Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Winner Takes All

Winner Takes All is a Nora Roberts Silhouette double-header.
The first is the tale of a baseball player and a director. They fall in love (rather unwillingly on her part, I might add) over shooting commercials and baseball games (how freaking American is that?!?) and then get married. Finally, when a fire (as in "California's on fire again" kind of fire, not like a kitchen fire or arsonist fire) almost kills them and they have to sacrifice their house, she realizes that all she ever wanted was him.

It's cute. She's a little over-the-top with her resistance, he's really laid-back until he gets to that point. You know, rather classic NR characters. It's cute though. Nice to read, not too demanding or complicated. A little slow, but still nice.

The second is a producer and an actor. Again, she's hesitant (this time based on her parents marriage, not her past love experiences), and he's willing to go along to a point. He sends her flowers while he's away on a shoot, and is there for her when her father has a heart attack that almost kills him (though not in that order).

Again, cute. She's freakishly against falling in love, eats antacids like they're candy, and basically needs to take a chill pill. He comes from a big loving family and though doesn't understand hers, still loves her. She comes after him right before he goes crawling back to her, so both of them keep their dignity.

All in all?

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