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Sales Rank: 6817
Category: Book
Author: Ki Thompson
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Studio: Bold Strokes Books
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
Label: Bold Strokes Books
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 234
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1602820104
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820104
ASIN: 1602820104
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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Book Description
Ellen Webster, professor of history, can't help but fantasize about her next door neighbor Kate Foster- after all, she sees her on the evening news every night.
Sexy and smart, Kate is Ellen's dream girl, but the dynamic TV newscaster doesn't know she exists. Struggling with a steadily worsening self-image and at a loss as to how to turn her life around, Ellen decides to take time out to finish the book she has always wanted to write. But a rainy night and near-tragedy changes everything when Kate is involved in an automobile accident and turns to Ellen for help. Withdrawing from the world, Kate comes to depend upon Ellen for far more than she realizes-until the day Ellen tells her that she is leaving on sabbatical.
Ellen and Kate's journey takes them beyond the transitory nature of external beauty and into the heart of what is meaningful in a relationship, the inner beauty of each other.
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 hot June 28, 2008
good summer romance read!!...loved it... this is the second book I have read from
KI Thompson... love this author so far!
I admit, predictable *possible spoiler* June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I admit. This story is "predictable". But then again, every lesbian romance is. The characters go through a series of obstacles to finally come together. However, the truth is, we read and/or write stories to see where the journey takes us. We've all started something, so clearly knowing the result, only to wonder, how the hell we'll get there. I enjoyed seeing the obstacles the characters go through, the things they have to overcome in order to succeeed together. Beautiful story, heartwarming. Probably will not make it into the literary cannon, but definately made it into my heart.
 Enjoyable read on the beach...... June 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Being my first book of KI Thompson's I enjoyed the story line. I thought the characters were well developed and had very believable situations. The self-esteem issues on both characters were refreshing (we all can't be buff and strong like some lesbian characters get portrayed, though there is nothing wrong with buff and strong....... :-)..but just nice to see some true portrayal of body image. I enjoyed the story line and especially liked the references to the civil war as research. I thought both characters were well written and the lesson, things can be overcome and true love can be found when looking beyond the surface of our outer beauty, was good - looking forward to more from this author.
 A good effort May 27, 2008
I was a little disappointed in this one, as I thought "House of Clouds" was much better written. I appreciate the effort to develop two characters with serious issues...one recovering from a debilitating car crash, and the other with self esteem problems from being overweight, however, both characters could have been developed a little more. Also I thought the dialogue was stilted at times and didn't always ring true. The POVs alternating from paragraph to paragraph is a pet peeve. I look forward to KI's writing developing because I think she has great potential.
Average; nice characters, run-of-the-mill plot May 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't love this book, but I didn't hate it either. I didn't like this book as much as House of Clouds. It didn't seem as well focused. The characters too often created their own drama through reacting badly to situations, or poor communication, which gets old. They also seemed to tread water a lot on their issues through the book. For instance, Ellen doesn't seem to make any progress as things go along on her self-esteem issues. So it was a touch frustrating. But these flaws weren't horrible. There was a lot to like about this book too.
The characters were sympathetic and human. I thought that Kate's post-traumatic stress was fairly realistically handled, or at least not just glossed over. Ellen had some drive and verve herself, despite her low self-esteem, and it's fun to read about people successful at the top of their field who are also just really good, nice people. We're all confident about something, I guess. There were some intriguing bits regarding Civil War battlefields and research. And the way the tables turned, or at least the way the field was leveled as Kate began to deal with her own self-esteem issues post-accident was intriguing.
Ultimately, it didn't grab me for some reason. It didn't feel fresh to me. The whole thing wrapped up very quickly, suddenly everyone had issues illuminated at the end that had just persisted all book, and it all seemed rather suddenly pat, given all the text devoted to character waffling and angst. But this book is still a fair way to spend a couple of evenings. I just wish there had been a bit more creativity, overall.
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