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Welcome to the Ultimate Decorator Event! For the price of admission to one show house and a modest luncheon, you'll get to tour 50 different show houses and over 250 spectacular rooms, where designers have pulled out all the stops to showcase their very best. Some of the most extraordinary work in interior design today is presented in 513 stunning color photographs. You'll see rooms saturated in glorious paint, windows dressed in the finest draperies, surfaces transformed with faux finishes, and furniture swathed in luxurious fabrics. Beginning the tour in foyers and hallways that leave lasting first impressions, you'll continue through glorious living rooms and family rooms that you'll never want to leave. Make your way through amazing libraries and home offices, dining rooms, kitchens, sunrooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms. You'll also get a chance to see innovative design ideas for media rooms, wine cellars, loft spaces, and bonus rooms. In this book you will find breathtaking and exciting designs that will inspire and amaze you, in addition to a list of extraordinary interior designers and annual show house events. 8 1/2" x 11" 512 color photos
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It takes only a drive through any typical American subdivision to confirm that in recent decades the average house has grown in size, narrowed in style, and shrunk in vision. Jim Tolpin's The New Cottage Home represents a return to a previous school of thought about living space: that it should be no larger than is needed, conservative of resources, rich in detail-- in short, that it should pay homage to honest architecture and fine craftsmanship, not to conspicuous consumption. The 30 cottage homes pictured, all recently built, have the slightly unfair advantage of almost magically beautiful locations, but each has a unique character and many cottage-style nooks and crannies: the converted island pump house with sod roof, the 600-square-foot woodland temple, the salvage-built house on the Kansas prairie, the off-the-grid shingled hilltop house built to take advantage of natural light. Tolpin does an excellent job of pulling together the elements of each that make it a cottage and make it appealing. In his own words, "These houses seem to call as much to the heart as to the head, enriching us more with the highs of nature than with the highs of technology. These are the new American cottages that embody the ancient storybook dream, and the kind of homes that many of us have always dreamed of living in."
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The New Cottage Home taps into today's move toward lifestyle simplicity and the idea that living space should be rich in details, conservative of resources, and no larger than necessary. Jim Tolpin celebrates the diversity and charm of 30 sample cottages, from a Pacific Northwest cottage modeled after a French hunting lodge to a "salvage yard vernacular cottage" built with junkyard materials. Each featured home reflects individual personality, priorities, and lifestyle. Whether by the water, on a mountain, or in a forest, field, or town, these homes emphasize quality of place over quantity of space.
Customer Reviews:
straight into the garage sale.......2007-09-17
the used bookstore wouldn't even want this rubbish- about 5 pages of decent information. it's all coffee table fluff and I don't drink coffee- Boo
Cottages.......2007-07-12
This book is great if you want gables and a structure with more character but more expensive. I am looking for simple structures. I do like the book a lot.
Worth the price...........2006-02-23
As an avid cottage fan, and living in one while designing a new one to build for myself which is even more zen and simple, I found this book to be one of the best books on cottages around. Although I also admit what was considered a cottage when my place was built someone hundred years ago and what is considered a cottage in 2006 is around five square feet more in size.
Of course I am a purest and go by what my dictionary says a cottage is which is 1 : the dwelling of a farm laborer or small farmer 2 : a usually small frame one-family house. Small being reduced in size. So I was surprised that on page 112 they show a French Hunting Lodge from the Pacific Northwest. Not a cottage at all.
What does make this good sized book useful for anyone looking for ideas on cottage styles is the vast array of examples given. From the coastline of Maine to the San Juan Island of Washington State, to rural Kansas to Massachusetts to favorite areas here in California.
And wonderful examples of simple to elaborate. One of my favorites because of its really simple zen style is the Pumphouse on pages 52-59 on San Juan Island in Washington State that was made into a smooth lined, all in one cottage which I and other minimalists would love to own. Or the wonderful Salvage Yard cottage in Franklin County, Kansas on page 156-161 that would fit in just about anywhere where clean lines and environmental desires are important.
There is even an off the grid cottage and some communities of nothing but cottages like those on Lopez Island in Washington State beginning on page 196, where the cottages are part of a land trust that was set up to allow people on moderate incomes to build small abodes with common greenbelt areas in and area where expensive homes were/are the norm. Heck, this made the book worth the price in itself.
Each cottage is shown inside and out complete with basic blueprints of each cottage so one can see how the space sits and works. The photography and text meld well and makes this a book that is hard to put down.
More than just another coffee table book!.......2001-12-07
You WILL find inspiration here.
Get Cozy!.......2001-11-17
This book hails a return to the smaller house. We have overlooked the value of coziness for too long.
Delightful! I must confess, my copy is quite dog-earred.
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The first guidebook to the lesser-known museums and treasures of Saint Petersburg.
Customer Reviews:
A Most Wonderful Book For St. Petersburg Visitors.......2006-07-27
I happened on this wonderful book by reading all the reviews written by one of its reviewers. It is small, light weight and so very easy to use. The pictures are beautiful. We went to St. Petersburg last December with the book in hand. Each night we decided where to go the next day. Planning is important because each museum is usually closed at least one day a week. Unfortunately the museums were so interesting, that we often stayed way longer than we planned to. We never would have gone to some of the museums had we not had this little book. We especially liked the maps showing the ocation of each museum in relation to the others. Because of this book, we will return to St. Petersburg in the off season and enjoy many more of its amazing little museums -- after all what better way is there to spend a cold December day?
Discovering St. Petersburg's 40 Unknown Treasures.......2004-09-02
As the founder of a company devoted to business and cultural travel to Russia, it pains me that so many tourists come to St. Petersburg for a day or two and only visit the Hermitage, Peterhof, and a ballet. Russia is like a Fabergé egg-a beautiful exterior with a hard-to-open but spectacular hidden interior. Among the little known gems in St. Petersburg are the Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts, the Nabokov Museum (former residence of Vladimir Nabokov), the Russian Ethnographic Museum, the Rimskii-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum, the History of Religion Museum (formerly the "Anti-Religion Museum), the recently-opened Museum of Toys, and the Museum of Russian Vodka. All these treasures and more are fondly catalogued in Cathy Giangrande's Saint Petersburg: Museums Palaces and Historic Collections (Museums).
To appreciate this book a traveler needs to understand the unintentional irony of the chapter titled "Also well worth a visit are ..." listing the Hermitage Museum, one of the world's premier cultural treasures (and the most popular tourist site in Russia). It makes a great companion to such guides as DK Eyewitness's St. Petersburg guidebook (far more sights and coverage of the Hermitage, but without lengthy descriptions of lesser-known museums).
Its small size makes this a "laptray book", but for the visitor in body or spirit to St. Petersburg is just as enthralling as a five pound coffee table book. One-to-four pages are devoted to each of the over 40 lesser known attractions in St. Petersburg. Each listing had a clear address, directions, phone and web site (if available).
Books like this will help St. Petersburg, and Russia, become one of the world's premier tourist destinations in the next 10 years. There are literally thousands of such treasures throughout Russia as these listed here, but few people know about them. Truly, this book will help anyone interested in truly discovering Russia.
An outstanding guidebook to St. Petersburg.......2003-09-01
I began reading Cathy Giandrande's little guide to St. Petersburg with a great deal of skepticism. As I kept exploring the book, all my doubts quickly disappeared. That alone came to me as a surprise. Unlike most Russians who still suffer from a mild identity disorder, Petersburgers have a strong sense of local patriotism and know what they are and what their city is about. From time to time, their patriotism mutates into a peculiar kind of city chauvinism. It is taken for granted that no temporary visitor, be he or she from Moscow or Paris, can know the city or truly appreciate it. I am no different. As a Petersburger, I would never think that an outsider, least a foreigner, least someone from a culture many Russians perceive as hostile and extremely russophobic, would be able to put together a concise guide to the lesser known museums and landmarks of the city and do it in such a low key, friendly and unbiased manner, that the final work is a joy to read and is more useful from any practical standpoint of city exploration than many far weightier and thicker "serious" guides.
Cathy Giangrande's St. Petersburg is a guide to the city museums and lesser-known landmarks. If the author "missed" any museums, then I have a feeling, that she excluded them deliberately because they are so obscure (like the Museum of Armed Forces Medical Academy) that almost no locals are aware of their existence. On the other hand, the guidebook contains information on some really obscure museums, such as the new private museum of toys.
The book is a journey of exploration and is a pleasure to read "as is" from cover to cover. Alternately, it can be used as a helpful reference manual.
The guidebook has its own share of minor irritants, such as the occasional misspelling of French and English words transliterated backwards, but they are not very significant.
The book is beautifully printed on high quality paper and is richly illustrated with color photographs. It contains a helpful map or rather an outline plan of the central part of the city, a schematic plan of St. Petersburg region, and a well-designed plan of St.Petersburg "Metro" (or the city's subway system). All museum and landmark entries include detailed address and contact information, and indicate the nearest subway or suburban train station.
Among all foreign languages guides and books on St. Petersburg, that I ever came across, this one is the only work that is worth translating into Russian. Even locals would find this book a great aid in exploring their own city.
A masterpiece among specialty city guides.......2003-08-14
I began reading Cathy Giandrande's little guide to St. Petersburg with a great deal of skepticism. As I kept exploring the book, all my doubts quickly disappeared. That alone came to me as a surprise. Unlike most Russians who still suffer from a mild identity disorder, Petersburgers have a strong sense of local patriotism and know what they are and what their city is about. From time to time, their patriotism mutates into a peculiar kind of city chauvinism. It is taken for granted that no temporary visitor, be he or she from Moscow or Paris, can know the city or truly appreciate it. I am no different. As a Petersburger, I would never think that an outsider, least a foreigner, least someone from a culture many Russians perceive as hostile and extremely russophobic, would be able to put together a concise guide to the lesser known museums and landmarks of the city and do it in such a low key, friendly and unbiased manner, that the final work is a joy to read and is more useful from any practical standpoint of city exploration than many far weightier and thicker "serious" guides.
Cathy Giangrande's St. Petersburg is a guide to the city museums and lesser-known landmarks. If the author "missed" any museums, then I have a feeling, that she excluded them deliberately because they are so obscure (like the Museum of Armed Forces Medical Academy) that almost no locals are aware of their existence. On the other hand, the guidebook contains information on some really obscure museums, such as the new private museum of toys.
The book is a journey of exploration and is a pleasure to read "as is" from cover to cover. Alternately, it can be used as a helpful reference manual.
The guidebook has its own share of minor irritants, such as the occasional misspelling of French and English words transliterated backwards, but they are not very significant.
The book is beautifully printed on high quality paper and is richly illustrated with color photographs. It contains a helpful map or rather an outline plan of the central part of the city, a schematic plan of St. Petersburg region, and a well-designed plan of St.Petersburg "Metro" (or the city's subway system). All museum and landmark entries include detailed address and contact information, and indicate the nearest subway or suburban train station.
Among all foreign languages guides and books on St. Petersburg, that I ever came across, this one is the only work that is worth translating into Russian. Even locals would find this book a great aid in exploring their own city.
Customer Reviews:
HUH? MOUTH WITH TEETH AT THE END OF IT?!?.......2007-10-02
I really did not know what to expect when I bought this book. It was recommended to me by a friend. Laymon's style of writing is very good and it holds your attention. I found the story to be unique but very odd. Hence the title to this review. I can't really imagine any woman enjoying THAT! The ones who mate with them can never go back to human men. ODD! I visualize what I read, so I was most definitely squeezing my butt cheeks together as I read those explicit parts. I am giving it the four star rating because it was a good book and I plan on reading the rest of the series.
Laymon at his best........2007-09-06
In the small California town of Malcasa Point lies an old Victorian style house that is known as The Beast House and It has a dark and murderous history. For over ninety years people who have dared enter inside its walls at night have usually been found horribly mutilated the next day. The locals say that they met their gruesome end at the hands of the Beast and on certain nights they say your can hear its evil laugh coming from the house.
Tourists have flocked to Beast House for years. They take an audio tour of the house going from room to room looking at grotesque wax figures of the victims the Beast claimed. There is also another tour that happens every Saturday night. It is called the Midnight Tour, and those who take it gets the no hold barred information about the Beast. They get to go to the parts of the house were the most gruesome events took place. Some say that the Beast still roams the house at night, and for one unlucky Midnight Tour group they will find out first hand that the Beast is more than just a legend.
The Midnight Tour is the final installment of the Beast House Chronicles and after reading it I can say that is my favorite. I loved the first two books but this is by far the best of the bunch. It drew me in on the first page and kept me hooked the whole ride. Richard Laymon has become one of my favorite Horror writers because of books like Midnight Tour. I devoured this book within three nights consumed in the dark and twisted world Mr. Laymon created. Midnight Tour is loaded with sex, gore, and nonstop action. I especially enjoyed the characters in Midnight Tour. Mr. Laymon introduces you to a bunch of new characters, but he also brings back a few from the previous installments. Midnight Tours takes place many years after Beast House but you will find out what the old characters did with their life in the years leading up to Midnight Tour. I especially enjoyed following Sandy through the years. She as been one my favorite characters throughout the Beast House Chronicles and you will find out how she spent her life from story to story.
Midnight Tour is Laymons masterpiece in my opinion. I have read most of his work but Midnight Tour is a cut above his other work. Mr. Laymon is a master of the Horror genre and I highly recommend Midnight Tour to all Horror fiction lovers. It is guaranteed to satisfy even the most jaded of fans.
No One Writes Like Laymon!.......2007-07-29
Laymon is a living legend in today's generation of horror writers. He is respected and looked up to by his peers, as well as beginners of the craft.
Laymon has a sure spitfire to write anything in the genre of the horrific and deliver it with a one-two punch that'll send you looking at stars.
He's a rare talent. Everything this man writes will keep you on the edge of your seat with a white-knuckle ride until the very end.
I can, with ease, recommend The Midnight Tour and promise you won't be disappointed--just like any other works with the Laymon name inscribed on it.
I'm a long-time fan.
--Joseph McGee, author of In the Wake of the Night, Phil's Place and Darkness Won't Rest: Phils Place II
Shocked by the good reviews........2007-07-21
Let me start by saying that I am a Richard Laymon fan. However I also realize that he has written some less then fantastic books. The Midnight Tour was my least favorite novel in the Beast House series and possibly the weakest Laymon book I've ever read.
Almost all of Laymon's books have flaws, usually these flaws also add give these stories character and his own style. I'm used to Laymon's female characters acting and thinking like twelve year old boys. I'm also used to the fluff and filler that sometimes bump up the page counts of his novels. However I'm also used to graphic violence, steamy sex and fast paced action. The Midnight Tour doesn't deliver any of these things. For starters it's about 300 pages too long, the amount of filler in this book is ridiculous. Not only that but we're subjected to the Beast House tour once again, I'm sorry if you've haven't read the first two books, but what about us who've had to read (basically) the exact same tour three times.
I admit the last fifty pages of the book are pretty good, but it wasn't enough to redeem the first five hundred and fifty. Don't let this book effect your opinion of Laymon though, he's one of the greats. Instead check out Island, Endless Night, Funhouse or The Cellar.
Welcome to The Beast House!.......2006-04-01
Other reviews have already told the plot of this book and the fact that it belongs in a series of books, so I won't rehash that. I will say that I did enjoy the book, but then I usually do enjoy Laymon's brand of horror. I have only read The Cellar, from the series and I did enjoy that one as well. Both are left a little open but you still get enough of an idea of the conclusion to be satisfied. As usual Laymon's books are violent, gory and fast paced, but these are the good qualities. I have read about 30 of his books and I try to get my hands on anything else I can of his. The only fault I have with his books is that I find his female characters (although strong and capable which is nice because they aren't the typical damsels in distress) to be a tad unrealistic. I don't know exactly what it is but usually the actions and reactions of the women always confuse me and I feel they aren't plausible. Other than that I love his writing, it's very thrilling and it never takes long for the story to get going and never stop. I liked Midnight Tour very much and anyone can read this book even if you're unfamiliar with the Beast House series. The book gives you all the required information so you can read it alone or out of order with the other books.
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Noted nature crafter Laura Martin has created a fantasy for fairy-lovers. Its conceit involves a botanist, Christine Newkirk, who has discovered five tiny houses on a magical island, all made from natural materials on a perfect fairy scale—the houses are no more than 18 inches high, beds are 2 x 3 inches, shoes are 1 inch long. She documents her finds in a field diary she is keeping for her granddaughter.
The woodland cottage is filled with bent twig furniture. The Japanese house displays bamboo slippers outside the door, and the beach house has a minute bath tiled with seashells. Each spread is filled with photos and drawings of these tiny objects, all identified with their botanical names.
To leaf through these pages is to enter another world and dwell in it—the world of fantasy that has fascinated people through the ages.
Customer Reviews:
delectable.......2007-02-25
grab your hot cocoa and snuggle up with this book and your favorite blankie. i'm not a faerie fanatic but could not resist this book. the level of creativity shown here is overwhelming and you will find yourself 'ooooing' and 'aaaahing' and giggling at the turn of every page. lovely, lovely book.
oh, and if you're a faerie, these two ladies are the ones you want if you're doing any redecorating.
An excellent primer for learning to 'SEE'.......2007-02-17
I bought this book for my four year old daughter, and while perspective is not a skill she's yet mastered enough to fully appreciate what she's looking at, she already adores it. This is a book that will keep on giving. It's as whimsical as you would expect, but it also teaches something to the reader, very subtly, about having the eye of an artist. It's a primer for creativity, a lesson in appreciating beauty in the world around you, and it does all this ever so charmingly.
A must-have for the creative type's library.
Fairy Island: An Enchanted Tour of the Homes of the Little Folk.......2006-11-06
Excellent book for the fairy lovers and craft people like me
For All Who Love Tiny Things.......2005-09-29
Remember The Borrowers or Miss Bianca or A Cricket in Times Square? Anyone who loved those childhood classics will fall in love with this book. The concept of little folk creating a home with found objects is so intriguing.
The authors feature as observers in this book which combines color photos, hand lettered text and sketchbook-like notes. It reminds me a bit of Gnomes which was such a hit 20 years ago or even the artwork in the Edwardian Lady's Sketchbook.
I read in our local paper about a family that recreated some of the scenes from this book in their own garden. The children loved gardening in miniature and finding small things to put in the fairy house. What a fun idea.
For fans of the wee folk.......2005-09-14
This is a very charming book for fairy fans as well as gardeners. The story is told from the point of view of the writer's grandmother and is a lovely story to read to a child or grandchild. I enjoyed it very much.
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Boasting over 500 houses, churches, and other buildings pre-dating the Civil War, Natchez, Mississippi, is one of a few Southern towns that has produced and preserved such a rich architectural heritage.
With its uncompromised attention to architecture and style, Natchez follows in the tradition of Cottages by the Sea and Charleston Style. It is a sumptuous entrée to the houses and gardens that abound in this richly historic, deeply Southern town that draws thousands of visitors each year. The houses captured in all their glory and charm include Auburn, Longwood, Magnolia Hall, Landsdowne, and more. A unique celebration of architecture, style, history, and some "good old-fashioned Southern hospitality," Natchez is an illustrious and splendid look at the "jewel by the river" and a must-have for both the residents and the tourists who make Natchez a popular destination year after year.
Customer Reviews:
Natchez.......2005-09-14
This book does a nice job of capturing Natchez. The photographs are crisp and all the most important homes are covered. The text is informative and thorough. I recommend this book to anyone interested in Natchez, the Old South, or just southern history in general.
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- A Great Look at a Great Home
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- Beautiful guide to America's most interesting house
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Book Description
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's magnificent mountaintop home in Charlottesville, Virginia, has attracted public attention ever since Jefferson's day, when sightseers regularly visited the grounds in hopes of catching a glimpse of the former president. Today, each year more than half a million people from around the world visit Monticello, the only home in America on the United Nations' list of World Heritage Sites that must be protected at all costs.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a superb collection of essays, adorned with beautiful color photography, that showcases this American treasure. Designed by Jefferson himself, Monticello is a model of elegance and symmetry. It is also home to Jefferson's world-class collection of art and porcelain from France, scientific instruments from England, the finest American furniture from Philadelphia and New York, and enduring furnishings made in Monticello's own joinery by enslaved craftsmen. The celebrated gardens and grounds form an experimental yet breathtakingly lovely landscape featuring flowers, fruits, and vegetables of the Old and New Worlds.
Featuring essays by Monticello's scholarly staff, this stunning book explores all aspects of Jefferson's home. A section on the plantation and the enslaved community at Monticello provides a larger context in which to place and understand the house, its activities, and its owner.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Look at a Great Home.......2007-01-09
This work successfully links the many unique qualities of Thomas Jefferson's personality to the unique qualities of the home that he designed and spent most of his life building and rebuilding. All of the intriguing features of this home are covered.
Anyone interested in this remarkable man and his home who is unable to visit Monticello in person should strongly consider this work.
Exceptional .......2006-08-03
This is a highly informative, well documented book covering all aspects of the design and building of Thomas Jefferson's home, plus insights into why things were done the way they were done, through Jefferson's own notes, sketches and correspondence. Plus,the photographs are exquisite.
Beautiful guide to America's most interesting house.......2003-05-03
One of the clichés about Monticello is that few houses do so good a job revealing the personality of its builder. But clichés get to be such generally because there's truth to them, and that's definitely the case here. If Thomas Jefferson was one of the most interesting figures in American history (and I think that's unquestionably true), then Monticello may well be one of America's most interesting houses. And for this colorful book produced by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, we are guided through the house and grounds by people who know their stuff.
Specifically, the chapters of this title are written by Monticello's director of restoration, the curator, the director of gardens and grounds, and other experts associated with the Foundation. Large, colorful photos are accompanied by informed commentary and all the requisite history, as well as documentation of the decades of restoration work it has taken to get the house and grounds to its current condition. A book doesn't make up for a visit in person -- if anything, I wished for more photos of the interior, especially of the book room and "cabinet." But for a general overview of the house, grounds, and collection, and an insight into the man himself, this book is hard to beat. I recommend it as a souvenir, as well as a nice companion to a Jefferson biography.
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A brand new, original photo guide to the fascinating world of lighthouses from coast to coast, with beautiful color photography by Carol M. Highsmith, creator of the Photographic Tour and Pictorial Souvenir series.
Customer Reviews:
Some pictures are cool, others are............2006-04-08
I really love a lot of the photos, but others don't even look like lighthouses. Heceta in Oregon is one of my favorites (which is in the beginning). I think there should be a little more of a focus on the lighthouses in Maine, because there are 61 of them there. I do like reading the stories of the lighthouse keepers, because they were critical in keeping them lit at all times.
Gorgeous photos!.......2000-09-23
This book is filled with spectacular shots of lighthouses all over the country. The sights are so beautiful that you will be inspired to travel from coast to coast to see them. I am a lover of lighthouses, but I feel sure that everyone will delight in these beautiful pictures. Ms. Highsmith has outdone herself once again. I highly recommend this book!!
Great lighthouse photos.......2000-09-06
This is a great book for those who love photographs of lighthouses. There are some stunning examples in this collection, which focuses exclusively on American lighthouses. There is little in the way of text and the book is only a modest 65 pages. But it is value priced and worthy of a lighthouse lover's collection.
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Respected museum professionals discuss contemporary issues and successful programs, and offer practical guidelines and information, up-to-date references, and lively illustrations in this wide-ranging volume. Interpreting Historic House Museums captures the big picture and important details. Its scope and accessbility will make it useful and relevant for both students and practicing professionals.
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In the three years Shelby Tucker has been leading tour groups through the haunted houses of Cuttersville, Ohio, she's never caught a glimpse of a ghost. But she does get pretty startled when she waltzes into the bedroom of a supposedly vacant cottage and stumbles upon a sexy, hot-blooded, naked man.
This is no ghost, though. This guy is solid as a rock. Bad boy Boston Macnamara is renting the so-called haunted cottage...and he's about to shake things up in Cuttersville. At least for Shelby, who's never been so hot and bothered before. And she may find herself haunted with desire if some feisty matchmaking spirits have their way.
Customer Reviews:
Somewhat Good.......2007-10-09
This book wasn't too bad, but it wasn't quite that great either. I keep giving Erin McCarthy's books a chance, but a lot of them just don't seem to blow me away. In my opinion, her book, 'The Pregnancy Test' is my favourite so far.
The main character seemed a little too shallow for me. Considering her background and upbringing it's somewhat believable. Her boy toy... well, it seemed highly unlikely that they would have attracted one another since they were complete opposites, and no, I don't really believe in the quote that opposites attract.
Give this one a try, you never know, you might like it much better than I did.
Fun Read.......2007-07-20
This was a fun read. Good for a summer beach sit-in-the-sun relaxing time. You know where it is going to go, but still fun.
A Really steamy book.......2007-06-18
This is a cute book, but the very graphic descriptions of the physical bodies of the main characters engaging in some very steamy stuff is somewhat distracting. At times I felt like i was reading one of the books with Fabio on the cover....I also wished that there was more about the ghosts. I kept waiting for it - like there was going to be some twist involving the ghosts. if you can not be distracted by the soft core porn in the book, its a cute story that is perfect for a beach read.
Snarky and Steamy!.......2007-05-22
I only purchased this book to add onto another purchase (to get that free shipping) and I was so happy to realize I'd found a treasure! This book is hilarious and very HOT at the same time. Amazing, honestly. So maybe the characters are a little iffy (hence the 4 stars) but I've got to give the author points for such a snappy writing style and gigantic sense of humor. A wonderful summer read, if you will. Hope you all enjoy it!
good book.......2007-03-07
i loved this story - especially how she meets him! i like how the town is involved in the story, but story still focuses on couple.
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- Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats
- Fast Feng Shui: 9 Simple Principles for Transforming Your Life by Energizing Your Home
- Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
- Glass House: The Art of Decorating with Light (House Beautiful)
- Goats: Small-scale Herding for Pleasure And Profit (Hobby Farms Series)
- Hamptons Havens: The Best of Hamptons Cottages and Gardens (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens)
- Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span (HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN ( EDELMAN))
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- The Feng Shui Kit: The Chinese Way to Health, Wealth, and Happiness at Home and at Work/Book and Kit
- How To Create a Magical Relationship
- BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 Unleashed
- Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building Your Successful Brand on the Business Battlefield
- File System Forensic Analysis
- I Am a Strange Loop
- English Grammar for Dummies
- 2001 Construction Accounting Deskbook: Financial, Tax, Accounting, Management, and Legal Answers
- Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises
- The Bernini Bust
Showhouses: Signature Designer Styles
American Designers' Houses
Classic Greenwich Style
Winter House
An Affair with a House
