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Title: The Mulberry Tree by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0-7434-3764-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.02 (63 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: My dream house, on dream land, with dreamy stuff too
Comment: I think Jude Deveraux should add a supliment to this book---all the little tidbit recipes she threw in; even if she does scorn the idea of one more cookbook on the market! I enjoyed this book--it was a departure from her old romancey stuff---I have been reading her books since I was a teen---I thought she was so old! :)
And I hadn't picked up anything of hers for a long time--unlike the rest of the world, I didn't care for "A Knight in Shining Armor." Anyways, the story is about a fat and ugly rich woman, who, like in previous novels of hers, is made beautiful by her circumstances. In this one, a diet and a nose job. Ahem. She gets left a "charming" farmhouse and a perfect ten acres by her billionaire husband, who dies under mysterious circumstances. This book reads like somebodies dream come true. Like a fantasy played out in printed pages. So fat lady billionaire is welcomed to the small town and on and on (in VA) and gets to solve a mystery of her husbands past. Its pretty interesting. Everything held together well, even if it is....well, its good to me. The ending seemed a little rushed, and some parts aren't pieced together well, but all in all, a good story. Don't expect any romantic stuff to be the focus of the story---its all about the Golden Six and starting your own jelly business. Oh yeah and I thought it was very...interesting how our main character grabbed her "canning" past when she grew up in suburbia but then later Kentucky----all in the middle of the book. Nice editing job.
But truly, an entertaining weekend read. C'mon, don't expect anything more!
Rating: 3
Summary: Did Jude really write this???
Comment: This was very untypical of Jude Devereaux work. I have been a major fan of hers for years and always anxiously await the new books..which are always fun, romantic and interesting in several different ways. However, while interesting and a bit mind boggling as it kept changing directions was almost totally different from her usual work.
Her main character was her type of different female, but no one else in the book really fit her previous profiles, and neither did the plot. It was almost as if she had outlined the story and someone, or several someones filled in the missing pieces. Lots of things made absolutely no sense and happened completely out of context. It was difficult to follow without a scorecard and the resolution came too fast and without a "saving grace".
I do hope that she has not sunk to phoning in her stories, she is too good for that. I did read the preview of the next book and it has a man as the storyteller....also a different avenue for her. Maybe she is just trying some new and different ideas.
If you have never read Jude Devereaux, do not count this one as typical.....go back to her older works and enjoy!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book!
Comment: This story is centered around Lillian Manville the young widow of an excentric billionare who at his death leaves her nothing but a run down farm house in the middle of nowhere. Lillian was a child bride who's husband molded her into the woman that he wanted at his side. At his death she is left practically penniless and has to solve the mystery of a cryptic note left by her late husband. When Lillian moves into the farmhouse she begins to piece together her life and the mystery of why her husband left his billions to a sister and brother he hated.
Jude Deveraux did an excellent job of making this story and the characters feel real. The characters though many, are well thought out and very intricate. The people in the book are flawed with real problems and issues like every other normal human. This book walks you through Lillians struggle to find out who she is and what she will make of herself. Just to spice it up, JD has added murder, mystery, cover-ups, shady pasts, lies and secrets, all centered around Lillians dead husband. You will find yourself entralled with the pampered life she led, the new life she is trying to build, the mystery she needs to solve and the people (and a new man) she grows to love in her new life. The story will keep you guessing and turning pages until the very end!!!
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Title: Wild Orchids : A Novel by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0743437128 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671014196 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Forever... : A Novel of Good and Evil, Love and Hope by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 067101420X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Engaging The Enemy by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0373218192 Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Forever and Always by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0743477081 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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