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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780399154911 ISBN: 0399154914 Label: Putnam Adult Manufacturer: Putnam Adult Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: July 08, 2008 Publisher: Putnam Adult Studio: Putnam Adult Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Virginias Shenandoah Valley is a long way from Hollywood. And thats exactly how Cilla McGowan wants it. Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmothers farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. Sadly, no one was able to save her grandmother, the legendary Janet Hardy. An actress with a tumultuous life, Janet entertained glamorous guests and engaged in decadent affairsbut died of an overdose in this very house more than thirty years earlier. To this day, Janet haunts Cillas dreams. And during waking hours, Cilla is haunted by her melodramatic, five-times-married mother, who carried on in the public spotlight and never gave her a chance at a normal childhood. By coming east, rolling up her sleeves, and rehabbing this wreck of a house, Cilla intends to find some kind of normalcy for herself. Plunging into the project with gusto, shes almost too busy to notice her neighbor, graphic novelist Ford Sawyerbut his lanky form, green eyes, and easy, unflappable humor (not to mention his delightfully ugly dog, Spock) are hard to ignore. Determined not to perpetuate the family tradition of ill-fated romances, Cilla steels herself against Fords quirky charm, but she cant help indulging in a little fantasy. But love and a peaceful life may not be in the cards for Cilla. In the attic, she has found a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that Janet Hardy was pregnant when she diedand that the father was a local married man. Cilla cant help but wonder what really happened all those years ago. The mystery only deepens with a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault. And if Cilla and Ford are unable to sort out who is targeting her and why, she maylike her world-famous grandmother be cut down in the prime of her life. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - not the nora roberts content I expectedI passed this book on to another reader because I found it not up to what I usually get from the first chapter of a Nora Roberts book,ie: suspense,a pull to continue reading and interest in characters. Frankly, I wonder ift Ms. Roberts had a silent partner in the writing of this book as it just doesn't reflect the Nora Roberts I have come to look forward to reading for many years. The book starts out dry and tedious. Sorry Ms. Roberts. Rating: - Been There, Done That...Once AgainTribute felt recycled. Unfortunately, that is how most of Nora's books written over the past few years have felt to me. I have read all of her books and it seems like I am seeing the same three or four characters over and over, with slight variations in background and description. Before even opening one of her books, I can guess what type of characters the male and female leads will be, because it is one of the same three character types she continuously uses. While likeable and ... Read More Rating: - UghNora, got the formula hanging on your office wall for reference? What a huge disappointment. I have loved NR's books in the past but she is losing her zip. This one is just like several of her others - beautiful perfect heroine finds handsome not so perfect man and encounters difficulties while attempting to realize her dream, which of course all comes together seamlessly in the end and they all live happily ever after. B O R I N G. Rating: - Very BlandI have loved Nora Roberts books since discovering her Born In series. She has a way of weaving stories and characters that are compelling reads. That said, Tribute falls very short. Here, the hero/heroine are quite flat and under-develop. The story revolve around the remodeling project of an old estate and a bit of suspense involving secrets from the past. Too bad, most of the characters are such cookie-cutter types. So bland, I keep mixing them up. There's also a mystical angle that distracted me. ... Read More Rating:  - TributeI have always wanted to read a Nora Roberts book so ordered one. It has an attractive cover, is a nice size, but the biggest nothing I have ever attempted to read. It will be read but not because I think it has value, I just want to see what the world is calling "good". Sure not a page turner. Waste of my money. 
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