Tribute - BookWyrm

451 pages

Published Feb. 11, 2009 by Jove Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-515-14636-3
OCLC Number:: 262428534

(2 reviews)

Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother's death may have covered some secrets. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her neighbor, graphic novelist Ford Sawyer, steps in to help her sort out who is targeting her and why.

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Lois reviewed Tribute by Nora Roberts

Review of 'Tribute' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I liked the sound of this one, that it was going to have a mystery, still probably heavy on the romance, but nothing too tough or extreme in the violence area, since that wasn't the mood I was in. And I really liked this one. So basically from the blurb, the idea is did her grandmother really commit suicide, and if so, what was the real reason. You get real people, who fall for each other in real ways, but talk to each other with what they feel and are doing; the mystery didn't take over from the romance (which is always for me the number one reason I read romances), but it was interesting and added to the whole story. Cilla had it with Hollywood, and wanted to become a contractor - something not thought of as a female dominated job, which is a nice plus; but most especially, …

I liked the sound of this one, that it was going to have a mystery, still probably heavy on the romance, but nothing too tough or extreme in the violence area, since that wasn't the mood I was in. And I really liked this one. So basically from the blurb, the idea is did her grandmother really commit suicide, and if so, what was the real reason. You get real people, who fall for each other in real ways, but talk to each other with what they feel and are doing; the mystery didn't take over from the romance (which is always for me the number one reason I read romances), but it was interesting and added to the whole story. Cilla had it with Hollywood, and wanted to become a contractor - something not thought of as a female dominated job, which is a nice plus; but most especially, I love that Nora Roberts made Ford, first of all not a super alpha guy, but a graphic novelist (aka a comic book author and artist), and she totally took the whole thing seriously. As someone who has many books here, romance, science and science fiction, but also a getting bigger over time comic book (mostly Star Wars) collection, I totally appreciated that.

And he's a huge nerd.

And his dog's name is Spock. All super pluses to me! :)

chefraven

rated it

Jan. 25, 2020

Subjects

Child actors -- Fiction.
Granddaughters -- Fiction.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Fiction.
Farms -- Fiction.
Virginia -- Fiction.