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Jove, May 2002, 7.99, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0515133418
Widower Nick Harte has asked out gallery owner Octavia Brightwell six times in the five weeks since he met her when she hosted the successful showing of his sister's work (see DAWN IN ECLIPSE BAY), but she keeps saying no. Even his six-year-old son admonishes Nick to stop harassing Octavia.
Though frustrated, Nick refuses to give up and finally convinces Octavia to go to dinner with him. The duo finds that initial magnetic pull at the show remains a powerful attraction, but both fear anything beyond a casual summer fling. His now deceased wife burned him. Octavia has a secret involving the infamous Harte-Madison feud that finally love finally ended. Octavia is the niece of the woman who caused the spat. She came to Eclipse Bay to make things right, but she knows the families have no need of her. As her time here draws to an end, Octavia realizes her heart will always remain in this Portland, Oregon suburb.
SUMMER IN ECLIPSE BAY is a warm ending to Jayne Ann Krentz's delightful trilogy. The story line centers on the post-feud relationship between two lead characters fearing deep commitment. That premise is well written and imbedded in the plot, but also leaves the reader to wonder why Nick kept calling almost to the point of telephonic stalking. Though not quite a powerhouse as its two predecessors, fans of the series, the author, or deep emotional contemporary romances will gain much pleasure from this pleasing finale.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"Writer Nick "Hardhearted" Harte came back to Eclipse Bay in the hopes of luring gallery owner Octavia Brightwell on a date...and hopefully into his bed. But Octavia keeps turning him down, his son is pestering him about it, and his grandfather is butting in. Then Octavia discovers a rare and undocumented painting...and it's stolen from her gallery. Octavia asks Nick to look into the theft and he agrees to it. And he keeps seeing her, though the urge is to break his own habit of leaving before dawn, and despite the fact that Octavia insists that she's selling her business and moving out of town."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- loving someone from historic enemy
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- loving persuasion
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- investigating theft/fraud
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- working at a business
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Who seduces whom?
- man seducing woman
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
- writer
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
- sly seducer
Sex makes him
- more bitchy/arrogant
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- mature
- sensitive
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- less bitchy/arrogant
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Water?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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