Paradise County - Softcover

Robards, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671786466 ISBN 13: 9780671786465

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2001

Synopsis

Returning to her family's horse farm, Whistledown, after the death of her father, photographer Alexandra Haywood becomes worried when her teenage sister Neily falls for the son of a struggling neighbor, which in turns leads Alex to fall for the young man's father, Joe Welch, but their growing relationship is threatened by a shocking murder with ties to the past. Reprint.

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Review:

Setting: Contemporary Kentucky

Sensuality: 8

Grief-stricken at her father's suicide and struggling to cope with the collapse of the family businesses, photographer Alexandra Haywood travels to her family's thoroughbred horse farm in Paradise County, Kentucky. She cannot understand why her father would take his life, and her journey to Whistledown Farm is driven by her need for answers as well as the need to sell the farm. Sparks fly when she encounters farm manager Joe Welch, and Alexandra is yanked from the cold lethargy of grief that has gripped her emotions since her father's death. She doesn't want to be attracted to the handsome, difficult man but her hormones refuse to cooperate. Joe doesn't want to crave the gorgeous blond who intends to sell the farm and destroy his dreams, but he, too, has no choice.

The two have bigger problems, however, when a crazed killer whose heinous crimes have gone undetected in Paradise County for many years targets Alexandra. Before Joe can save her, his own son and her young sister may also fall victim to the madman. Robards expertly balances an intensely sensual love story with a truly chilling suspense plot set against a colorful Southern backdrop. Paradise County will have readers on the edge of their seats until the final page. --Lois Faye Dyer

About the Author:

Karen Robards is the author of thirty-four novels and one novella.  A regular on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, among others, she is the mother of three boys, ages 12, 17, and 23, and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0671786466
• ISBN 13: 9780671786465
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 464