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This was somewhat different than I was expecting, but started out rather compelling just the same. I had a little trouble with all the different names and time line jumps that the books starts out with, but I got it straightened out in my head after not too long.

The sense of place in this book was really good. I liked the author's descriptions of the setting and felt most of the interactions between characters were authentic and compelling. I got into this book pretty easily and looked forward to each day when I had some time to read. I felt like the characters often monologued in unrealistic ways, but most of the time that was easy to overlook. I found out later that this is not the first book in the series so some of my confusion might be cleared up if I read these books in order.

Jilly is a restaurant owner and chef. Her one passion is cooking. But when she has some heart problems she's told to cut back. Her friends send her on vacation (but trick her by saying it's cooking classes) to help her relax. She gets involved in the town of Lost Creek and is almost indispensable to them, in the process of worming her way into Walker's heart.

Jilly had this almost preternatural ability to read people, but she can't read Walker. I think there was also some sense that she could share his dreams later. It was an odd combination of almost supernatural and not. I couldn't tell if the book was trying to go somewhere with that because it's never mentioned outside these strange occurrences (that seem to be important somehow). I was left adrift wondering why it felt so important but was just dropped.

Walker and his dog Winslow are great characters in the book. They have a great relationship together and the time that Walker and Jilly spend together is most special because Winslow is around. It made both of these characters more real to see them interacting with Winslow. I didn't feel like Walker grew in a believable way. He was very reserved and taciturn at the beginning of the book, even though Jilly has the magical ability to get him to open up. But by the end of the book, he was monologuing to the two women that he thinks might be Jilly's friends about his relationship with Jilly. I didn't find that believable at all, along with some of the preachy monologue from Jilly's friends themselves. People just don't talk like that and if they do, you really just want to slap them.

There was no sex in this book. Some heavy petting, but things didn't go further than that. I was rather surprised about that because of how long the book was. Not that you can't have a book without the sex, I know a lot of authors write those books really well, but I ended this book feeling like the hero and heroine didn't really spend all that much time together.

This book felt super long and I ended it feeling like nothing was actually solved. Jilly had some heart episodes, but they never gave her a definitive reason for them and she's made no connection about why she gets them each time. We know a couple things that Jilly decides to cut out of her life but we never find out what she'll actually keep doing. She has so many things that she's capable of (that never seem to impact her heart condition) and you read each thing that she gets involved in and go "oohh, that's going to be a part of what her life will look like", but it never panned out into anything. Maybe it is one of those things that these issues don't resolve themselves until the whole series is over.

I ended up feeling rather disappointed with this book. Maybe over the entire series these issues get resolved more to my liking, but I don't think I can get over the disappointment to read the other books. I had to force myself to read the last 20-30 pages just because I couldn't leave the book that close to the end. But by that point I was pretty sure it couldn't work out in a believable way. So it doesn't get a completely bad grade because I did enjoy most of the reading. But I can't get away from how unsettled everything felt when I left that world.


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The Accidental Bride Hqn Christina Skye 9780373776597 Books Reviews

Started Jilly's and Walker's story after dinner and was swept away. I highly recommend the Accidental Bride, it's filled with warmth, courage, and love. A prefect read for anyone, just start it earlier in the day.
This is one of the best books I have read in quite a while. Debbie Maccumer wrote the forward to the book and since I love books by her, I had to read this. I finished it in one day spent hospitalized. Any book that could distract me from the circumstances I was in. I believe is a tremendous book.
While this is my favorite premise for a romance, I strongly favor the Regcency period over a modern novel. That being said, this was a good read, albeit not very exciting. After many years of being an RN, medical problems just don't do it for me. Perhaps I'm just missing dragons and fae folk. Did like the characters, and the dogs. Undecided what to read next.
I enjoyed reading the book. I didn't want it to end! I wanted more towards the end...what about Walker's family? What happened at the Resort? Did Walker and Jilly return to the Resort? I hope that these questions get answered in the future books involving Olivia or one of the others. Can't wait to read the next book on Olivia and hope that Walker and Jilly are mentioned in it and what has gone on with their lives.
An Accidental meeting brought two people together. The attraction was immediate. Two people with problems helped each other and it blossomed into love. This was a feel good book with characters that make you want to know some more. I look forward to the next book.
This is a nice story about two people who need to heal. They meet at a quiet mountain resort and find themselves embroiled in a plan to undertake a fake wedding as a favor. Jilly and Walker are unlikely but perfect together. Both are escaping their lives and have success in spite of challenging pasts. It's a sweet story but it didn't completely draw me in. There felt like some loose ends were left hanging and the knitting metaphor was oddly resolved. However, the characters are likeable and the writing solid. Fun and frothy.
Jilly is a successful, responsible kinda gal. She created her own salsa line, and now has a hugely successful restaurant, plus she is helping her BFFs rebuild Harbour House. Life is good! Well, life was good (or so Jilly thought) until she has a big health scare in the middle of a busy shift at her restaurant. After getting orders for "no stress" from her doctor, Jilly's friends decide to send her on a relaxing vacation, but Jilly doesn't know how to relax and she doesn't find out what kind of vacation until she's already there.

Walker is home from Afghanistan, with his dog Winslow, and has a quiet, secluded life on "his" mountain top. He is away from his pushy family, away from everyone in town that fusses over him and that is how he likes it. That is, until he meets Jilly in the airport and is amazed at how Winslow instantly takes to her. On one of his weekly trips to town, Walker runs into Jilly again and he starts to feel like maybe he is missing out on something by staying on the mountain.

My fav line "....I think I loved her the first second I saw her overturn her suitcase and spill two dozen Tastykakes all over the airport floor..." ~Walker

What can I say about this book? Only that I have been waiting what seems like FOREVER for it to come out! I read A Home by the Sea when it came out....a YEAR ago, and just loved it. I was glad that The Accidental Bride was just as good as AHbyS. The romance in the book isn't overdone, or sappy. The friendships are realistic, almost to the point that you wish you could pop over to Summer Island to visit. My only complaint about the book is that I have to wait for the next one....hopefully it will be less of a wait this time.

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This was somewhat different than I was expecting, but started out rather compelling just the same. I had a little trouble with all the different names and time line jumps that the books starts out with, but I got it straightened out in my head after not too long.

The sense of place in this book was really good. I liked the author's descriptions of the setting and felt most of the interactions between characters were authentic and compelling. I got into this book pretty easily and looked forward to each day when I had some time to read. I felt like the characters often monologued in unrealistic ways, but most of the time that was easy to overlook. I found out later that this is not the first book in the series so some of my confusion might be cleared up if I read these books in order.

Jilly is a restaurant owner and chef. Her one passion is cooking. But when she has some heart problems she's told to cut back. Her friends send her on vacation (but trick her by saying it's cooking classes) to help her relax. She gets involved in the town of Lost Creek and is almost indispensable to them, in the process of worming her way into Walker's heart.

Jilly had this almost preternatural ability to read people, but she can't read Walker. I think there was also some sense that she could share his dreams later. It was an odd combination of almost supernatural and not. I couldn't tell if the book was trying to go somewhere with that because it's never mentioned outside these strange occurrences (that seem to be important somehow). I was left adrift wondering why it felt so important but was just dropped.

Walker and his dog Winslow are great characters in the book. They have a great relationship together and the time that Walker and Jilly spend together is most special because Winslow is around. It made both of these characters more real to see them interacting with Winslow. I didn't feel like Walker grew in a believable way. He was very reserved and taciturn at the beginning of the book, even though Jilly has the magical ability to get him to open up. But by the end of the book, he was monologuing to the two women that he thinks might be Jilly's friends about his relationship with Jilly. I didn't find that believable at all, along with some of the preachy monologue from Jilly's friends themselves. People just don't talk like that and if they do, you really just want to slap them.

There was no sex in this book. Some heavy petting, but things didn't go further than that. I was rather surprised about that because of how long the book was. Not that you can't have a book without the sex, I know a lot of authors write those books really well, but I ended this book feeling like the hero and heroine didn't really spend all that much time together.

This book felt super long and I ended it feeling like nothing was actually solved. Jilly had some heart episodes, but they never gave her a definitive reason for them and she's made no connection about why she gets them each time. We know a couple things that Jilly decides to cut out of her life but we never find out what she'll actually keep doing. She has so many things that she's capable of (that never seem to impact her heart condition) and you read each thing that she gets involved in and go "oohh, that's going to be a part of what her life will look like", but it never panned out into anything. Maybe it is one of those things that these issues don't resolve themselves until the whole series is over.

I ended up feeling rather disappointed with this book. Maybe over the entire series these issues get resolved more to my liking, but I don't think I can get over the disappointment to read the other books. I had to force myself to read the last 20-30 pages just because I couldn't leave the book that close to the end. But by that point I was pretty sure it couldn't work out in a believable way. So it doesn't get a completely bad grade because I did enjoy most of the reading. But I can't get away from how unsettled everything felt when I left that world.