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A Place to Rest | 
 enlarge | Author: Erin Dutton
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 20158
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 234
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 160282021X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781602820210
ASIN: 160282021X
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: great condition read once
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Book Description
Sawyer Drake has never known what she wants. She has spent most of her life bouncing from job to job in an effort to avoid taking her place running her family's restaurant. Nothing has ever kept her attention for very long. Nothing, that is, until she meets shy pastry chef, Jori Diamantina. Jori, on the other hand, has no intention of risking the job she loves, especially when Sawyer doesn't seem to know exactly what she wants from Jori.
A Place to Rest is a touching romance about the beauty of finally discovering where you belong.
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 Terrible book!!!! Don't waste your time August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sorry to disagree with the other reviewers, but I didn't like this book at all. It just went on and on with no apparent reason and then stopped. Don't waste your time.
 A pleasant read in which family dynamics are central July 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was decent. The author is still often imprecise with her language, and shows a somewhat bothersome tendency to tell us things versus showing us things. By that I mean that we will often get a paragraph of exposition that tells us something about a characters, versus putting said character in a situation in which those personality traits are revealed through action and reaction. This was more of an issue in the beginning of the book, and definitely got better as the story moved along, but it's something for this author to watch.
Still, one of this author's strengths is her flair for characterization. You could tell that she really put a lot of thought into the details of background and motivation, yet she didn't hit the reader over the head with it all, but rather doled out the details as the story progressed. Her characters are flawed, but their motivations have enough detail and consistency to allow the reader to forgive them, and therefore make them sympathetic.
I also enjoy the importance she gives to family dynamics. They're pretty much a central theme in this book as Sawyer is unwillingly drawn into working at the family restaurant in order to help her very pregnant younger sister, who manages the business with her twin brother. Sawyer is drawn to Jori, the new pastry chef, and vice versa, but the potential complications of a relationship between them ending badly, as Sawyer's family is convinced it will, as well as some bad history Jori has with workplace relationships, hinders the development of their romance.
I think I was looking for a bit of a stronger emotional resonance in the resolution of the family dynamics, or perhaps a bit more vindication on the part of Sawyer. Still, I enjoyed the way that important issues were addressed, and I was also satisfied with the progression of Jori's and Sawyer's relationship. The setting was well-wrought, with some detail of food preparation and restaurant management lending a realistic flair.
This book didn't blow my mind, but it was definitely a pleasant diversion. This author is able to construct a good story around ordinary events and lives; her scene transitions and character action/reactions flow smoothly. Her strengths outweigh her weaknesses, and I look forward to her future efforts.
 Delicious novel ... July 27, 2008
Set in lovely Nashville Tennessee, A Place to Rest is about family, with a wonderfully sexy romance for Sawyer and Jori a big plus!
Sawyer is thirty-two years old and has comfortably bounced from one job to another (none of them amounting to a career). Younger sister Erica is pregnant and deeply resentful of her older sister's freedom and ability to always land on her feet. Erica and twin brother Brady run their parent's restaurant. Through circumstance set in motion by their mother Sawyer finds herself stepping to help at the restaurant, setting off a delicious series of events.
Twenty-something Jori is happily finding a place for herself in her personal and professional life and fighting any attempt to rock her finally steady boat.
This was a very sweet romance but for me the highlights were the interplay among the siblings and how their relationship extended to everyone around them.
One of the other highlights for me was any and all aspects of the day to day running of restaurant.
If you love this book you might want to try the author's other books -
Sequestered Hearts
Fully Involved
Fantastic Romance! July 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Hey Erin - I wanted to thank you for a wonderfully well written,
novel. It flows so smoothly.
Yes, I loved the setting.
Who wouldn't? Inside a fab restaurant where the food is one of the
characters, especially the chocolate! But, it's the entire cast that
make this story a heartfelt romance. The family closeness with
sibling issues was constructed perfectly. The feeling that I got from
each reading left me content yet wanting more. I looked forward to
getting home every night and continuing with the novel.
I highly recommend A PLACE TO REST. The protagonists aren't perfect
but rich with everyday concerns that touched me deeply. I enjoyed
this book tremendously. I felt like I entered a very special world as
a visitor not just a reader.
Erin seems to have the knack for being able to get inside her
characters and bring them out in a natural, yet unique way. What you
see is what you get. And you get A LOT!
I really love the way you write romance, Erin. Looking forward to
many more.
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