لعبة الحب والحياة

by Bethany Campbell

كانت دارين شيفيليد دائما محط نفوذ واستغلال الاخرين لها ، حتى خطوبتها وهي اشهر نجوم عالم الموضه والازياء ، لاشهر مطربي الروك ، كانت بهدف الدعايه ، كان من حقها ان تشعر وكأنها دميه تتحرك بالحبال في ايدي الاخرين !!

Genres: Harlequin Romance, Romance

215 pages, Hardcover

Published February 14, 1993

About the author

Sally McCluskey (aka Bethany Campbell) was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, as an only child. She attended college beginning as a chemistry major, after quickly switching her major to English. She obtainded a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, and an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas. She met her husband, Dan Borengasser, while both were graduate students at Northern Illinois University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in English.

Sally taught and in her spare time wrote, but after marriage, the couple moved to an area where teaching jobs were scarce, and she turned to writing full time. She wrote poetry, articles, short stories, and contributed to textbooks, but finally decided to try a romance novel at the urging of her mom and aunt, both avid romance fans. To Sally’s amazement, Harlequin bought her story After the Stars Fall and published it in 1985 under the pseudonym Bethany Campbell. She has also written as Lisa Harris. She has won three Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Awards, three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence.

She lived with her husband in northwest Arkansas. Her husband, who serves as Vice President of Ozark Film & Video Productions, also writes, and has had several short films and plays produced.

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am participating in the TBR Challenge 2011 over at the Super Librarian's blog.

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This is the book I chose for the January Challenge- Category Romance

Dareen Sheffield (Dare) is a 19 year old model that goes by the professional name of Sheffy. Her mother has just died and she decides to flee a life and a fiance that she does not want. She finds herself in a small town and in the arms of the local playboy who happens to own a winery.
The book suffers for me due to the young age of the heroine. She is a naive and sheltered girl and many people are taking advantage of her. The romance part of the book is never fully developed. Most of the time I wanted to scream at the girl to stop being such a pushover. Even the "hero" who supposedly saves here seemed suspect to me. There is a strange plot twist that just didn't sit well with me, but I could have overlooked it had the romance been stronger.

This books was published in 1987. Possibly this is the style that was popular at the time, it just wasn't for me.

[RomLibrary]

She felt like a puppet on a string

Dareen Sheffield's life had always been manipulated by others. Even the top fashion model's engagement had been arranged for "publicity." Well, Dare wanted no part of it anymore.

So the nineteen-year-old fled to a secluded farm house in the heart of Tennessee. There she met Rip DuLong, a carefree winery owner, a man who treated her like a real woman for the very first time. Dare had never felt so happy.

Until she discovered it wasn't easy to bury the past ... nor plan a future with a man who wanted no strings attached.

[ObsessedwithBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m surprised on the low rating of this book it’s fantastic. I would have liked more romance but other than the lack of passion it’s such a sweet little story. A model leaves stressful life and moves to the country where she meets Rip Dulong and she must chose between two worlds. I have always dreamed of moving to a little farm so this book allows me to have that fantasy. If your looking for a quick sweet read this is the one.

[PAINTED BOX]

She felt like a puppet on a string

Dareen Sheffield's life had always been manipulated by others. Even the top fashion model's engagement had been arranged for "publicity." Well, Dare wanted no part of it anymore.

So the nineteen-year-old fled to a secluded farm house in the heart of Tennessee. There she met Rip DuLong, a carefree winery owner, a man who treated her like a real woman for the very first time. Dare had never felt so happy.

Until she discovered it wasn't easy to bury the past ... nor plan a future with a man who wanted no strings attached.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

She wants to avoid everything to do with her prior life. He wants to avoid marriage.