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The McDaniels #2
The Gazebo
When former wild child Deirdre McDaniel clears out her childhood home, she comes face-to-face with a lifetime of memories and failures. Once she'd dreamed of making it big, but her high school pregnancy had changed all that. Now co-owner of a B&B, Deirdre struggles to make up for lost time with her daughter, to overcome the demons of her past and to open her guarded heart to Jake--the new man in her life.
But when long-buried secrets return to haunt her, will Jake accept the truth behind the woman he's come to care about more than he'd thought possible...or will he let old wounds destroy the fragile new love they share?
But when long-buried secrets return to haunt her, will Jake accept the truth behind the woman he's come to care about more than he'd thought possible...or will he let old wounds destroy the fragile new love they share?
- GenresRomanceContemporary
464 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Kimberly Cates
58 books98 followersKimberly Cates lives in Illinois with her family.
Pseudonyms: Kimberleigh Caitlin and Kim Cates.
Pseudonyms: Kimberleigh Caitlin and Kim Cates.
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October 27, 2010
This is an okay book, as long as you can suspend disbelief in 23 things before breakfast.
1. She HATES him--a lot. (Come to that she hates a lot of people, which of course makes her
2. so lovable to everyone anyway.
3. he beats up three large undesirables and later another jerk and never hears a peep.
4. Suddenly, people at the 17 year(?) class reunion are truly sorry
5. She runs an apparently busy B & B, but is never there to see to it.
6. Her crusty old father "uncrusts" and becomes father of the year.
Etc.
But it was a lot easier reading than Les Miserables.
1. She HATES him--a lot. (Come to that she hates a lot of people, which of course makes her
2. so lovable to everyone anyway.
3. he beats up three large undesirables and later another jerk and never hears a peep.
4. Suddenly, people at the 17 year(?) class reunion are truly sorry
5. She runs an apparently busy B & B, but is never there to see to it.
6. Her crusty old father "uncrusts" and becomes father of the year.
Etc.
But it was a lot easier reading than Les Miserables.
July 24, 2020
This is a great read! It is a story with family drama and romance. It is emotional and gets to you in a way that people can relate to! I love that it has a strong female character and has a happy ending!
November 5, 2011
I just finished this book and it was really good. I cried so hard through the last 100 pages or so that my eyes were almost swelled shut last night. I had to stop at a certain point because my eyes were raw and so was my nose (I didn't have the softest tissues). When I started reading today I was hoping I could get through the end without crying more--uh, no such luck. I was almost glad when the book ended on a happy note (of course, it is a romance after all) as I was pretty much all cried out.
I had read a book that came after this not realizing it was a series so I looked up Cate's books and thought I was getting the first in the series. Now I'm not sure that it is. I really hate reading books out of sequence but every once in a while it happens despite my best efforts. Now I need to go back and get a book before this. I hate when that happens. :-(
Anyway, I would recommend this book--especially if you found yourself sixteen and pregnant.
I had read a book that came after this not realizing it was a series so I looked up Cate's books and thought I was getting the first in the series. Now I'm not sure that it is. I really hate reading books out of sequence but every once in a while it happens despite my best efforts. Now I need to go back and get a book before this. I hate when that happens. :-(
Anyway, I would recommend this book--especially if you found yourself sixteen and pregnant.
May 18, 2012
Who edited this book? Did they not see that there was no way the crusty old Captain could have served in Vietnam as an 18 year old, and then be 75 years old in 2006??
WRONG WAR. I was so enjoying this book until then (about a hundred pages in). If he is 75 years old in 2006, he was born in 1931, and when the Vietnam war started he would have been in his 30's! He did NOT serve in Vietnam at age 18, he served in KOREA and it would have been as a twenty-something. This was a simple fact-check that should have been caught by the editor.
Disgusted...
WRONG WAR. I was so enjoying this book until then (about a hundred pages in). If he is 75 years old in 2006, he was born in 1931, and when the Vietnam war started he would have been in his 30's! He did NOT serve in Vietnam at age 18, he served in KOREA and it would have been as a twenty-something. This was a simple fact-check that should have been caught by the editor.
Disgusted...
March 2, 2009
So Matt was sick and I spent the whole day reading while it poured and was soo cold. We are expecting snow so it was a nice wkend to do nothing and read. This was a great story and had a few hot parts too. Everyone needs a Jake Stone to read about! Romance, drama, pretty good stuff. My first book by this author but will try more.
July 9, 2011
I really liked this book, much to my surprise... I'm typically a murder mystery girl, but my step mother bought me this one and I won't turn down a book without giving it a chance. It started off slow to me, but most books do to me. A little predictable but in a great way. I would recommend this book :)
February 21, 2008
this series is good.
August 31, 2008
Extremely predictable!!!
June 24, 2012
we always have to have hope.
April 17, 2016
It made me cry.
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