Fetch Your Copy If Winter Comes Devised By Diana Palmer Formatted As Textbook

Winter Comes" is the story of Carla and Bryan,

Aww. This book is exactly the reason why I adore Ms Palmer,

Angry, brooding, traumatized hero
Sweet, innocent, naive heroine
Instant attraction
Heavy, lustful kisses
Dreams of a HEA with a large brood
Small misunderstanding which causes the hero to be a mean ahole
An almost tragic accident
Confessions and HEA

Enjoyed it!

Safe
/Another one of Ms.
Palmer's early novels. One thing I fault about her books is most of them don't have an epilogue with pregnancy or babies, considering how much emphasis heroines place on having children during the book.
Quando o Inverno chegar
Diana Palmer

Bom, o romance é simples, a mocinha é uma jovem jornalista e o mocinho é um prefeito muito rico, Eles se envolvem e se apaixonam, Mas, ela tem que investigar uma denuncia de suborno envolvendo, diretamente o prefeito,

Pra mim é fácil entender, todo o desenrolar da investigação e a publicação da matéria, e depois, a segunda matéria de retratação.
Sei como é a pressão para se publicar um furo de reportagem, Mesmo quando se tem todas as provas, de um fato ou de uma acusação, o ético e procurar investigar os dois lados de uma noticia,

Mas, infelizmente, a pressão e a falta de tempo leva muitos editores a publicar matérias que no dia seguinte serão desmentidas, E mesmo que o jornal se retrate no dia seguinte, nunca se consegue apagar por completo o que foi dito no dia anterior,

Por isso, entendo tanto a mocinha e o mocinho, Talvez, até melhor a mocinha, porque também sou jornalista e sei como são as mazelas da profissão,

Muito bom!!!!!

Recomendo!!!!!!!

ADORO!!!!! Przyjemna książka do jednej herbaty Not one of my favorite books by Diana, but interesting non the less, Old Fashioned Series Romance

THE STORY: Carla Maxwell is a young reporter, Bryan Moreland is the mayor, His wife and daughter died in a car accident and he doesn't plan on marrying again, Carla and he are attracted to one another and yet the inherent conflict between politician and reporter presents some problems, When Carla's investigation into potential graft at city hall points at Bryan, it looks like they have no future together,

OPINION: This is a classic oldfashioned romance, A young virgin heroine who wants the hero, A middle aged hero who has a tragic past, A conflict that ends up being a misunderstanding where the heroine is too foolish to actually check her sources until after she makes a horrendous mistake, The hero and heroine only come together after a life and death accident, This story is nice enough, but it is definitely a product of its era, I liked the story but it is one of those quick and easy romances that

I probably won't remember in a week,

WORTH MENTIONING: This book was originally published inas a series romance,

FINAL DECISION: I liked the story as a one time read but it is easy to see that it was written inbecause of its outdated characters and themes.


CONNECTED BOOKS: This is a standalone,

STAR RATING: I give this bookstars, New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer brings readers four of her classic, earlier works that readers have been seeking for years, . . The Diana Palmer Collection. Famous for creating charming, irresistibly romantic love stories that live on in readers' hearts, Diana Palmer is considered one of America's topromance writers, These four wonderful novels have been out of print for many years and are Diana Palmer at her bestpassionate, provocative stories that will captivate and charm everyone.
READERS' CHOICE Available as single titles, Your Harlequin Sales Group representative can review this unique program with you, Looking for a quick passtime This is definitely it,

It's such a quick enjoyable story, Something you'd finish in two hours, Though I can't help but feel how weak the heroine is, which was the only thing I have against this book, I mean the only reaction she has to Bryan's temper is a "sorry" and some tears, which in this generation, a trait I don't appreciate in fiction woman.
A sweet read.

An innocent reporter Carla believes in telling the truth and intergity but when a new story heads her way about corruption in the mayor's office it will test her on all fronts.


The handsome widowed mayor Bryan can't help but be attracted to pretty Carla but he plans never to marry again, When things start to heat up he can't help but wonder if she is worth the trouble,

They butt heads over the corruption issue as Carla tries to find the truth even when it leads right to the mayor,

Standing on opposite sides will they make it through to find happiness

Another well written sweet romantic read done only the way Diana Palmer can tell them.
If Winter Comes Reader's Choice by Diana Palmer to come, I'm smiling as I write this review, because this book was a Blast from the Past, I recently watched the American version of "Life on Mars," and I have started to feel more fondly about thes, After all, I was born in this decade, even though I still resent being teased about committing the fashion error of wearing bellbottoms after they went out of style I couldn't help it! My grandmother made them.
I envisioned this book as a movie from thes, complete with the requisites score playing in the background, lines delivered in the typical cadence that actors used in this period.
It wasn't an unpleasant thing, since I was in the mood for something old school, Yup, this book definitely has that scent of the seventies, The hero wears velour shirts, brown slacks, and ruffled dress shirts, He smokes in public, and people say things like 'heel', There's even a photostat of incriminating evidence mentioned, For the youngings, that was a way to make copies way before laser copy machines were around, Yes, it's dated, but I don't mind, I like to reach for the vintage romances like nobody's business, After all, just because something's old doesn't mean it's no good anymore, That's why we call them classics,

There are elements of this story that I'm glad that Diana Palmer doesn't rely on as heavily nowadays, The numerous old 'little girl' and 'child' comments are a bit grating, I really don't like the patronizing attitude that men can have towards women, especially when they are considered 'pretty young things, ' I think that Carla deserves the respect due her, even if she's twentythree, She's a very good reporter, and she is definitely a professional, Her father owns a paper back in her small town, and she knows journalism from the inside out, even if she's a newbie at her paper in the 'big city'.
I liked her spunk, although I think she was a bit too vulnerable to Bryan, I admit, it's nice to read a contemporary where the heroine doesn't 'sleep around', which are not as common nowadays, At times, Bryan was hard to like, saying some pretty mean things to Carla, I realize he was guarding his heart, so I'll give him a little leeway, especially when he makes up for it, I liked that he was sensitive about being 'middleaged,' pushing forty,

The news and city politics elements show Ms, Palmer's background in journalism. They flavor this book, perhaps a little too heavily initially, as they made it hard to get into the story initially, Politics and journalism are two things I don't have that much interest in, personally, However, it gave Carla and Bryan some depth, as professionals in this arena, who find themself completely in love with each other, With the sixteenyear age difference, the fact that Bryan is the mayor who's been implicated in a land scandal, and Carla being the reporter on the story, and the fact that Bryan's first wife made him very leery of marriage, there are plenty of obstacles in their relationship.
In her usual fashion, Ms, Palmer brings Bryan very close to losing the woman he loves to get over his stubborn insistence not to show his love back to Carla, Although I think Carla was more vulnerable than he, Bryan does show enough chinks in his armor for me to be satisfied with the conclusion of this story.


This one gets four because it was charming, and I like love Diana Palmer's style, She delivers a very good, intense, but sweet romance when I need to read one,

Don't read this book if:
You hate thes
You hate the older man/younger woman theme
You dislike inequalities in power between the hero and heroine
Don't like an innocent heroine
Don't read books that don't have a steam rating above 'warm'
Hate politics and reporters


Read this book if:
You like all the things I mentioned above
Nostalgic for thes boomchickawawa
You are a Diana Palmer fan
Would like a book that is sweeter or are looking for a palate cleanser from all the sexually overdescriptive and permissive storylines
It was a very cute story.
I think Ms. Palmer hasn't gotten better with age, A generational age gap, a spineless ingenue, a middle aged man of power and wealth who is as undecided as the ingenue, the only formula element this one doesn't have is the devoted best friend.
Even the cold, catty, gold digging ex is there in a peripheral way, The whole story could be depicted on the front cover by a moderately talented artist,

The main characters are cardboard cutouts on swivel bases, the ancillary characters are mere shadows and the setting has less scope than an amateur theatre backdrop.
The "intrigue" is practically transparent and serves only as the "crisis",

As a whole I was mostly annoyed with this book and the main characters, there is nothing to invest in, no sense of character growth or redemption.
The female lead quite happily lets things happen to her and the male lead never seems to work at anything, It's the novel equivalent of a single episode of a sitcom, not a bad way to spend the time if you've got nothing better to do, Typical DP fare, which means I loved the push and pull of the protagonists, The hs eyes changed color from dark green on pageto pale green on page, And there was a lack of originality in naming her secondary characters, I read about Mr. Green and Mr. White and Mr. Brown, and was waiting to hear from Mr, Purple. I have been reading DP for overyears and her books take me back to a simpler, less politically correct time, A relaxinghours well spent, Cute story. Heroine is a reporter, hero is a politician, they meet, sparks fly but when she betrays him to get a story angst ensues, I enjoyed it but not enough depth in this story, Good read There are some moments that date the book if you go in knowing this, you'll enjoy the book more, I liked this one more than some of her others, The emotions are real and you can feel it, I enjoyed it. A bit of fluff that has some heavy emotions running within its pages specifically the death of the hero's child, There is your usual wanton, confused virgin your obligatory traumatic accident that brings our couple together and there's even the absent father/deceased mother thrown in for good measure.


What this story has that some others don't, however, is a declaration of love by the hero way before the very last few pages of the story.
He professes his love THEN she messes up THEN some other stuff happens, etc, .