Comments on: REVIEW: His Secret Past by Ellen Hartman

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:44:14 +0000

[...] talk show host and Patricia. This is a sweet and tender romance and I’m ever so grateful to Jayne for having shown me the way to your books. [...]

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:10:34 +0000

@Kelly: Yep, being a parent is very important for Mason.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:07:07 +0000

So, she’s not knocked up and they aren’t making a baby, but it does sound like being a parent is a large part of the story, which will probably be what stops me from picking it up.

By: Chicklet

Chicklet — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:36:11 +0000

Ah, thanks, Jayne! Also, I’m seconding your wish to Harlequin for fewer babycentric stories — Sometimes I think their advertising slogan is “Harlequin SuperRomance: Because a Woman Isn’t a Person Until She Has a Baby.” *g*

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:52:03 +0000

It’s from a scene where his lawyer (for the nonprofit group) gets married to one of their early success stories. It’s held at the center and the whole group gets involved.

By: Chicklet

Chicklet — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:02:25 +0000

Could anyone who’s read the book explain the tuxedo on the cover? Is this just another case of artistic inaccuracy on the part of the publisher? *g*

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:50:27 +0000

And I forgot to mention that most of the action is set in New Jersey. How many books are set in NJ? ;)

By: Julie H

Julie H — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:42:39 +0000

I picked this book up on a whim and I totally agree with the review. Lovely and engrossing. I read it in one day and I don’t normally enjoy Harlequin Superromance but this one was definitely the exception. Definite must read!

By: Julia B.

Julia B. — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:26:24 +0000

I have to confess that I didn’t know the author before, but reading your review I want to read it. Sounds like a good, emotional book.

By: Gwyneth Bolton

Gwyneth Bolton — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:48:48 +0000

I read this book and LOVED it. Ellen Hartman did a wonderful job showing the love and the tension in the father son relationship. And I love the way she developed the relationship between Mason and Anna. Hartman writes characters that you just don’t want to stop reading about. Great book!

Gwyneth

By: Mary Winter

Mary Winter — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:31:24 +0000

Wonderful! I have this coming from eharlequin and I can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the review.

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:11:38 +0000

Picked it up this evening because I read this review this afternoon… I’m not usually a big fan of Supers, but this one sounded good.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:27:35 +0000

Shannon, I was eyeing that book as well. There’s another set in Australia that looks interesting too.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:26:40 +0000

Haha Francois. No I’d never heard of this group but the fictional Five Star has a similar rise up the charts and crashes as the drugs and alcohol kick in.

By: Shannon Stacey

Shannon Stacey — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:36:00 +0000

Another great Super on shelves right now is The Man Behind the Cop by Janice Kay Johnson. I don’t usually read a lot of Supers (too many category lines, not enough book dollars) but I picked that one up after reading a review at TGTBTU and now I’ll grab this one, too.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:54:57 +0000

I stopped reading the review at “his past as an up-and-coming and then downwardly spiraling rock star” and bought the book :-) Thanks!

By: Francois

Francois — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:48:10 +0000

He was in Five Star? No wonder he wants to forget!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Star

(ok, so you wouldn’t have heard of them in the US, but look at the picture and you’ll get the idea)

By: Jia

Jia — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:24:01 +0000

I normally don’t read straight contemporaries, but this sounds lovely.