Search - Deeply, Desperately (Lucy Valentine, Bk 2)

This book was an absolute joy to read! I was beyond excited after I finished the first one (Truly, Madly) and couldn’t stop gushing about it. So of course I’ve been just dying to get my hands on this one – and YAY!!! I got an ARC from Heather (thank you thank you thank you!!) and within a day of getting it, I was devouring it.

And it’s terrific!! Lucy has two main cases in this book – finding the lost love of one client through her company, and helping the police find the body of a missing woman. On top of that, Sean’s ex-fiancee makes an appearance, and Lucy and Marisol try to “help” Em and her love life.

I have to admit that there were times I had tears in my eyes while reading this – and other times when I laughed out loud. Now, how many books can you say that about? Not to mention that I just hated to get to the end of the book and say goodbye to Lucy, Sean, and all the rest of the family and friends. So the countdown has begun – the next book in this series is Absolutely, Positively and has a February 2011 publishing date! I can’t wait!!!

The second installment to the Lucy Valentine series is fantastic. I read Truly, Madly as an ARC in December 2009 and fell in love with Lucy Valentine and her band of characters. We find Lucy throwing herself into her new business "Lost Loves" and the ever imposing idea of Cupid's Curse. Will Lucy and Sean be doomed?

I love Heather Webber's writing style. It flows so naturally and throws you into Lucy's world completely. I really feel like a spectator next to Lucy in every written scene. The fun, adventure, and suspense are all wrapped up in a pretty pink bow, that is the cover! Heather is able to intertwine the stalling, sometimes sputtering, love affair of Lucy and Sean with suspenseful investigative work which has you guessing and speculating page after page. I love the humor of Lucy dealing with friends and family non-stop, exciting drama. We add new characters to the mix in this second book that are funny and only setup us up for exciting new story lines in the third book due out next year.

I love this series and cannot wait for the third installment Absolutely, Positively to come out in February... it is one of my eagerly anticipated Upcoming Releases. I am crossing my fingers that an ARC is available for this and I am lucky enough to win another Heather Webber book!

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LOVED IT! Heather is my favorite writer, right alongside Jen Lancaster, so I gobbled this up as soon as I got it. I read the first book as an ARC from Goodreads. It was the first time I'd heard of Heather, and I was so happy I won that contest. I've since read her other series, too. I can't get enough of these books, and Heather is a total sweetheart herself. Can't wait for the next one, due out in February 2011!

Liked this book just as much as book one! Just started reading Heather Webber, but what I've ready I really enjoy! Looking forward to book 3!

There is a lot going on in this second installment in the Lucy Valentine series. Lucy's boyfriend Sean's ex has reentered the picture supposedly with a debilitating illness. Lucy is investigating a two year old missing person case; she is trying to find Leo Epperson's long lost fiance; and there is something wonky with her father. With all this on her plate, it's a wonder Lucy can even function.

I gave this 4 stars because the whole Cara situation got on my nerves. I wish the author had found another way to make her point but what's done is done and this was a fine followup to Truly Madly.

I have really begun to enjoy the Lucy Valentine stories. Some of the conversations are silly but its a sweet quick read and the mysteries are just enough to keep you guessing.