Stepping Stone
by Karin Kallmaker
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Author: Karin KallmakerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-12-22
ISBN: 1594931607
Number of pages: 243
Publisher: Bella Books
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Book Review: and now, for Something Different
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished Stepping Stone by Karin Kallmaker. It's very good as you would expect from her, but it is a little unusual. Most Karin Kallmaker books are straight romance with growth or conflict which plays out during the plot.
I'm not sure what to say about this one. There are elements of angst and depression and pathos and fear. The protagonist meets the love interest at about the same time as a former lover re-enters her life. There is a subplot where the reader is kept in suspense about whether the protagoinst will be able to resist the charms of the former lover, and allow romance to develop with the love interest.
Ms Kallmaker occasionally likes to express the character's confusion or uncertainty by making a scene sketchy or incomplete enough to make the reader feel equally uncertain as to exactly what is going on. It sometimes takes me two or three readings to be certain what has happened. The break-up with the former lover is described in dribbles and pieces and you come away without a complete picture of exactly what happened.
Nevertheless the book is readable, delightful and romantic. As all her books are. It does not have the straight forward drama of Warming Trend, it is much less direct and more convoluted. But it's still gripping, I devoured it in about four hours this afternoon. Everything comes out OK, and everybody lives happily ever after, but how they get there is less direct than with some of her plots. I still loved it.
Summary of Stepping Stone
Motion picture producer Selena Ryan has the impossible: Fame and fortune and her integrity. Her reputation for playing fair in an industry rife with games has earned her respect from other producers, writers, and actors.She's learned the lesson that plenty of people would like to use her to get what they want--a starring role or some other way into the movies. Most of them feel no obligation to return any favors she might give. Burned badly by actress Jennifer Lamont, who used her and left her with a devastating aftermath, she's wary of everyone related to the industry.
Surrounded by gatekeepers to keep the hopeful at bay, aspiring starlets have tried every trick in the book to make Selena's acquaintance. When Gail Welles literally lands in Selena's lap, she suspects another ploy. Jennifer's sudden announcement that Selena is still her one-and-only is equally ill-timed and suspect. Selena wants everyone to leave her alone, even if that means living without love.
Lights, camera and action are the backdrop for this novel of taking chances by Golden Crown and Lambda Literary award-winning author Karin Kallmaker.
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