Books by RaeAnne Thayne
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review 1: A vast improvement over book number 4 in the series & a good discussion about eating disorders, to boot! I did knock half a star off because the author had a male character "growl". That is one of my pet peeves. Dogs growl, cats growl, but a human does not. It's just weird. If my...
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review 1: This one was a feel-good holiday read, sweet and fairly uncomplicated, if a tad bit rushed toward the end. That aside, I really enjoyed Caidy and Ben's story. (Adorable kids! Dogs and horses! Gently falling snow that the menfolk clear out of the way! It's like getting the Christm...
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review 1: I had never read any books by RaeAnne Thayne,but that will certainly change now.The setting of Wild Iris Ridge reminded me of my childhood in a small New England town,with Victorian homes very much like Iris House,and friendly citizens that I could relate to.I found myself hoping...
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review 1: This book was okay, but I really missed the attraction and romance part. It was in there, yes, but I didn't get a real sense of a strong attraction between the hero and heroine. It seemed Becca was too busy hiding secrets to have a love affair with Trace. I was disappointed that ...
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review 1: “Life was much safer when I only cared about myself.”—GenGen’s been running away, and now she’s caught. Blackmailed. OK, fine, so she was living aimlessly in Paris on her parents’ credit cards while trying to forget the humiliation of a cheating fiancé, and now her parents have c...
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review 1: I'm glad that I stumbled on this author last year with her last Christmas story. I don't know what it is about the holiday season but I love a romance for the holidays. Not only is it a holiday story but the beginning of a new series. Last of the Caine's it is finally Aidan's s...
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review 1: Very emotional book. Evie left Los Angeles and her job as a physical therapist when the emotions involved in one of her cases got too hard to handle. She came to Hope's Crossing at the urging of a friend and has found a sense of peace while she works at the local bead store. She ...
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review 1: Alexandra McKnight, chef of soon to be opened Brazen, seems to have it all. A loving family and great friends but she has secrets and no one gets to know the secrets. Sam Delgado,construction owner, has had no family growing up and has lost his wife to cancer three years ago. ...
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review 1: Maura McKnight-Parker, owner of Dog-Eared Books & Brew, needs a vacation. But, Christmas is just around the corner and her daughter Sage is coming home for the holiday. She's had a really rough year with the tragic loss of her other daughter, and it's time for her and Sage to mov...
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review 1: Just a small town girl living in a lonely world...until her Best Friends Brother moves back into town as the Chief of Police. He has secretly loved her since he was in his teens, but other circumstances came between them. But He is back and still has those strong feelings for her...
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review 1: Forgiveness, redemption and giving back to others to help deal with your own troubles are the underlying themes of this second light romance in the Hope's Crossing series by RaeAnne Thayne. Evie Blanchard works in the beading store with Claire (from BLACKBERRY SUMMER) but she's ...
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review 1: Unfortunately this romance story just wasn’t for me. It was very well written, there was definite character development that added to the plot. I liked the characters and was a little sad I jumped in on book two of the series because I wish I understood some of the secondary char...
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review 1: When I realized that this book had Maura I wasn't sure what to think. I wanted her to be happy, but worried that she was still drowning in her grief from her daughter's death and wouldn't be ready. As the book started out that was just the case, Maura was facing the holidays an...
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review 1: "We needed this. A reminder that no matter how difficult our own journey, sometimes the only thing that can ease our path is to stop for a while and gather strength by lifting someone else's burden" (page 342) BLACKBERRY SUMMER is the first book in the Hope's Crossing series by ...
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review 1: 3.5I liked the book well enough, that I read it in one sitting. I thought the kids that featured in the story were funny and what I can imagine kids of that age being like, especially as Christmas Day got closer. I thought some of the writing got a little repetitive in that the...
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review 1: Jenna Wheeler is a widowed mother of four,trying to give her young children as much normalcy as possible. The past two Christmases have been very hard on them and she vows to herself to make this a great Christmas. Her husband died from a tragic farming accident two Christmases a...
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review 1: This probably should be read before I read the other Christmas in Cold Creek books as some of the plot is revealed in these other stories. However, it didn't matter to me as I wanted to read the story from the point of view of the background for this family member and how the pie...
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review 1: When Sarah shows up at Ridge's ranch the day after his sister's wedding, he assumes she is the maid hired to clean up the mess. She's there to return a priceless painting. When she falls and breaks her arm, he keeps her at the ranch to heal. A dark secret threatens the blossom...
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review 1: This was a heartwarming story, that just left me smiling, and happy. I loved the cast of characters in this sweet story. The story even had a three legged dog named tripod that weaved its way into my heart.Ridge bowman had been a single dad raising his daughter Destry. His sister...