Gayle Roper, a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America, is the multiaward-winning, best-selling author of Fatal Deduction and more than forty other books. She teaches and leads mentoring clinics at writers conferences across the country. Gayle lives in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Autumn Dreams, the thrid in this series finds Cass Merton, the proprietor of an exceptional bed and breakfast in Seaside, NJ intrigued by long-term guest Dan Harmon. After witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers on Sept 11th, in NYC, where most of his friends, collegues, and employees were killed, the godly financian wizard decides he needs a break from the rat race and comes to Seaside. He begins to fall hook-line-and-sinker for Cass, who has a very low self image, mostly due to her four brothers ribbing her about what they think are her big hips. In addition the brothers have left Cass with all of the responsiblity for an aging father who is entering sweepsteak contests and a mother with increasing dementia. But this is not her biggest worry, a troubled young girl who works at the bed and breakfast has unwittingly brought real danger and Cass is taken hostage by a gunman. Roper excels at getting into the minds of characters who have a definite soul deficiency, an inability to care about others.
I wasn't sure this book would hold my interest, but I often found myself grinning as I read. Maybe it was adding a couple of teenagers into the usual guy meets girl story that caught my attention. Whatever it was, I'm going to see if I can track down the first two Seaside books to find out if they're as enjoyable as this one was.
2.0 out of 5 starsAutumn Dreams:3 ...didn't make it
Reviewed in the United States on 7 January 2018
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I could not finish reading this book. It was the same thing over and over, and a few weird chapters that made no sense to me. I read at least 5 books a week but .....