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Blue Jacaranda
1 HARDCOVER BOOK
- GenresHarlequin Romance
189 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1975
9 people want to read
About the author
Elizabeth Hoy
71 books3 followersAlice Nina Conarain was born in Dublin, Ireland. She married Mr. Hoysradt. She worked as a nurse, secretary-receptionist, and staff member of the Daily News in London, England, UK. She started publishing romance novels in 1930s at Mills & Boon under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hoy, she also wrote as Nina Conarain at Arcadia House. She wrote over 70 romance novels from 1933 to 1980.
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January 2, 2023
Pleasant story, likable characters, reasonable plot, so why only two stars? It is emotionally distant, I felt I was reading about people I never knew or would meet, somewhat flat, removed from caring.
Some Harlequin authors, e.g., Sara Craven, Robyn Donald, Lynne Graham, can have ridiculous plots, repulsive Hs, dumb-as-rocks hs and still pull me along because I feel like I am there. It may be impossible to relate to characters' decisions and the dialogue may have me wanting to rewrite the book, but those are the ones that keep me engaged.
This lovely story set in Queensland Australia with a couple who are supposed to fall in love and marry to inherit a rich plantation lacks that engagement. The only time I wanted to rewrite the dialogue was when h didn't speak up to correct H's misunderstanding of her marriage proposal.
Somehow, despite a cyclone and devastating flood The Blue Jacaranda lacked that essential grab-me-by-the-throat-ness. It took me months to finish reading, and even then I found myself skipping among chapters.
Some Harlequin authors, e.g., Sara Craven, Robyn Donald, Lynne Graham, can have ridiculous plots, repulsive Hs, dumb-as-rocks hs and still pull me along because I feel like I am there. It may be impossible to relate to characters' decisions and the dialogue may have me wanting to rewrite the book, but those are the ones that keep me engaged.
This lovely story set in Queensland Australia with a couple who are supposed to fall in love and marry to inherit a rich plantation lacks that engagement. The only time I wanted to rewrite the dialogue was when h didn't speak up to correct H's misunderstanding of her marriage proposal.
Somehow, despite a cyclone and devastating flood The Blue Jacaranda lacked that essential grab-me-by-the-throat-ness. It took me months to finish reading, and even then I found myself skipping among chapters.
December 25, 2022
When Lena received startling news of an opportunity to visit Windara, the farm in Queensland which her great-uncle owned, she did not hesitate to fly out there. But on her arrival she found that the situation at Windara had changed--and that her future was not bound up irrevocably with that of the attractive Rod Carron.
A really interesting story twist, with delightful characters and it held up right to the end without any other female character misunderstandings. Wonderful
A really interesting story twist, with delightful characters and it held up right to the end without any other female character misunderstandings. Wonderful
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