Author:
Jude Deveraux
Title: The Girl from Summer Hill
Genre: Romance (contemporary)
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Publication
Date: May 3, 2016
Number of
Pages: 370
Geographical
Setting: Summer Hill, Virginia
Time
Period: Modern (current)
Series (If
applicable): 1st in a new series
Plot
Summary: Chef Casey Reddick walks away from her famous restaurant in Washington
D.C. and settles at Tatwell Plantation in Summer Hill during the summer for some
peace and quiet while catering for the local production of Pride and Prejudice. Tate Landers is a famous Hollywood actor and unbeknownst to Casey, the owner of Tatwell Plantation. Casey and Tate have a run-in on Tatwell Plantation when Casey watches the gorgeous and very naked Tate shower on her front porch. Tate mistakes her for an obsessed photographer spying on him and they immediately take a disliking to each other. Before she knows it, Casey is cast to play
Elizabeth Bennet opposite Tate, who is playing Mr. Darcy. Sparks will soon fly as they
begin rehearsing for the play and Casey sees Tate as a down-to-earth guy instead of a Hollywood actor with an oversized ego. But just as Casey begins to warm up to Tate,
Tate’s ex-brother-in-law Devlin Haines who plays Wickham will cause difficulty
in their budding relationship.
Subject
Headings: Man-woman relationships- Fiction/Romance-contemporary/Contemporary women/love
stories
Appeal
Factors:
·
Readers
are immediately drawn into the romantic tone of The Girl from Summer Hill.
· There
is great dialogue and conversation between the characters. Readers are pulled
into the emotions of the characters.
·
Both
Casey and Tate (protagonists) tell their stories from their points of view.
·
Casey
and Tate have a misunderstanding immediately in the story.
·
The Girl from Summer Hill is fast-paced, and the reader can
easily pick back up into the storyline (Saricks, 2009).
3 terms
that best describe this book: delightful, steamy, sweet
3 Relevant Non-Fiction Works and Authors:
Jane Austen: A Life Revealed by Catherine Reef
-biography of Jane Austen, the
author of Pride and Prejudice.
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
-A
thoughtful and fun approach to exploring dating and finding your soul mate by
comedian Ansari and research by Eric Klinenberg..
Weird Virginia: Your Travel Guide to Virginia's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets by Jeff Bahr
-unusual roadside attractions found in Virginia (travel guide).
3 Relevant
Fiction Works and Authors:
Welcome to Temptation
by Jennifer Cruise
Sophie can only think of leaving
Temptation, Ohio, until she meets Mayor Phin. -Romantic comedy with fun
banter.
Come a Little Bit
Closer by Andre Bella
A steamy romance
where business manager Valentina makes a point of never dating actresses until
he meets Smith Sullivan.
-A steamy, engaging,
contemporary romance.
Big Sky Wedding by
Linda Lael Miller
A contemporary western romance where an
actor, Zane, meets and falls for Brylee who is more than reluctant of falling
in love after being left at the altar.
-A steamy, engaging, heartwarming
western romance.
Works Cited:
Saricks, J.G. (2009). The Readers’ advisory guide to genre
fiction. Chicago: ALA.
Great annotation! Jude Deveraux books are often checked out by patrons at the library, but I have yet to read one of her books yet, she has so many to choose from, I didn't know where to start! This one sounds good and I'm a big Jane Austen fan so I love that aspect of the book. I'll have to give this one a try.
ReplyDeleteWonderful annotation! You did a great job describing the appeals and writing out the summary. I've never read this author before, but now I feel as if I should. Full points!
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