Ginna Gray

I hate not finishing books, and since I usually enjoy Ginna Gray's novels---in spite of all the dated velvet pantsuits, glass-and-chrome coffee tables, and mullets---I'm especially disappointed not to be able to finish this one. But neither the romance nor the mystery are all that compelling, and rather than wait for the heartless heroine to stop abusing her man and/or be responsible about the threats on her life, I decided to put her story down and move on to the next in the series.

3.5 STARS

I generally loathe single parent romances, but before donating this one, I was pulled in a few nights ago by the blurb. A mother who had to give her son up for adoption is now a widow and has moved back to the town where her son lives, hoping to befriend the father and casually see the son around town sometimes without him finding out who she is. She's also a successful dress shop owner who has plenty of money.

This one kept me glued - I really dug the father. He was passionate, show more sweet, but manly and vulnerable at the same time. Hard to pull off the combo without overbalancing. The protagonist was sweet and emotional (of course, considering all that was afloat), and I lOVED the 14 year old son. He was not gooey or melodramatic or overdone. He had a chip on his shoulder but came out awesome at the end.

There are no twists in here besides waiting for the male protagonist to find out the BIG secret. He reacts.. poorly (as you can imagine) A good way to spend an evening, the scenes where she almost tells him left me on the edge of my seat. show less

You know that you're in the 21st century when you read a real, printed book and just stopped yourself from tapping at words to look them up... Yupp, after 45 ebooks so far this year, this just happened to me. Real books: lacking a god GUI, font is not changeable, but at least it smells good. Got this book cheap, used and lucked out in getting a copy that looked like new, an easily removed sticker from the shop showing that it was not (given back unread? stock from a closed shop? I will never show more know).

Skimming a few reviews despite a fear of spoilers, I guess I already know who the Killer is and that is at least one star this book will not get, if it proves right (and the reviews point in that direction).

Past the 30% that I set myself as the point where can last I abandon a book, I will try to finish it, but it drags, more personal stuff, than suspense and murder. What I would really like is if the killer turns out to be someone different from my guess, or one of the main persons, like the female detective, gets killed - yeah, like that will happen. A real major twist could save it, but so far I am nearly into FF-mode, will soon start only skimming the pages. Never felt so much the urge to read the ending.
This could get 2 stars although I have trouble justifying the second star at this point in the book.
Too much family, too much thinking of the main characters about romance and partnership. If at least one of the characters where gay, or a real pervert or something else interesting.

No twists, everything as expected from the beginning, 1 additional star as I wonder how a book with a redheaded detective chasing a serial killer can be as dull. Oh, wait, she is not really chasing the killer, more like she stumbles into him, as she has more family live and dull romances and nearly no sex (one boring plain sex-scene). Not at all realistic. She would have been better of taking the offered job at the FBI and doing real work. If you want to read a good romance-suspense book look elsewhere, no suspense here to be found. Should have abandoned it. Recommendation: the early romance books by [a:Tess Gerritsen|18149|Tess Gerritsen|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1232921887p2/18149.jpg]. Maybe it is too long ago I read them, but still, they cannot be as bad as this one.

Recommended if you have trouble going to sleep... show less

The Prodigal Daughter by by Ginna Gray
Great read about a woman, who's an model world wide and returns home from a call from her mother that her father's treatment was no longer working and he was dying.
She arrives home from a Greee shoot and has not been told the truth. He is dying but he didn't wnat the daughter to return home.
Magge finds out a lot of things have changed in the family business and with her degrees she hopes to change things do the company stays open.
Love learning of the show more peach industry and everything that is involved.
She remembers why she had left in the first place and that still leaves a hole in her heart. Her also sees her sisters body and harm that her spouse has inflicted on her.
She's dismayed by the upheaval of people that no longer work at the company.
Jacob her father tries to fight with her but she keeps her head....
His sister Nan is there to help him see their side of what really happened and had gotten her into modeling.
Nan has also helped Maggie with business information as well over the years.
Love how she investigates what's happening to the company and who she goes to, to justify it all.
Someone is sabotaging the company and things come to a head Thanksgiving day when she's told a great secret.
awesome read, never saw this ending as it did.
I receSived this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). show less