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Red Lily (In the Garden) (In the Garden) by Nora Roberts
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Nora Roberts Reader: Susie Breck Edition: Audio Cassette Format: Audiobook, Unabridged Published: 2005-11-29 ISBN: 1593556195 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Book Reviews of Red Lily (In the Garden) (In the Garden)Book Review: "The Climatic Conclusion" Summary: 5 StarsI love N.R's Trilogies. This is one of my favorite. I OVER LOVE the Three Sister's Island trilogy, my most favorite of all.
I notice others who commented on this trilogy about the "slow pace" of the other 2 books to this series and totally disagree.
I believe a trilogy is all about scooping you up in the first book and gliding you along and giving you the history and beginnings of the storyline. As you come to the end of the first book, I am enthralled and begin the 2nd book where I am swept futher into the story and become engrossed to the point of "nothing else in my life is going to get attention till I get to the end of this trilogy."
As you become attached to book 2, you MUST have book 3 and become one and the same with the characters till you own them as your own.
This conclusion to the "in the garden" series escalated to a climax totally NOT where you think it would go as far as the Harper Bride is concerned.
Hayley, Lily and Harper become the unit you saw happenning in book 1 to the extent that you couldn't possibly see it any other way.
I won't bore you with the storylines, as you can read excerpts from others and the front of the book gives you a hint.
I would suggest that you have all 3 books to sit and read at once.
In this one, we continue with a ghost haunting... it takes the lives/loves of three fabulous couples to find the answers to Who? What? Where? When? and How? Kinda like a mystery within a romance.
I am not big into mysteries, cuz I am a romantic at heart, so the mystery does not overshadow the romanace and gives a little intrigue.... I DID enjoy this haunting.
You started with Stella in Book 1 "Blue Dahlia", widow and mother of two boys, who finds Logan; and then on with Roz and Mitch, "Black Rose", 40's, three grown boys and the 'matriarch' in this storyline. No, not the mother but the one who brings the 3 women together in her fabulous home and creates a sisterhood/family throughout this trilogy.
The intensity of the storyline continues and the lives blend further. It's a "can't put this down" book.
The storyline will end with Hayley, young pregnant and brave, who struggles with herself before she falls for Harper.
I absolutely LOVED David in here as well, and wish there had been a storyline for him that ended in a romance as well.
This is not the first time I have read this trilogy. I keep and reread these stories every few years. I never want to put the books down.
Great read, but plan for a full week of reading if you have all 3 books in this trilogy.
Summary of Red Lily (In the Garden) (In the Garden)A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night...
Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. She wasn't looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery. What she found was a home surrounded by beauty and the best friends she's ever had - including Roz's son Harper. To Hayley's delight, her new daughter Lily has really taken to him. To Hayley's chagrin, she has begun to dream about Harper - as much more than a friend...
If Hayley gives in to her desire, she's afraid the foundation she's built with Harper will come tumbling down. Especially since she's begun to suspect that her feelings are no longer completely her own. Flashes of the past and erratic behavior make Hayley believe that the Harper Bride has found a way inside of her mind and body. It's time to put the Bride to rest once and for all, so Hayley can know her own heart again - and whether she's willing to risk it...
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