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Winters Family Trilogy #1
Suddenly You
Arriving at Raines-Hartley Hospital to care for her ailing grandmother, Cady Winters meets her match in Dr. Keren Bailey who, building a life without friendship, family, or love, finds his carefully structured existence thrown into chaos by this strong-willed woman. Original.
- GenresAfrican American Romance
328 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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September 19, 2010
Wow-o-wow can Crystal Hubbard write. I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet love story juxtaposed with the lingering death from cancer of her beloved grandmother. The characters ring true. The story is sweetly told and thoroughly enjoyable.
June 20, 2014
This is the easily the best romance I've read this year and maybe ever. The characters were so lovely that I found myself wishing I knew people like them in real life. I won't spoil the story but just do yourself a favor and read this book. You won't regret it. :-)
July 30, 2017
I absolutely love this book. Although it took me forever to finish because I am extremely lazy reader and I lost track of the book for sometime. I recommend it to everyone. It gave me a full on roller coaster of emotions and felt like I was watching a movie. The author is very descriptive and paints a vivid picture. I went through the full range of emotions throughout the story.
July 15, 2008
You expect to find many things in a romance novel, but death featuring so prominently isn't one of 'em, which is why this story works, because the shock of death stops the story from being overly sweet in Ms Hubbard's début novel.
Cady Winters rushes to the bedside of her dying grandmother, Claire, and Cady is brimming with both despair and righteous anger. Despair for her grandmother's condition, and the fact that she stayed away so long, and anger for Dr Keren Bailey for his matter of fact (okay, callous) way of telling her that her that her grandma was at death's door - within the grandmother's earshot.
Yes, Dr Sensitive, Dr Bailey ain't.
So, Cady settles in. She's appalled at Dr. Bailey's coolness towards his patients (Dr. Bailey is competent, even good... but aloof), and Cady wanting to make her grandmother's last days happy, sets about transforming the oncology ward into a kind of fun Disney world. There's a beach party for a cancer patient who wanted to see Hawaii before he got terribly poorly, and a few high jinx that sees Dr Bailey torn between pitching Cady out on her bum or well... wanting to kiss Cady's erm... bum.
The notion of death is a theme in the novel, in the sense that Cady and Keren are touched by it, and its their individual reactions that shape who they are. A strength of the novel is that it's not only Cady who teaches, or reaches out to comfort or soothe, Keren does so too. Of course, his gestures aren't as broad, but are still very touching and honest.
The story is good, but not as polished as Hubbard's later novels. I also found the last chapter dreadfully twee, in the way that a lot of US rom-coms tend to be. I'm not a fan of epilogues either, and I probably shouldn't have read it (oh, well).
Despite my pooh poohing, there are a lot of stuff in the story that was right. I particularly appreciated the pace of the story, and I found myself either laughing or cringing at Cady's well intentioned antics. I also appreciated Keren's efforts in getting over his ingrained caution and trying to reach out to Cady.
It's a nice read for a quiet summer's evening, I'll say that.
Cady Winters rushes to the bedside of her dying grandmother, Claire, and Cady is brimming with both despair and righteous anger. Despair for her grandmother's condition, and the fact that she stayed away so long, and anger for Dr Keren Bailey for his matter of fact (okay, callous) way of telling her that her that her grandma was at death's door - within the grandmother's earshot.
Yes, Dr Sensitive, Dr Bailey ain't.
So, Cady settles in. She's appalled at Dr. Bailey's coolness towards his patients (Dr. Bailey is competent, even good... but aloof), and Cady wanting to make her grandmother's last days happy, sets about transforming the oncology ward into a kind of fun Disney world. There's a beach party for a cancer patient who wanted to see Hawaii before he got terribly poorly, and a few high jinx that sees Dr Bailey torn between pitching Cady out on her bum or well... wanting to kiss Cady's erm... bum.
The notion of death is a theme in the novel, in the sense that Cady and Keren are touched by it, and its their individual reactions that shape who they are. A strength of the novel is that it's not only Cady who teaches, or reaches out to comfort or soothe, Keren does so too. Of course, his gestures aren't as broad, but are still very touching and honest.
The story is good, but not as polished as Hubbard's later novels. I also found the last chapter dreadfully twee, in the way that a lot of US rom-coms tend to be. I'm not a fan of epilogues either, and I probably shouldn't have read it (oh, well).
Despite my pooh poohing, there are a lot of stuff in the story that was right. I particularly appreciated the pace of the story, and I found myself either laughing or cringing at Cady's well intentioned antics. I also appreciated Keren's efforts in getting over his ingrained caution and trying to reach out to Cady.
It's a nice read for a quiet summer's evening, I'll say that.
July 19, 2007
Totally Awe Inspiring Debut Novel
WOW! All I can say is this was a great debut novel! It captured me from the first words, the first page. I read it in 1 1/2 days. I couldn't help but enjoy Cady's fiery personality. And once I found out what made Keren act the way he did, you couldn't help but sympathize and fall in love with his character. They were perfect together. And the supporting characters were definitely memorable and people you hope to read more about in Mrs. Hubbard's future novels. This was a story that at times left me in tears and at others times had me LOL. In this Crystal Hubbard's first offering, I was truly captivated by her writing style, her attention to details and her ability to make the reader feel apart of the story. A Definte MUST READ!
WOW! All I can say is this was a great debut novel! It captured me from the first words, the first page. I read it in 1 1/2 days. I couldn't help but enjoy Cady's fiery personality. And once I found out what made Keren act the way he did, you couldn't help but sympathize and fall in love with his character. They were perfect together. And the supporting characters were definitely memorable and people you hope to read more about in Mrs. Hubbard's future novels. This was a story that at times left me in tears and at others times had me LOL. In this Crystal Hubbard's first offering, I was truly captivated by her writing style, her attention to details and her ability to make the reader feel apart of the story. A Definte MUST READ!
September 6, 2014
This was a fantastic story. Crystal Hubbard is a very talented writer. The book really came alive for me and I felt like it was way more than just a typical romance novel. You get embraced by the Winters family. I laughed and cried while reading this book. The writing was excellent all the way through. And even though it was a longer book, the story line was very realistic, the descriptions were not overdone, and it was just a great read from cover to cover. Read this book!! I can't wait to read her other books.
September 28, 2013
Tear, laughs, and outburst. There are emotions in every aspect of this read than most have. I had reason to cry, laugh out loud, and make some not so quiet comments. Cady is a whirlwind to Keren's quiet storm. I will reach again for this when I need a feel good romance.
July 5, 2014
I simply loved this book ! Crystal Hubbard is so talented I loved Kerren and Cady's love story .
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