25:16 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 15:26:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 20:16:05 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 18:04:23 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:43:03 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:46:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 16 19:21:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:23:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:05:45 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 19:35:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:06:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 12:56:24 -0700 2009 1
Nora Roberts has a the ability to to paint us (the reader)A vivid, sureal picture of the Character their lively hood. Along with ...more...]]>