Happy Endings by Katherine Stone

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Katherine Stone delivers a compelling, richly emotional tale of two women haunted by their pasts--whose lives touch and connect as they search for love, happiness, and happy endings in Hollywood.

Publishers Weekly

Stone's latest (after Promises ) is another puffed-up category romance, this one revolving around three couples connected by business and blood. Though she's ``extraordinarily beautiful,'' top Hollywood lawyer Raven Winter has been looking for love in all the wrong beds--until she finally meets a nice guy, whom she hires as her gardener. What she doesn't know is that Nicholas Gault is really a hotel magnate; the flowers in his truck are for his ``hilltop estate in Bel Aire.'' Scars from a bitter divorce are the reason he chooses to protect his true identity, and hence his heart. Then there's reclusive romance writer Holly Elliott and Oscar-winning director Jason Cole. When Jason options Holly's bestselling romance novel, Raven handles the contracts and arranges for them to meet; later, Jason follows Holly to Alaska and learns her nightmarish family secret--a secret that has caused Holly's father, veterinarian Lawrence Elliott, to search for his daughter for 17 years. Lastly, there's the pairing of Lawrence and society queen Caroline Hawthorne, who meet during an oil-spill cleanup. Stone knows how to write a complicated plot, but her troika-based story line backfires; with so many characters vying for the reader's attention, none stands out, particularly since they are all strictly one-dimensional. Only a soap-operatic quality gives this novel what modest life it possesses. (Aug.)

Library Journal

Devotees of contemporary romance will find here a delightful read, courtesy of the author of Rainbows (LJ 11/15/91). Raven Winter is the best entertainment attorney in the business. She is handling the reclusive, best-selling author Holly, who fears that Jason Cole, an Academy AwardR-winning filmmaker, is going to change the happy ending in the film version of her book. Nick is introduced to this group when Raven distractedly jogs in front of his nursery truck. Suffice it to say that these beings have much more than their share of talent, wealth, good looks, career success, and charm. Still, tortured and tormented by events from their past, Raven and Holly have not (yet) found that perfect mate. Most romance readers expect a happy ending, but the pleasure comes in the journey to reach it, and Stone does not disappoint. Strongly recommended for libraries with Sandra Brown or Danielle Steel fans.-Margaret Hanes, Sterling Heights P.L., Mich.

BookList

Beautiful Raven Winter, Hollywood lawyer to the rich and powerful, rebounds from numerous failed relationships to find passion and love with divorced father Nicholas Gault. Nicholas doesn't tell Raven at first that he's a multimillionaire; he has been pursued before for his money and at first he perceives Raven's ambition to be greed. But despite past mistakes and beliefs, Raven and Nicholas manage to find common ground in their love. Meanwhile, Raven's friend and client, Jason Cole, a powerful actor and director, meets Holly Elliot, a writer whose work he has optioned for his next film and who has faced her demons alone for more than 15 years. Jason plans to change the happy ending in Holly's book, and Holly is forced to abandon her sanctuary to stop him. Jason falls in love with the ethereal Holly and manages to reunite her with the father she believed dead for almost 20 years. Happy endings for all, though not without suspense beforehand.

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