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Miranda Blue Calling
Putting her love life on hold after a series of failed relationships, Miranda Blue moves to the middle of Nowhere, Colorado, to start a popular tele-companion service for senior citizens, only to find her plans undermined by her growing attraction to her new neighbor, the handsome, sensitive, and available Billy Steadman. Original.
- GenresChick Lit
307 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2004
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June 8, 2010
(SPOILER ALERT!!!) Grrr. This book made me angry because the author made me wait until nearly the last page for them to get together - and then the book ended. I want MORE than the sad sob story of how sad they were seperate, then the get together, the end.
May 22, 2019
Miranda Blue had a long history of terrible relationships with men. She's attracted to handsome, bad-boy types who never fail to disappoint her in the long run. The straw that breaks the camel's back is her latest guy's hitting her in anger over a comment she makes. Miranda knows she must change. She decides to move from New York City to the tiny town of Otnip, Colorado. After swearing off men, she purchases a house and sets up a business - calling elderly people to provide a listening ear and companionship.
Miranda's closest neighbor, Billy Steadman, is a widower who grows incredible vegetables in his greenhouse for a living. Billy is enamored with Miranda, whom he finds fascinating. She does everything in her power to rebuff his tentative moves toward friendship and a romantic relationship. As Miranda's elderly clients get to know her, they become concerned about her solitary life. Billy isn't sure if he should continue to pursue Miranda. Can Miranda fall in love without losing her newfound independence?
This interesting story has a unique premise. I admired Miranda for separating herself from a destructive pattern of relationships, but she does carry her determination a bit too far. Separation ends up being isolation, and she doesn't trust her own judgment. The secondary characters add a great deal of depth to the story and keep it from being one-dimensional - the elderly clients, Miranda's sister and her numerous romances, a pretentious famous author, Billy's best friend, they all add humor.
The idea behind Miranda's job is fascinating. The rapport she develops with these homebound people and the way she shares in their hobbies are highlights of the book. Overall, however, it plods along at a slow pace - the story doesn't pick up until past the halfway point, when many readers will have already lost interest long. If one can overlook this, Miranda Blue Calling is a sweet romance with a great deal of heart.
Miranda's closest neighbor, Billy Steadman, is a widower who grows incredible vegetables in his greenhouse for a living. Billy is enamored with Miranda, whom he finds fascinating. She does everything in her power to rebuff his tentative moves toward friendship and a romantic relationship. As Miranda's elderly clients get to know her, they become concerned about her solitary life. Billy isn't sure if he should continue to pursue Miranda. Can Miranda fall in love without losing her newfound independence?
This interesting story has a unique premise. I admired Miranda for separating herself from a destructive pattern of relationships, but she does carry her determination a bit too far. Separation ends up being isolation, and she doesn't trust her own judgment. The secondary characters add a great deal of depth to the story and keep it from being one-dimensional - the elderly clients, Miranda's sister and her numerous romances, a pretentious famous author, Billy's best friend, they all add humor.
The idea behind Miranda's job is fascinating. The rapport she develops with these homebound people and the way she shares in their hobbies are highlights of the book. Overall, however, it plods along at a slow pace - the story doesn't pick up until past the halfway point, when many readers will have already lost interest long. If one can overlook this, Miranda Blue Calling is a sweet romance with a great deal of heart.
November 30, 2012
This is 307 pages of entertainment. Miranda Blue moved to a very small town in the middle of Colorado to escape her former life. She starts up a business out of her home talking to shut-ins. The closest person is a neighbor across the road who lives in a house just like hers. He also runs a business out of his home. As all good romance novels go...they fight their attraction to each other. They bicker, they complain, they give each other gifts. They watch out for each other. They misunderstand each other. They never seem to know what is really going on. Everyone else can see the "sizzle" between them but they can't. And in the end? Well,you will have to read the book for yourself to find out!
October 20, 2014
It was charming, fluffy, and wholly unbelievable. And my, ahem, Northern California knowledge of special plants makes me doubt very very much that one could make a bonsai of a cannabis plant. I mean, one could grow a wimpy little seedling, but...a bonsai??
I don't know. Ultimately there was something just...false..about this book, though it wasn't badly written and it was quick-paced.
I don't know. Ultimately there was something just...false..about this book, though it wasn't badly written and it was quick-paced.
November 17, 2008
It overcame some early overwriting and turned into a charming novel about...well, nothing really. Just these two people who live in the middle of nowhere and are kind of attracted to each other. That's pretty much it. It wasn't a romance, just charming. A little quick-read, light fare. Enjoy!
November 8, 2007
Oh, that Miranda Blue. She's such a card! Adorable lightweight book.
June 30, 2008
Excellent story!!!
July 27, 2008
Yet another summer read, short and sweet.
April 25, 2009
I took this book with my during me month in Greece. It was a quick, entertaining read - perfect for the flight over.
September 16, 2012
fast easy read, too much anticipation adn when the inevitable happens... book ends. If you need a mindless read, its great!
March 29, 2017
I thought it was kind of boring and the storyline went nowhere.
May 3, 2017
Overall I liked the book. It was an easy read. The beginning few chapters seemed to be focused on Miranda and her point of view, but then they start to shift over to Billy and his point of view, which I did like. The ending felt rushed and just thrown together to me. I felt as though the beginning-middle of the book had a steady kind of flow in it as it slowly lead you to the building of a relationship. But the end just felt as though the writer was running out of time (or pages) and just kind of slammed the relationship together and then left it.
*Spoiler Alert*
Basically, the book is about Miranda Blue, a city gal that loves bad boys, who moves from the city to the middle of no-where in Otnip, CO to go on a man-fast to swear off men, after her horrible last relationship that had a violent ending. She works from home running a tele-companionship service for the elderly. Right across the street is the only neighbor she has for miles. Who just happens to be an attractive man named Billy Steadman. Billy is a widower and greenhouse farmer, who is famous for his tomatoes. Neither one really know too much about the other and they both keep their pasts to themselves, as they continue to play a sort of cat-and-mouse game, yet start getting strong feelings towards one another. Miranda tries to be a recluse, but Billy just keeps popping over to make his way into her life. With the help of some of Billy's friends and of some of Miranda's elderly clients, they are able to get some info on the other. As the story ends, their relationship seems to bloom with a sexual tension. Then the story seems to end. Of course there are all sorts of little details and other characters, plots and twists in the story... But that is the basic gist.
*Spoiler Alert*
Basically, the book is about Miranda Blue, a city gal that loves bad boys, who moves from the city to the middle of no-where in Otnip, CO to go on a man-fast to swear off men, after her horrible last relationship that had a violent ending. She works from home running a tele-companionship service for the elderly. Right across the street is the only neighbor she has for miles. Who just happens to be an attractive man named Billy Steadman. Billy is a widower and greenhouse farmer, who is famous for his tomatoes. Neither one really know too much about the other and they both keep their pasts to themselves, as they continue to play a sort of cat-and-mouse game, yet start getting strong feelings towards one another. Miranda tries to be a recluse, but Billy just keeps popping over to make his way into her life. With the help of some of Billy's friends and of some of Miranda's elderly clients, they are able to get some info on the other. As the story ends, their relationship seems to bloom with a sexual tension. Then the story seems to end. Of course there are all sorts of little details and other characters, plots and twists in the story... But that is the basic gist.
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