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Gnome On The Range (2000)

by Jennifer Zane(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

Crazy in Love

review 1: I write romances - albeit romances that are in fantasy worlds with powerful fantastical heroines. However, because I write romances, I read a lot of romances. Romances are fun escapism. Gnome on the Range was no exception. It was fun escapism. However, it had one thing going for it that I find rare in the romance genre. You see, most romances have the hero and heroine in an unconventional, threatening or scary situation. The heroes are hunks (and I have no problem with that. I love a good hunk.) The heroines are sometimes fragile, sometimes heroic, sometimes etc. etc. etc. If you read romances you are familiar with the traditional heroine. The hero and heroine make it through the situation and live happily ever after. The background, the real life is barely a whisper. If ... morethe heroine keeps a shop, it is hardly mentioned. Restaurants are breezed through. Cars always work, unless it is a murder mystery then it conks out at the right time. If children exist, they are patted on the head or do a run through to remind the reader there are some.Gnome on the Range did something different. It made the book a treasure to read. It was pure delight. Jennifer Zane put her heroine in real life. She ran a store - not a comfortable quilting or antique store but an adult store. She had kids, kids that tumbled, made a mess in a restaurant, came in at inopportune times and fought with each other. Yes, the hero and heroine were in a threatening situation - no I will not tell you what it is - that would be cheating. However, the wonderful thing about this romance was that no matter how scary the situation became there was real life around the corner. I could see someone really being in this predicament. I didn't have to pretend that the outside world was perfect with poor beleaguered hero and heroine running around in it. The world was messy and their problem caused more messiness but they managed it, both the worldly, normal messiness and the scary messiness. Okay, so this review is a bit off kilter. But I really enjoyed the book. If you like romance, I would suggest you definitely pick it up.
review 2: This was a fun book to read. Jane had a new neighbor and he is a hot fireman. Her two boys take to him right away. Jane is a widow only because her ex died before she got the divorce finalized. She works for her Mother in Law at her adult store. Goldie is a hoot! She knows Jane needs someone so she starts to match make with Ty. Plenty of chuckles in this book. Also a dangerous plot to kill Jane all because of some garden Gnomes that her boys bought at a rummage sale. Fun and a mystery! less

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