Hmmm not quite one of her better books
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I like the idea of a Long Time Coming with its heroine the only problem I have with this book is that after reading it felt let down. There is no real involvment with the characters in the book there is no opportunity to get to know them. The hero and heroine just don't ever come to life. This is very disappointing not one I would recommend.
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D'ya want fries with that?
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I don't want to be too hard on Sandra Brown. If you know what to expect I suppose, "Long time Coming" will not disappoint. It's a bit like the stories writing in 'Womans Realm' only steamier. The kind of book that usually has a picture of an impossibly handsome man with a buxom and desperate woman clinging helplessly to his virile chest (can a chest be virile?). Formula romantic fiction, no surprises. Ms Brown follows the formula well, reflecting back to the presumably working class, thirty-something housewife, her ultimate suburban fantacy - desprately rich handsome hero walks into your life and forgoes beautiful beach babes for your charms. Nothing wrong with that. No spelling mistakes. It's just not the book to buy if, like me, you were looking for a more sophisticated, modern, less cliche ridden read. If you don't want to feel that you could have written the book with one or two pointers from the 'Mills and Boone' brigade, yourself. Marnie's son David almost breaks throught to become endearing, but is smothered in so much apple pie sweetness that your teeth zing. The story line just plain silly. But as I said, that's ok. This is a little book, that you might read if you found it in your maiden aunts bedside cabinate by accident, but if you don't go for cheesy, cheesy, double cheese burger stick with Marian Keyes or Jennifer Cruise instead.
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Great Book, wonderful love story.
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Sandra Brown has done it again. I loved this story. Law sounded so intense and he sure acted cocky there for awhile, until he discovered he cared more for Marnie than he bargained for. Great read!
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Short but rewarding story. Couldn't put it down.
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A 90's kind of story, cocky stud meets down to earth girl who has raised his son to be a surprisingly normal kid who is well like and has a great sense of humor. I enjoyed the arguments between Marnie and Law and the sexual tension! As good a book as Adam's Fall.
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Exemplifies the very best of the series romance genre
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I read this book when it was first issued, have read it periodically through the years, and just seeing the title evokes for me all the emotions I felt the very first time. In other words, it's a keeper. It exemplifies series romance at its best, and showcases Ms. Brown at the top of her game. An emotionally honest and refreshing story, it undoubtedly broke new ground in the genre with flawed but sympathetic lead characters. Typical of a Sandra Brown book, the love scenes are highly sensual, even raw, but not gratuitously so. They make sense given the inevitable clash of the hero's celebrity-driven ego and the heroine's repressed emotions. A super-fast read, the ending is exceptionally satisfying in intensity and length, unlike many books today that seem to want to wrap everything up in one and a half pages, and leave you yearning for more. Kudos to a wonderfully written, timeless reissue.
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