"A humorous contemporary romance"
Insurance workaholic Claire Brown hopes the vacation
with her fiancé Bryan Edwards in Aspen helps bring them
together and end their drifting apart. That is why she
spent the money on first class tickets from Seattle for his
birthday, but at the gate Claire learns her travel agency
canceled her ticket. After obtaining a last second economy
ticket, Claire suffers through a horrendous flight due to
the unchaperoned three-year-old aisle mate. However,
Claire receives the ultimate kick in the pants when she
finds Bryan comfortably snug in their room at the lodge
with another woman. Rather than leave for the coast, an angry, abashed
Claire demands a room and lodge owner John McBride
reluctantly complies. John loathes the type of career
woman Claire is and detests her uncouth actions towards
Bryan and his new woman yet he cannot stop his attraction
to her. As John and Claire fall in love over her nine days
in Colorado, danger finds her. Armed with a cell
phone and John, Claire hopes to avoid trouble long enough to
enjoy
her vacation. This novel is a humorous contemporary romance starring
two wonderful lead characters. The story line is superb
when it stays TRUE NORTH as a romantic romp. When the tale
veers west into suspense, the plot loses some of its
focus. Still Beverly Brandt provides readers with an
amusing look at love and the career woman that fans of
modern day tales will enjoy. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 18, 2001
SummaryRustic Colorado is hardly Claire Brown's idea of a primo
vacation spot, but the weeklong getaway at a romantic
mountain lodge promises to heal a rift with her
increasingly detached fiancé. Armed with her trusty laptop
and constantly ringing cell phone, Claire decides to give
this vacation thing a try. She can't help sensing, though,
that her fiancé might not be as committed to their
relationship as she is. The dead giveaway: he's brought
another woman along on their romantic holiday...
As proprietor of Hunter's Lodge, John McBride is duty-bound
to find suitable accommodations under his sold-out roof for
the cell phone addicted, just-jilted guest. As a red-
blooded man whose pet peeve is workaholic women, he's
determined to steer clear of the suddenly single dynamo
who's just checked in for the next nine days.
Unfortunately, the annoying, yet very alluring, Claire
has a way of popping up when he least expects it-and as
John soon discovers, so does true love...
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