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    <body><![CDATA[I am going to write the same thing for the Taggart and Montgomery series of Jude Deveraux. First, I can't believe that I read this books because they are so blatantly bodice rippers (not my style at all). And second, and more importantly, I devoured them all! Here is the scoop: We stopped at a frien...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52545989">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I will start by saying that I am tired of evading the fact in coversations that I will occasionally pick up a romance novel.  &quot;Hello, my name is Laura, and I read romance novels.&quot;  I call it my brain candy, because they are great stories with snappy plots, and strong women (at least ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46188469">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this for the very reason that other readers appear to dislike it - the search for information about why Samantha's grandmother suddenly disappeared from her family, and what really happened to her. I liked Mike and the way he sort of shocked Sam back to wanting to live. Their love story was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57453586">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It used to be my go to book for when I wanted a relaxing read.  Definitely a guilty pleasure of mine - the only romance novel I've read more than once.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved finally reading Mike and Sam's story.  I love reading about the Montgomerys and Taggerts but sometimes I feel like I'm missing something...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I never like contemporary romance. This book is the exception. Touching and wonderful. Might go read it again right now. :)]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorites by this author - a shelf keeper for me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book that I decided to re-read this weekend.  This book was funny, sad, and happy all rolled into one. It also had a tiny mystery added to the mix.  Just the right kind of novel to pass the time with and enjoy it while it passes. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this time period!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The fact that I've read this book (and a few others written by this author) is dirty secret of mine.  For while Ms. Deveraux is not a particualrly dirty writer at all, the genre her books would be categorized as part of is not one that I will usually even consider reading as a last resort.  This boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34620630">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is truly one of my top 3 favorite books of all time. It is such a sweet story about a woman who is truly finding herself and the man that helps her do that. I have probably read this book 15 times and the imagery and language is so great that I want to be a part of the characters world.  Read t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30753323">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Samantha Elliot hadn't wanted to come to New York.  But her father's will made it clear that he'd wished her to spend a year in New York looking for her grandmother - a woman who had up and left her family when Samantha was only a baby.  Dave Elliot had even sold their Louisville home and rented an apartment for her in Manhattan.  So here she was, in this big, dirty city...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone...<br/><br/>Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and it took only one glance for her to realize that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.  And he was charming - his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam began to bloom like a flower after the rain.  At his side, she discovered how perfectly delightful life could be.  Yet Mike could only get so far with her - when he tried to get closer, it was like running headfirst into a brick wall.<br/><br/>Mike wasn't about to give up on a woman whose smiled hinted at all the love and exuberance she'd buried long ago.  When he'd confessed that Dave Elliot had made him Samantha's guardian, she's been outraged; when he'd revealed her father's disturbing theory - that Samantha's grandmother had once been known as Maxie, moll to a vicious gangster - she'd responded with cold, disbelieving fury.  But now they were working together, probing deep into the history of Anthony &quot;Doc&quot; Barrett - and coming closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and what had become of a seductive blues singer named Maxie...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books by Jude. I have read it at least 5 times and probably more. I am not sure why this book out of all of Jude's book means so much to me but love love love this book. I love the Taggarts and the Montgomeries too and really like how she moves these families from Europe t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22017160">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[its interesting but a little slow. Im not much into the  run of the mill 'romance' novel, but I do enjoy most of Jude Deveraux's work because she adds the twist of time travel, past life regression, reincarnation, spirituality etc to her books and she is less obsessed with putting sex on every page]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone....<br/><p><br/>Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall.<br/><p><br/>But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie...</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The main female character needed to let all the pain she had gone through , out of her life, and her father provided the knight in shining armor that she needed to achieve that. The book is an excellent read - lots of anticipation and raunchy steamy sex scenes. It was great.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[well, I've read one of her other books, and liked it (the other was what I would call a mystery romance, only the romance part was clean), so I decided to try another. It was much um. . . dirtier than the other. A lot more romance, if you know what I mean.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Samantha Elliot hadn't wanted to come to New York.  But her father's will made it clear that he'd wished her to spend a year in New York looking for her grandmother - a woman who had up and left her family when Samantha was only a baby.  Dave Elliot had even sold their Louisville home and rented an apartment for her in Manhattan.  So here she was, in this big, dirty city...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone...<br/><br/>Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and it took only one glance for her to realize that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.  And he was charming - his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam began to bloom like a flower after the rain.  At his side, she discovered how perfectly delightful life could be.  Yet Mike could only get so far with her - when he tried to get closer, it was like running headfirst into a brick wall.<br/><br/>Mike wasn't about to give up on a woman whose smiled hinted at all the love and exuberance she'd buried long ago.  When he'd confessed that Dave Elliot had made him Samantha's guardian, she's been outraged; when he'd revealed her father's disturbing theory - that Samantha's grandmother had once been known as Maxie, moll to a vicious gangster - she'd responded with cold, disbelieving fury.  But now they were working together, probing deep into the history of Anthony &quot;Doc&quot; Barrett - and coming closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and what had become of a seductive blues singer named Maxie...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book. I use to own it, but lost in the process of moving. I didn't have this edition. Anyway, this is a good book. Mike was truly a hero. Very smart and he went crazy when he seen white. Poor Samantha. :)<br/><br/>Mike and Samantha made a cute couple.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... <p> Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. He was charming, too -- his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam bloomed like a flower after the rain. Yet Mike could only get so far with her -- when he tried to get closer, it was like running into a brick wall. <p> But Mike wouldn't give up. As they probed her grandmother's past, he was slowly uncovering the joy and affection Samantha had buried long ago -- and leading them closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and a seductive blues singer named Maxie....</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite Jude Deveraux book ever.  I have read it at least 15 times, whenever I am in the mood to read and don't have anything else.  Good story, very much a fairytale.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a good romance novel!  Great plot, great character development, and great relationships!  My relatives and I always refer to this book; it's a must-read for romantics!]]></body>
    
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