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Next Stop, Paradise Mass Market Paperback – Sept. 4 2001

by Sue Civil-Brown (Author)
3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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Samantha Bartlett has vowed never again to fall for a smooth-talking hunk. So it's hate at first sight when the lovelypolice officer meets Derek Diche, a TV exposjournalist she instantly decides is short on hard facts -- even if he is long on hard pecs. But then Samantha's appointed as Derek's town liaison, which means they're up-close and personal.A lot. And though she swears she'd never trust a man who specializes in Illusions, she begins to think maybe hiscool fapde is just an illusion, too...

Burned out on reporting warsand disasters, Derek arrives in Paradise Beach determined to debunk a mysterious phenomenon. After all, there is no real magic in the world, and he's going to prove it. Having sexy Samantha around to tease out of her seriousness is just more of the fun, at first. But as Derek begins to bring out the woman beneath her defenses, and she begins to show him it's safe to long for enchantment, he wonders: maybe love is the best magic of all.

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  1. Print length
    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Avon
  4. Publication date
    Sept. 4 2001
  5. Dimensions
    10.64 x 2.44 x 17.15 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0380811804
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0380811809
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The zany supporting characters from Civil-Brown's previous novels (Tempting Mr. Wright, etc.) are back with their crazy antics and off-the-wall humor in this breezy contemporary romance. Paradise Beach, Fla., is normally a sleepy town, so when Officer Samantha Bartlett receives a call claiming there are giant T. rex footprints on the beach, she expects to discover the remnants of a childish prank. Instead, she finds the DustBuster Brigade a group of older gentlemen who comb the coast with their DustBusters to keep the town tidy guarding some very large, deep and unusual tracks. Having heard the report on his aunt's police scanner, Derek Diche, the host of a well-known "mystery debunking" TV show, sets out to examine the tracks for himself, and he ends up butting heads with a fiery female officer. The next morning, a giant egg appears on the beach, and, to Sam's dismay, Derek calls in his camera crew. Although Sam's determined to dislike Derek for his poster-boy good looks and smooth-talking ways, she still can't help trying to convince him that miracles do exist. At times, the novel's plot complete with alien abductions, renegade FBI agents and unruly town folk may overwhelm the reader, but the romance between Derek and Sam will have fans believing in magic.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Sue Civil-Brown has been writing romantic stories since childhood. Now, having published two dozen books under the pen name Rachel Lee and won numerous awards, she is delighted to turn her attention to the light-hearted and humorous in love and life.

Sue lives with her own knight in shining armor on Florida's Gulf Coast, where the weather provides almost as much excitement as her dearly beloved, their children, and their Siberian husky.

Boredom, she says, is never a problem.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avon (Sept. 4 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0380811804
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0380811809
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 180 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.64 x 2.44 x 17.15 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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1.0 out of 5 stars Oh! Come On!
Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2002
Can a whole town be this stupid??? This book was boring, I did finish it, but it left me feeling nothing but relief that it was over. The characters had no depth and the plot was downright foolish. My first and last Sue Civil-Brown book.
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mirope
2.0 out of 5 stars All the pieces are there, but it just doesn't work
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2002
I've tried and tried to like Sue Civil-Brown, but she just doesn't do it for me. She knows all the elements that make for a great contemporary romance, but she just can't seem to make them work. Zany characters - check; fun plot - check; witty dialouge -check; sensual tension - check. The problem is that it all seems so forced. Take "Next Stop - Paradise." The lead characters are promising, but the heroine is poorly developed. She's a cop who used to work in some vague corporate job - that's about all we know. She thinks the hero is sleezy because he has a television career debunking supposed miracles and strange happenings. Last time I checked, it was promoting supposed miracles and strange happenings that was sleezy, not debunking them. There's no real chemistry between the leads, and the love scenes are very rote. Then there's the plot. A sea monster and/or a very large reptillian egg appear on a beach. Why do we care? It never makes any sense, isn't explained and is nothing but a device to bring people together. Way too much time is spent on the secondary characters - we learn more about the mayor's wardrobe than we do about the lead characters' feelings for one another. Civil-Brown is striving to write like Jennifer Crusie, but the result is more like romance road kill.
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apoem
3.0 out of 5 stars This is one of my favorite authors
Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2002
So I was very disspointed in this book. I expected more. Generally her books are funny, enjoyable, quirky and fun to read.
I would rate this book a high three or a very low four.
This book was quirky and there were some funny parts, but much of it was just too far beyond belief. The national guard comes out to guard and egg and start aiming their guns at themselves and everyone around them? Please... The egg glows and makes colors and noises and then when the great hatching begins, no one is there to witness it? I'm sure... It was just so far beyond belief it was hard to suspend belief and enjoy the book.
To top it off, I felt that the characters were not well developed. I would have liked to learn more about what made them tick.
What saved this book from being a two star book were the funny parts of the book. The mayor with his wild clothes and bunny slippers, the alien was a riot.
I would consider buying other books by this author before I bought this one. I think there are other books out there that are worth your money more than this one is.
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Jenn
4.0 out of 5 stars Could not stop laughing!!!!
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2001
This book was so funny, I simply couldn't put it down, and I couldn't stop laughing. The Caracters were interesting, and it was good to see old Paradise, FL favorites, like Miss Mary Todd and her Hole in the Seawall Gang, and the DustBuster Brigade, who discover seamontster footprints in the prologue. The hijinx only gets worse from there, as Miss Mary concocts all inds of ways to keep her nephew, a prefessional phenonenon debunker, and Officer Sam Barrett together. Sea monster eggs, alien abductions, the z-files, and Godzilla references abound as a local crisis turns into a circus with Sam, who desperately wants to be loved, and Derek, who desperately wants to believe in something, right in the center. Miss Mary Todd is, as usual, on the sidelines pulling strings. If you need to excercise your abs, and don't feel like doing sit-ups, I can guarantee that this one will have you feeling the burn, beginning to end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really funny romance!
Reviewed in Canada on October 30, 2001
I've been following this whole series of books about kooky people in a small beach town in Florida. All of them, including this one, are wonderful. Try out Paradise, and have a good laugh!
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Shamim Adam
3.0 out of 5 stars Very funny book but...
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2002
This is one book that I had mixed feelings over. On one hand, it is really a very funny book, but on the other hand, the lead characters were not very well-developed at all. I have not laughed aloud when reading romances for quite some time (maybe I'm reading all the wrong books) but this one had some really funny moments. From the mayor's rabbit slippers to the aliens who wore hockey gloves, the book kept me giggling away and laughing aloud. But the chemistry, or more appropriately non-chemistry, between the two lead characters prevents this book from being a keeper. The author did not say why the heroine did not like the hero, why the hero likes the heroine, and even what was it that made them get together and stay together. A pity that the characters were not well developed cos this book had so much potential to be a good contemporary.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2001
Sue Civil-Brown is one of my favorite authors. I really enjoy her books under Rachael Lee as well. Something was just missing in this book. I kept reading anticipating better things...but unfortunately it never materialized. I never felt close to the characters. Normally in Sue Civoil-Brown's books..TEMPTING MR. WRIGHT and CHASING RAINBOW...you felt like you at least knew the characters involved. Samantha's character was alittle understandable but somewhat shallow. The real difficult one to understand was Derek. He just seemed to appear in Florida, crew and everything. I wont go into the plot because it would ruin the story....if you can call the plot a story. I'm very sorry to say that the book did absolutely nothing for me. The ending was very bland and silly. It didn't even make sense. This was a big disappointment for me and I feel let down by the author. A side note...maybe shorten some of the "silly findings" and lengthen the characters.
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Katherine
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down
Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2001
I love this book. I've only bought it yesterday and I've already read it twice. Something about it just draws you in. Highly recommended!
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