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Jackie Black

Auteur van Daughter of Destiny

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(eng) Jacqueline Ashley Casto writes as Jackie Black, Jacqueline Ashley and Jackie Casto.

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Werken van Jackie Black

Daughter of Destiny (1990) 24 exemplaren
The New Frontier (1992) 16 exemplaren
Dreams of Destiny (1990) 14 exemplaren
Secrets of the Heart (1984) 8 exemplaren
In the Name of Love (1986) 6 exemplaren
Love's Revenge (1983) 5 exemplaren
Winter Winds (1982) 4 exemplaren
The Long Journey Home (1987) 4 exemplaren
A Question of Honor (1987) 4 exemplaren
Spring's Awakening (1986) 3 exemplaren
Crimson Morning (1982) 3 exemplaren
From This Day Forward (1985) 3 exemplaren
The Gift (1989) 3 exemplaren
Promises in the Night (1983) 3 exemplaren
A Time to Love (1983) 3 exemplaren
Island of Illusions (1986) 3 exemplaren
Love Thy Neighbor (1989) 3 exemplaren
Payment in Full (1984) 2 exemplaren
A Little Bit of Warmth (1985) 2 exemplaren
For All Time (1984) 2 exemplaren
Wayfaring Stranger (1989) 1 exemplaar
The Catch of the Season (1985) 1 exemplaar
Hunting Season (1984) 1 exemplaar
Other Half Of Love 1 exemplaar
The Other Half of Love (1984) 1 exemplaar
Romantic Roulette (1985) 1 exemplaar
Autumn Fires (1983) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Casto, Jacqueline Ashley
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Black, Jackie
Ashley, Jacqueline
Casto, Jackie
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Woonplaatsen
Oklahoma, USA
Hawaii, USA
California, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Korte biografie
Jacqueline Ashley Casto spent her first nineteen years in Oklahoma, USA and has lived in several places since then, including Hawaii, California, and Washington, D.C. Her love of romance novels eventually led to a career as writer. She wrote under the pennames of Jackie Black, Jacqueline Ashley and Jackie Casto from 1982 to 1992.
Ontwarringsbericht
Jacqueline Ashley Casto writes as Jackie Black, Jacqueline Ashley and Jackie Casto.

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Melissa McKee is a twenty-eight year old former Washington DC investigative reporter who quits her hectic city life to return to her home town and work at the small local newspaper. She doesn’t stay there long, as circumstances arise such that her investigative skills are needed by her editor’s relatives and she is sent to a Montana ranch/reform school. The program is run by the irresistible (apparently) Robert Redding who is suspected, by the aforementioned relatives, of mistreating his inmates. It’s lust at first sight for Redding and McKee, as McKee poses as one of the delinquents. Romance ensues.

I believe the most correct adjective for this novel is “overwritten”. It’s filled with simile and easily has 3 times as many adjectives as any other sort of word. Despite all this description, the characters are flat and cliché, and the style of their romance, where a supposedly intelligent adult woman (who, coincidentally, appears more like a sixteen year old girl) is constantly helpless and stupefied whenever in the presence of the gorgeous, mustachioed man, seems more suited to a historical romance than something that is meant to be contemporary. Though this was probably more acceptable in 1984 when the book was published, I don’t think it will impress today’s readers over the age of thirteen. Sadly, the story is also less than interesting and the resolution of the plot employs a device which has lost its punch over the years as well.
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susan402 | Apr 29, 2007 |

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Werken
29
Ook door
1
Leden
125
Populariteit
#160,151
Waardering
4.0
Besprekingen
1
ISBNs
43
Talen
1

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