LISA: Okay, as you can see by the schmaltzy cover, this is a bit out of my usual line of reading. But Amazon was offering discounts on romance novels, and well, I am always a sucker for a discounted romance! The premise is that there are twins -- and it is set in the late 1800's when being a woman basically sucked and you got bupkus. The twins are completely opposite; one is selfish and vain and the other is nerdish and wears glasses (so therefore despite being the spitting image of the beautiful one, she is considered not so much.) Anyway, the pretty twin Janette is going to marry some duke or earl, handsome as all get out, of course, but she has also been screwing around, which as we all know was JUST NOT DONE! She wants to travel and her husband to be drops a bomb the night before the wedding that they will not be able to travel abroad for their honeymoon right away because he has some troubles on one of his estates. She pouts, she gets pissy, then she convinces her twin Violet to take her place. And so Violet, who is not outgoing at all, has to pretend to be the social vixen her sister is. Except her husband really doesn't want that either -- so in the end, it all works out, as these things will. These things being discounted romances!!!
HALLIE: Pretty much summed up above. I think i read this is about 4 hours but definitely enjoyed it! Wish the whiny I'm sooo horrible cause I duped this wonderful man and now my life is ruined since he found out part was shorter but overall it was a nice beach read! Totally romance story!
You might be seeing a bit of a pattern here -- and you would be right! This was yet another great "beach read," though I found myself reading it mostly in the living room because it rained out. Again. This was about three women -- two sisters and a friend, who go to Nantucket for the summer with their issues. Oh, and do they have issues! Vicki has lung cancer (and two children) Brenda just got fired from her job as a professor at a college for sleeping with her student and Melanie is pregnant but her husband is having an affair. Then of course, there is the cutie patootie island townie who wants them all. Yeah, like that happens. 
This was another great read! I stayed up late two nights in a row, unable to put it down. 
This was a true beach read, and yet, it had some depth. I enjoyed it a lot. It is about Claire Danner Crispin who lives on Nantucket with her husband and four children. Due to an accident while pregnant with her fourth child, she has decided that she will not work, but instead will just raise her children. As a well-renowned glass blower with pieces in museums, it is a decision that leaves her empty inside. And when she is asked to co-chair the Summer Gala, a huge charity event, she goes from being the perfect mother to having an affair with the rich man who also convinces her to return to her art. The fact that she doesn't realize that it is her art that is making her feel alive -- not the balding, slightly pudgy man she is sure she is in love with; only makes the reader want what is best for Claire and her family.