Book Review: Finding the Dream (9781423379041): Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr: Books
Book Review: Finding the Dream (9781423379041): Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr: Books
Best in the Dream Series,
By A Customer
This review is from: Finding the Dream (Audio Cassette)
I really enjoyed this book. Usually the first in the trilogies is the best but not in this case, at least not for me. There is something about men who don’t think they’re good enough for their love interest that captures my heart. Michael Fury friend to Josh, Laura’s brother is renting a place with stables at the Templetons. Laura who was mistreated by her first husband is in my opinion, the sweetest of the three friends. I love the connection they make. The entire story was interesting and heartwarming as Laura’s daughters connect with this father figure. I only wish that not all of Ms. Robert’s stories have the couple realizing they are both in love until the last page of the book. I would rather enjoy reading a little of the happiness in the marriage for at least one chapter rather than the last page of the story. Neverthless, a great read, and in my opinion, the best in the Dream trilogy.
A Steamy Bodice-Ripper With a Happy Ending,
By Jill Clardy “So many books, so little time….” (Redwood City, CA USA) -
This review is from: Finding the Dream (Dream Trilogy) (Hardcover)
Two years after her loveless 10-year marriage to Peter Ridgeway has ended, Laura Templeton is immersed in working two part-time jobs, raising her two daughters, and running the Templeton estate in Monterey. Peter managed to wipe out most of Laura’s considerable assets, but she still has the home and a job working in one of the Templeton hotels. Her life is hectic and overscheduled, but basically lonely.
Enter the dark, mysterious, brooding Michael Fury. Raised nearby but on the “wrong side of the tracks”, Michael had been a good friend of Laura’s brother, Josh, but had left the area right after high school to live a life of danger and adventure. Michael is back in the area, raising and breeding horses, but his stables and home were destroyed in a mudslide and Josh convinces Laura to let Michael rent her unused stables until he can rebuild.
Having married Peter at 18, Laura has little experience with dating or flirtation, and has compartmentalized and organized her life, leaving no room for dating or passion. When Michael strikes her a spark in her, she is confused and in denial, but he pursues her relentlessly. He is charming, sexy, good with animals and wonderful with her two daughters.
The usual misunderstandings, protective family, meddling friends, and circumstances attempt to thwart their romance, but after all this is a romance novel, so you know the guy gets the girl in the end. I didn’t realize that the book was part of a trilogy, but the characters and scene are so captivating that the book stands alone and is a quick, entertaining, satisfying read.
A great end to a great series,
By A Customer
This review is from: Finding the Dream: The Dream Trilogy #3 (Paperback)
This series wasn’t as good as either the Born In trilogy or the Maryland Eastern Shore trilogy, but it was great in its own right. (Which tells you just how wonderful the other trilogies are as well.)
I loved this book because it really developed not just the romance between Laura and Michael but also the family. Over the course of the novels, we’ve seen Laura face adultery, divorce, and the heartbreak of her children. In this novel, Ms. Roberts brings it all together and shows not only Laura learning to love again, but Michael forging father/daughter relationships with Laura’s children.
Wonderful, Ms. Roberts. Simply marvelous. I can hardly wait for the next trilogy (which I hear will return us to Ireland!). No one does trilogies — especially about families — like Nora Roberts.
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