Helpful Score: 4
One of Smith's better books. Venus Arinelli is distrustful and wary. But as she slowly gets to know the Cameron family, especialy Gib Cameron, she begins to trust. It's nice to read a book where the sex is not a magic fixer of all problems. Instead it is trust that brings about resolution. But the sex is good too.
Helpful Score: 2
This book has it all! A very engrossing story about deep family traditions, commitment, betrayal, pride, and especially love, all set within the setting of the beautiful Tennessee mountains.
I couldn't put this one down, and was so sorry when I got to the last page because I didn't want it to end!
I couldn't put this one down, and was so sorry when I got to the last page because I didn't want it to end!
Good book!
A good story; a quick read.
I did not want this book to end!
Venus Arinelli has lived the last 15 years trying to hide from her father's shame, and taking care of her sister. When Gib Cameron tracks her down, and invites her back to the inn where her parents married 30 years ago, she decides to go. When the sisters arrive, they are surrounded by a friendly welcome Venus cannot believe nor trust. She has to learn how to trust again, and decide if she can love again.
Great book
Home is wherever the heart leads....
The ties that bind us--to our families, to our pasts--are at the heart of this deeply engrossing story.
Venus Arinelli saw her future as a concert pianist shattered when her father's life ended in disgrace. Now Venus plays in cocktail lounges, sporting her survival skills like a suit of armor. When a stranger emerges from her parents' long-ago past with an offer too good to refuse, Venus' suspicions flare up.
But Gib Cameron has a special mission. He represents the Camerons of Tennessee--a family as rooted in American history and Southern soil as Venus' is notorious and fly-by-night. Yet the Camerons, survivors of tragedy, need Venus for reasons that have to do with honor and loyalty and an almost mystical bond to their shared past. And Gib, as hard-eyed a skeptic as Venus herself, has to persuade her to come to their mountain home.
Humor, sexiness, pathos, and surprises are all part of Deborah Smith's unique storytelling magic. When Venus Fell will entrance readers with its tale of Venus's reluctant journey to Tennessee, where two well-guarded hearts, afraid to trust again, will find they've come home.
The ties that bind us--to our families, to our pasts--are at the heart of this deeply engrossing story.
Venus Arinelli saw her future as a concert pianist shattered when her father's life ended in disgrace. Now Venus plays in cocktail lounges, sporting her survival skills like a suit of armor. When a stranger emerges from her parents' long-ago past with an offer too good to refuse, Venus' suspicions flare up.
But Gib Cameron has a special mission. He represents the Camerons of Tennessee--a family as rooted in American history and Southern soil as Venus' is notorious and fly-by-night. Yet the Camerons, survivors of tragedy, need Venus for reasons that have to do with honor and loyalty and an almost mystical bond to their shared past. And Gib, as hard-eyed a skeptic as Venus herself, has to persuade her to come to their mountain home.
Humor, sexiness, pathos, and surprises are all part of Deborah Smith's unique storytelling magic. When Venus Fell will entrance readers with its tale of Venus's reluctant journey to Tennessee, where two well-guarded hearts, afraid to trust again, will find they've come home.
A southern blend of family , home and a "stellerromance".
I ::love:: everything by Deborah Smith & this no exception! Check synopsis & other reader reviews on amazon.com.
Deborah Smith at her best! Full of romantic twists and turns. A good light read.
