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Showing posts with label Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

A Month of Winners!

I apologize to all these winners - I have been late in picking the winners and although I have listed them in the right sidebar I have not posted the a Winners post for November Giveaways.
So here are the Winners to bring us up-to-date.
{Note- Friday Pick and Sharing Beyond Books Winners are announced each week and listed in the sidebar too so they are not included in winner link listing - you can check those winners by clicking on Friday Pick link or Sharing Beyond Books link found on the right sidebar.}


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Giveaway Ended November 8, 2013


Giveaway: No Escape
WINNER: Texas Book Lover







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Giveaway Ended November 15, 2013


Accidentally in Love With...A God?
Winners: 
Entry #74 Amber H.
Entry #22 Meghan S.





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Giveaways Ended November 15, 2013


Giveaway: The Last Christian by David Gregory, 
Two Copies US - Print: Becky W and Vicki W
International - Digital: Mary P and Djamel E





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Giveaway Ended November 22, 2013

Giveaway: Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait  

Winner: Martha L






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ARC Giveaway: To Have and To Hold

Winner: Di








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Giveaways Ended November 29 , 2013

 

Giveaway Accidentally Married to...A Vampire?

TWO COPIES from Hachette:
OPEN WORLDWIDE: Print for US or digital for Canada or International
WINNERS: 
Entry #101  Amber H.
Entry #63  Jossy M.


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Giveaway Ended December 6, 2013




ARC GiveawayDon't Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell, 
US address

Winner: Rita






ALL WINNERS - if you have not already done so - Please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Form AND you can email me at mesreads AT gmail.com to confirm the win and I will arrange the mailing or notify the publishers.
[I ask that all winner's fill in the form as it helps me keep track of when I have completed the mail outs or notice to the publishers rather than tracking individual emails. But of course -- feel free to email me too! :-)]

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Book Review and ARC Giveaway: Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell

You don't want to miss this delightful read!
by Jill Mansell
  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (November 5, 2013)
  • ISBN-10: 1402283938
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402283932
Genre: Romantic Comedy
My Rating 4.5 of 5.0


Book Description
Publication Date: November 5, 2013

He knows all about women, or so he thought...

Dexter Yates leads a charmed existence in London, with money, looks, and girlfriends galore. Life's fantastic until Dex's sister dies and his world changes overnight. Astonishing everyone, including himself, Dex leaves the city behind, takes charge of his eight-month-old niece Delphi, moves to a beautiful Cotswolds village, and sets about working on his parenting skills. His neighbors, including cartoonist Molly Hayes, seem friendly enough—but Dex can't shake the notion that he's missing something important.


Review:
Dexter is a charmer who has done well in work and financial investments and has great success with the ladies. His is close with his sister, Laura, and is thrilled when she has a darling little girl, Delphi. But eight months later Laura dies unexpectedly having named Dex to be guardian of the infant girl. Dex may know girls but not infants and he is thrown for a loop.

In shock Dex leaves London and runs to a village where he had looked to purchase a vacation house. Dex recalls that even though many of the town folk were not so warm to an obvious outsider, the next-door neighbor, Molly, was really friendly. Molly is a cartoon artist who worked hard to get a strip that is syndicated and helps her make a living along with money she earns by teaching art classes. She is clearly warm, considerate and an encourager. She listens to Dex’s heartache and his reasons why he can’t raise his niece. She acknowledges those reasons but challenges him pointing out that if he loves Delphi he could be responsible for the child and manage to take care of her.

Dex’s life-style hasn’t exactly set him up to be recommended as a parent choice but he is determined to convince the social workers he can and will change. He decides to move to the village where he is sure he will find help in the better environment for raising a child. When he returns Molly instantly falls in love...with Delphi. But she has to resist falling for Dex too.

Molly apparently is the first woman to reject Dex’s advances but she feels she must out of self-preservation. That doesn’t make it easier to watch him start dating an attractive, outgoing pediatrician, especially since the match seems to please the locals.

As Dex struggles with parenting and Molly tries to protect her heart, there are other family dramas and relationships breaking down and being renewed in the village. Dex and Molly are the primary characters but the secondary characters also enrich the village life and the story.

I found the book delightful, easy to read and hard to put down. Dex may not be the most likeable character as a footloose, easy going playboy but he does have charm and he does mature. Molly is a dear from the get go and you can feel her conflicted passions. Ms. Mansell imbues the characters with natural emotions of doubt, insecurity, reluctance to be rejected, and desire to be loved and find the right person to love. I could feel the angst of the characters and that kept me pulled into the story wanting good things to happen in the end. Which it does and it is a wonderful journey getting there so you don’t miss the important things!

I received this ARC from Sourcebooks for an honest review.

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