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7th out of 20 books
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Blue Skies (Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan #4)
Carly Adams feels as if she's been given a new lease on life. Born with a rare eye disease, she was blind until a recent operation restored her sight. Now, she's eager to experience everything the world has to offer—including the sweet talk of a handsome cowboy who rouses her with desire. But she isn't prepared for the consequences, especially when a night of searing passi...more
Mass Market Paperback, 407 pages
Published
January 6th 2004
by Signet
(first published 2004)
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I really like this book! So far every book in the series has been EXCELLENT! Anderson's stories are always so tender and sweet. I love her less than perfect heroines who find their prince charming in the hunky cowboys who’d move heaven and earth for them!
I was so drawn into the story at page one. Carly was blind all her life but recently went through surgery to regain her sight so when she first sees Hank Coulter at a local bar she thinks he’s the most gorgeous man she’s ever seen. When he walk...more
I was so drawn into the story at page one. Carly was blind all her life but recently went through surgery to regain her sight so when she first sees Hank Coulter at a local bar she thinks he’s the most gorgeous man she’s ever seen. When he walk...more
Ok, I couldn't spare more than 3 stars for this one. I was about one third through Blue Sky and the story line was SO irritating me. The heroine, Carley, has an eye disease that has caused her to blind since birth. After college, she has a surgery that restores a good percent of sight. She has been able to see for about 3 weeks when she goes to the bar with her friend, and proceeds to get hammered, then she sleeps with a stranger in the back of his truck. I forgot to throw in that she was a virg...more
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Blue Skies is such a great book!
I laughed, cried and yelled at this story.
I fell in love with Hank. All the Coulter brother's are hard not to fall in love with. The way the he fall's in love with Carly was so sweet.
I laughed, cried and yelled at this story.
I fell in love with Hank. All the Coulter brother's are hard not to fall in love with. The way the he fall's in love with Carly was so sweet.
May 15, 2007
Rhapsody
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like beating-the-odds love stories
This book irked me a little. I didn't like the way a lot of the characters behaved, and when they started behaving better, it got a little too sappy for me. Carly, the heroine, just had surgery that's given her vision after being blind all her life. Two weeks after the surgery, she goes to a bar and gets knocked up by Hank Coulter. She was told that getting pregnant right after the surgery would be very bad and now she's going to go blind again, can't afford to take care of the baby on the way,...more
This is the first book I've read from Catherine Anderson. I recently raided my grandmother's shelves and found this, liked the summary, and figured I'd give it a try. First off, I did like this book. I didn't love it and it definitely had its flaws, but I will begin with what I liked about the book first.
The author is a good storyteller. She knows how to pace stories where the plot doesn't get boring and when something needs to happen to progress the book, it does. I also liked the fact that the...more
The author is a good storyteller. She knows how to pace stories where the plot doesn't get boring and when something needs to happen to progress the book, it does. I also liked the fact that the...more
i swear,the more books i read from catherine anderson,the more i think i need to stop reading her books altogether.
i didn't make it very far into this book at all.
it's a rare thing when i slam a book down without continuing. but its somethin im often tempted to do.
in this case,i think it saved me from a truly crappy book.
lets start off with the main character.
1st off,who celebrates being able to see after 28 years by heading to a bar? if i had just opened my eyes for the first time in my life i'...more
i didn't make it very far into this book at all.
it's a rare thing when i slam a book down without continuing. but its somethin im often tempted to do.
in this case,i think it saved me from a truly crappy book.
lets start off with the main character.
1st off,who celebrates being able to see after 28 years by heading to a bar? if i had just opened my eyes for the first time in my life i'...more
Absolutely fabulous love story...human, beautiful, tragic, and perfect!
Full disclosure: I am legally blind, a far cry from the blackness that our heroine, Carly, has had to deal with her entire life, but it does make me feel drawn toward blind and visually disabled characters. On the other hand, I am also very, very picky about how those characters are portrayed. So often, I feel like perhaps the author put a blindfold on and tried to walk around for a few hours, without really getting to know w...more
Full disclosure: I am legally blind, a far cry from the blackness that our heroine, Carly, has had to deal with her entire life, but it does make me feel drawn toward blind and visually disabled characters. On the other hand, I am also very, very picky about how those characters are portrayed. So often, I feel like perhaps the author put a blindfold on and tried to walk around for a few hours, without really getting to know w...more
The heroines of this series often have interesting and unusual histories (paralysis, brain damage, domestic violence, agoraphobia), and this one is no exception. Carley has lattice dystrophy, a childhood blindness that she just had surgery for, and she can see for the first time. Then she gets pregnant, which causes the disease to return with a vengeance.
This story just has too many out-of-character moments to be among Anderson's best. Carley's life-long best friend takes her to a skanky cowboy...more
This story just has too many out-of-character moments to be among Anderson's best. Carley's life-long best friend takes her to a skanky cowboy...more
My second time reading it, as I bought it years ago, because I liked the color of the cover. Yes, it was that simple. The book is one of a series about the Coulter boys - a bunch of cowboys with hearts of gold. This one is playboy Hank's tale - he meets a girl, goes a round in the backseat, and is insta-daddy. The twist is that the girl he chose is eight days out of a surgery to give her sight for the first time in her life - and that pregnancy means she's going to loose the sight she just gaine...more
It's a nice novel, but I wonder what crossed the author's mind when she made the heroine discover she is pregnant just a week after having sex with the hero... It's not impossible but highly unlikely. I didn't understand the rush. Such things are excusable when they come from beginners...
I really don't know why this book has really good reviews, I was half bored haf the time. I even fell asleep which is strange.
The thing I don't like about her, and many other romance authors is that they make the male charicter in book too PERFECT that they sound fake.
The male charicter knows how to do everything. The guy is the Nices man in the world. Now, I'm not saying that there isn't nice guys out there. They are several, It's just that when she was pissed, he was happy, when she was sad,...more
The thing I don't like about her, and many other romance authors is that they make the male charicter in book too PERFECT that they sound fake.
The male charicter knows how to do everything. The guy is the Nices man in the world. Now, I'm not saying that there isn't nice guys out there. They are several, It's just that when she was pissed, he was happy, when she was sad,...more
Great story, Just reread it. Carly has a rare eye condition and has just gotten surgery so her sight has been restored. Hank has really no plans to settle down but a chance encounter with Carly changes everything.
I can see Anderson has a ongoing rhythin in the Kendrick/ Coultier series with women who have disabilities or who are recovering from a battered past. These. Cowboys come into rescue and are challenged when the fears of their potential wives, soul mates don't make it too easy on them.
This particular story deals with Carly, who is blind and is also very inexperienced in the boy department. After regaining her sight, she falls for the hunkY cowboy, Hank. After a drunken night of not so great plea...more
This particular story deals with Carly, who is blind and is also very inexperienced in the boy department. After regaining her sight, she falls for the hunkY cowboy, Hank. After a drunken night of not so great plea...more
It was a good read but not my fave of Catherine Anderson's. I felt that there should have been more happening to develop the characters and the story itself.
I don't remember what draw me to this book but I liked it. Maybe it was because Carly was stubborn and wasn't your typical damsel in distress and Hank was a rancher/cowboy which makes my heart swoon. I enjoyed the sayings I've never heard before such as loop legged, three sheets to the wind, tossed a number of skirts, I need to bend your ear. What really turned me off was their first time together, it still haunts me years later. I guess I get too engrossed in this book and the image I created i...more
I liked that they (view spoiler).
The story wasn't rushed. I didn't really like the scene at the beginning when they have sex for the first time in his truck. It felt like the heroine was cheap, and she didn't get to lose her virginity in a special way (even though I know practically all girls never have that special time, I feel that in a book, such a time should be created).
And the hero slowly learned h...more
The story wasn't rushed. I didn't really like the scene at the beginning when they have sex for the first time in his truck. It felt like the heroine was cheap, and she didn't get to lose her virginity in a special way (even though I know practically all girls never have that special time, I feel that in a book, such a time should be created).
And the hero slowly learned h...more
Aug 25, 2012
Sara Gonçalves
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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A sinopse deste livro diz que é uma história tocante. É sim, na realidade. É uma história de segundas oportunidades, de esperança com protagonistas tudo menos perfeitos... mas que juntos são o casal mais perfeito que pode existir.
Catherine Anderson, pela experiência que tenho das histórias que já li, gosta de escrever histórias românticas, onde o amor pode ser a cura para tudo o que pode ter solução. É uma história para sonhar, para suspirar... foi um livro que adorei, como romântica que sou. No...more
Catherine Anderson, pela experiência que tenho das histórias que já li, gosta de escrever histórias românticas, onde o amor pode ser a cura para tudo o que pode ter solução. É uma história para sonhar, para suspirar... foi um livro que adorei, como romântica que sou. No...more
Brief Synopsis: Carley has been blind her whole life (she's 28) until a procedure that allows her to see. She goes to a bar where she meets Hank then proceeds to lose her virginity in his truck. She then ends up pregnant and begins to lose her sight again. Hank marries her with the conditions being temporary for two years and no sex.
My Thoughts: Hank is such a sweetie pie after everything is said and done. He owned up to the fact that he was a drunken jackass during the ONS and basically grovels...more
My Thoughts: Hank is such a sweetie pie after everything is said and done. He owned up to the fact that he was a drunken jackass during the ONS and basically grovels...more
I've read a few of Catherine Anderson's books and they are generally sweet romance stories about two people who overcome some emotional and external hurdles and fall in love. Normally I like them ok, but this one really didn't do it for me. The 'heroine', Carly, was hard to like. She goes into a bar and meets Hank Coulter. He sweet talks her, they have a drunk one night stand and she ends up pregnant. Hank feels guilty about what happened and when he finds out he tries to talk to her and help in...more
Catherine Anderson é uma autora que não desilude. Apesar de já saber que os livros dela não são obras de extrema complexidade, quando pego num livro desta autora já tenho uma certeza - a de que vou passar umas boas horas bem acompanhada.
Ainda não li nenhum livro dela que não gostasse e este não foi excepção.
Além de estarmos sempre na presença de bons romances, esta autora foca sempre (pelo menos nas obras que li dela até ao momento) uma doença humana, permitindo ao leitor ou leitora aprender ou...more
Ainda não li nenhum livro dela que não gostasse e este não foi excepção.
Além de estarmos sempre na presença de bons romances, esta autora foca sempre (pelo menos nas obras que li dela até ao momento) uma doença humana, permitindo ao leitor ou leitora aprender ou...more
What this book had to make it awesome that the last couple stories in the series didn't, I couldn't say. Was it the fact that Hank was an asshat in the first couple of chapters and seemed more human than our last couple of heroes? Or that Carly was somehow more likable and realistic? That there were no child molesting step-dad's, homicidal ex-husbands or off-the-deep-end stalkers to cause conflict between the main couple, or nary a rabid bear to be seen? That our hero didn't pluck our heroine ou...more
Mar 12, 2012
Julie (Mom2lnb)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Disabled Heroines, Beta Heroes, Contemporary Romance
Reviewed for THC Reviews
"4.5 stars" Blue Skies is another tender, emotional romance from Catherine Anderson's pen. In the tradition of Phantom Waltz, an earlier book from the same series, Ms. Anderson has created a disabled heroine, one who is this time blind. I was very impressed when I found out through the author's note at the end of the book that Blue Skies was inspired by a real-life young woman who had contacted her following the release of Phantom Waltz. This lady suffered from the same r...more
"4.5 stars" Blue Skies is another tender, emotional romance from Catherine Anderson's pen. In the tradition of Phantom Waltz, an earlier book from the same series, Ms. Anderson has created a disabled heroine, one who is this time blind. I was very impressed when I found out through the author's note at the end of the book that Blue Skies was inspired by a real-life young woman who had contacted her following the release of Phantom Waltz. This lady suffered from the same r...more
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This was a very interesting story about lattice dystrophy. This disease affects a person's eye leaving them blind. There are operations to help the person become sighted but there are complications. The story is about a young woman who has had an operation and is sighted for the fist time. She's out at a cowboy bar with a friend and, of course, meets a handsome cowboy. So the story becomes what happened to her that night and what happens with the cowboy. Very enjoyable.
Yet another absolutely wonderful Catherine Anderson book. It was nice to step away from the Kendricks and see the Coulters. I'll admit that I didn't read the third book in the series, but to be honest, there wasn't that much confusion. It was an absolutely touching story, as always, but it did remind me a lot of Phantom Waltz, so it would have been nice to see a little bit more variation. Other than that though, it was a really good book!
Oh you know, this is just your average story about a blind woman who has eye surgery in her early 20's and can see for the first time in her life. She goes to a bar with a friend, gets drunk, sleeps with a cowboy and winds up pregnant. And of course, now being pregnant can reverse all the work the surgery did so now she is dependent on Hank, the guy who knocked her up. Like I said, your average story. But I still like it though, it's not my favorite of the bunch.
I gave this one three stars only because I did not like the way she didn't take any blame for her admittedly stupid conduct in the beginning. She stood there like a raging four year demanding a new ice cream cone because she threw hers down on purpose. And poor Hank came through every time. She did get better at the end, thank you character development, but it still took something away from her "likeability" factor.
I really enjoyed this book. I love how flawed both characters were and how they both had to realize their flaws to make their relationship work. Yes, it may have been a little unrealistic in parts, but isn't that what an awesome romance novel is really about? The important part is the struggles Hank and Carly went through were realistic. I also enjoyed all of the minor characters and their involvement in the story.
Really enjoyed it. It tugs at all your heartstrings as you gain a little insight into what it means to be blind. You will shed a tear or two at how wonderful love can be in the good times, but how much more amazing it can be when enduring the hard times. I know I shed a few, and I think other readers will enjoy this book too :-)
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