Books by Mary Carter and Complete Book Reviews
Mary Carter, Author . Kensington $12.95 (314p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1539-0
Carter's second novel (after She'll Take It
) follows a thrice-divorced tarot card reader possessed of questionable psychic prowess who is drawn into the strange dealings of a wealthy family. Despite three failed marriages, 32-year-old Clair
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Mary Carter, Author . Kensington $15 (327p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2920-5
Carter’s talent continues to evolve, as evidenced in this solid offering about deaf artist Lacey Gears, whose happy life—good boyfriend, rising career, faithful dog—is upended when she receives a mysterious note informing her that...
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Mary Carter, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $12.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1354-9
ncCarter's debut sucks the reader into the hyper-neurotic world of struggling actress cum talented kleptomaniac Melanie Zeitgar, for whom the guilty thrill of a good theft can take the sting out of boyfriend mishaps, job failures and dysfunctional...
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Mary Carter. Kensington, $15 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-7582-5336-1
After the McBride sisters' Uncle Joe wins the family pub from their gambling-addict brother Ronan in a poker match, the sisters create a sweepstakes as a way of keeping their scheming uncle from turning the pub into a tanning salon. When adrift 30-ye
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Mary Carter. Kensington, $15 trade paper (375p) ISBN 978-0-7582-5337-8
In Carter's contrived but touching novel, New York City realtor Bailey Jordan faces a hitch in her plans to raise a family after a car accident and near-death experience leaves her husband, Brad, a changed man. Rather than children, he's determined...
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Mary Carter, read by Meredith Mitchell. Tantor Audio, , unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4945-0177-8
Aspiring country singer Grace and her boyfriend, Jake, are thrilled to win an unexpected trip to Barcelona. Soon after arriving, however, Grace discovers that her long-estranged, semisociopathic foster sister, Carrie Ann, is in Barcelona too, and is
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Janet Dailey, Cathy Lamb, Mary Carter, and Elizabeth Bass. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (416p) ISBN 978-1-4201-2419-4
This unrewarding collection of “lost love” contemporary romance novellas manages to depress more than excite. Lamb’s “The Apple Orchard,” about a traumatized woman coming to terms with her past so she can reunite with an old flame, has a compelling...
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Linda Lael Miller, Kat Martin, Mary Carter, and Laura Florand. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (448p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3253-3
Bestseller Miller (Big Sky Wedding) anchors an enjoyable holiday collection with plenty of Christmas cheer but limited sparkle. In Carter’s busy “The Christmas Carousel,” auction house owner Georgia refuses to sell her property to handsome investor...
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