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Sighs Matter

by Marianne Stillings

Published 2006372 pagesISBN 978-0-0607-3483-1

Below is the back cover blurb. Expect the book to be better than the blurb suggests actually. This is a lovely romance with a suspense element , which is handled in a more lighthearted way than the blurb leaves you to believe. You get not only this story, which is the third in a series, but also a bit of involvement from the main characters from the 1st book in the series (The Damsel in this Dress) which is about the older brother and the heroines best friend. --------------------------------------------------- IT WAS A NIGHT OF SLOW DANCES, HEATED LOOKS, AND FOR DETECTIVE TAYLOR McKENNITT, THE EARTH MOVED. UNFORTUNATELY, SO DID THE LOVELY CLAIRE . . . . . right on out the door. Not that it wasn't the hottest night of her life. In fact, the memory of Taylor's kisses, his touch, his . . . everything makes Claire want to leap right back into the sexy detective's bed. But the last thing she needs is to fall in love with a man in blue, even if he is irresistible. And determined. Then just when Taylor thinks he's close to getting her back into his life, a deranged killer targets Claire. Now it's Taylor's duty to protect her. And in the process, he'll win her resisting heart or die trying -- which is suddenly a very distinct possibility.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Urgent pace

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Sighs MatterMarianne Stillings
Heightened4.2/5

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Reading lengthA standard-length read372 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2006
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-0607-3483-1
Language
English
Edition record
OL9235320M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.