A Night Like This
Marcus was already running over, as was the surgeon. There was blood everywhere, so much of it Daniel could see it seeping through the grass, even from across the clearing. His gun slipped from his fingers and he stepped forward, trancelike.
When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals. Yes,
Michael Farren, Krissy Nordhoff and Alisa Turner combined their substantial songwriting talents to pen this lovely Christmas ballad. Independent vocal parts, a stunning orchestration and this meaningful message allow the listener to hear the old story anew. Beautiful!
A relatively basic album of party-based zydeco from the heir apparent to the throne after the death of Clifton Chenier. The nice thing about Buckwheat Zydeco's (Stanley Dural's) albums is the broader diversity that he uses as far as the compositions are concerned. Along with his own compositions on this album are bits from Booker T (\"Time Is Tight\"), the Blasters (\"Marie Marie\"), and Bob Dylan (\"On a Night Like This\"). To accompany his own band, a portion of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band fills in on horns throughout the album, much to the credit of the finished sound. The album is jumping, just the way it's supposed to. This is certainly one of Buckwheat's best albums, right in with Where There's Smoke, There's Fire. Pick it up for a high energy album of Louisiana's party music.
\"Take the Golden Ring concept, add a splendid collection of unusual Christmas songs and tunes, bring in Cathy Barton and Dave Para, Sandy, Caroline and David Paton, Ed Trickett's guitar and harmonies, Skip Gorman's fiddle, and Gordon Bok to offer a Quaker Benediction, and you have a Folk-Legacy Christmas recording.\"-Sandy Paton, co-founder Folk-Legacy RecordsTwas a Night Like This presents a diverse selection of traditional Christmas songs, ranging from Poland to the Shetlands, and from Spain to Alabama. Performed by the founders of Folk-Legacy Records, their son, and some of the label's most frequent contributors, this album carries with it an intimate and familial tone evocative of the Christmas season.
As I have moved into adulthood, I have gravitated toward romance novels that feature this classic troupe. Rich lord meets commoner and marries her anyway, even if it feels unlikely it always seems to draw me in. Over the years my favorite group of Cinderella romance has been replaced with enemies to lovers troupes but there is still a soft spot in my heart when it comes to Cinderella stories.
That was why this book grabbed my attention, I loved the modern take on a Cinderella story with Fran being this basic assistant assigned to work as a celebrity PA at a high profile ball where she meets handsome rich guy completely different worlds from her own and falls in love one night. How much more Cinderella-ish can it get in this description? I immediately decided to give it a go!
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Fran Cooper and her fiancé, Stew, left their lives in London for the suburbs and it has directly impacted Fran's career. She is now a temp hopping from job to job and is feeling very uninspired. It doesn't help that Stew doesn't really support her and she plays second fiddle to him in just about everything. However, things change when her temp agency calls her with an offer she can't refuse. She would be an assistant to Juliette, the famous pop star, to help her get ready for the famous Crystal Ball in Italy. Even though Fran promised Stew she wouldn't take any jobs in which she travels, she can't turn down this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So, she leaves things on a rocky note with Stew and off she goes to a luxurious yacht in Italy assisting pop star, Juliette. Juliette has a reputation of being difficult, so Fran is ready for anything. Much to Fran's surprise, at first, she hits it off with Juliette, but things take a turn and Juliette doesn't want to perform at the ball anymore and ends up leaving Juliette in Italy. When Juliette's make-up artist shows up to transform Juliette for the ball, she convinces Fran to go instead of Juliette as this is a chance she shouldn't miss. While there, her life changes forever and she meets a wealthy American, Evan Carden. Fran has some choices to make regarding her love life, her work, and whether she is going to risk it all. On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk is a modern \"Cinderella\" story that made me laugh, cringe, and swoon. It's the perfect Valentine's Day read.
I felt badly for Fran in On a Night Like This. I could tell she was trapped in a bad relationship, in a boring town, and in a dead-end job. I desperately wanted her to break free from Stew, especially when he started acting shady and controlling. It was painful when Fran would justify his behavior and I was glad once she started working for Juliette as it gave her a different perspective. The fog that Stew cast over her finally lifted. Her friendship with Juliette seemed like it was going somewhere, but then things got weird and Fran was abandoned in Italy. The yacht left without her! However, that's where the \"Cinderella\" part of the story begins. Fran goes to the ball pretending she belongs there with some help from Juliette's makeup artist and that's when she meets Evan. Things continue from there, but Fran still has to face the facts and make some big decisions regarding her love life and career. Maybe this will be the spark to light the fire within Fran to finally change her life.
The secondary characters in On a Night Like This were great, especially her best friend Jess. I enjoyed their friendship and their witty banter. We all need someone like Jess in our lives! Stew, the jerk fiancé, was predictable and one of those guys that makes you eye roll. I think Fran really got stuck in a mediocre relationship because it was easy and it was better than putting herself out there. She definitely settled. On the other hand, Evan seemed a bit too good to be true, but that is just what a feel good rom-com calls for, isn't it? After all, On a Night Like This is a great escape from the (more often than not) depressing current events and the perfect book to curl up with on Valentine's Day.
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I read this book looking for a warm and happy escape into historical land. Nothing tragically wrenching was going to happen. No one was going to go after my heart, rip it out of my chest and flip it around a few times before wrapping it up in a happy ending that would make me half-cry with relief.
The book has perfectly nice characters, and people I like to visit from prior books. Plus, the three Smythe-Smith girls are terribly funny, especially when dramatic performances are involved, and the banter between them, Anne, and Daniel made for some of my favorite chapters in the book.
There are also some powerful parallels in the emotional problems of the hero and heroine. He is exiled from his family, as is she, for totally different yet scandalous reasons. But Daniel is allowed to show his face in society; though there are rumors about him, no one will throw him out of an establishment. As for Anna, if her life's story were fully known, no one would see her. The family in whose home she resides would likely look right through her on the street and pretend they didn't know her if her history were common knowledge.
PLUS, their suitability is an issue that's remarked upon by characters other than the hero and heroine. Anna acknowledges that such an alliance between them would be most inappropriate, and his pursuit endangers her job with Daniel's cousins. There is a scene where Daniel's aunt tells him to knock it off or Anna will lose her job. It's not like they can kick him out of the family. He's the earl.
But much like my last review, I expected this book to be like an ice cream soda or mineral water: lovely when it's fresh and I'm enjoying it, but at room temperature after reflection and after much thought, not so bubbly at all. This one, with the unexpected ease with which the resolution came about, went flat in a hurry.
YES to SBSarah re how forgettable JLH and NLT are. In fact, in the first draft of my review, I wrote a whole paragraph about the nagging feeling I had that all this seemed familiar before I realized that I had in fact read AN ENTIRE BOOK about those early events. I cut the paragraph because I went on to say that I usually forget what I read, and after a while I was digressing into my memory issues to such an extent that I feared the Bitches would order an intervention. Even by my standards of forgetfulness, the Smythe-Smith books are fluffy forget-fullness to the core.
With age came a totally different perspective on that scene, and I have struggled to recommend it since I re-read it. I felt something like grief and disappointment that one of my favorites was no longer my favorites because I saw it in such a negative manner now.
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Evan makes her a promise: no last names, no life stories, just one unforgettable night. Yet Evan belongs at the Crystal Ball and Fran is a gatecrasher. They may be soulmates, but their homes are an ocean apart, and their lives a world apart. They'll never meet again - unless, on a night like this, everything can change forever...