$1.99 in Kindle Store: Simple Wishes by Lisa Dale

Xia · 11-05-2009, 01:05 AM

Simple Wishes
by Lisa Dale
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Wishes/...7400689&sr=1-1
5 stars out of 5, based on 22 reviews
$1.99 (paperback is $6.99)

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The only flaw in Dale's haunting debut is its reliance on the old chestnut that small town life is superior to the big-city crush. Adele Martin flees her mistakes in New York for the Pennsylvania cabin inherited from her long-estranged mother, Marge, who died six years earlier. Beatrice and Al Lopresti, Marge's friends and neighbors, befriend Adele, though Beatrice refuses to divulge Marge's secrets. Taught that love means indebtedness, Adele is confused by the attentions of woodworker Jay Westvelt. He prefers the simple life, wants stability and a family and doesn't identify as an artist despite his talent. Dale strongly communicates Adele's fears about the future and anger over the past through her relationships with vivid secondary characters such as the Loprestis' troubled teenage granddaughter, Kayleigh, as she puts the reader through a well-paced emotional wringer. (Jan.)
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Product Description
GOING HOME IS THE LONGEST JOURNEY OF ALL...

Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed.

An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. Adele is intrigued by her mysterious and sexy green-eyed neighbor, a man who took care of her house and soon cares deeply for her. But even as Adele's heart begins to soften toward him, secrets from her mother's past threaten to send her fleeing back to the city. Can Jay convince her to stay with him?

Only if she can learn an important truth: that happiness begins with SIMPLE WISHES.

kelly1010 · 11-05-2009, 01:37 AM

If I didn't already have the paperback version of this book, I'd probably take advantage.

FYI: this author just had a new book released last week. It's called It Happened One Night. Probably along the same lines as Simple Wishes. I have yet to read both stories.

11-05-2009, 01:05 AM	#1
Xia Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 1112 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Insomnia Device: Kindle 1 (x2)	$1.99 in Kindle Store: Simple Wishes by Lisa Dale *Simple Wishes* by Lisa Dale http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Wishes/...7400689&sr=1-1 5 stars out of 5, based on 22 reviews $1.99 (paperback is $6.99) Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The only flaw in Dale's haunting debut is its reliance on the old chestnut that small town life is superior to the big-city crush. Adele Martin flees her mistakes in New York for the Pennsylvania cabin inherited from her long-estranged mother, Marge, who died six years earlier. Beatrice and Al Lopresti, Marge's friends and neighbors, befriend Adele, though Beatrice refuses to divulge Marge's secrets. Taught that love means indebtedness, Adele is confused by the attentions of woodworker Jay Westvelt. He prefers the simple life, wants stability and a family and doesn't identify as an artist despite his talent. Dale strongly communicates Adele's fears about the future and anger over the past through her relationships with vivid secondary characters such as the Loprestis' troubled teenage granddaughter, Kayleigh, as she puts the reader through a well-paced emotional wringer. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product Description GOING HOME IS THE LONGEST JOURNEY OF ALL... Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed. An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. Adele is intrigued by her mysterious and sexy green-eyed neighbor, a man who took care of her house and soon cares deeply for her. But even as Adele's heart begins to soften toward him, secrets from her mother's past threaten to send her fleeing back to the city. Can Jay convince her to stay with him? Only if she can learn an important truth: that happiness begins with SIMPLE WISHES.

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11-05-2009, 01:37 AM	#2
kelly1010 Book Addict! Posts: 533 Karma: 1070 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Device: Sony PRS-505, iPod Touch, Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi	If I didn't already have the paperback version of this book, I'd probably take advantage. FYI: this author just had a new book released last week. It's called It Happened One Night. Probably along the same lines as Simple Wishes. I have yet to read both stories.

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