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"Superb relationship drama"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 7, 2002
With her record, Cleo Alyssum knows she needs to remain
perfectly clean if she is to regain custody of her seven-
year-old son Matty. Thus, she finds contentment and
isolation from her past on a secluded South Carolina island
until renowned cartoonist Jared McCloud of Scapegrace fame
arrives asking to Read more...
"This one will stay with you long after you read the last page!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 22, 2002
I have been a long time fan of Patricia Rice and
her books. This book is one of the reasons why I
consistently read and enjoy her books. I laughed, I cried
and in the end I got goose bumps!
Cleo Alyssium isn't like any character I've ever
read before. Read more...
"Romantic, involving novel with memorable characters"
Reviewed by Doris Losey
Posted April 13, 2002
When Jared McCloud, a cartoonist, rents a beach cottage in
South Carolina, he is only interested in finishing his
screenplay but his immediate attraction to green-eyed,
prickly landlady, Cleo Alyssum, threatens to interfere
with his self-imposed exile. Despite all his charming
efforts, Cleo, an ex-con and ex-addict, is Read more...
SummaryCelebrated cartoonist Jared McCloud is plumb out of laughs.
To unblock his creative juices, he rents a secluded beach
house-and ends up falling into the Looking Glass world of
Cleo Alyssum.
Cleo isn't exactly a recluse, though living on an island
and scaring away trespassers aren't the actions of a social
butterfly. Cleo simply has more important things to do than
to waste time with the artistic, bullheaded hunk living in
her guest house. Yet somehow Jared and his devilish charm
inch their way into her life, reaching the warm places her
cold exterior cleverly hides. Will Cleo open her heart to
a man who falls short of her expectations?
After all, it wasn't her intention to fall for someone who
is almost perfect. . .
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