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Title: An Affair to Remember by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0-380-82079-X Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Her Best Yet!
Comment: This is exactly what I want when I pick up a romance novel. It has all the right elements to make it great, including well-drawn characters, a good story line, and five unruly children that make the entire book.
Hawkins brings two characters from her last book, The Seduction of Sara, back in An Affair to Remember, and turns up the heat between them. If you've read the Sara story, you will have already met Anna Thraxton and Anthony Elliot and you'll understand exactly what I mean when I say: What chemistry! Add five children into the mix and you will get one great book from beginning to end. I especially liked the scene at the pond as told from the children's point of view. Since I have no intentions of spoiling the story, make sure you read the book to find out what I mean. It really is well worth it!
Rating: 4
Summary: Funny & romantic story of love and a family in the making
Comment: I should have realized when I read "The Seduction of Sara" (my first Hawkins book) that I was being drawn into yet another of these family series where you feel compelled to read all the books just because! The fact that she had 5 brothers should have tipped me off. While I enjoyed "Sara", I found some of the secondary characters more interesting than Nick and Sara - primarily St John family head Marcus (whose story will likely be last as he seems to be the most interesting of them all). And I was very happy to find that overbearing half brother Anthony's story would match him with his nemesis, Sara's unconventional best friend Anna Thraxton. I was not disappointed - I liked it better than "Sara".
Anthony Elliot, Earl of Greyley has "inherited" custody of the five unruly and mischievous children of one of his Elliot cousins. As head of the Elliot family, he takes all of his responsibilities seriously and they're no different. But dealing with them is more than he bargained for and several governesses later, things are out of control - a state of affairs Greyley cannot abide. And so in desperation he seeks out Anna Thraxton who has the reputation of being the best governess in London. If only there were some other alternative since he and Thraxton cannot stand one another. He finds her impertinent, disrespectful, opinionated, irritating and stubborn. Too bad he needs her!
Anna Thraxton was not always a governess and she misses her life in society very much - the clothes, the balls, her best friend Sara. But she and grandfather must eat, and so she must work. When Greyley approaches Anna about working for him, she initially refuses. She's always found him overbearing, heavy handed, arrogant, irritating and stubborn. Too bad he's offering to pay her more money than she could make in a year for three month's work!
And so, Anna and grandfather move into Greyley House where Anna begins to bring order to the nursery - and disorder to Greyley's peace of mind. Their often heated disagreements somehow end as passionate kisses. He's helplessly attracted to her eventhough he has agreed to marry another. And Anna is just as hopelessly drawn to him, but knows there is nothing but heartache down that road for he's an earl and she's a mere governess - and certainly no man's mistress! So it may just take the mischievous children, together with Anna's equally naughty grandfather to bring this situation to the end they choose - whether Anthony and Anna like it or not!
A really fun and recommended read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfectly wonderful!
Comment: I adored every page of this book! Karen Hawkins has a real winner here. From the very first sentence, I was drawn into the story and the characters.
Greyley is marvelously arrogant and "growly" while Sara is a nearly perfect heroine--strong, determined, fiery, and witty. They sizzle every moment they are together. Secondary characters are generally well-drawn and engaging as well. The plot moves along swiftly, with Hawkins' writing keeping the reader's attention throughout. I was very slightly disappointed in the second and pivotal love scene, expecting it to be somehow "more," but by the end of that section, it no longer mattered. And even though I would have liked a bit more about this terrific couple in the epilogue, the story was utterly satisfying. The flaws are so minor as to hardly be worth mentioning. The romantic leads are engaging, the story entertaining, and the end result delightful.
"An Affair to Remember" is one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to pick up another Karen Hawkins' novel.
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Title: The Seduction of Sara (Avon Romance) by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0380815265 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Confessions of a Scoundrel by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0380820803 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Abduction of Julia (An Avon Romance) by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0380810719 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Belated Bride by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0380815257 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: How to Treat a Lady (St. John Brothers) by Karen Hawkins ISBN: 0060514051 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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