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Still Lake
by
Anne Stuart
It was a dream come true. Buying a run-down farm in a beautiful Vermont town is the start of a new life for Sophie Davis. She moves her mother and half sister out of the city, hoping it will help both women sort out their lives. And for Sophie, turning Stonegate Farm into a country inn is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. She doesn't even mind that the farm was the scen...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
December 1st 2009
by Mira Books
(first published January 1st 2002)
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Jul 03, 2012
Maldivianbookreviewer
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Its the summer of 1982 in Colby, Vermont and Thomas Ingram Griffin is arrested for the murders of three young women, all killed quite brutally. Years later, Griffin returns to Colby and poses as a John Smith to finally put his past to rest, to find out whether in fact it had really been him who had gone on a murdering spree that fateful night when his life had gone so horribly wrong.
30 year old Sophie moves to Colby, Vermont to live the life she has always wanted to and dreamed about. A homemake...more
30 year old Sophie moves to Colby, Vermont to live the life she has always wanted to and dreamed about. A homemake...more
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Jul 12, 2012
Manuela
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Dear Romance Novelists;
Please stop making condoms the enemy to perfect sex. It's a dangerous myth to perpetuate.
This novel was otherwise an entertaining read, but I had to give it such a low ranking because of this issue--The male squeeze was proud of his past promiscuity, and the heroine was a virgin...So one can unpleasantly surmise what kind of other special gifts he gave her other than a good orgasm.
This is a recent novel, 2003, definitely written post AIDS awareness. Pregnancy is the least...more
Please stop making condoms the enemy to perfect sex. It's a dangerous myth to perpetuate.
This novel was otherwise an entertaining read, but I had to give it such a low ranking because of this issue--The male squeeze was proud of his past promiscuity, and the heroine was a virgin...So one can unpleasantly surmise what kind of other special gifts he gave her other than a good orgasm.
This is a recent novel, 2003, definitely written post AIDS awareness. Pregnancy is the least...more
I can read any Ann Stuart’s books over and over again and will still be on tender hooks from start to finish of her stories. Still Lake was first published in 2002 and I have read it a few times and my enjoyment is still the same as the first time.
Sophie Davis is such a fabulous heroine…she’s so damm real…is not afraid to eat her own awesome muffins..who cares about the calories!!! I so so engaged with her persona. Leaving the rat race behind, she has purchased a farmhouse in the Vermont country...more
Sophie Davis is such a fabulous heroine…she’s so damm real…is not afraid to eat her own awesome muffins..who cares about the calories!!! I so so engaged with her persona. Leaving the rat race behind, she has purchased a farmhouse in the Vermont country...more
While this was not my favorite Anne Stuart book it was still a good book.
Sophie (h) moved her mother and little sister to Vermont and bought a big old house in order to eventually open a Bed and Breakfast. After moving there she finds out that 20 years ago there was a serial killer that had taken the lives of 3 teenager girls. This was right up her mother's alley as she is a fan of true crime novels. Sophie's nit worried though because they had caught the guy and he was sent to prison when the...more
Sophie (h) moved her mother and little sister to Vermont and bought a big old house in order to eventually open a Bed and Breakfast. After moving there she finds out that 20 years ago there was a serial killer that had taken the lives of 3 teenager girls. This was right up her mother's alley as she is a fan of true crime novels. Sophie's nit worried though because they had caught the guy and he was sent to prison when the...more
Reading this you could tell it was an early Anne Stuart novel - Whilst it was very enjoyable it wasn't quite up to scratch with her later books.
The mystery - as I can see many other people have mentioned - wasn't much of a mystery - you get introduced to very few characters in this book so your idea of "who dunnit" is very much drawn from the beginning.
Having said that - the relationship between the Hero and Heroine and very good - a joy to read in places.
Give the book a go - especially if you h...more
The mystery - as I can see many other people have mentioned - wasn't much of a mystery - you get introduced to very few characters in this book so your idea of "who dunnit" is very much drawn from the beginning.
Having said that - the relationship between the Hero and Heroine and very good - a joy to read in places.
Give the book a go - especially if you h...more
Anne Stuart is always good. This story brings a Victorianish woman that love scooking and decorating into the life of a man who has lived with the question of murder. The woman's mother and sister add a little somethign extra.
I gave it three because at times it seemed a little contrived, but still enjoyable.
I gave it three because at times it seemed a little contrived, but still enjoyable.
I have to say the mystery in this one was way too easy for me but the romance part had me completely amused. I love the way this writer always throws two stubborn characters together with great sex, love and fabulous smart ass humor!
Pretty Good. I had no expectations when I read this book, no previous reviews to go by. In the end it turned out to be a pretty good story!
Narrated by Marie Ellis - Narration ?
The sample of the narrators voice and pacing sounds good ....
The sample of the narrators voice and pacing sounds good ....
Great book! I became a fan of Anne Stuart after this one.
It was different from some others that I have read.
Easy read...read this one twice.
very good thriller if minus the romance...
I like heroes with glasses.
Is it odd that that's the first thing I remember from reading this book a couple months ago?
Is it odd that that's the first thing I remember from reading this book a couple months ago?
Anne Stuart is a very unique author for me. I don't generally enjoy dark or tortured heroes. But like no other, Anne Stuart can draw me in and make me enjoy just about anything she writes. I haven't figured out the why of that but I'm not complaining...
Ummm, no. This is very early Anne Stuart RS, and she hasn't translated the bad boy from her historicals to her contemps very well yet. The later AS books are much better.
This murder mystery/romance held my attention pretty well, and I finished it up in a couple of days. It was fairly predictable but still an enjoyable read.
The killer's identity is too obvious... It's a good romantic suspense but the author has better stories.
3 1/2 stars
3 1/2 stars
3.5 stars. I just didn't like the heroine. I really wanted to like her but just couldn't!
I would have given 5 stars but I guessed who-dun-it too early in the story.
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Anne Stuart is a grandmaster of the genre, winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, survivor of more than thirty-five years in the romance business, and still just keeps getting better.
Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic sus...more
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Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic sus...more
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“[...] “I want to wake up with you in the morning, I want to fight with you in the afternoon, and I want to make love on any and every available surface in this place. And then I want to do it all over again. Come upstairs with me, Sophie. I’ll keep you warm. I’ll keep the darkness away.”
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“At least it was dark. His eyes drifted down over her body, the ripe curves in the moonlight, and a dreamy expression crossed his face, just before he leaned forward and put his mouth against the side of her neck, tasting her hammering pulse.”
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