[.ca] Breath Of Scandal (Mp3) (Unabr.) (ISBN 1423324765)

WOW is all I can say!:
Sandra Brown touches the heart in almost every way with this book. I can honestly say that I felt true pain for a fictional character. Very rarely does that happen, but I feel that Ms. Brown really exceeded even her own triumphs of previous books with Breath of Scandal. It is as if you are right there with the characters. There is one part of the book that I found terribly hard to read, but not due to bad writing. In fact, it is just the opposite. I found it difficult because it was so well written and very realistic. You feel like you have experienced Jade's tragedy yourself and therefore you heart aches. Just be prepared to grab for the tissues. But once you get through it be ready to cheer triumphantly for Jade. She is prepared and determined to fight her own battle and I feel that she did a great job in doing that. This is definately not the type of book that tries to personify the woman of tragedy as being needy, clingy, or desperate for the knight in shinning armor to come riding up to save her. Instead, Ms. Brown omits all the typical stereotype characteristics and instead makes Jade into the self-efficient strong-willed woman that is, to me, the true realism of today's women. Oh she gets her knight all right, but she relies on no one but herself to save her. If you haven't read this I encourage you to do so. There is romance and tragedy. But there is so much more. Ms. Brown teaches that you can in fact fight your own battles, overcome tragedy, and in time find the happily ever after that you never expected. This is by far her best book!

Great Read:
After recently reading "Envy" and "Mirror Image", both recommended to me by others and thoroughly enjoying both of those books, I decided I was hooked on reading more Sandra Brown. I picked this book up when my work was having a book fair to raise money. I was not disappointed with this choice! I thought Ms. Brown did an excellent job of developing the plot and the characters along with some good love scenes. I really liked the character of Jade Sperry and admired her. I think Sandra Brown does a great job of intertwining the story itself along with some suspence and sex. To me, this makes the book a little more interesting. If you are like me in that you are still new to reading Sandra Brown, I think this book is a good choice. I still have a ways to go as far as reading more of her other books. I have read a couple of her romance novels she wrote in her earlier days under a different name and while some are ok, some you can leave alone as well. But I do think Sandra Brown is a good author and will look to keep reading her other books along with new books when they come out.

Good, even if sometimes unbelievable.:
This book was pretty good. I thought the plot was pretty believable, with one exception: Jade's son's basically nonchalant reaction to being informed that he was the product of a rape was completely unbelievable. Such a revelation would have had incredibly damaging psychological consequences on a 14-year-old boy. I thought the fact that Jade had kept this important fact from her son was very irresponsible and selfish, and the author basically chickened out and failed to hold Jade responsible for this. Other than, an entertaining read.

And Justice for all.:
Sandra Brown is one of my favorite authors because her books have substance, plot, and believable characters, this book is no exception. But be warned, the entire first half of the book is setting the stage. The two main characterd don't meet until well into the second half. I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 because it was so hard to read tragedy after tragedy with only mildly pleasent moments inbetween. The story is about revenge and redemption. Both the main characters come from tragic pasts and are pounded at every turn by more. Though, at the end, all ends well. Getting there was painful.

A VERY TOUCHING STORY:
This is more than a story of revenge. It is a story of courage and triumph. For Jade, it is about revenge, yes, but also about learning to truly LIVE again. For Dillon, it is about forgiving himself. Finding each other was the best thing that could have happened to Jade and Dillon. This is my favorite book by Sandra Brown. Be Blessed!!