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When Venus Fell
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- Reviewer’s Choice Nominee, Best Mainstream
Romance, Romantic Times, 1998
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The ties that bind us—to our families, to our pasts—are
at the heart of this deeply engrossing love story. Venus
Arinelli saw her future as a concert pianist shattered when
her father’s life ended in disgrace. Now Venus plays in
cocktail lounges, sporting her survival skills like a suit
of armor. When a stranger emerges from her parents’ long-ago
past with an offer too good to refuse, Venus’s suspicions
flare up. But Gib Cameron has a special mission. He
represents the Camerons of Tennessee – a family as rooted in
American history and Southern soil as Venus’s is notorious
and fly-by-night. Yet the Camerons, survivors of tragedy,
need Venus for reasons that have to do with honor and
loyalty and an almost mystical bond to their shared past.
And Gib, as hard-eyed a skeptic as Venus herself, has to
persuade her to come to their mountain home.
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This book followed my big bestseller,
A Place To Call Home.
I felt a need to write something very different from
"Place," a decision with which many writers wrestle. I love
When Venus Fell, but it’s definitely a departure. On
a related note: When my publisher was "casting" an actress
to record the audio book, they narrowed their choices to two
fascinating women: Mary Stuart Masterson, best-known for
her starring role in the lovely film, "Fried Green
Tomatoes," and Kyra Sedgwick, a wonderful actress who’s
winning acclaim now as the star of the TV show, "The
Closer."
The job went to Mary. I’ve always wondered how Kyra would
have interpreted my book.
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"Very powerful . . . destined to be a
classic." -- Rendevous Magazine
"A Southern blend of family, home and
stellar romance." -- PEOPLE Magazine
"Bond to touch readers' hearts. Four
and a half stars." -- Romantic Times
"Deborah Smith had me weeping one
minute and rolling on the floor the next." -- Author
Patricia Rice.
"Brigadoon-like. . . vivid . . .
exhilarating." -- BookPage
"Passion, humor and exquisite
storytelling." -- Barnes and Noble.com
"A moving tale of love from a talented
author. One of our favorite contemporary romances of 1998."
-- Amazon.com Delivers Romance
"Funny and touching." -- Publishers
Weekly
"As addicting as chocolate." --
The Advocate, Baton
Rouge
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