Breathing Room

Breathing Room
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Breathing Room
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Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-29
ISBN: 0061032093
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Avon

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Book Review: Pleasantly Surprised...
Summary: 5 Stars

Unlike many of the other reviewers, I'm really not a SEP fan at ALL. I've read a few of her other books, and I was pretty unimpressed (although to the last one, they are really funny with great dialogue. Just not that interesting). I wasn't expecting much from this one either, but I had a long plane ride the next day so I bought it the night before. I was so pleasantly surprised. I had to force myself to put it down so I had enough to read on the plane! The reason I'm not a SEP fan is because I usually find her main characters either unlikable, unrelatable or unrealistic. Conversely, I thought the hero and heroine in this one were really refreshing and a little different from the run of the mill romance book staples. I really cared about Isabel's character and liked watching her journey towards accepting a little disorder. I also liked that both of them were at a point in their lives when they were doing a little introspection. Loved the subplot with Tracy and the kids. Wasn't too fond of the villager "mystery" subplot but it didn't detract too much and gave the main characters an excuse to spend time together. Also, SEP definitely has a way with writing and Ren practically sizzled off the page. After I read this, I gave SEP another chance with a vengeance but sadly, this remained the only one I really liked. Very good read and would suggest it to people who Aren't SEP fans because I think its different from her normal (which may be why I like it) but keeps her trade mark humor and excellent writing style.

Summary of Breathing Room

Join the New York Times bestselling author on a journey to the sun-washed hills of Tuscany. Another sexy, wonderful, contemporary love story with all the heart, wisdom, and wit that have made Susan Elizabeth Phillips the gold standard for women's fiction.

She's Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self-help.
He's Ren Gage, Hollywood's favorite villain.
Sometimes you just know that God has a sense of humor.

Dr. Isabel Favor, author of Four Cornerstones for a Favorable Life, has sacrificed everything to build her self-help empire. Then, in a matter of weeks, it all comes crashing down. She loses her money to an unscrupulous accountant, her fiancé to a frumpy older woman, and her reputation to headlines denouncing her as a fraud. America's diva of self-help soon discovers she can fix everyone's life but her own. Broke, heartsick, and soul-weary, she heads for Italy in search of a little breathing room.

Lorenzo Gage makes his living killing people... on the silver screen, that is. He's viciously handsome and sublimely talented. But as he begins his vacation in Italy, he's also vaguely dissatisfied. Being a villain with a face to die for has its rewards, but he hates the feeling that everything he's neglected in life is catching up with him. Then he spots Isabel sipping a glass of wine in a sidewalk café. A good guy wouldn't think of seducing such a tidy-looking woman... but he'd never seen the fun in playing the hero.

It doesn't take long for Isabel to realize she's escaped one kind of chaos only to be plunged into another. Even the shelter of a simple stone farmhouse nestled in a Tuscan olive grove can't provide her with the refuge she needs?not when the townspeople are scheming to drive her away, and her plan to restore her reputation has come up empty. And especially not when the man who deceived her refuses to leave her in peace.

Breathing Room is a book for any woman who's dreamed of wandering through a vineyard, of lazing under the Tuscan sky, or of reforming a deliciously wicked man. This is a story of hope and renewal, of love and redemption when it's needed the most. Sometimes it takes a special place... a special love... a little breathing room... for life to deliver all its glorious promise.

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