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Bed of Roses (The Bride Quartet, Book 2) |  | Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  101 reviews
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Format: Deckle Edge
Media: Paperback
Edition: Original
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425230074
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425230077
ASIN: 0425230074
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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Product Description
Love blooms in the second novel in Nora Roberts's celebrated Bride Quartet series.
As little girls MacKensie, Emma, Laurel, and Parker spent hours acting out their perfect make believe "I do" moments. Years later their fantasies become reality when they start their own wedding planning company to make every woman's dream day come true. With perfect flowers, delicious desserts, and joyful moments captured on film, Nora Roberts's Bride Quartet shares each woman's emotionally magical journey to romance.
In Bed of Roses, florist Emma Grant is finding career success with her friends at Vows wedding planning company, and her love life appears to be thriving. Though men swarm around her, she still hasn't found Mr. Right. And the last place she's looking is right under her nose.
But that's just where Jack Cooke is. He's so close to the women of Vows that he's practically family, but the architect has begun to admit to himself that his feelings for Emma have developed into much more than friendship. When Emma returns his passion—kiss for blistering kiss—they must trust in their history…and in their hearts.
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a lovely tale of friendship and romance March 14, 2010
Carrie LaGree (Albany, NY)
I read Vision in White, the first book in the bride quartet, because I found myself enjoying novels about wedding planning immensely while I was planning my wedding. These books each focus on one of four characters who have been best friends since they were children. Now they own and run Vows, a wedding business. Mac, the photographer, is the focus of the first book. Emmaline, the florist, is the focus of the second book. As someone not terribly interested in flowers (I didn't have any at my wedding), I wasn't expecting to enjoy hearing about Emma's work as much as I enjoyed hearing Mac talk about photography.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed Emma's perspective. She and I have little in common, but she was surprisingly easier to relate to than Mac was, and I found myself rooting for her. It also helped that I didn't feel the need to strangle her for being stupid. She was smart, confident and an unabashed romantic.
The love story itself was somewhat predictable, and the dialogue was awkward at times. Overall, however, I really enjoyed this book. Nora Roberts crafted four characters who have a friendship I both admired and wanted to participate in. Despite the stressful nature of their business, and the vast details provided about it, I wasn't bored. I cared about what would happen.
I won't say I'm a Nora Roberts fan, but I did really enjoy this book, and I enjoyed it more than Vision in White. I'm looking forward to the third book in the series, Savor the Moment, focusing on pastry chef Laurel, which will be published in April 2010.
 Roses and roses and .... March 11, 2010
Sheela (Huntington Beach, California United States)
Roses. This novel is filled with information about roses and flowers, etc. And if you'd like to learn about the sujbect, then this book is for you! Nora Roberts goes into great depth about all the different types of roses and how they all make the main character feel.
Nora Roberts has a quick paced type of writing that can be very appealing and fun to read. Her dialogue is often witty and fast paced as well. But, it seems these first two installments of the Bride Quartet are a little too quick. As if she's trying to rush all the words out on the page and didn't check to see how they sounded when read aloud. The delivery of her one liners were so straight forward and quick, they were almost dead pan. Also, I couldn't differentiate among the four female characters. Whether one woman was more sensitive than the others, or another stood out as more perfection oriented. She had to literally write that Parker is the one "in charge" and that Emma is the one of the four who cares the most. But, I somehow wouldn't have have inferred that if she hadn't quite literally spelled it out for me. I found it difficult to sometimes distinguish one character from the next. They all seemed to blend together. If any of the characters had some trademark personality traits, or ways of talking, I could've been able to tell...but they all seemed to be the same to me. That's why, even though I always finish her novels, I felt this novel wasn't as fun to read.
Another warning to those with semi-sensitive ears =) This book used (what I consider to be) rough language here and there, I guess to portray how "real guys" talk or how a group of four women would talk when getting together for a gab fest(a la Sex in the City or Girlfriends)? I mean, of course, the alpha male has to have slept with a ton of women in all the romance novels in order to be deemed virile enough for hero material.(tongue in cheek) But, do they have to be crude and refer to "banging" and "t**** bars", especially in reference to their female friends? Is that how men talk, or how a writer thinks they must talk? Let's say that's how she views groups of friends.That they talk in a really raw, vulgar way about the opposite sex. That it's reality. On the other hand, she creates a polar oppostite lifestyle for them that is hardly a reflection of reality. I mean, really, the women and men's setup is a pretty idealized way to live. They all absolutely "LOVE" what they are doing (I think this was mentioned nineteen times) while getting rich and have a built in housekeeper who has no other function other than to serve to their food and emotional needs with no apparent personal life of her own. Four friends live and work together with a disciplined business, but can drop a night's work with the drop of a hat if a friend needs to have a "girl's night". I don't think single life is quite as glamorous as she portrayed in the book.
Otherwise, if you're a Nora fan (which, I am) you'll still want to read her stuff. Because she somehow just draws you.
 Great book. March 11, 2010
Wilma (FL)
Loved the story and can't wait until the next book in the series is in stores.
awesome! March 9, 2010
Marti Peterson (Glendive, MT)
can't wait for the next book to come out. The I have to wait until fall for the last one. Oh well, it'll be worth the wait!
Brides 2 is Just for You March 8, 2010
D. Arbor (Chicago, IL USA)
I read this book in 2 days. I love most books written by this author. The second installment in the Brides Quartet met my expectations. I'm so looking forward to the next in the series.
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