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24th out of 109 books
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Wishes (Montgomery #13)
Jace Mongomery was a stranger in Chandler. Tall, proud, and ruggedly handsome, he would make any woman's heart beat faster...
Even shy, sweet Nellie Grayson -- Nellie, who thought only of her beautiful younger sister's happiness. With Nellie's tireless aid, Terel Grayson easily became the belle of Chandler, Colorado.
Yet Jace, homesick for his closeknit family in Maine, took...more
Even shy, sweet Nellie Grayson -- Nellie, who thought only of her beautiful younger sister's happiness. With Nellie's tireless aid, Terel Grayson easily became the belle of Chandler, Colorado.
Yet Jace, homesick for his closeknit family in Maine, took...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
March 15th 1991
by Pocket Books
(first published 1989)
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Based on the recent news of Jude Deveraux being scammed out of twenty million dollars, I felt like I should revisit one of her older books. I chose Wishes as I remember being pleased with the idea of a plus-sized heroine who got her man while heavy, not after losing her excess weight. This was actually the very first Deveraux book I had ever read.
Nellie Grayson was her family's slave, so belittled that she turned to food for comfort. Jace Montgomery, finally recovering from his wife's death in c...more
Nellie Grayson was her family's slave, so belittled that she turned to food for comfort. Jace Montgomery, finally recovering from his wife's death in c...more
The heroine for the most part is very lovable and beautiful, but I was very annoyed by many things. Her eating out of sadness was realistic and she needed emotional help for it, but since when is 160 pounds considered morbidly obese? If she was 260 I would be concerned.
The hero loved the young lady exactly as she was, so why have her lose weight? It was as though the author wanted everyone to "accept" the girl, and the only way to accomplish this is to make her thin, the way all women "have" to...more
The hero loved the young lady exactly as she was, so why have her lose weight? It was as though the author wanted everyone to "accept" the girl, and the only way to accomplish this is to make her thin, the way all women "have" to...more
This isn't my first Jude Deveraux novel. I read so often I can't remember witch one was first. But she is an impecable story teller. She makes you feel every emotion her characters do and the empathy for the heroine that I felt was emense. Someone so selfless having such a hard time beliving someone genually love her for her. When her entire life has been spent trying to please her father and little sister. Nellie doesn't want to believe or see the worst in people. Especially her family who onl...more
A little annoying, but a light read for a day at the beach.
Cold, unfeeling rich b**** Berni dies and becomes a "fairy godmother" to an overweight doormat of a woman that lived long before Berni was even born.
Nellie, the doormat, feels she isn't deserving of anything more than caring for her sister and father. She is overweight because she eats her emotions away, and her sister uses this to ENSURE Nellie stays overweight. Nellie's beauty isn't unnoticed by everyone in town, but it certainly isn't...more
Cold, unfeeling rich b**** Berni dies and becomes a "fairy godmother" to an overweight doormat of a woman that lived long before Berni was even born.
Nellie, the doormat, feels she isn't deserving of anything more than caring for her sister and father. She is overweight because she eats her emotions away, and her sister uses this to ENSURE Nellie stays overweight. Nellie's beauty isn't unnoticed by everyone in town, but it certainly isn't...more
he Heroine (and that's stretching it a bit) is one of the most pathetic characters I've about in awhile. She spends more than half the book as a doormat with perhaps two little acts of defiance. TWO! And the romance between Nellie and her love is cute but not sizzling. Personally I thought the most interesting character in the book was perhaps Berni and that was even stretching it abit. I spent most of my time not focusing on the romance but on Nellies complete and utter nativity and total lack...more
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 these 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 friend's house in Tennessee on the last leg of one of our cross country trips about 11 years ago and I had run out of books. She gave me three of Deveraux's books in the Montgomery series and I kindly too...more
This was a really good book by one of the few Romance writers that I actually like. The story had an interesting plot and alot of humor which I like in this sort of book. I loved the character of Bernie and her idea of heaven or the waiting room (anyone want to play the helpless maiden), a snobby rich corpse who ends up really caring for her charge. I really loved Nellie and that she was not your typical romance heroine, carrying around some extra pounds that only makes the hero love her more. T...more
Jun 01, 2012
Janani
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To meet a man who loves you for exactly who you are...
To have someone watch over you during your troubles...
To have a family filled with love and joy...
To have and to hold someone whom you shall forever love
And to know that the love shall be returned...
Makes life worth living.
To have someone watch over you during your troubles...
To have a family filled with love and joy...
To have and to hold someone whom you shall forever love
And to know that the love shall be returned...
Makes life worth living.
I liked this book a lot. Jace has got to be one of the best heroes ever. He's sweet and funny and rocks. I also love how they call the in-between place The Kitchen. It was nice to see Berni grow and a character and I loved the very end. Great romance novel for when you want to read something light and fun. And nicely free of explicit sex scenes so I didn't blush every time I tried to talk to my mom about it.
It was ok covers it perfectly. There were things about it that bothered me (her metabolism somehow reverses itself and eating causes weight loss in a woman who'd previously only gained? Her faith in a family that obviously worked against her...), and things I found amusing (the choices in the limbo-esque Kitchen for punishment/reward were pretty great) but I wouldn't read it again. It was just OK.
I didn't like it perfectly describes how I felt about it. The fairy Godmother was useless, the main chick is a doormat, and the only person I liked was the guy, but even he started to bug me after a while, I like reading about strong women and strong men, who come together in passion, and both make compromises, huh, I've just got an idea for what to request a romance novel for...
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This was the first romance novel I ever read and it is still my favorite in that genre. It is unique in that it features an overweight heroine, which may be why I like it so much. It's not deep or brilliant -- it is a true example of the romance novel genre -- but it is comfortable. I re-read it from time to time to remind myself that true beauty lies within.
I think I was between the ages of 11 and 13 when I read this the first time. My Mom liked it and gave it to me. This was my absolute favorite book! I have read it many times, but not in several years. Wishes is fun and quick to read. It's not a life changing masterpiece. It's a fun "Cinderella" type story.
Wishes is one of my favorite books of all time. Escapist fiction magic at its best, in a recipe that bakes only pure happiness.
When I broke up with my high school boyfriend, WISHES was one of the two books he refused to return to me.
The other book was The Princess Bride.
When I broke up with my high school boyfriend, WISHES was one of the two books he refused to return to me.
The other book was The Princess Bride.
you've got to admire Deveraux for her dedication to fluff. the less realistic (if you can apply that word with a straight face) of her books have always been my favourites, so the fairy godmother and the magic puddle is right up there. i have to say, though, that this time i noticed that despite the anti-thin message, the heroine actually *gets* thin and doesn't appear to revert back to not-thin.
I just couldn't do it. I read 36 pages in and could no longer deal with the woe is me mentality. I figured out the book within the first chapter. No need to read any more.
THe concept of the book is good but the story was awful.
THe concept of the book is good but the story was awful.
This book is unusual. (1) It's a mixture of fantasy and historical fiction. (2) The heroine is overweight. Of course, the heroin loses the weight, but the handsome hero falls in love with her before the transformation.
Here is what I liked about this book: When the protagonist's errant fairy godmother wished for her to be thinner, her problems were not solved!
Finally, a book with a chubby heroine whoe liked being that way!
Finally, a book with a chubby heroine whoe liked being that way!
this book pissed me off to no end. other than Jace there were no likable characters in the story at all. and the ending ugh. I like happily ever after but when people who don't deserve it get them I am over it.
Another in the king line of Montgomery and Taggert novels. Nowhere near my favorite, Nellie is a bit of a wimp and Jace is blind. But still a fun read m, quick and light and part if a family I enjoy.
Just...ugh. No. The concept had soooooo much potential, but it was horribly executed and completely unrealistic, even when you add in the "magic" of the "fairy godmother." Just no.
This was a cute fast read. Reminded me of A Christmas Carol of some sort. Ghost comes back and needs to help someone do the right thing and find love, etc... fun but cheesy.
This is one of the very, very, very, (did I say very?) few romance novels I will read and I liked it. (My mom edited all the sex scenes for me! thanks mom!)
I love this book so much I've read it 3 times and I just purchased it for my Kindle to read again. I even almost named my son after the main character.
What a waste of my time. If I had another book to read, I never would have finished it. Too hokey to describe. Not worth the effort to even write a review.
One of my favorite books of all time! The scene in the church is so heart wrenching and I love everyone gets their just desserts in the end!
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i love this book and i've been looking for a long time for this book. i really like the heroine. i can absolutely relate to her! I love it!
I read this so long ago I have forgotten the story. It was a something I was loaned by and not something I would pick up on my own.
The book went from the shopping bag into my hands and then later among the "finished reading" book pile with no pause for breaks!
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Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.
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