Teresa Medeiros

What starts as a fairly predictable "lady meets outlaw" story quickly turns into a wild and raucous romp through the Old West. I enjoyed this book. I think the characters are well developed and the story has enough plot twists to make it a compelling read. One of my favorite things about this book is that it's surprisingly humorous. I literally laughed out loud in several places. Also the love scenes are written just right - not too wimpy, not too explicit. They build like long, slow, show more sensuous foreplay (and no "thrusting members"). The final chapter and epilogue were a little on the corny side, but I would definitely read another book by this author. show less

"Wow," I said through my tears at the end of the book. My father and my son looked at me strangely.

This book could have been so very, very hokey, and it was so very not. The key, I think, is the characters; Ms. Madeiros is particularly gifted with her people. They are well rounded, complex, and very believable.

For example, the "lustful sultan" in this book was an absolute sweetie who had to hide his need for spectacles and his appetite for fear he wouldn't seem menacing enough. Despite the show more fact that he was sort of the villain, I felt awful for him when things didn't go his way, and I cheered for his happy ending.

The hero and heroine are both adults who have made mistakes, and so their HEA is even more gratifying than if they were a charming prince and an innocent maiden, each uniformly good and true, besieged only by outside forces.

I enjoyed this book immensely, and I am eagerly looking forward to the sequel, The Temptation of Your Touch. show less

This book had me at hello, great beginning. When Captain Doom says with a hand flat over his chest. "Your mistake, man," he said softly. "The little wench damn near got my heart." I do believe folks this is called foreshadowing.
I delight in stories where the characters conflict with each other and you can literately see as you read the characters change, grow, and come together. I can already sense Lucy is going to have a lot of growing up to do and I can't wait to see how Gerard pushes her show more into it.
Medeiros does a spectacular job of showing how Gerard brings Lucy alive.
Oooh loved the scene where Gerard and Lucy have supper in the carriage and Gerard's game of teasing Lucy backfires and she tells him "Why Mr. Claremont your spectacles are fogging up."
Truly heartbreaking when Lucy is confided to her room and looks out her window to see Gerard watching her window leaning against a tree in the wind. She lays her palm against the window and simply says "Good morning Mr. Claremont"
The dancing around each other is so delightful to read. Lucy constantly pushing, poking, and trying Gerard's patience in subtle ways and Gerard's constant fight to stay diligent in avoidance of any feelings for her. This is where the story really comes alive for me; Lucy and Gerard's battle to stay apart and together.
The scene where Lucy tells Gerard she loves him is completely perfect, with the cheroot falling out of his mouth to him walking away, and finally with Lucy whispering "Was it something I said?" to herself. You want to laugh but strangely at the same time your heart is bleeding for this couple.
Sometimes I was restless at the stalemate Lucy and Gerard seemed to be at. I thought it was going to be cured by the addition of Gerard's brother Kevin, and what a delight he was, but he didn't end up playing a large enough role. (Did Medeiros ever make a sequel with Kevin?)
There did come a point were I groaned with frustration, how many times can a couple be interrupted when they keep waiting so long to get together?
I couldn't help thinking "oh shit" when Lucy's father kills Gerard's man sent over to negotiate a deal. Gerard has to retaliate, even Kevin steps in front of him but to no avail, but then when Gerard kicks the door down to get to Lucy I found myself holding my breath because maybe just maybe this could be a good thing and finally something can be resolved between these two.
Now this was a story! The kind where you read the last page then sigh and sit there for a couple seconds digesting what you just read. The first part of the book had a lot of bittersweet poignancy for me and was terrific. The second part of the book did get a little long. I would have liked the courtroom scene to have come about earlier. However, even with this small complaint, this is a book you experience and savor not just read, toss away, and forget. Can you say Keeper?

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Abby Donovan is a down-on-her-luck author with a severe case of writer's block. The pressure of repeating the success of her debut novel is simply overwhelming. She's almost certain the author she once was - an Oprah Book Club pick and Pulitzer Prize nominee - is gone forever. Lonely and defeated, Abby finds hope and inspiration in an unlikely place. Twitter. There she meets Mark Baynard, a charming and funny professor on sabbatical who spends his time traveling around Europe.

Abby and Mark show more form an instant connection, and they engage in an online love affair over a few months. Mark becomes the muse Abby needs to write again. But when she discovers that Mark has not been entirely truthful with her, Abby feels like yet another person in her life has betrayed her. Can she accept his reason for the deception and find forgiveness in her heart when she realizes just how important Mark has become to her?

I am a longtime fan of Teresa Medeiros' historical romances, and when I heard about this book I was curious to see her take on a contemporary love story. Goodnight Tweetheart exceeded my expectations! With such a whimsical cover I did not expect the emotional depth of this story. I think I read the last third of the book with a lump in my throat! My heart went out to both characters, two lost and lonely individuals who find each other by chance on Twitter. Most of the story is cleverly told through the "tweets" between Mark and Abby. The story begins with Mark helping Abby, a "Twitter virgin," figure out the ins and outs of tweeting. Their messages are full of fun pop culture references to Lost, Glee and many others.

Abby soon finds a kindred soul in Mark, and she begins sharing the scary parts of her life, like her unstable writing career and losing her father. Mark opens up about dark parts of his past as well. Abby and Mark were such multi-dimentional and compelling characters who were so well suited for each other. A little geeky. Somewhat flawed. Quite a bit lonely. I loved them both! As the story progresses, we learn that Mark is not all that that he seems. I admit that I was begging Abby to forgive him! Goonight Tweetheart is an engrossing story complete with an emotional ending.

Goodnight Tweetheart is a witty and touching modern day love story. I highly recommend it to fans of contemporary romance and women's fiction. Be prepared to laugh and love with Mark and Abby, but be sure to have the tissues ready too. show less