Linsey Lanier
Sally Kilpatrick
Sia Huff
Romily Bernard
Darcy Crowder
Marilyn Baron
Tami Brothers
Sandra Elzie
Carol Burnside
Debbie Kaufman
Maxine Davis
Tammy Schubert
Susan Carlisle
Pam Asberry
Lindy Chaffin StartBed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Bed of Roses
Berkley Trade Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-425-23007-7
If you believe in Happily Ever After, this is the book for you. Bed of Roses, Book Two in the Bride Quartet Series, features the story of Emma Grant, the florist and one of the founders of Vows, the wedding planning company run by four childhood friends.
In keeping with our February blog theme of Fairy Tales, this book is pure fantasy. Emma, the most romantic of the four friends, wakes up and smells the roses when she starts dating family friend Jack Cooke. But things get thorny when she discovers that Jack has problems with commitment.
This is one of those books you never want to end. Luckily, Books Three and Four will be released in May and November. For me, that’s entirely too long to wait. Nora Roberts creates characters you feel you know and want to know, for a very satisfying read.
Reviewed by: Marilyn Baron
About the author
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Marilyn Baron | Marilyn Baron's debut novel, The Edger, a humorous women's fiction she cowrote with her sister, award-winning Florida artist Sharon Goldman, was released January 2012. THE EDGER is available at Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006Y3P12Y#_
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/123376
Barnes & Noble Nook Books http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-edger-marilyn-baron/1108321593?ean=2940013703957&itm=1&usri=the+edger+marilyn+baron
Her humorous supernatural e-short stories, "A Choir of Angels," "Follow an Angel," and "The Stand-In Bridegroom," are available from TWB Press at http://www.twbpress.com/thestandinbridegroom.html.
Marilyn Baron is a public relations consultant in Atlanta. She’s a PRO member of Romance Writers of America, and is the winner of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service Award.
She writes humorous women’s fiction, romantic suspense and paranormal. Her manuscript, “The Colonoscopy Club,” finaled in the GRW Unpublished Maggie Awards for Excellence in 2005 in the Single Title category and "The Edger," won first place in the Suspense Romance category of the 2010 Ignite the Flame Contest, sponsored by the Central Ohio Fiction Writers chapter of RWA.
She graduated from The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. What’s unique about my writing? I try to inject humor into everything I write, from romantic suspense to women’s fiction. I like to laugh and I think my readers do too. I tend to feature older heroines, because let’s face it, we’re not getting any younger.
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February 6th, 2010 at 1:10 am
I’m glad to see that you liked this one. I just bought the 1st two in this series and put the third on pre-order.
February 6th, 2010 at 8:09 am
I’ve read this one and I agree. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the first two and can’t wait for the last two to be released.
Thanks for the review.
Sandy
February 6th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Another set I need to add to my pile. I saw the first one in the store when it came out and passed it by because I HATE to wait for the rest in a series. With the close release dates I might not get to upset about the wait.
Okay, you convinced me. I’ll grab them.
Thanks, Marilyn!
Tami
February 6th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Marilyn, I’m sure we agree, it is hard to get better than Nora Roberts!
February 6th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
This new series sounds wonderful. And the covers give me goosebumps. Nothing like a gorgeous wedding gown to spark my interest. And if it’s Nora, well, you know how I feel about her… Thanks for the review, Marilyn!
February 6th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
No one does friendships, male and female, like Nora!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I think we all agree that Nora Roberts is great. I don’t know how she does it, but I’m glad she keeps doing what she does. Here are my predictions for the next two books. Laurel ends up with Del and Parker with Mal. What do you all think?
Marilyn
February 7th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hey, no spoilers, please! I haven’t read the first one yet. LOL
Gannon, I agree. Her JD Robb books with Eve and Roarke are keepers for me. I can’t believe she’s on something like book 33 in that series and it’s still going strong. Now THAT’S writing characters which reader’s identify with and love!