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Efficient Amanda Calhoun finds easygoing Sloan O'Riley insufferable -- and irresistible. As she finalizes all the arrangements for her sister C.C.'s storybook wedding to hotel magnate Trenton St. James, and plans for the day she assumes command of The Towers Retreat, her family is racing to... read more
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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
Amanda Calhoun had always been the sensible one, forever struggling to keep her, well...eccentric family out of trouble. And the instant she laid eyes on architect Sloan O'Riley, she knew he was trouble. So this arrogant, insufferable Harvard-educated cowboy thought... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Amanda Kelly Calhoun: Heroine; works in the hotel business. Crazily organised; makes lists for everything. Is helping to plan her sister's wedding.
- Sloan O'Reilly: Easygoing, fun loving, hard headed. Architect for the Towers project. Went to Harvard with Trent
- Catherine 'C.C.' Calhoun: Youngest of the Calhoun sisters. A mechanic. Married to Trent
- Trent St. James III: Married to C.C. In the hotel business. Is building a branch of St James hotels in the Towers
- Suzanna Calhoun Dumont: Eldest of the Calhoun sisters. Divorced from Baxter Dumont. Had two children by him. Runs her own gardening company
- Alex Dumont: Suzanna's son
- Jenny Dumont: Suzanna's daughter
- Lilah Calhoun: One of the Calhoun sisters. Really lazy - loves taking nap and sitting down. Naturalist.
- Aunt Coco: Aunt to Suzanna, Lilah, Amanda and C.C. - brought up the girls when their parents died. Wonderful cook. Always conducting seances and reading tea leaves to see what lies in the future for her girls
- William Livingstone: British businessman, staying at the BayWatch Hotel. Enamoured of Amanda
- Mr Stenerson: Manager at the BayWatch Hotel
- Karen: Amanda's co-worker at the hotel
First Sentence edit
In the afternoon, I walked to the cliffs.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1-10
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 5 in The Calhoun Women. (standard series)
Preceded by Courting Catherine, and followed by For the Love of Lilah.
This book is in Harlequin Horizon. (community list)
This is book 649 of 1619 in Silhouette Desire. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nora Roberts (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Silhouette
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0373056494
Page Count: 189
Publisher: Silhouette
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0373056494
Page Count: 189
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roberts, Nora
- Books › Romance › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction
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