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The Rose Tattoo #9
Unforgettable Night
She'd Lost Her Past...
DeLancey Jones was the Rose Tattoo's new star chef, but her past had a few missing ingredients ...like childhood. Her memories began at age fifteen, with a searing scene that made her afraid to remember the rest. Now the woman who sheltered her is dead - and DeLancey must uncover her previous identity....
DeLancey Jones was the Rose Tattoo's new star chef, but her past had a few missing ingredients ...like childhood. Her memories began at age fifteen, with a searing scene that made her afraid to remember the rest. Now the woman who sheltered her is dead - and DeLancey must uncover her previous identity....
Could He Find Their Future?
Matthew Tanner's job - and gift - was solving mysteries that baffled the experts. But the closer he got to DeLancey, the more he feared the answers he sought. At the heart of this mystery was a woman who stirred him as no one ever had. Did finding her past threaten their future?
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1998
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About the author
Kelsey Roberts
57 books21 followersAka Rhonda Pollero
Rhonda Harding Pollero aka Kelsey Roberts is a sought-after lecturer and workshop presenter as well as a muchrequestedmedia guest. She has been featured in COSMOPOLITIANMagazine, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others andmakes frequent appearances on both radio and television. She founded TheWriters Workshop at Anne Arundel College in Maryland and was the leadinstructor in the areas of craft and genre writing courses for three years.She is considered an expert in why women read and write crime fiction aswell as an excellent authority on plotting and structuring the novel.
Rhonda Harding Pollero aka Kelsey Roberts is a sought-after lecturer and workshop presenter as well as a muchrequestedmedia guest. She has been featured in COSMOPOLITIANMagazine, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others andmakes frequent appearances on both radio and television. She founded TheWriters Workshop at Anne Arundel College in Maryland and was the leadinstructor in the areas of craft and genre writing courses for three years.She is considered an expert in why women read and write crime fiction aswell as an excellent authority on plotting and structuring the novel.
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April 16, 2018
Good story--Needs Work in the Telling
July 27, 1999
"Unforgettable Night" is one of Kelsey Roberts most original Rose Tattoo books, frequently entertaining, although it could use a little work. In the beginning, I was dreading it: the entire opening is just page upon page of dialogue with little or no narration (a tendency that carried throughout), and while plenty of the lines (as always) were good, it did get old after a while. However, once the story (finally) kicked in, it definitely "intrigued," culminating in an ending that was both satisfying, well played-out, and fully explained(!). Add in the fact that this isn't a male cop/lady lawyer pairing, and it's a nice change of pace. My only hesitation is that, while the characters came to life, sometimes I had trouble picturing their surroundings and such. If only Ms. Roberts had written a little more narration to go with that dialogue... (And the preview of her next book in the back of this one--two full pages of nothing but dialogue--makes me fear this isn't going to change anytime soon.)
I have to agree with the "Romantic Times" 3 star review on this one: there was a lot of good things about it, but the writing could have been tightened up. Still, this is the first Rose Tattoo book in quite some time (since "The Tall, Dark Alibi) that I've felt like keeping. Perfect for a light, good read. Just not a great one.
July 27, 1999
"Unforgettable Night" is one of Kelsey Roberts most original Rose Tattoo books, frequently entertaining, although it could use a little work. In the beginning, I was dreading it: the entire opening is just page upon page of dialogue with little or no narration (a tendency that carried throughout), and while plenty of the lines (as always) were good, it did get old after a while. However, once the story (finally) kicked in, it definitely "intrigued," culminating in an ending that was both satisfying, well played-out, and fully explained(!). Add in the fact that this isn't a male cop/lady lawyer pairing, and it's a nice change of pace. My only hesitation is that, while the characters came to life, sometimes I had trouble picturing their surroundings and such. If only Ms. Roberts had written a little more narration to go with that dialogue... (And the preview of her next book in the back of this one--two full pages of nothing but dialogue--makes me fear this isn't going to change anytime soon.)
I have to agree with the "Romantic Times" 3 star review on this one: there was a lot of good things about it, but the writing could have been tightened up. Still, this is the first Rose Tattoo book in quite some time (since "The Tall, Dark Alibi) that I've felt like keeping. Perfect for a light, good read. Just not a great one.
June 24, 2020
I really enjoyed this book. Kept you guessing trying to figure out who killed Mrs. P and Gomez and then trying to figure out DeLancey Jones past. A really good book that I think you will enjoy
June 19, 2016
Read this one for the second time during an enforced internet and laptop break. I don't remember having liked it much the first time but I did like it this time. Boredom helps! Gone from a one star to a three.
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