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Escalation Clause (2012)

by Liz Crowe(Favorite Author)

4.5 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tri Destiny Publishing

series

Stewart Realty

review 1: As with all of the Stewart Reality books, Escalation Clause focuses on the relationship of one couple, in this case Maureen (Mo) Jack's sister and Rafe Inez the sexy soccer coach we saw briefly in book 3, however the story is also filling you in on all the background characters from previous books. We go back to when Maureen and Brandis first fall in love and see his death through her eyes. We then follow Maureen on the heart wrenching journey of recovering and moving forward after losing a spouse. We are there when she meets Rafe and the ups and downs that happen while she is trying to accept her survivors guilt.However as much of the book is devoted to filling in areas of previous books that may have been sort of time traveled across in order to tell the story of the pri... moremary characters. We are there while Jack and Sara work out the problems that arise in their marriage, we also see the rocky road by Rob and Lila travel to become a couple. We are shown a glimpse at Sara and Blake's parents early marriage and even a peek into the future with the children of the characters. This is the latest in the Stewart Reality series and I loved it as much as the others in the series I am also torn, I wish that more time had been spent on Maureen and Rafe and their relationship. I almost feel like this could have been two books one telling the story of Maureen and Rafe and another entire book just filling in the blanks from previous books. So while this is another fantastic book from Liz Crowe the story of Maureen and Rafe is one of the weakest so far. Still with all that being the case I loved it and will be looking forward to book 7.I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
review 2: There just aren’t enough superlatives to describe Liz Crowe’s writing, including her latest release, ESCALATION CLAUSE. Crowe is amazing at writing complex, difficult relationships that are completely realistic. Her books cannot be classified as fairy tale romances. She calls them “Romance for Real Life” and what an apt phrase that is! For real life and modeled after real life. To read a Crowe book is to cry tears of great sadness, to fight the temptation to throw your eReader across the room and watch with great satisfaction as it breaks into a million pieces when the frustration is too much and to cry tears of joy. Emotions run high among the characters and the reader!ESCALATION CLAUSE is the sixth book in her highly successful STEWART REALTY series. Our favorite characters are back and ALL of them have issues to deal with. Jack and Sara are at odds and one has to wonder if these two will ever get their relationship together. Jack’s sister Maureen proves just as challenged at recognizing and embracing love when a new, hot man enters her life following the death of her husband. Rob and Lila are back, trying to define their relationship as they move on without Blake. We even get a closer look at Sara’s parent’s relationship which explains a lot about Sara’s emotional reactions. The good news is that, after going through hell, by the end of the book everyone is enjoying a nice, settled life with another round of babies being born and the next generation of star crossed lover beginning their attractions to each other.Received from the publisher for an honest review. less

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