As readers now
by now, the younger two Chandler brothers have met their match and are happily married.
And finally, their elder brother, Chase Chandler, who’d practically brought them up
after their father’s demise, is now completely free to lead his own life. In his
personal life, Chase wants to remain footloose and fancy-free, while professionally this
newspaperman longs to break out of small-town coverage and get into the nationals, which
is why he’s come to DC to cover Senator Carlisle’s bid for vice-president. And
on his very first night out there, this hardcore bachelor meets a sexy redhead who rocks
his world. Sloane Carlisle, Senator Carlisle’s ever-so proper daughter, is the sexy
redhead in question. She’s just had some devastating news and this woman in pain
behaves completely out of character that night with Chase, knowing that she’ll
probably never see him again.
But that doesn’t prove to be the case! On a quest for truth,
Sloane goes to the Chandlers’ hometown of Yorkshire Falls and before you know it,
she’s running away from an exploding house, straight into Chase’s arms! Now
Chase is a man who knows when a secret is being is kept from him and no woman has
intrigued him as much as his lady of the night has. So, he decides to stick close to her,
even as he wonders about Sloane’s obsession to the find the town’s most
eccentric and anti-social resident, Samson. Meanwhile Raina, the Chandler matriarch, is
delighted to find her eldest son enamored with this beautiful woman and she hopes to hear
wedding bells again! Chase is definitely interested in Sloane, but is it just journalist
fervor or has this ‘heartbreaker’ finally bowed before Cupid? Sloane is also
falling for Chase, but she’s a woman on a mission and she won’t be
deterred….or will she?
This last book in the Chandler trilogy by Carly Phillips, has a lot
more emotionality to it, than the previous two books. And in nature too, it is a bit more
serious than the other books. This is mainly because of the temperament of this particular
story. Chase was always the most serious and responsible one among the Chandler brothers,
and naturally, Ms. Phillips has created an equally strong and determined woman for him.
They’re both people with deep feelings and wary of getting hurt. Naturally, they
don’t open up to each other and this creates some misunderstandings and problems for
them. And this is despite the fact that they fairly make the pages sizzle with their
passion. Character development is deeper in this book and the story has a poignancy to it
that is impressive. Plot twists, danger and misunderstanding add spice to this story and
make it even more interesting. This story is a most satisfactory conclusion to this
exciting trilogy and makes for a very enjoyable read!
Reviewed By Rashmi Srinivas for The Road to Romance
July 18. 2003 |
