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Το περιδέραιο των Καλχούν: Λάιλα & Σουζάνα
Γοητευτικές και ακαταμάχητες, οι τέσσερις αδελφές Καλχούν αναζητούν ένα θρυλικό κόσμημα που μπορεί ν' αλλάξει τη ζωή τους: το σμαραγδένιο περιδέραιο που η γιαγιά τους έχει κρύψει στους Πύργους, το εντυπωσιακό πατρογονικό τους στο Μέιν. Και στο μεταξύ, συναντούν στο δρόμο τους τον έρωτα...
Η Κάθι και η Αμάντα πήραν το ρίσκο και βρήκαν την αληθινή αγάπη. Θα συμβεί, όμως, το ίδιο και με τη Λάιλα; Μια μέρα με καταιγίδα, σώζει από τα αφρισμένα κύματα έναν άντρα που αιχμαλωτίζει τη σκέψη και την καρδιά της. Αλλά δεν ξέρει αν μπορεί να τον εμπιστευτεί. Γιατί όλα δείχνουν πως ο γοητευτικός ναυαγός δεν βρέθηκε τυχαία στην ακτή των Πύργων...
Ταυτόχρονα, η Σουζάνα αποφασίζει να συναντηθεί με τον Χολτ Μπράντφορντ. Ίσως είναι ο άνθρωπος που κρατά το κλειδί του μυστηρίου, αλλά η έλξη που ασκεί πάνω της την τρομάζει. Και ξέρει πως πλησιάζοντάς τον παίζει με τη φωτιά...
Οι αδελφές Καλχούν βρίσκονται πιο κοντά από ποτέ στο πολυπόθητο περιδέραιο -αλλά και σ' ένα θανάσιμο κίνδυνο. Γιατί, κρυμμένος στο σκοτάδι, ένας αδίστακτος εχθρός παραμονεύει για να αρπάξει από τα χέρια τους αυτό που τους ανήκει...
Η Κάθι και η Αμάντα πήραν το ρίσκο και βρήκαν την αληθινή αγάπη. Θα συμβεί, όμως, το ίδιο και με τη Λάιλα; Μια μέρα με καταιγίδα, σώζει από τα αφρισμένα κύματα έναν άντρα που αιχμαλωτίζει τη σκέψη και την καρδιά της. Αλλά δεν ξέρει αν μπορεί να τον εμπιστευτεί. Γιατί όλα δείχνουν πως ο γοητευτικός ναυαγός δεν βρέθηκε τυχαία στην ακτή των Πύργων...
Ταυτόχρονα, η Σουζάνα αποφασίζει να συναντηθεί με τον Χολτ Μπράντφορντ. Ίσως είναι ο άνθρωπος που κρατά το κλειδί του μυστηρίου, αλλά η έλξη που ασκεί πάνω της την τρομάζει. Και ξέρει πως πλησιάζοντάς τον παίζει με τη φωτιά...
Οι αδελφές Καλχούν βρίσκονται πιο κοντά από ποτέ στο πολυπόθητο περιδέραιο -αλλά και σ' ένα θανάσιμο κίνδυνο. Γιατί, κρυμμένος στο σκοτάδι, ένας αδίστακτος εχθρός παραμονεύει για να αρπάξει από τα χέρια τους αυτό που τους ανήκει...
443 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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Nora Roberts
1,209 books59.6k followersNora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.
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January 25, 2025
Prachtige verhalen over twee van de Calhoun zussen. De kern van het verhaal is dat een voorouder van de Calhouns, Bianca, een smaragden collier verborgen heeft op het landgoed van de Towers, en nu is iedereen op zoek naar deze schat. Echter niet alleen de familie, maar er zijn ook schattenjagers, die hun kans willen wagen en zelfs niet terugschrikken voor moord.
Het eerste deel van dit boek gaat over Lilah Calhoun, die een man opvist uit het water, Max Quartermain, die onwetend in dienst was van een schurk die het op de smaragden voorzien had. Toen Max achter de waarheid kwam, werd hij bijna vermoord, maar kon nog net op tijd ontsnappen door van de boot in het water te springen. Tussen hem en Lilah ontstaat een romance.
Het tweede deel gaat over Suzannah Calhoun. Ze neemt contact op met Holt Bradford, de kleinzoon van Christian, de minnaar van Bianca. Holt is lang weggeweest van het eiland, maar is nu teruggekeerd en de familie Calhoun denkt dat zijn grootvader hem misschien meer verteld heeft over zijn relatie met Bianca, of dat er misschien een dagboek bestaat...
Eerst wil Holt hier niets van weten, maar hij was al direct gevallen voor de aantrekkelijke Suzannah, en omdat hij nu een manier ziet om met haar in contact te blijven, stemt hij tenslotte toe om zijn medewerking aan het onderzoek te verlenen. En uiteindelijk wordt zijn liefde beantwoord, en wordt ook het geheim van de smaragden opgelost.
Luchtige lectuur, maar moeilijk weg te leggen.
Het eerste deel van dit boek gaat over Lilah Calhoun, die een man opvist uit het water, Max Quartermain, die onwetend in dienst was van een schurk die het op de smaragden voorzien had. Toen Max achter de waarheid kwam, werd hij bijna vermoord, maar kon nog net op tijd ontsnappen door van de boot in het water te springen. Tussen hem en Lilah ontstaat een romance.
Het tweede deel gaat over Suzannah Calhoun. Ze neemt contact op met Holt Bradford, de kleinzoon van Christian, de minnaar van Bianca. Holt is lang weggeweest van het eiland, maar is nu teruggekeerd en de familie Calhoun denkt dat zijn grootvader hem misschien meer verteld heeft over zijn relatie met Bianca, of dat er misschien een dagboek bestaat...
Eerst wil Holt hier niets van weten, maar hij was al direct gevallen voor de aantrekkelijke Suzannah, en omdat hij nu een manier ziet om met haar in contact te blijven, stemt hij tenslotte toe om zijn medewerking aan het onderzoek te verlenen. En uiteindelijk wordt zijn liefde beantwoord, en wordt ook het geheim van de smaragden opgelost.
Luchtige lectuur, maar moeilijk weg te leggen.
February 21, 2024
Love love loved it. Cant resist a ghost story.
November 18, 2021
I znów wracamy do Nory Roberts i zakończenia cyklu o siostrach. Książkę całkowicie przypadkowo przeczytałam na raz i zarwałam dla niej pół nocy. Jak pisałam wcześniej, to bardzo przyjemny powrót do powieści, którą już wcześniej czytałam.
Lilah jest marzycielką i to ona ze wszystkich sióstr odczuwa największą więź ze zmarłą tragicznie Biancą. Podczas burzy, pod wpływem impulsu dziewczyna wybiera się na plażę, gdzie znajduje nieprzytomnego Maksa, który po ocuceniu nie pamięta, jak znalazł się w wodzie. Dopiero po usłyszeniu rodzinnej legendy mężczyzna przypomina sobie, przez kogo został wynajęty i co to znaczy.
Ta część jest moją ulubioną i nawet tego nie ukrywam. Nadal mamy ten schemat nienawiści w miłość, ale idzie się do niego przyzwyczaić. Podczas czytania takich książek nie zwracam uwagi na ich wady, a raczej skupiam się na fabule, bohaterach i tej tajemnicy, która w końcu musi zostać rozwiązana. Głównym plusem książek Roberts są ciekawi i nieirytujący bohaterowie, których się lubi. Może nie zapadają w pamięć, ale również nie świecą w oczy głupotą czy nadmierną idealnością.
Suzanna jest matką dwójki dzieci, prowadzi firmę i przeżyła bardzo trudny i brudny rozwód, który zachwiał jej wiarą w mężczyzn. Kobieta skupia się na rodzinie i ciężko pracuje, by zapewnić godne warunki swoim dzieciom. Na pewno nie ma w planach romansu z Holtem, bardzo przystojnym mężczyzną, którego kiedyś prawie potrąciła.
Przyznam, że zawsze najszybciej czytam historię ostatniej z sióstr, a to chyba dlatego, że jest napisana w bardzo ciepły i kojący sposób. Współczuję Suzannie tego, co przeżyła i podziwiam, jaką kobietą stała już po rozwodzie. Niestety, takie rzeczy dzieją się naprawdę i warto o tym pamiętać.
Ogólnie, jestem zadowolona po przeczytaniu tych książek. Szykują mi się bardziej wymagające lektury, a zaczęcie miesiąca od czegoś lekkiego to był strzał w dziesiątkę
Lilah jest marzycielką i to ona ze wszystkich sióstr odczuwa największą więź ze zmarłą tragicznie Biancą. Podczas burzy, pod wpływem impulsu dziewczyna wybiera się na plażę, gdzie znajduje nieprzytomnego Maksa, który po ocuceniu nie pamięta, jak znalazł się w wodzie. Dopiero po usłyszeniu rodzinnej legendy mężczyzna przypomina sobie, przez kogo został wynajęty i co to znaczy.
Ta część jest moją ulubioną i nawet tego nie ukrywam. Nadal mamy ten schemat nienawiści w miłość, ale idzie się do niego przyzwyczaić. Podczas czytania takich książek nie zwracam uwagi na ich wady, a raczej skupiam się na fabule, bohaterach i tej tajemnicy, która w końcu musi zostać rozwiązana. Głównym plusem książek Roberts są ciekawi i nieirytujący bohaterowie, których się lubi. Może nie zapadają w pamięć, ale również nie świecą w oczy głupotą czy nadmierną idealnością.
Suzanna jest matką dwójki dzieci, prowadzi firmę i przeżyła bardzo trudny i brudny rozwód, który zachwiał jej wiarą w mężczyzn. Kobieta skupia się na rodzinie i ciężko pracuje, by zapewnić godne warunki swoim dzieciom. Na pewno nie ma w planach romansu z Holtem, bardzo przystojnym mężczyzną, którego kiedyś prawie potrąciła.
Przyznam, że zawsze najszybciej czytam historię ostatniej z sióstr, a to chyba dlatego, że jest napisana w bardzo ciepły i kojący sposób. Współczuję Suzannie tego, co przeżyła i podziwiam, jaką kobietą stała już po rozwodzie. Niestety, takie rzeczy dzieją się naprawdę i warto o tym pamiętać.
Ogólnie, jestem zadowolona po przeczytaniu tych książek. Szykują mi się bardziej wymagające lektury, a zaczęcie miesiąca od czegoś lekkiego to był strzał w dziesiątkę
January 19, 2018
Continues the saga with the Calhoun emerald search.
Lilah finds a man washed up in a storm. Max Quartermain is a history prof at Cornell and had been hired to catalog some "Family" papers on a yacht. They turn out to be the stolen Calhoun papers and he makes a lucky escape and falls in love with Lilah. Max finds the name of Bianca's love and his grandson. The grandson, Holt Bradford, and Suzanne knew each other years ago. Now a retired cop living in his grandfather's cottage, Suzanne & Holt also fall in love and manage to find the emeralds. Ties everything up!
Lilah finds a man washed up in a storm. Max Quartermain is a history prof at Cornell and had been hired to catalog some "Family" papers on a yacht. They turn out to be the stolen Calhoun papers and he makes a lucky escape and falls in love with Lilah. Max finds the name of Bianca's love and his grandson. The grandson, Holt Bradford, and Suzanne knew each other years ago. Now a retired cop living in his grandfather's cottage, Suzanne & Holt also fall in love and manage to find the emeralds. Ties everything up!
July 2, 2020
Classic Roberts cheese! Why pair a nerd with a "lazy" (but secretly active because we all know Roberts does not abide chubby women) chill redhead? Why pair an abuse victim with a guy with weird anger issues? I mean, Roberts understands that the average American man (as of the 1990s) tended to express any worry/concern/fear as anger directed at the woman in his life, but seemed to accept this as the natural order of things. Apparently most women are passive-aggressive and want to be told they're valued without asking to be told they're valued. Eyeroll/
September 8, 2020
3.5/5 stars
For the Love of Lilah 3.5
Suzanna’s Surrender 3.5
Both stories were so enthralling I couldn’t put the book down. I loved how each story in the series had a certain mood to it, but it all came down to love and family in the end. This book’s inclusion of Christian’s POV while falling in love with Bianca was wonderful and showed just how much they both loved each other. And I loved that the conclusion of the story brought the descendants of Bianca and Christian together so that in a way they got to be together in the end. I’m looking forward to reading Megan’s story.
For the Love of Lilah 3.5
Suzanna’s Surrender 3.5
Both stories were so enthralling I couldn’t put the book down. I loved how each story in the series had a certain mood to it, but it all came down to love and family in the end. This book’s inclusion of Christian’s POV while falling in love with Bianca was wonderful and showed just how much they both loved each other. And I loved that the conclusion of the story brought the descendants of Bianca and Christian together so that in a way they got to be together in the end. I’m looking forward to reading Megan’s story.
May 1, 2021
Falling in love (and getting engaged within weeks of meeting), seances, seaside breezes, blooming flowers, old castles, jewels and intense family connections...another Roberts novel that is predictable, yet a satisfying read.
June 21, 2024
A great read by Nora Roberts. How the past family brings current family and new family members into the picture. A family legacy of emeralds which belong to Bianca Calhoun in past family history.
How everything & everyone is brought together.
How everything & everyone is brought together.
March 26, 2017
Very enjoyable
January 18, 2019
Lovely and light with great characters. Good summer reading
October 23, 2019
Loved the solving of the mystery of the emeralds.
August 11, 2020
Love the book!!!! Love, romance with all the ups and downs.
October 21, 2020
The first part is a 1 one star, & the second one is a 3. I averaged them out.
If nobody got me, I know Nora Roberts & her mass market paperbacks got me.
If nobody got me, I know Nora Roberts & her mass market paperbacks got me.
December 13, 2020
Αρκετά καλό.Κριτική αργότερα.
August 12, 2022
Loved it, worth reading!
August 21, 2023
These are older Nora Roberts stories (1998), but both are engaging reads. Some readers might find the male love interest in Suzanna's story to be a bit too forceful in his pursuit of her.
September 8, 2024
A holiday read, predictable and mindless
October 16, 2024
I enjoyed Lilah's story, but most of Suzanna's was lacking detail and explanation for me. A light, fluff book.
November 27, 2024
2.5 stars
Some stories just don't age well. Stupid assumptions and misconceptions. And wow does some "heroic" behavior ring alarm bells thirty years later…
Some stories just don't age well. Stupid assumptions and misconceptions. And wow does some "heroic" behavior ring alarm bells thirty years later…
September 6, 2025
a good read
August 11, 2024
Lekker vakantieboek!
July 24, 2020
This was a nice, easy summer read. It picked up halfway through and kept me interested right until the end. I love stories of love, romance, mystery with a bit of history mixed in.
October 2, 2021
This is an excellent bind up edition of Nora Roberts containing two wonderful stories in the Calhoun Quartet. This edition contains books three and four following the events of the previous books with the search of Bianca Calhoun’s missing emerald necklace and dangerous foes.
In For The Love Of Lilah, professor Maxwell Quartermain has been caught in a dangerous game involving Jewel thieves William Livingston aka Ellis Caulfield and Hawkins searching through the Calhouns stolen papers in hopes of discovering Bianca’s emerald necklace when Max discovers these facts he’s nearly killed and jumps into the ocean to save himself only to nearly drown if it wasn’t for Lilah Calhoun whom he mistakes as a mermaid. He recovers In the Calhoun family home with his memory missing a bit. But when he does remember everything he’s quick to warn them about Caulfield. Determined to help them with the jewel thieves who have already nearly killed Amanda for the papers. He starts researching into Bianca’s past and discovers a unhappy marriage with her abusive husband and a painter who was a lover of hers Christian. Max and Lilah start falling in love with each other and make it through some obstacles before getting their happy ending. Especially after Hawkins nearly kills them. This book was entertaining and enjoyable book to read.
In Suzanna’s Surrender following the events of the previous book the latest information on Christian the painter is the grandfather of Hoyt Bradford believing he’s the key to unlock what happened to Bianca did she really jump to her death or was it foul play especially since she left two small children behind. Suzanna Calhoun after a horrible marriage and divorce has started a landscaping and gardening business to support herself and her two young children Alex six years old and Jenny five years old. Thanks to the emerald business is forced to encounter about Bradford and ex policeman burned out from his job of over ten years dealing with scumbag criminals that nearly got him killed. He’s always had a thing for Suzanna for the last fifteen years hasn’t changed but with this dangerous business involving lost emeralds and dangerous thieves still on the loose he gets drawn deeper and deeper with the Calhouns. He and Suzanna give into their feelings and he finds himself falling deeper for her and her children. William Livingston is still obsessed with the emerald necklace and has already nearly got Amanda and Lilah nearly killed because of his greed. Things come to a thrilling conclusion with Suzanna discovering where her great grandmother Bianca hid the necklace and Livingston holding her at gun point before falling to his death through the tower window the same place where Bianca was thrown out the window to her death. A lovely happy ending with Hoyt and Suzanna getting engaged I enjoyed reading this series it was fascinating to read.
In For The Love Of Lilah, professor Maxwell Quartermain has been caught in a dangerous game involving Jewel thieves William Livingston aka Ellis Caulfield and Hawkins searching through the Calhouns stolen papers in hopes of discovering Bianca’s emerald necklace when Max discovers these facts he’s nearly killed and jumps into the ocean to save himself only to nearly drown if it wasn’t for Lilah Calhoun whom he mistakes as a mermaid. He recovers In the Calhoun family home with his memory missing a bit. But when he does remember everything he’s quick to warn them about Caulfield. Determined to help them with the jewel thieves who have already nearly killed Amanda for the papers. He starts researching into Bianca’s past and discovers a unhappy marriage with her abusive husband and a painter who was a lover of hers Christian. Max and Lilah start falling in love with each other and make it through some obstacles before getting their happy ending. Especially after Hawkins nearly kills them. This book was entertaining and enjoyable book to read.
In Suzanna’s Surrender following the events of the previous book the latest information on Christian the painter is the grandfather of Hoyt Bradford believing he’s the key to unlock what happened to Bianca did she really jump to her death or was it foul play especially since she left two small children behind. Suzanna Calhoun after a horrible marriage and divorce has started a landscaping and gardening business to support herself and her two young children Alex six years old and Jenny five years old. Thanks to the emerald business is forced to encounter about Bradford and ex policeman burned out from his job of over ten years dealing with scumbag criminals that nearly got him killed. He’s always had a thing for Suzanna for the last fifteen years hasn’t changed but with this dangerous business involving lost emeralds and dangerous thieves still on the loose he gets drawn deeper and deeper with the Calhouns. He and Suzanna give into their feelings and he finds himself falling deeper for her and her children. William Livingston is still obsessed with the emerald necklace and has already nearly got Amanda and Lilah nearly killed because of his greed. Things come to a thrilling conclusion with Suzanna discovering where her great grandmother Bianca hid the necklace and Livingston holding her at gun point before falling to his death through the tower window the same place where Bianca was thrown out the window to her death. A lovely happy ending with Hoyt and Suzanna getting engaged I enjoyed reading this series it was fascinating to read.
March 26, 2015
Lilah and Suzanna: The Calhoun Women is by Nora Roberts. As usual, she writes a powerful book which is realistic. Her characters come alive and the story is always suspenseful. This is actually two books in one.
The first book is For The Love of Lilah. The Calhoun sisters are fed up with the press and the coverage of the missing emerald necklace. They know the story of Bianca and Christopher but don’t know where she hid the necklace. Already, a thief has been looking for the necklace and Amanda was almost hurt. People have come into the gardens and tried to dig up the treasure. Lilah has picked up a treasure map as she talked at the nature center. What she doesn’t know is that she gave the map to the thief when he came to take a tour and talk to her. A few weeks ago, Lilah knew a storm was brewing and went down to the beach to watch it come in. She just happened to be there when Max Quartermain was nearing shore and almost drowned. She managed to get him to safety and up to the house. He refused to go to the doctor as he felt fine after waking up. He just didn’t remember things that happened recently. He didn’t know that he had taken a summer job to catalogue papers Mr. Caufield said were his family papers. Until he inadvertently overheard Mr. Caufield and the Captain talking about stealing the papers and ultimately the jewels, he had no idea he was in trouble too. When he does remember, he starts helping the family with their papers and hopes to help find the necklace; but only if Lilah and the other sisters are out of harm’s way. He wants to help the police find Mr. Caufield or whoever he is impersonating now.
The second book is Suzanna’s surrender. Max has found out that Bianca’s lover, Christian, had a son and grandson who lived in the cottage he did. His grandson, Holt, is a retired police detective who now lives in the house but he has never heard the legend. He has trouble believing Suzanna about Bianca and Christian’s love when she first confronts him about it. He said he would reconsider if he ever believed it to be true. When he finds Bianca’s portrait among his Grandfather’s paintings and sees that Lilah is the image of her grandmother, he believes and offers his help. Mainly he wants to make sure Suzanna and her children are just fine. After talking to the Calhoun women and their husbands, he sees the danger is real so he hires on as a part time employee at Suzanne’s gardening center. Can he protect her and her children?
The first book is For The Love of Lilah. The Calhoun sisters are fed up with the press and the coverage of the missing emerald necklace. They know the story of Bianca and Christopher but don’t know where she hid the necklace. Already, a thief has been looking for the necklace and Amanda was almost hurt. People have come into the gardens and tried to dig up the treasure. Lilah has picked up a treasure map as she talked at the nature center. What she doesn’t know is that she gave the map to the thief when he came to take a tour and talk to her. A few weeks ago, Lilah knew a storm was brewing and went down to the beach to watch it come in. She just happened to be there when Max Quartermain was nearing shore and almost drowned. She managed to get him to safety and up to the house. He refused to go to the doctor as he felt fine after waking up. He just didn’t remember things that happened recently. He didn’t know that he had taken a summer job to catalogue papers Mr. Caufield said were his family papers. Until he inadvertently overheard Mr. Caufield and the Captain talking about stealing the papers and ultimately the jewels, he had no idea he was in trouble too. When he does remember, he starts helping the family with their papers and hopes to help find the necklace; but only if Lilah and the other sisters are out of harm’s way. He wants to help the police find Mr. Caufield or whoever he is impersonating now.
The second book is Suzanna’s surrender. Max has found out that Bianca’s lover, Christian, had a son and grandson who lived in the cottage he did. His grandson, Holt, is a retired police detective who now lives in the house but he has never heard the legend. He has trouble believing Suzanna about Bianca and Christian’s love when she first confronts him about it. He said he would reconsider if he ever believed it to be true. When he finds Bianca’s portrait among his Grandfather’s paintings and sees that Lilah is the image of her grandmother, he believes and offers his help. Mainly he wants to make sure Suzanna and her children are just fine. After talking to the Calhoun women and their husbands, he sees the danger is real so he hires on as a part time employee at Suzanne’s gardening center. Can he protect her and her children?
November 17, 2015
Author: Nora Roberts
First published: 2011
Length: 399 pages
Setting: Contemporary, 1991. Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine.
For the Love of Lilah
Sex: Explicit. Handwavy.
Hero: Professor of History.
Heroine: Naturalist.
As much as I like Max I dislike Lilah. She’s bitchy, lazy, quick to judge, self-involved. Wanted better for Max.
2 stars
For the Love of Lilah
Sex: Explicit. Handwavy.
Hero: Retired detective
Heroine: Landscape gardener
Finishes the series (bar the addendum) and gives a sweet HEA to Suzanna. Enjoyable, easy. Romance.
3 stars
The Calhouns:
Book 1 Courting Catherine - Trenton St. James and Catherine (CC) Calhoun
Book 2 A Man for Amanda - Amanda Calhoun and Sloan O'Reilly
Book 3 For the Love of Lilah - Lilah Calhoun and Maxwell Quartermain
Book 4 Suzanna's Surrender - Suzanna Calhoun and Holt Bradford
Book 5 Megan's Mate - Megan O’Riley and Nathaniel Fury
References:
Author's website: http://noraroberts.com/1991/08/for-th...
Author's website: http://noraroberts.com/1991/09/suzann...
(ISBN 9781488758058)
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First published: 2011
Length: 399 pages
Setting: Contemporary, 1991. Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine.
For the Love of Lilah
Sex: Explicit. Handwavy.
Hero: Professor of History.
Heroine: Naturalist.
As much as I like Max I dislike Lilah. She’s bitchy, lazy, quick to judge, self-involved. Wanted better for Max.
2 stars
For the Love of Lilah
Sex: Explicit. Handwavy.
Hero: Retired detective
Heroine: Landscape gardener
Finishes the series (bar the addendum) and gives a sweet HEA to Suzanna. Enjoyable, easy. Romance.
3 stars
The Calhouns:
Book 1 Courting Catherine - Trenton St. James and Catherine (CC) Calhoun
Book 2 A Man for Amanda - Amanda Calhoun and Sloan O'Reilly
Book 3 For the Love of Lilah - Lilah Calhoun and Maxwell Quartermain
Book 4 Suzanna's Surrender - Suzanna Calhoun and Holt Bradford
Book 5 Megan's Mate - Megan O’Riley and Nathaniel Fury
References:
Author's website: http://noraroberts.com/1991/08/for-th...
Author's website: http://noraroberts.com/1991/09/suzann...
(ISBN 9781488758058)
-CR-
May 25, 2023
Reading Nora Robert's books are slways fun, and this is no different! There's always romance, and I love that there's always a family secret or legend!
May 2, 2016
This combination book was a great read. I had already read about Amanda, C.C. and now on to Lilah and Suzanna. Lilah is the first story in this book and it is great.
Lilah is the pretty sister and she finds herself totally interested and hot for Maxwell Quartermain.
Maxwell seems to know a lot about the mystery death and hidden emeralds. He has come in contact with some additional information that the sisters do not have.
Lilah can't resist Maxwell and he is a mystery of his own. He was not there innocently. He has been working against the sisters, even if it was unintentional.
But I sure liked him. He is such a good hero. This was beautifully written. I love Nora Roberts writing style. She makes her characters so human.
Suzanna's Surrender is another good book.
Suzanna Calhoun is the mother of two small children. She wasn't looking for a man. She just keeps finding herself drawn to Holt Bradford. Her divorce was not pleasant and she did not want to bring anyone into her children's lives.
Holt is the ex-cop that keeps showing up in her life. She knew him before he left town and now that he is back, she is interested. He is not gentle and easy like Maxwell and Trent or even Sloan. This was also the end of the mystery treasure hunt that has been entangled through all the other books.
This series was an excellent one. Each sister was different but they all had a strength about them.
I loved how the children played a key part of this book.
Lilah is the pretty sister and she finds herself totally interested and hot for Maxwell Quartermain.
Maxwell seems to know a lot about the mystery death and hidden emeralds. He has come in contact with some additional information that the sisters do not have.
Lilah can't resist Maxwell and he is a mystery of his own. He was not there innocently. He has been working against the sisters, even if it was unintentional.
But I sure liked him. He is such a good hero. This was beautifully written. I love Nora Roberts writing style. She makes her characters so human.
Suzanna's Surrender is another good book.
Suzanna Calhoun is the mother of two small children. She wasn't looking for a man. She just keeps finding herself drawn to Holt Bradford. Her divorce was not pleasant and she did not want to bring anyone into her children's lives.
Holt is the ex-cop that keeps showing up in her life. She knew him before he left town and now that he is back, she is interested. He is not gentle and easy like Maxwell and Trent or even Sloan. This was also the end of the mystery treasure hunt that has been entangled through all the other books.
This series was an excellent one. Each sister was different but they all had a strength about them.
I loved how the children played a key part of this book.
February 19, 2015
This is book two of this saga. This one is about the two other sisters Lilah, and Suzanna. You must read the other book I listed first, or find a book with all four stories in it. This is an older book series, so it will be out there. Progress on finding clues about their ancestor Bianca's jewels is still progressing. There are treasure hunters to shoo off, and some jewel thieves as well, that adds the story. Lilah is like a flower child, and Suzanna has been badly treated in a previous marriage, and divorce. The books also have their Aunt Coco, who help raise them, and believes in signs, and that Bianca is still walking the house in ghost form, especially in the tower. Both women are in for surprises in this book, and romance of course. There is also the old journal to find, and the gems. It is a lovely book, and part two of the four original stories. I have owned them since the late 80's, but it was so good to dig them out to read them again. I love the cranky great aunt that makes an appearance in this book. She was the daughter of Bianca, and only 5 when she died. The ending was wonderful, and exciting. I love that about Nora Roberts. I hate sad endings. her older works remind me again why I still reach out for her books, at a store, or library. She is a wonderful writer to loose yourself in.
August 4, 2023
Continuing the necklace treasure hunt, Lilah and Suzanna get their turns at the mystery solving. Lilah's "fate" was a surprise. I expected more of the macho types like Trent and Sloan in the first two books, but Max is adorable as the nerdy professor who wants to write and cannot see how the sexy Lilah would look twice at him. It makes for a lot of misunderstandings between the two when they don't understand how each sees themselves. It is very well done. The second book about Suzanna is also a bit surprising. I didn't expect her to fall for Holt, an ex-cop, rough in manners and approach, when she is clearly a gentle woman and a loving mother of two. The interactions with the children through all four books are delightful, both with the men and the women. Ms. Roberts excels at kid language. I loved little Alex's wrong word use, always so close but with a totally different meaning than intended.
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