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Come Summer
A previously unopened letter about the secret child borne by her late twin sister, Laurel, draws artist Liza Cassidy to tiny Alcott, New Hampshire, on a quest to meet this sole remaining link to her dead sister, his father, the enigmatic Sheriff Jack McCall, and townspeople haunted by Laurel's life and death. Original.
- GenresRomance
320 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2004
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Sandra Steffen
106 books14 followersSandra Steffen is an award-winning, bestselling author of over thirty-seven novels, honored with the RITA Award, National Readers Choice Award, and The Wish Award. She balances writing with family life, having married her high-school sweetheart and raised four sons. Sandra enjoys reading, walking, laughing, connecting with friends, and, above all, writing.
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April 10, 2010
There was just a hint of something different about this book that made it sweet and enjoyable.
Almost five years after her twin sister's death, Liza discovers that her sister had a son. Liza, who had also recently lost her mother, goes to meet him and of course, falls in love with the boy's father. There were a few things that made this book stand out in a positive way:
1. It can be so easy, when dealing with identical twins, to wonder whether the man is in love with the one he's with or the one he lost. I did not have to wonder in this story. Their relationship may have developed out of physical attraction and mutual loss, but it eventually became more than that and more importantly, it did so before they got into bed together.
2. I was touched by the themes of life and death in this book. At first, it almost seemed like a ridiculous setup that Liza's sister wandered off for a year, knowing she was dying, not telling her sister about her pregnancy and not telling her boyfriend about her twin sister. But it was clear why she did this. She left her sister and mother when she learned she was dying because she wanted to live while she was alive. She didn't tell her boyfriend about the tumor for the same reason. If she had told her sister about the pregnancy, then she wouldn't have stayed away, and she would once again have been surrounded by people who knew she was dying and who lived with that in mind.
3. There were two sub-romances, one for each of Jack's brothers, that I enjoyed just as much as the primary romance. In fact, I think I was more compelled by Eve's story because I wasn't sure if she was going to end up living happily ever after. She wanted Jack and had wanted him for a long time. Obviously, she couldn't have him since he was going to end up with Liza, but I badly wanted things to work out for her somehow.
The only real issue I had with this book was the unfulfilled potential. I know it's unorthodox to even have compelling sub-romances, but since they were there, I wanted them to shine with their own power. I wanted the book to be longer, and to really deal with Eve and Natalie, both of whom were interesting characters in their own rights.
I recommend this book to romance readers.
Almost five years after her twin sister's death, Liza discovers that her sister had a son. Liza, who had also recently lost her mother, goes to meet him and of course, falls in love with the boy's father. There were a few things that made this book stand out in a positive way:
1. It can be so easy, when dealing with identical twins, to wonder whether the man is in love with the one he's with or the one he lost. I did not have to wonder in this story. Their relationship may have developed out of physical attraction and mutual loss, but it eventually became more than that and more importantly, it did so before they got into bed together.
2. I was touched by the themes of life and death in this book. At first, it almost seemed like a ridiculous setup that Liza's sister wandered off for a year, knowing she was dying, not telling her sister about her pregnancy and not telling her boyfriend about her twin sister. But it was clear why she did this. She left her sister and mother when she learned she was dying because she wanted to live while she was alive. She didn't tell her boyfriend about the tumor for the same reason. If she had told her sister about the pregnancy, then she wouldn't have stayed away, and she would once again have been surrounded by people who knew she was dying and who lived with that in mind.
3. There were two sub-romances, one for each of Jack's brothers, that I enjoyed just as much as the primary romance. In fact, I think I was more compelled by Eve's story because I wasn't sure if she was going to end up living happily ever after. She wanted Jack and had wanted him for a long time. Obviously, she couldn't have him since he was going to end up with Liza, but I badly wanted things to work out for her somehow.
The only real issue I had with this book was the unfulfilled potential. I know it's unorthodox to even have compelling sub-romances, but since they were there, I wanted them to shine with their own power. I wanted the book to be longer, and to really deal with Eve and Natalie, both of whom were interesting characters in their own rights.
I recommend this book to romance readers.
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