Sleeping Beauty

The novel arrived in excellent condition. A nice surprise was that it was a hardbound, rather than the advertised paperpack edition.

Great read. Convincing characters, plausible plot, interesting setting, story moves right along. I had trouble putting it down.

A survivor of child sexual abuse, Anne Garnett leaves home far behind at a young age and becomes a high-powered, beautiful -- yet romantically untouchable lawyer. Until love enters the ice princess's life, and her beloved grandfather dies. She finds she must go home and face faces of relatives she'd rather forget in her painful memories of incest. Anne's character is so real, as are the characters readers meet from her past and in the present. This is an example of a romance novel that dips into one of life's true horrors -- incest -- and doesn't romanticize it or try to make it any less pretty than it is.

This is truly my favorite novel. Much of my admiration for this novel is centered around the herione of the novel, Anne. A lonely motherless child that was sexually abused by her uncle becomes a smart but empty woman. We might not agree with all the choices she has made but we can't blame her either considering all that has happened to her. We eagerly await how her family will react to having her appear after 25 she ran away from home. And we are disappointed that they still deny her accusation. A truly inspiring novel for those who have been beaten yet survives nonetheless. I highly recommend this book.

This is the first Judith Michael book that I have ever read and I found it to be a real page turner. I thought the different industries that were intertwined kept me reading on and the most of the characters were very interesting. Although, I thought that the ending to the book was rather premature and abrupt and kind of unrealistic. However, I would definetly recommend reading this novel!