True Love – Book Review
Are you ready to curl up with a delicious novel this spring? If so, I’d like to introduce you to True Love by New York Times best-selling novelist Jude Deveraux. True Love is the first book in her new series, The Nantucket Bride trilogy.
If you are already a fan of Jude Deveraux, you’ll be delighted to learn that True Love connects to Jude’s previous books by introducing characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts, the beloved family from Deveraux’s classic novels.
And – if you are new to this author but love romance interlaced with elements of mystery, family secrets, and supernatural elements – you will want to add this book to your reading list!
Here is a synopsis of the plot:
Just as Alix Madsen is finishing up architectural school, Adelaide Kingsley dies and wills her, for one year, the use of a charming nineteenth-century Nantucket house. The elderly woman’s relationship to the Madsen family is a mystery to the spirited Alix—fresh from a romantic breakup—but for reasons of her own Alix accepts the quirky bequest, in part because it gives her time to plan her best friend’s storybook wedding.
But unseen forces move behind the scenes, creaking Kingsley House’s ancient floorboards. It seems that Adelaide Kingsley had a rather specific task for Alix: to solve the strange disappearance of one of the Kingsley women, Valentina, more than two hundred years ago. If that wasn’t troubling enough, Alix must deal with the arrogant (and extremely good-looking) architect Jared Montgomery, who is living in the property’s guesthouse.
Unbeknown to Alix, Jared has been charged with looking after her while she lives on the island—an easy task for him, considering the undeniable chemistry between the two. But Jared harbors secrets of his own, which, if revealed, may drive a wedge between the pair.
With a glorious Nantucket wedding on the horizon, sparks fly, and the ghosts of the past begin to reveal themselves—some of them literally. Finding their lives inextricably entwined with the turbulent fortunes of their ancestors, Alix and Jared discover that only by righting the wrongs of the past can they hope to be together.
What I loved about this book is that there are surprises at every turn – starting with the Prologue – and that the story isn’t just a contemporary romance, but is a multi-layered mystery that takes us into the past as well.
True Love will be released in Paperback in May 2014. Keep reading for your chance to win 1 of 3 copies of the new Paperback edition from the publisher!
True Love – Book Trailer
About Jude Deveraux
Jude Deveraux is the author of forty-one New York Times bestsellers to date, including Moonlight in the Morning and A Knight in Shining Armor. There are more than sixty million copies of her books in print worldwide.
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True Love – Blog Tour
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True Love – Giveaway
Would you like to be one of the first to own a paperback copy of True Love by Jude Deveraux? To close Jude’s Book Tour, I’d like to offer three of our US readers the opportunity to a copy of her latest book!
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New to the author! Live in PA currently
Twitter: KentuckyGal
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She would be new to me.
I’ve been reading her books for years….FAN!
Twitter: RecentBooks
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Thanks for joining the Tour! =)
I enjoyed your review!
Twitter: CreateWithJoy1
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Thanks Melissa – so glad I could participate – can’t wait to see who our winners are!
Twitter: xbrookeb28x
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I’ve had some of Jude’s books on my TBR list for some time, I just haven’t had the chance to get any and read them yet. I would love to read this one, it sounds lovely!
Jude is a new to me author and this looks like a great book to read
Merry in NY
I am already a fan of this author and I’ve got a few of her books. I would love to add this to my collection! Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
I am a big fan of Jude’s. Thanks for having the giveaway.
She is one author I have yet to read. You are famous!! I’ve read YOU before I’ve read her!! How do you like that? 🙂 Thanks for the review! Have a great weekend!
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Oh Christine – way to make a gal blush and smile!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful week as well! 🙂
She is new to me but it sounds like something I would like to read.
She would be new to me. The book sounds good.
I am familiar with this author’s name. I haven’t read any of her books recently.