Journal Entry 1 by Annadlx from Wiesbaden, Hessen Germany on Saturday, March 10, 2007

In this latest installment in Phillips's romance series starring the Chicago Stars football players (This Heart of Mine; Nobody's Baby but Mine), the bestselling novelist delivers a love story wrought with delicious sexual tension and charged banter. When debonair starting quarterback Dean Robillard, on a soul-searching road trip after a serious shoulder injury, happens across Blue Bailey, walking alongside the road wearing a beaver costume, he stops to help her. Blue is far from a Barbie-esque football groupie, but broke and stranded, she needs both a ride and a job, and the football all-star (driving a sexy Aston Martin) poses an interesting opportunity. As the two travel from Colorado to Dean's new farmhouse in east Tennessee, Blue resists his advances, and both athlete and vagabond struggle with deeply rooted trust and familial issues that are soon exacerbated by the unexpected presence of Dean's mother at the farm. While the verbal sparring in this textbook case of opposites attracting feels stagy at first, the rough edges come together in an alluring way.

Alrighty, this book will travel around Europe for a while.

Please journal the book on arrival, when finished reading and when mailing it to the next stop.
I'm a friend of both kinds of rating. Stars and verbal journals are welcome and wished.
Please don't keep the book longer than a month or two at the most. There's nothing more disappointing than a stalled ring.

The mailing order might change due to mailing preferences.

1. penelopewanders
2. joasik (wanted to be skipped)
3. trinibell
4. Lluthiel (last in order)

last. Back to me 

Journal Entry 2 by Annadlx from Wiesbaden, Hessen Germany on Tuesday, April 03, 2007

full points for this one. It pulled me in right from the beginning and it didn't lessen. I liked the characters. They are very charismatic, likable and funny to a point that they had me laughing out loud while working out on a crosstrainer in my fitnessclub. Everybody must have thought me crazy. It has really hilarious passages in it as well as deeply dramatic ones. I liked this book really much.

Lets see if I find some more for this great piece of entertainment. 

Journal Entry 3 by Annadlx at per Post / via mail in -- Per Post/Persönliche Weitergabe--, Hessen Germany on Monday, May 21, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (5/22/2007 UTC) at per Post / via mail in -- Per Post/Persönliche Weitergabe--, Hessen Germany

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This one wasn't requested, but you asked for some choices of this authour. I hope you'll enjoy it, Sonia.

travelling in my first M-Bag to Switzerland. I wish a save journey. Please N-Joy. :) 

Journal Entry 4 by penelopewanders from Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Tuesday, June 05, 2007

I was indeed hoping to read this one, and am happy to be included in the ring. I have another ring ahead of the three books which arrived in this terrific M-bag -first things first. And oh yes, I do have to work sometimes too? Thanks so much for sending this.
 

Journal Entry 5 by penelopewanders from Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Monday, July 09, 2007

So yesterday I had a double-feature: first I read Match Me if you Can which I had on my TBR, then I read this ring. What fun! (Today I'm reading something historical for a change of pace).
I very much enjoyed this, and here we had yet another encounter by the side of the road - a pattern SEP uses a lot. But ok, once she got away from the beaver suit, the main characters were great and the whole story very entertaining. Thanks so much for this ring! Waiting for confirmation on Joasik's address (the one I have is pretty old, hoping it's the same)
UPDATE
Joasik asks to be skipped, now I'll PM trinibell... 

Journal Entry 6 by penelopewanders at BookRing in controlled release, .---controlled release---. Switzerland on Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (7/10/2007 UTC) at BookRing in controlled release, .---controlled release---. Switzerland

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So, this one is now off to Trinibell. Enjoy! Thanks for the ring... 

Journal Entry 7 by Trinibell from Calw, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Friday, July 20, 2007

oopps, I almost forgot the journal entry.
The book arrived duely a few days ago and as my Mt TBR is quite small, i'll probably start reading it soon. 

Journal Entry 8 by Trinibell from Calw, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Saturday, August 18, 2007

It''s my third book from SEP, and I really enjoyed reading it.
Just the thing to read, snuggled up in bed after demanding day.
:-D

The book is now on it''s way to Lluthiel in France.


 

Journal Entry 9 by Lluthiel from Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Sunday, August 26, 2007

Thanks ! Will read it asap. 

Journal Entry 10 by Lluthiel from Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Wednesday, October 10, 2007

I read it in 3 days :-) It reminds me of "Heaven, Texas" : the big star going on a solitary trip and finally ending in a small American town. Maybe I was waiting too much of Dean Robillard's story (like for "Heaven, Texas") but I feel as he is another character than in previous novels... Even though I enjoyed it as always with SEP's books. She always manages to hook me from the first pages even with a bizarre or impossible plot. But I think it's not the best novel of the series.

I found that some scenes were weak, Blue's character and especially her past and her relationship with her mother could have been more detailed. There is something lacking that prevents me to give it full points. Nevertheless, I laughed and cried all through the book :-)

All in all, I liked it and will buy the paperback to complete my collection ;-)

Thanks Anna for allowing us to read it ! 

Journal Entry 11 by Annadlx from Wiesbaden, Hessen Germany on Thursday, October 25, 2007

it's home again. Thank you all for participating in my ring. :) there's nothing better than sharing a well liked book. 

Journal Entry 12 by Annadlx from Wiesbaden, Hessen Germany on Monday, September 01, 2008

reserved for Booklover-IGB 

Journal Entry 13 by Annadlx at by mail, A book trade -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (9/3/2008 UTC) at by mail, A book trade -- Controlled Releases

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save journey 

Journal Entry 14 by Booklover-IGB from Sankt Ingbert, Saarland Germany on Friday, September 05, 2008

Friends of mine love SEP and so I was curious to read one of her books.

Thanks for sending it! 

Journal Entry 15 by Booklover-IGB from Sankt Ingbert, Saarland Germany on Sunday, May 03, 2009

Journal Entry 16 by Booklover-IGB at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Saarland Germany on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (8/13/2009 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Saarland Germany

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This book goes out as a RABCK to Tiamat-muc. I hope she'll enjoy it. 

Journal Entry 17 by Tiamat-muc from München, Bayern Germany on Friday, August 14, 2009

Und sogar noch ein RaBCk für mich selbst - auch hier: ganz vielen lieben Dank!!! Die Größe der Kiste schockt übrigens nur meinen Freund - ich freue mich über Bücher eigentlich immer. Auch wenn ich irgendwann daran verzweifle - aber NIE beim ersten Kontakt (c: