Cool Shade

Theresa Weir is a distinct voice in romance writing. She writes atypical story lines with no cookie cutter romance characters. Her tales run deep and she gives us real people as her leads. Each Weir book I have read to date has positively affected me in some unique way. You want these people as your friends and can truly feel the trials and joys they experience. This author writes some of the best contemporary romances I have read. All I could find to complain about in Cool Shade is that the story was too short! It is only 258 pages and I usually prefer books that are at least 350 pages in length. I was sorry to see such a tender, moving story come to an end so suddenly.Maddie Smith is a disc jockey without a job. She never seems to stay long in one place and actually enjoys moving around. So when her job in Arizona ends, she heads to Nebraska to see her estranged sister taking all her belongings and her cat with her. When she arrives at her sister's home, Maddie becomes concerned - it is obvious that she has disappeared. In searching for clues to her disappearance, she visits Eddie Berlin, a reclusive hunk who doesn't stray much further than his own front yard.Eddie Berlin was the manager of famous rock musician who died after being shot at a concert. Eddie has become more and more withdrawn since the time of his friend's death. Now he can't seem to go out in public and has all of life's necessities delivered to his forty-acre farm. Eddie, despite his odd behavior, is quite a sexy and considerate guy. When a strange lady shows up in his front yard, falling flat on her face, Eddie is suspicious of her motives for coming to visit.Cool Shade is a gentle drama of a budding romance between two very likable characters. Maddie exhibits a bit of odd behavior herself in the beginning but attraction develops anyway. Eddie and Maddie share a relationship neither is ready to acknowledge. There are no strong misunderstandings or cruel behavior from one to the other. It's just a great little romance story. The sensual scenes rate about a 3.75 out of 5.0 (see More About Me for rating guidelines).This is my third Weir book and I will eagerly seek out more of her books to read. Unfortunately, some of those other books are also around 250 pages. But this is one author that I will allow a shorter story than I usually prefer because her books are just so dog gone good. Although Cool Shade and other of Weir's books are out of print, there are many used and even new copies available at bargain prices on this site and other internet stores.

This is my favorite Theresa Weir book -- and that's saying a lot because she's really good. She is not a typical romance writer. When her characters make a mistake, it's not because she's trying to make the book longer -- their mistakes grow out of their personalities.If you like music, and sensitive heroes, and people with quirks, you'll love this book. There are lots of surprises and some big secrets.I'm not sure which is more intense, the style or the love scenes.

A wonderful and intriguing story. Theresa's characters possess such depth and soul that I found it hard to put the book down. Innovative and captivating, COOL SHADE is truly a literary treasure. I highly recommend this book!

This book was amazing. Just when I thought 1999 was going to be a big dud for me. I ordered Cool Shade and Bad Karma at the same time and read Bad Karma first, which was also a winner! But Cool Shade left me speechless! I loved this book. Original, exciting, sad, heartwarming. I can't say enough about this book. The characters and story were fabulous! And it even had some great sizziling sex scenes to boot! Bravo Ms. Weir.