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STARRY NIGHT: A CHRISTMAS NOVEL
Author:
Macomber, Debbie
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Class:
Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PS3563.A
Print Run: 250000
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ISBN-13: 9780345528896
LCCN: 2013024825
Imprint: Ballantine Books
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Pub Date: 10/08/2013
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $18.00
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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243 pages ; 20 cm
H 7.54",
W 5.24",
D 0.89",
0.6506 lbs.
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Brodart's Blockbuster List
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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Library Journal Bestsellers
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Adult Fiction
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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Awards:
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Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews
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Publishers Weekly
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TIPS Subjects:
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Romance
Christmas
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BISAC Subjects: |
FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
FICTION / Sagas
FICTION / Women
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LC Subjects:
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Adventure fiction
Alaska, Fiction
Christmas stories
FICTION / Contemporary Women
FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
FICTION / Sagas
Recluses as authors, Fiction
Romantic suspense fiction
Women journalists, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Adventure fiction
Alaska, Fiction
Christmas, Fiction
Hermits, Fiction
Romantic suspense novels
Women journalists, Fiction
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 06/01/2013 |
| The snowy Alaskan wilderness could finally hand gossip columnist Carrie Slayton her big break in serious journalism, but she's going to have to work for it. When Carrie learns of recluse Finnegan Dalton, who once wrote a 'New York Times' bestseller, she sets out to get an interview from the man who refuses every reporter to cross his path. As Carrie faces a career-defining choice, Finn wonders if opening his heart again is worth the risk. 256pp., 250K, Auth res: Port Orchard, WA; Vero Beach, FL, Major Adv. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 09/02/2013 |
| Contemporary romance queen Macomber (Rose Harbor in Bloom) hits the sweet spot with this tender tale of impractical love. Newspaper reporter Carrie Slayton is sick of covering Chicago society events, so she hops on a plane to the Alaskan bush, determined to track down Finn Dalton, a bestselling author no one knows anything about. Finn hates reporters, guards his privacy, distrusts romance after a bad breakup, and resents his mother for leaving him and his father. Naturally, he refuses to engage in any personal conversation with Carrie when she arrives. But he can't control his attraction to her and slips a few times during her stay, showing his sensitive side. By the time Carrie goes home, they are halfway in love, and they bridge the distance with e-mail and text messages. Carrie has to be extremely patient while Finn works through his issues, but their happy ending is a delicious Christmas miracle well worth waiting for. (Oct.). 226p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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| BookPage | 12/01/2013 |
| When a successful gossip columnist comes upon the scoop of a lifetime in small-town Alaska, she must decide between her career or her heart. BOOKPAGE, c2013. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 07/15/2013 |
| Chicago society-page columnist Carrie Slayton wants to find and interview reclusive author Finn Dalton to prove her credibility as a real journalist; she doesn't expect to fall in love with him, jeopardizing both her heart and her career. Carrie Slayton yearns to write meatier stories, and her editor offers her a challenge: find and interview best-selling, reclusive author Finn Dalton, and she can have her pick of assignments. Determined, Carrie makes real progress, tracking down his birth certificate, then his mother, then the man himself. Basically drop-shipped by an Alaskan bush pilot to his cabin's doorstep, she is met by an angry author and an Arctic blizzard. Finn may be crotchety, but he's not inhumane, and he can hardly leave her outside in the snow. As the two get to know each other, they realize they may have more in common than either expected, and despite their icy beginnings, they warm up to each other. After two snowbound days, Carrie heads back to Chicago and her job, but neither Carrie nor Finn is ready to say goodbye, and the two begin a long-distance romance. Meanwhile, despite enough material to write a story, Carrie buries the piece, believing Finn's trust in her is more valuable than any article. The two are stuck on each other, but the people around them are more worried about their differences than their similarities, and they'll either have to figure out a way to be together or end it completely. Set in snowy Alaska, Chicago and Seattle during the Christmas season, Macomber fulfills fans' expectations with this romantic holiday confection. As with many Macomber books, the pace is relaxed, the story soft and fuzzy. Certain details miss the mark, and sometimes the story feels told more than shown, but the author will likely enthrall her usual audience with this quick, simple love story of two opposites attracting and struggling to make it work. Typical Macomber holiday romantic fare: short and sweet and as much a part of the season for some readers as cookies and candy canes. 256pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| Library Journal | 10/15/2013 |
| Seattle native Carrie Slayton, currently the society page columnist for a Chicago newspaper, yearns to write more serious stories. When she threatens to quit, her editor says she can choose any topic to write about if she manages to get an interview with Finn Dalton, a reclusive author who wrote a popular book about his life in the Alaskan wilderness. Some digging (and an appeal to Finn's mother) lands Carrie a flight to Finn's remote cabin, where a storm traps them together long enough for sparks to fly. When Finn asks her not to write about him, will Carrie risk her career for a life with Finn? VERDICT This is a sweet contemporary Christmas romance sans Macomber's usual angelic activity. The best-selling author's many fans will enjoy. [See Prepub Alert, 4/8/13.]. Melissa DeWild. 243p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 04/08/2013 |
| The queen of romance is back with a Christmas standalone starring disgruntled gossip columnist Carrie Slayton, who really wants to be a serious journalist. When she discovers the whereabouts of the famously reclusive Finnegan Dalton, whose book about living in the Alaskan wilds has hit the best sellers lists, she sees an opportunity to jump-start her career. But meeting Finn in the snowy wilderness during the holidays makes her rethink her decision. With a “Twelve Days of Debbie” social media campaign and Christmas downloadables available on Macomber’s website and social media channels, which should get everyone in the mood. 256p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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