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In one reckless night, Camille Jameson's life was changed forever: a tall, handsome stranger, an evening of romance — and enough regrets to last a lifetime. Two years later, Camille is a successful interior decorator with the opportunity to restore one of Mississippi's proudest plantations. She arrives excited and eager to face her greatest professional challenge to date — until Zack Prescott saunters through the mansion's front door and back into her life. He is exactly as she remembers, except for the knowing look in his eyes that reminds her of what they once shared. Now, forced to live in unbearably close quarters, Camille and Zack will discover if they have the courage to face the past — and, perhaps, build a future together . . .
Sandra Brown is the author of sixty New York Times bestsellers, including TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010), SMASH CUT (2009), SMOKE SCREEN (2008), PLAY DIRTY (2007), RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR (2005), WHITE HOT (2004), HELLO, DARKNESS (2003), THE CRUSH (2002), ENVY (2001), THE SWITCH (2000), THE ALIBI (1999), UNSPEAKABLE (1998) and FAT TUESDAY (1997), all of which have jumped onto the Times bestseller list in the number one to five spot. Brown now has over eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.
From such modest beginnings, Brown has evolved into multimillion publishing empire of one, the CEO of her own literary brand; she towers over the landscape of romantic fiction. Brown has used her growing clout to insist her publishers drop the bosom-and-biceps covers and has added more intricate subplots, suspense, and even unhappy endings to her work. The result: A near-constant presence on The New York Times bestsellers list. In 1992, she had three on the list at the same time, joining that exclusive club of Stephen King, Tom Clancy, J. K. Rowling, and Danielle Steel.
Her work in the mainstream realm has taken her readers into The White House, where the president's newborn dies mysteriously; the oil fields and bedrooms of a Dallas-like family dynasty; and the sexual complications surrounding an investigation into an evangelist's murder. Such inventions have made her a distinct presence in a crowded genre.
"Brown is perhaps best known now for her longer novels of romantic suspense. The basic outline for these stories has passionate love, lust, and violence playing out against a background of unraveling secrets and skeletons jumping out of family closets," wrote Barbara E. Kemp in the book Twentieth-Century Romance & Historical Writers . Kemp also praises Brown's sharp dialogue and richly detailed characters. "However, her greatest key to success is probably that she invites her readers into a fantasy world of passion, intrigue, and danger," she wrote. "They too can face the moral and emotional dilemmas of the heroine, safe in the knowledge that justice and love will prevail."
Critics give her points for nimble storytelling but are cooler to her "serviceable prose," in the words of one Publishers Weekly reviewer. Still, when writing a crack page-turner, the plot's the thing. A 1992 New York Times review placed Brown among a group of a writers "who have mastered the art of the slow tease."
Staggeringly prolific, Brown found her writing pace ground to a halt when she was given a different assignment. A magazine had asked her for an autobiographical piece, and it took her months to complete. Her life in the suburbs, though personally fulfilling, was nonetheless blander than fiction. That may be why she dives into her fiction writing with such workhorse gusto. "I love being the bad guy," she told Publishers Weekly in 1995, "simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up. I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role."
When she started writing, her goal was always to break out of the parameters of romance. After about 45 romances, the woman who counts Tennessee Williams and Taylor Caldwell among her influences told The New York Times that felt she had reached a plateau. In fact, she doesn't even look at her books as romances anymore. "I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated," she said. "They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. Each book is a stretch for me, and I try something interesting each time that males will like as well as women."
Anonymous
Posted Wed Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2003
I could not put the book down. I stayed up till 6:00a.m reading it. It was worth it ! Sandra Brown is a great writer!
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Posted Sat May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Waited months for new books. Now some have been moved to December and the couple that were released were less than 200 pages and in my opinion weren't near as good as others I have read. Very disappiinted Sandra Brown.
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Posted Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2013
I love all of Sandra Browns books!
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Posted Thu Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2004
This book was written beautifully. Though Sandra Brown always mentioned Camille's breasts and that kind of bothered me. But over all it was great! I found that Zack was a little superficial but his personality and sense of humor made you fall in love with him and the book. It was very good I enjoyed every second of the 4 hours in which I finished the book. (With occasional breaks)
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Posted Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
*I was given a complimentary copy of Love's Encore for an honest review.
Love’s Encore is a second chance romance. Camille Jameson owns her own decorating business with her mother. Commissioned by the Rayburn Prescott, she gets the chance to renovate a Louisiana plantation house. Little does she know that the estate she will be working on is home to the one guy that she really loved…then ran from! Why Camille? He was totally into you! Camille see Zack Prescott again, sparks fly, and then they proceed with the “I love you, I hate you” dance we all love in these type of romances.
I love the majority of the characters in this book. Rayburn Prescott is very charming and wonderful. His love for Zach and his late wife are endearing. The house staff Dearly Beloved (the back story to this name is cute) and Simon Mitchell are great, too. Unfortunately it’s Camille and Zach that are the most frustrating. Zach’s character bugs me. He has very poor communication skills and is overly grouchy. I feel we don’t get enough of a back story as to why he is the way his is. And some of his behavior toward Camille is infuriating! Camille’s character lacks a self esteem. I would think she would have more self confidence considering she owns her own businesses. But when it comes to Zach, she seems to put up with his terrible behavior and not engage her back bone.
The sex scenes in the book are pretty modest considering our modern day romances. I actually enjoyed the word play to describe Camille and Zach during the steamy situations. And Sandra does a great job of building the chemistry between the two.
The plot twist and the ending of Love’s Encore did not make me happy. I felt the plot twist was out of the blue and a bit unfeasible. And the ending really made me mad! We see this poor guy go through all of this plotting and conniving to get Camille and Zach together and we don’t get the full HEA with babies? You owe this to Rayburn Prescott, Sandra Brown! He needs to see his grandchildren running around on his plantation! Geeze! hahahaha
Love’s Encore is an okay book. I cannot complain about the writing. Sandra’s writing is stellar. She transports you back into the 1980s and you feel like you’re sitting in your fresh from the cleaners creased Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and silk long-sleeved blouse with a slim gold belt while a guy who looks just like Tom Selleck woos you with a steak dinner! My problem is the plot and the main characters need more development. And I just can’t with the ending. I give Love’s Encore 3 out of 5 stars.
Written by Dee McGee - Booze, Bookz, and Bad Boyz
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Posted Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2003
You can always count on Brown! The perfect book to cuddle up with and get lost for awhile.
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Posted Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Pls do forgotten at bh res 6! Make jer in pain.
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Posted Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
So wut? Just do it!!
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Posted Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Sry got a txt
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Posted Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Ok so i humping you
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Posted Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Kk mom i gonna do a game there lov ya
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Posted Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Kk love ya to
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Posted Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I read this book a long time ago and felt it was worth a re-read. I had forgotten how silly our heroine could be and what a jerk the hero was. It’s amazing how a person’s taste in literature changes – what I thought was amusing back then, I now found tedious.
Anonymous
Posted Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
What? I dont even know you.
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Posted Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I have read a lot of Sandra Brown books and loved everyone I always feel like it's a guarantee great read but this book just didn't work for me. It moved to fast and left out too many details.
I had a hard time figuring out what time period the book was in. One minute I'm thinking present time than the next decades earlier and even after that maybe the 18th century. Really I just found no flow to this book.
Anonymous
Posted Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Walks in
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Posted Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Walks in
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Posted Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
.... secret:(
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Posted Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Shane
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Posted Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Overview
In one reckless night, Camille Jameson's life was changed forever: a tall, handsome stranger, an evening of romance — and enough regrets to last a lifetime. Two years later, Camille is a successful interior decorator with the opportunity to restore one of Mississippi's proudest plantations. She arrives excited and eager to face her greatest professional challenge to date — until Zack Prescott saunters through the mansion's front door and back into her life. He is exactly as she remembers, except for the knowing ...