Fool Me Once

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		Fool Me Once
		Fool Me Once

基本信息·出版社：Kensington
·页码：309 页
·出版日期：2006年09月
·ISBN：0758216300
·条形码：9780758216304
·装帧：精装
·外文书名：就让你骗一次

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From Publishers Weekly
Dog antics and a dead mother''s strange legacy drive Michaels''s latest (Hey, Good Looking), a repetitive story peopled with caricatures. Thirty-four-year-old Olivia Lowell was reared by her father, Dennis, who told her that her mother, Allison, died in childbirth. Content with her job as a dog photographer and a ho-hum relationship with an accountant, Olivia nearly comes unhinged when she learns that her mother recently passed away—and willed her a mail-order empire as well. But a letter from Allison, written 10 months before her death, reveals that she started her successful business with money stolen from a bank. Allison requests that Olivia return her share of the money, then find her partners-in-crime and make them do the same. With the help of the romantic interest, Jeff Bannerman, a lawyer who''s handler to a pesky Yorkshire terrier named Cecil, Olivia sets about resentfully fulfilling her mom''s last wishes. The book''s final third deals largely with the threat of having Cecil taken away, a plot twist that feels like an afterthought, as does the truth that''s revealed about the robbery and its aftermath. This novel may provide escapism for dog lovers, but pat lessons and slipshod plotting will disappoint others. (Aug. 29)
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From AudioFile
Pet photographer Olivia Lowell learns that her mother didn''t die when she was a baby as she''d always thought. Instead her mother abandoned her family. Now she has passed away, making a deathbed wish that her daughter atone for a forty-year-old crime. Laural Merlington gives an emotional performance as Olivia struggles to accept the lies of her past and open her heart to trust others in the future. Merlington also delivers believable performances as Olivia''s cold and distant mother, and as the caring young lawyer who helps Olivia unearth the secrets of her mother''s past. As Olivia makes her journey of forgiveness, Merlington shines. K.M.D. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

From Booklist
Olivia Lowell always believed her mother had died in childbirth. Now she learns that her mother has just died and left her a substantial fortune. Olivia''s life is already full. Her pet photography business is going strong, and she has forged a friendship with a young lawyer, Jeff Bannerman. Jeff, who has been appointed guardian for a Yorkshire terrier that has inherited its former owner''s estate, now helps Olivia deal with her mother''s last requests. Apparently, her mother robbed a bank when she was younger and parlayed her ill-gotten gains into a booming mail-order business. Once she found out she was terminally ill, she finally felt some regret and an urge to right her wrongs. This is what she asks Olivia to do. Whether or not to honor her absent mother''s wishes is a huge issue for Olivia, a quandary Michaels makes the most of with her usual storytelling magic. Maria Hatton
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