- Paperback
- Publisher: Mira Books; Library ed edition (19 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778301915
- ISBN-13: 978-0778301912
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Anne Whitaker is married to a successful baseball star, Buck Whitaker. Before her marriage, Anne was a reporter, now she is a 'professional wife'; looking good for the cameras and the fans, attending matches and functions - basically living in a goldfish bowl.
At 34 years of age, Anne is tired of the limelight and wants something more, specifically a baby! So unbeknowns to Buck she throws away her Pills and becomes pregnant. However at ten weeks pregnant she begins to have pains and bleed at a reception Buck is due to speak at. Panicing she tells him they must leave immediately, he refuses until after his speech. In the car going home, they row, he drives too fast and crashes, she miscarries and he badly injures his knee, putting him out of the game for a season.
Upset over the miscarriage, Anne leaves Buck and goes and stays with her father and his new wife in Tallulah. Tallulah in the Mississippi Delta is also where Buck comes from. His family are wealthy planters who live in Belle Pointe, the plantation house. Buck's family are disfunctional to say the least and Buck hasn't been back for many years. Missing his wife and wanting desparately to salvage his marriage, Buck follows her to Tallulah. There, he and Anne find themselves embroiled in Whitaker family secrets of the past, while trying to sort out their futures.
Anne's father runs the local newspaper and Anne starts to work for him and also starts looking through archive material in the hope of understanding the Whitakers. However, someone doesn't want secrets revealed, and Anne's father has secrets of his own.
A good read. A romance with a hint of suspense.
At 34 years of age, Anne is tired of the limelight and wants something more, specifically a baby! So unbeknowns to Buck she throws away her Pills and becomes pregnant. However at ten weeks pregnant she begins to have pains and bleed at a reception Buck is due to speak at. Panicing she tells him they must leave immediately, he refuses until after his speech. In the car going home, they row, he drives too fast and crashes, she miscarries and he badly injures his knee, putting him out of the game for a season.
Upset over the miscarriage, Anne leaves Buck and goes and stays with her father and his new wife in Tallulah. Tallulah in the Mississippi Delta is also where Buck comes from. His family are wealthy planters who live in Belle Pointe, the plantation house. Buck's family are disfunctional to say the least and Buck hasn't been back for many years. Missing his wife and wanting desparately to salvage his marriage, Buck follows her to Tallulah. There, he and Anne find themselves embroiled in Whitaker family secrets of the past, while trying to sort out their futures.
Anne's father runs the local newspaper and Anne starts to work for him and also starts looking through archive material in the hope of understanding the Whitakers. However, someone doesn't want secrets revealed, and Anne's father has secrets of his own.
A good read. A romance with a hint of suspense.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a really thoroughly enjoyable read. It has an excellent story with great lead characters. It is a really sweet love story, in particular the way in which Buck won't give up on Anne and their marraige.
Anne Whittaker returns to Tallulah, Mississippi, seeking to regroup emotionally after a miscarraige - and to decide wheter or not to divorce her husband. To pass the time, she begins to investigate the towns ruling family, her in-laws, the Whitakers, who run Belle Pointe, a lucrative cotton plantation. Tallulah holds bitter memories for Anne's husband, Buck, but he follows her, determined to win her back. Together they discover family secrets that rock the town and change their lives forever.
Anne Whittaker returns to Tallulah, Mississippi, seeking to regroup emotionally after a miscarraige - and to decide wheter or not to divorce her husband. To pass the time, she begins to investigate the towns ruling family, her in-laws, the Whitakers, who run Belle Pointe, a lucrative cotton plantation. Tallulah holds bitter memories for Anne's husband, Buck, but he follows her, determined to win her back. Together they discover family secrets that rock the town and change their lives forever.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Romance as steamy and lush as the Mississippi Delta
7 Jun 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The sultry, lush Delta of Mississippi parallels the richness and heat of this steamy story of a marriage strained to the breaking point, family secrets, intimacy, and yes, even murder.
Anne Whitaker is tired of her famous husband's professional athlete's fishbowl life, which, for her, is without challenge or reward. Anne had an interesting and successful career as a television journalist when she first met Buck, but was unable to continue it when they married. After six years of being Buck Whitaker's trophy wife, she wants more.
When Buck continues to refuse her the child she knows will fill the void in her life, she throws away her birth control pills, convinced that when Buck finds himself a father-to-be, he'll be as excited about the prospect of parenting as she will. But before she has an opportunity to share her new pregnancy with him, her body betrays her. The symptoms indicating a miscarriage force Anne to drop the surprise on Buck at an important social event, where he's the keynote speaker.
Buck Whitaker's got his hands full with contract negotiations. At thirty-seven, he's aging for the pro baseball circuit, and also has some bad press following him due to an unfortunate steroid-connected death that occurred at his home. He's blindsided by his wife's confession of her secret pregnancy and his ego suffers knowing that Anne feels there's something missing in their marriage.
Coming from a dysfunctional family, Buck knows having a baby doesn't fix things, and his anger, fueled by his righteous indignation, ends up causing an accident culminating in Anne's miscarriage and a serious injury to his knee. Anne leaves Buck to return to his Delta hometown in Mississippi, where her father and stepmother now live, not knowing if she can ever forgive Buck for their loss. Buck follows his wife home, knowing only that he must heal the breach between them, or nothing will matter in his life.
In need of something to occupy her time while she heals emotionally, Anne immerses herself in Buck's family's history, which has always fascinated her. Buck focuses on two goals, to repair the emotional damage he's done to their marriage, and to repair the physical damage he's done to his knee.
When Anne's research threatens old family secrets, and danger threatens Anne, Buck must now find a way to save his wife's life. Will they find the missing link in their marriage before it's too late? And will they find the missing link to Buck's past, saving them both now?
Karen Young brings these characters and this story to life as lavishly as the Delta soil brings life to Mississippi. I've enjoyed many of this author's books in the past, and this is one of my favorites. Enjoy.
Anne Whitaker is tired of her famous husband's professional athlete's fishbowl life, which, for her, is without challenge or reward. Anne had an interesting and successful career as a television journalist when she first met Buck, but was unable to continue it when they married. After six years of being Buck Whitaker's trophy wife, she wants more.
When Buck continues to refuse her the child she knows will fill the void in her life, she throws away her birth control pills, convinced that when Buck finds himself a father-to-be, he'll be as excited about the prospect of parenting as she will. But before she has an opportunity to share her new pregnancy with him, her body betrays her. The symptoms indicating a miscarriage force Anne to drop the surprise on Buck at an important social event, where he's the keynote speaker.
Buck Whitaker's got his hands full with contract negotiations. At thirty-seven, he's aging for the pro baseball circuit, and also has some bad press following him due to an unfortunate steroid-connected death that occurred at his home. He's blindsided by his wife's confession of her secret pregnancy and his ego suffers knowing that Anne feels there's something missing in their marriage.
Coming from a dysfunctional family, Buck knows having a baby doesn't fix things, and his anger, fueled by his righteous indignation, ends up causing an accident culminating in Anne's miscarriage and a serious injury to his knee. Anne leaves Buck to return to his Delta hometown in Mississippi, where her father and stepmother now live, not knowing if she can ever forgive Buck for their loss. Buck follows his wife home, knowing only that he must heal the breach between them, or nothing will matter in his life.
In need of something to occupy her time while she heals emotionally, Anne immerses herself in Buck's family's history, which has always fascinated her. Buck focuses on two goals, to repair the emotional damage he's done to their marriage, and to repair the physical damage he's done to his knee.
When Anne's research threatens old family secrets, and danger threatens Anne, Buck must now find a way to save his wife's life. Will they find the missing link in their marriage before it's too late? And will they find the missing link to Buck's past, saving them both now?
Karen Young brings these characters and this story to life as lavishly as the Delta soil brings life to Mississippi. I've enjoyed many of this author's books in the past, and this is one of my favorites. Enjoy.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Warm & Tender Love story woven into a suspense drama!
22 May 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
BELLE POINT is a warm and tender love story woven into a suspense drama. It starts with the emotional roller coaster of a miscarriage and will keep you turning the page until the very last word. Ann and Buck have been married for years, but are now on the brink of divorce. To reach `happily ever after' they must dig deeper than passion to discover if their marriage can be salvaged.
The wife of a popular sports star, Ann Stewart has become disenchanted with their superficial lifestyle and fishbowl existence. She knows her husband isn't ready to start a family, but longs for a baby and gets pregnant without telling him. His reaction to the news leaves Ann questioning the very foundation of their relationship.
Hours later, Buck's reckless driving causes a car wreck, landing them both in the hospital. Ann loses the baby, and Buck's injuries put his career in jeopardy.
Grieving for her lost child, Ann seeks refuge with her father and stepmother in the small Mississippi town of Tallulah. Buck follows her to Mississippi and declares his intention of winning her back, but Ann worries that it is too late to rekindle their love. Can she forgive him for causing the death of their child?
Hoping for a distraction while she wrestles with decisions about their future, Ann accepts a job as a newspaper reporter, resuming a career she abandoned after her marriage. Fascinated by Belle Point, the plantation owned by Buck's family, Ann starts poking around in the newspaper archives, researching the history of both Belle Point and the people who lived there. She hopes to learn more about her husband, and the dark secrets that plague him.
But someone doesn't want her uncovering history, and will stop at nothing to prevent her continued research. An arsonist visits the newspaper and Ann almost dies in the fire.
Will she discover the secret that motivates a killer before someone dies?
Can she forgive Buck or is a divorce looming in her future?
I highly recommend BELLE POINTE! It's Karen's best yet!
The wife of a popular sports star, Ann Stewart has become disenchanted with their superficial lifestyle and fishbowl existence. She knows her husband isn't ready to start a family, but longs for a baby and gets pregnant without telling him. His reaction to the news leaves Ann questioning the very foundation of their relationship.
Hours later, Buck's reckless driving causes a car wreck, landing them both in the hospital. Ann loses the baby, and Buck's injuries put his career in jeopardy.
Grieving for her lost child, Ann seeks refuge with her father and stepmother in the small Mississippi town of Tallulah. Buck follows her to Mississippi and declares his intention of winning her back, but Ann worries that it is too late to rekindle their love. Can she forgive him for causing the death of their child?
Hoping for a distraction while she wrestles with decisions about their future, Ann accepts a job as a newspaper reporter, resuming a career she abandoned after her marriage. Fascinated by Belle Point, the plantation owned by Buck's family, Ann starts poking around in the newspaper archives, researching the history of both Belle Point and the people who lived there. She hopes to learn more about her husband, and the dark secrets that plague him.
But someone doesn't want her uncovering history, and will stop at nothing to prevent her continued research. An arsonist visits the newspaper and Ann almost dies in the fire.
Will she discover the secret that motivates a killer before someone dies?
Can she forgive Buck or is a divorce looming in her future?
I highly recommend BELLE POINTE! It's Karen's best yet!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Mystery, Romance and Secrets!
28 May 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
BELLE POINTE is a story of two people who make life-affirming decisions while dealing with the discord and mystery surrounding their lives. The vibrant and believable characters make this another Karen Young page-turner. The story begins with an emotional Anne Whitaker fearing the worst is happening at a gala fund raiser where her husband Buck, the St. Louis Jacks all-star pitcher, is the key-note speaker. She begins to have problems and knowing she should get to bed immediately, asks Buck if they could leave but he refuses not knowing she is 10 weeks pregnant. She tells him of the pregnancy just before his speech and his reaction is not what she expected; quarrelling on the way home as he drives too fast, they crash and Anne loses the baby. Unable to forgive his words and actions, she blames him for the accident and the miscarriage. She leaves him not knowing if their marriage can ever be saved.
Seriously injured from the accident and out of baseball for the season, Buck tries to win back his wife by following her to a place he wishes she had not gone, his home town of Tallulah, Mississippi and of Belle Pointe, the beautiful Southern mansion were his relatives and their dark secrets still reside. When Anne sees Buck's brother, the arrogant and self-centered Pearce - no two brothers could be more unlike - and his mother, Victoria, an unloving, stern business woman, she begins to understand Buck's reasons for keeping his distance and at his reluctance in being a father.
A reporter by trade, Anne finds a peculiar connection to a man named Baker then Buck recalls a memory from his youth that causes him concern. He turns to Anne, unknowingly placing her in the midst of a dark secret while launching the story into further mystery. She continues to delve into the archives against the request of Pearce and Victoria. Finding a connection between a long ago hunting accident and a Viet Nam veteran, Anne wonders what other skeletons jangle in the closet that Pearce and Victoria feel must be kept locked away. She continues to research Tallulah history then almost dies in a fire, Buck goes after the suspect and Anne finds her heart. These are only a few of the many conflicts they face while realizing their love for one another and solving the mysteries of the past. In a romantic setting, it is also about remembering where you are from, about family and making the best happen for the future. Please don't miss BELLE POINTE, by Karen Young. You will not be disappointed!
Seriously injured from the accident and out of baseball for the season, Buck tries to win back his wife by following her to a place he wishes she had not gone, his home town of Tallulah, Mississippi and of Belle Pointe, the beautiful Southern mansion were his relatives and their dark secrets still reside. When Anne sees Buck's brother, the arrogant and self-centered Pearce - no two brothers could be more unlike - and his mother, Victoria, an unloving, stern business woman, she begins to understand Buck's reasons for keeping his distance and at his reluctance in being a father.
A reporter by trade, Anne finds a peculiar connection to a man named Baker then Buck recalls a memory from his youth that causes him concern. He turns to Anne, unknowingly placing her in the midst of a dark secret while launching the story into further mystery. She continues to delve into the archives against the request of Pearce and Victoria. Finding a connection between a long ago hunting accident and a Viet Nam veteran, Anne wonders what other skeletons jangle in the closet that Pearce and Victoria feel must be kept locked away. She continues to research Tallulah history then almost dies in a fire, Buck goes after the suspect and Anne finds her heart. These are only a few of the many conflicts they face while realizing their love for one another and solving the mysteries of the past. In a romantic setting, it is also about remembering where you are from, about family and making the best happen for the future. Please don't miss BELLE POINTE, by Karen Young. You will not be disappointed!
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