Happily Ever After

This was my first Tanya Anne Crosby book and I loved it! Sophia came from a rich, refined family, with a father that gave very good advice. Although she lived the easy life with servants to do everything for her, she had the determination to stand up for herself and her dreams and go on an adventure to tell her unworthy fiance she knew of his unfaithfullness and she wasn't going to stand for it! She pitched in to help on her journey, ending up dirty and smelling bad, but she was still a beauty in Jacks eyes. This was a great book, I highly recommend it

I absolutely LOVED this book. I could not put it down. Jack Macauley was a great character as was his friend, Kell. I'm hoping Kell gets his own book soon :) Sophie was also great! I loved the way she was traveling all that way and took such a risk, considering how she was bred and that she was alone, just to tell her boyfriend off! She finally stuck up for herself and it was Amazing! The chemistry between Jack and Sophie is explosive and this was, by far, Tanya Ann Crosby's most sensual work I've ever read. The love that they felt for each other was impressive. The way Jack was going to such extremes to not confuse or hurt her. It was a wonderful story and I recommend reading it.

This is a delightful seafaring romp featuring a refreshingly non-wimpy heroine and a gruffy but good-natured hero. The relationship between the hero and heroine is well-done, with just the right blend of passion and laughter.Indeed, while Sophia's bungling around the "Miss Deed" may be a bit hard to swallow, she makes up for it with a healthy dose of spunkiness and fire. And Jack is an intelligent and kind man despite his bluster.When I finish this book with a big smile, why, yes, I'd call this a keeper. Jack and Sophia are indeed two of the funniest and well, perfect romantic leads I've ever read. It is easy to believe a happily ever after for them.One thing though: the cover depicts a nice garden scene. The closest thing to a garden in this book is the Yukatan forest. What is the art department thinking?

I've never read a Tanya Anne Crosby book before but after this one, I definitely will read others. I found the book as a whole quite fun with a delightful hero and heroine. I always enjoy a hero who is more than the stereotypical brooding he-man with too much brawn and misery for the author to bother to make him charming or likable. Jack is likable. Though he has moods he isn't some relentlessly dark and brooding male. Jack is a turn of the century anthropologist trying to debunk late Victorian academic fashion (and truthfully a rather racist belief) that Mayan and Aztec societies would have had to have been founded on Western cultures believing that "native" cultures would be too backward to develop so extensively on their own.Sophie is a woman bounded by the era within which she lives. While she dreams of adventure and higher education, she was raised to be nothing more that a decorative wife and mother whose intellect and ambitions not only need not be taken seriously but are not expected to exist at all. When Sophia discovers her philandering fiance (Jack's rival in research)is simply using her and her father for grant money for his so-called "research expedition," Sophie is suddenly liberated and off on an adventure (and a little revenge since she is determined to dump her fiance in person. . .even if it means venturing to Belize to do so).I found Jack to be likable, believable, and charming, and I liked Sophie. While I can quibble that I would have preferred more development on Jack's past, his theories, and his history with Sophie's ex-fiance not to mention an explanation for Sophie's seeming blind spot near the end when she cannot understand why Jack is upset about her upcoming reunion of her fiance (the author never gave what I thought was a reasonable explanation for an otherwise bright heroine to be so inexplicably unobservant) the book as a whole still worked for me. I always find it preferable when you can imagine the characters liking each other as well as falling in love with each other, and Sophie and Jack seem to have that aspect to their romance. They could easily be friends, and with their shared intersts it's possible to envision a "happily ever after" for the two of them. I thought the book was quite enjoyable as a whole.

While I have enjoyed most of her books, Ms. Crosby scored a hit with me with 'Happily Ever After.' The author has drawn her romantic pair as warm, funny and, well... just plain sweet. Jack, the hero, was a NICE hunk and Sophie was a beautiful woman (who didn't know she was lovely) coming into her own. I really thought it was a nice touch at the end of the book to have Sophie writing her parents with her recipe for happiness. If you want a really enjoyable read that will make you laugh and make you cry(and not because it is sad), don't overlook this book. It's well worth the time.