Here Comes Trouble

by Donna Kauffman

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758231334
• ISBN13: 9780758231338
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Brava
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Rich dialog, warm and embracing on a cold winter day

I really enjoyed this Donna Kauffman book. Donna's characters are well drawn and likable. In these tough economic times, I sympathize with someone trying to start their life on a new path and taking the enormous risk associated with starting a new business. Despite how hard one tries, there are always elements out of our control. So I had a lot of sympathy for the heroine from the very first page, along with some chuckles for Donna's trademark wit. That the heroine is on the cusp of leaving her youth behind rings true for many. It is a time many of us look back at where we have been and think about what we want out of our future. This book gives us a glimpse of what can happen after we make one of those life-changing decisions, as scary and exciting as they are. Then comes along a handsome, endearing, younger guy on his own quest to leave behind his past and build a new future. And the magic begins. I think I liked this book in part because of the rich dialog exploring all those discussions we have in our heads. That you get to hear both sides of the internal dialogs (heroine's & hero's), in addition to the external dialog, is something that appeals to me. This is a story as much about the hero as the heroine. I think Donna is unique in how fully and richly she draws male characters, particularly the heroes. Ultimately, each character's emotions are tested and issues are resolved, but this book is first and foremost a romance. And it is one that left me smiling and happy. It was warm and embracing on a cold winter day.

Fun and funny romance!

Ms. Kauffman delivers with another fun read...this time about a self-labeled "middle-aged" heroine and a hot, hot younger man. What's great about this story is the development of two very likeable characters. Where another reviewer criticized the length of their thoughts, ponderings and conversations, I thought it added insight to Kirby and Brett. Neither one has had a simple life and they have to work out their mutual attraction within those confines...messy baggage,kitten and all! In additon to the sizzle, there is some intrigue/sabotage and the author ties it all with silly scenarios that made me laugh out loud. Now, this is the way I want to be entertained when I read non-work related books! You won't be sorry with this book...I wasnt'!

Sweet romance for independant personalities

I loved this book. Independent characters that aren't afraid of risking anything aside from their hearts. I loved that it was easy for Kirby to open a bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere but it was extremely difficult to give in to her attraction to Brett. I enjoyed the insight into what the characters were thinking and why they made their decisions cause frankly without the inner voice information I would not have understood a few of the choices. I enjoyed the moderate pacing of the book, the emphasis on character development, and of course the grand gesture, fabulous happily ever after ending. The fantastic setting was described so vividly that I ended the book wanting to go find a bed and breakfast in Vermont to stay at and see if I could stumble across my Brett! An extremely fun read.

fun contemporary romance

If anyone told Kirby Farrell that global warming is a hoax she would tell them to visit her bed and breakfast ski lodge in Vermont as the weather outside is tropical for winter in New England. She fears if it does not snow soon she will go out of business. Brett Hennessey grew up in Las Vegas where he has become a poker superstar. Fleeing some trouble, he bikes across the country finally stopping for R & R at Kirby's rustic B & B. The innkeeper and the cyclist are immediately attracted to one another forgetting their woes as she thinks she is fortunate with her new guest and he believes Lady Luck has given him a royal flush. That is until his past arrives in Vermont to call him out and he has doubts after a recently failed relationship and her being older than her card playing biker. A bit over the top of the Green Mountains, Here Comes trouble is a fun contemporary romance. Kirby and Brett are a likable pair as he is a charming rogue and she is a hesitant damsel. Their debates over age, life, and love make for a humorous frolic with late suspense. Harriet Klausner