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Szerencsepénz (2013)

by Catherine Anderson(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

General Press

series

Keegan-Paxton

review 1: rabck from DVG, A Paxton/Coulter historical that I hadn't read. After her sister dies in childbirth from a rape, Brianna flees Boston with her neice to Colorado. For decorum in her housekeeping job, she pretends that he husband is a gold-digger in Denver named David Paxton. Her employer forces her to write him letters - and when Daphne is old enough, she writes too. Brianna never believes there REALLY is a David Paxton in Colorado, and when six years of mail catches up with this marshall, he sets out to do right by who he believes is is child. When Brianna tells him he's not the father, he doesn't believe her because the child is the spittin' image of his mother, right down to a Paxton birthmark. He strongarms her into marriage, but neither believes they will fall in... more love with each other and want the marriage for real.
review 2: Yeah, I gave this one star. Probably gonna get some very odd looks for this, given the rave reviews I've read so far. I wanted to like this one, I really did, but the annoying behavior of the leads ruined any love I may have had for any part of this book.Brianna redefines prissy. Everything David does is somehow dirty or offensive and I quickly grew tired of her correcting his language and yelling at Daphne that she wasn't allowed to spend time with the man. Of course, David himself was no prize pig. I wanted to punch him in the face when he mocked Brianna and continually accused her of lying when she told him the painful backstory behind Daphne's birth. For a guy who acts like he knows people so well you'd think he'd realize she wouldn't make up such a story, especially if he could tell it was VERY painful for her to share it! Not to mention the way he kept going "Haha, the law's on my side, if you keep saying otherwise I'll take your kid away!". (Then again, the scene in court with the drunk judge threatening to put Brianna in jail if she didn't marry the guy was made of fail as it is)His POV made me feel sorry for Brianna, and vice versa. I'm a fan of Slap Slap Kiss romances, but this was beyond annoying. The only character I didn't constantly want to slap was Daphne, and even she could get tiresome with her cutesy antics.Then somewhere around the last third of the story, it starts sucking less. Or at least the leads stop acting like first-class twats. And there are kittens. And finally, finally David starts to realize that Brianna is telling the truth, I did like the scene where he discusses the situation with Ace. And at least he still acknowledges Brianna as Daphne's mother even if she didn't give birth to her.Then there's the romance. Now that David and Brianna aren't constantly sniping at each other, they're pining and wangsting over their UST and of course Brianna has Trust Issues With Men, and then when David discovers the truth about Daphne's parentage Brianna tries to leave simply because David has no reason to be with her anymore. Because it just wouldn't be a Catherine Anderson book without the woman running away. But I've got to admit it's a pretty sweet scene when they finally confess their love for each other, and the love scene is pretty nice once Brianna finally loosens up. Between that and the Final Giant Trauma we have a nice lull in the eyerolling, the calm before the storm.But of course that happiness must be ruined, and of course the Evil Other Woman must humiliate Brianna because she was soooo clever by finding out the truth via SNEAKING INTO DAVID'S OFFICE AND TAKING THE DAMN REPORT. Brianna, though, wins a bit of respect from me by sticking it to the bitch and slamming a pie right in her face rather than collapsing in a melodramatic weeping fit or running away in tears. Instead the running-away-in-tears job goes to Daphne, and even I'm not so cynical enough to roll my eyes at that. She's just a kid and she had to hear the ugly truth of her origins from a screaming harpy. That's just not right.Of course Daphne flips out and hates David AND Brianna for lying to her, but they manage to smooth things over and all is right with the world! In the epilogue we find out exactly how Daphne resembles Dory Paxton, and the explanation is contrived and convoluted at best but at this point I'd stopped expecting much from this book.I won't comment on Poor Brianna's Endless Suffering because really, what else is there to say? She's an Anderson heroine, of course she's going to suffer endlessly before her One True Love swoops in and rescues her. But Brianna does have more salt than the typical Anderson heroine and once she shows it WITHOUT throwing endless tantrums I kind of like her.The sad thing is, I had high hopes for this book after peeking at the last few chapters. I thought Brianna would join Laura and Loni on my list of Anderson heroines I genuinely liked. The love scene brought some new things to the table (the lady taking initiative and pleasuring the man). The story description didn't seem too bad. But alas, it wasn't to be. Disappointment is a big factor in my giving this one such a low rating. less

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