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CHANGE
OF HEART
Marcia King-Gamble BET/Arabesque October 2001 (4) Nathasha Brooks-Harris |
Contemporary Romance |
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PLOT SYNOPSIS: |
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| When Beaumont Hill, the only African-American skier on the U.S. Olympic team, breaks his back in a fall, his spirit is also shattered. He has no desire to live, nor work with physical therapist Shayna DaCosta. The former gymnast is determined to get the angry athlete back to health. When she discovers a terrible secret shadowing Beau's life, Shayna is able to reawaken a champion's spirit - and rekindle a precious love. | |
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REVIEW: |
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Shayna
DaCosta is an attractive young woman who takes no mess. She’s educated,
intelligent and well-rounded, but woe be unto the person who tries to wrong her.
This lady can give as good as she gets! Enter
Beaumont Hill, the only black skier on the United States Olympic team. Arrogant
and full of himself, he doesn’t like Shayna too well at first. To his chagrin,
she is the physical therapist assigned to his case when he is injured and can no
longer ski. He tries
with all his might to run the beautiful Shayna away, but she fights just as hard
to stay. Beaumont has no idea that Shayna is a fighter and will scrap with him
to the end if that’s necessary to do her job. She identifies the wall of anger
that he has built around himself and she vows to break it down so she can help
him to recover. And she does. They fight
like proverbial cats and dogs until the day they look beyond their dislike of
each other and see something else: love. Before they know it, they are madly in
love and are left reeling wondering how and why that happened between them. There’s
an interesting secret going on beneath the main plot that will keep readers
hooked from beginning to end. King-Gamble
has written a keeper with this novel. Each of her books is better than the
previous one, but this one surpasses them all. The plot is layered with several
things going on simultaneously, but they all embrace and connect to the major
plot and keep the storyline interesting. Her easy-to-read writing style makes
for a pleasant reading experience and helps the book to flow well. CHANGE OF HEART is a quick read because once readers start reading
it, they will become hooked and won’t want to put it down until they’ve
finished. With that in mind, cook dinner the day before you intend to read this incredibly lush novel and take the next day off to enjoy this wonderful book without interruption! |
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nathasha@romanceincolor.net (28th November 2001) |
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