The Wife Of Reilly

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Take My Husband, Please . . .

Okay, here's how it happened. I went to my college reunion and hooked up with Matt, the love of my life, my soulmate, the one who got away. After the most wonderful weekend together, he said something like, "I love you; let's get married," and I could swear I heard myself say, "Yes!" Maybe that would have been a good time to tell him about Reilly -- my husband . . .

Honestly, I'm not a bad person. Just crazy in love. And temporarily insane. Or maybe permanently selfish. The truth is that Reilly's a great guy but our marriage has been over for a while. Before you ask, it just fizzled between us. So what's a girl to do? Find him a new wife, that's what. Place an ad -- wife wanted. Easy as that. Everybody gets a happy ending . . .

. . . Or life becomes a dizzying train wreck of continual catastrophe. Finding the perfect replacement for myself isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Sorting through the weirdos, the nymphos, gold diggers, man-haters, and just plain desperate (I thought I had issues!) while balancing a husband in New York and a fiancé in L.A. is enough to make me go stark raving mad. I've got a forty-word personals ad running, an unstoppable American Express card and just a few months to find my replacement and make things all right. With a little help from my friends and a bit of luck, I just might find the next wife of Reilly . . .

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Take My Husband Please..........2007-06-08

Prudence Malone has a humdrum life in NYC. She loves her husband, but is not really in love with him, and a job as an accountant. That is until she goes to Anne Arber for a college reunion and meets up with the former love of her life Matt and gets engaged.

When she gets back to NYC Prudence gets her friends to help her find her husband another wife so he is not lonely when she leaves him. They do this and Prudence startes dating women to find Reilly's second wife. What happens?? Read The Wife of Reilly

NOT what I'd call "Chick Lit".......2007-01-18

I read this book, because it was in my "funny chick lit" list. There are reviews in Amazon and on the cover by other "funny chick lit" writers, Marian Keyes and Jane Green, who's books are funny & romantic. This wasn't.

The main character is a shallow, cold, controlling, unpleasant (rich, but that's cool) figure. She schemes to divorce a nice guy she's been married to for 11 years to get engaged to a creep she dated in college. She matures at the end. Goodness!
Who would read this book? It's not a self-help for shallow, cold, controlling, unpleasant women who wouldn't waste their time on this type of book anyway, and wouldn't see themselves in it even if they did read the book. It doesn't add anything delightful, entertaining or even enlightening. Not worth its "chick lit" tag.

Terrible Book.......2007-01-10

I was really looking forward to reading this book after hearing so many great things about the author. However, I was sorely disappointed. The protagonist, Prudence, was COMPLETELY unsympathetic and selfish. The plot was asinine to the point of being entirely unbelievable. I only finished it because I was so desperately hoping for it to get better, but it never did.

Premise not developed.......2006-08-14

The premise for this book seems as though it could make an interesting story. Unfortunately, this is not well developed. The story seems to touch lightly on dozens of things and doesn't have any depth or feeling to it.

Fun read.......2006-08-06

Flawed, always in a frenzy, fabulous character in Prudence, the heroine. The book is actually part 1 and part 2. I liked part 2 a lot when she starts to realize who she is and what she had done to end up where she is. Her friends are really great, anyone would be lucky to have a bunch like that. Maybe some spin off books about them would be really fun.

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A Fresh Prespective
Those Canaan Days Part 2
you go, girl!
Interesting for all, regardless of religious background
Was it Fiction?

Zipporah, Wife of Moses: A Novel
Marek Halter
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ASIN: 0739311719
Release Date: 2005-07-05

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In the time of the Pharaoh, a tiny infant is rescued from the banks of the Red Sea. She is named Zipporah, “the little bird.” Although she is a Cushite by birth—one of the black people of the lands to the south—she is taken in by Jethro, high priest and sage of the Midianites. Jethro adores his adopted daughter, and she is an honored member of his family. But the blackness of Zipporah’s skin sets her apart and will decide her future: she will be an outsider, and the men of her adopted tribe will not want her as a wife.

But when she becomes a young woman, Zipporah’s destiny changes forever. While drawing water at a well one day, she meets a handsome young man, a stranger. Like her, he is an outsider, a foreigner. His name is Moses. A Hebrew raised in the house of the Pharaoh, Moses is a fugitive, forced to flee his homeland of Egypt after murdering one of the Pharaoh’s cruel overseers. Zipporah knows almost immediately that this man will be the husband and partner she never thought she would have.

At first Moses wants nothing more than a peaceful life with the Midianites. He is content in his role as Zipporah’s lover and the honorary son of Jethro the sage. But Zipporah refuses to let Moses forget his past or turn away from what she believes to be his true destiny. Although he is the love of her life and the father of her children, Zipporah won’t marry Moses until he agrees to return to Egypt to confront Pharaoh and free his people. When God reveals himself to Moses in the burning bush, his words echo Zipporah’s, and Moses returns to Egypt with Zipporah by his side. A passionate lover and a generous, thoughtful wife, Zipporah becomes the guiding force in Moses’ struggle. With the help of her powerful father, she teaches the rebellious young man about the rule of law and the force of justice. Because of Zipporah—the outsider, the black-skinned woman—Moses becomes a defender of the oppressed and a liberator of the enslaved.

A woman ahead of her time, Zipporah leaps from the pages of this remarkable novel. Bold, independent, and a true survivor, she is a captivating heroine, and her world of deserts, temples, and ancient wonders is a fitting backdrop to an epic tale.

As Zipporah and Moses came closer to the queen of cities, the road parted company with the riverbank, and they found themselves facing a vast expanse of palm groves between the river and the hills and ocher cliffs, beyond which the desert began. And there, finally, rising into the blue sky, were the temples of Pharaoh.

There were about ten of them, the largest surrounded by smaller ones, as if they had given birth to them. Seeming to grow out of the rock, the tops reaching up into the sky, they defied belief, so fantastically huge that beside them, even the cliffs seemed mere hillocks. Their faces shimmered in the heat like oil against the transparent sky. The neatly laid brick road leading to them burned in the sun.

Zipporah remembered Moses’ words about the splendor of Pharaoh’s temples, but their hugeness surpassed anything she could have imagined. Nothing here was on a human scale. Not even the stone monsters with the heads of men and the bodies of lions that stood guard before them.

Farther on, beneath great pyramids, they could see vast building sites. Colonnades and needles of white limestone and walls carved and painted with thousands of figures rose on the fronts of palaces hollowed out of the cliffs. There were unfinished monsters without wings, and statues without heads. In places, the roads became mere dirt paths, with bricks piled at the sides. And everywhere, the slaves swarmed, working, carrying, hammering, creating a din that rose into the heat of the day and was carried on the air from the farthest reaches of the building sites. —FROM ZIPPORAH

Look for the Reader’s Group Guide at the back of this book.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Marek Halter was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1936. During World War II, his family escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and eventually settled in France. He is the author of several critically acclaimed, bestselling novels, including Sarah, the first novel of the Canaan trilogy. Lilah, the last of the trilogy, will be published in 2006. Marek Halter lives in Paris.

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A Fresh Prespective.......2007-09-04

LOVED the book. Could not put it down. Marek Halter delves into the mind of his characters and brings out fresh truths to ancient texts. The French to English translation is very good, but there are some nuances lacking.

Those Canaan Days Part 2.......2007-08-21

This book was much better than Sarah, the first book in the Canaan Trilogy. Zipporah was a much more sympathetic character than Sarah, and Moses more so than Abraham.

Zipporah was a proud woman who knew her destiny with a defiant certainty. She knew her role besides Moses, even before they had met. Their courtship is passionate (apparently Moses was a sexy thing) and Moses is accepted into Zipporah's family with great trust and love. Her father, Jethro, is a wise and influential figure throughout the novel. It is easy to see where Zipporah gets her wisdom and patience.

When Moses realizes his mission to free the Hebrews, Zipporah is his most trusted advisor, his strength and encouragement, though no one would accept her as anything other than a stranger because of her dark skin. She bears the weight of Moses' doubts, his troubled past, and his lack of confidence. Moses becomes the hero he his because of Zipporah's love and trust in Yahweh. However, the Hebrews will always be slaves in their hearts, and once they are free they cannot accept their lives or Zipporah's influence. It is a tragic conclusion to what should have been a glorious liberation.

This novel was much more emotional and well-written than Sarah, and I'm looking forward to the next in the series, in hopes that Halter's momentum continues.

To see my opinion of the entire trilogy, view my review of Lilah.

you go, girl!.......2007-06-21

i read this as well as "sarah" and liked both. i found zipporah's character to be stronger than sarah's thus i liked it better. she had this strength of character and wonderful sense of self-esteem that is inspiring and, sadly, very rare anymore. it was especially nice to see in light of the racial issues in the book. now, i know this book isn't "gospel" but how great is it to see the amazing strength of women?! i'd recommend this book if you're into women's issues, religion (unless fanatically so), or just a good read. and one of the best things was that you could explore biblical stuff (times/culture) without the in-your-face religious aspect. great book!

Interesting for all, regardless of religious background.......2007-04-25

This is just a very good story - it is an easy read and something you wont want to put down. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and read the entire thing in less than 2 days.

Was it Fiction?.......2007-04-04

The story is FICTION, because women are only rarely mentioned in the Bible. Zipporah was mentioned, briefly... and this story fills in the blanks with great license. A pretty good read

2 Book Set By Jennifer Coburn; Reinventing Mona; the Wife of Reilly.

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2 Book Set By Jennifer Coburn; Reinventing Mona; the Wife of Reilly.
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2 Book Set By Jennifer Coburn; Reinventing Mona; the Wife of Reilly

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Britain's Master Spy
Sidney Reilly; Edited and Completed By His Wife
Manufacturer: Harper and Brothers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KRQPJS

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Like many Washington D.C. law enforcement professionals, medical examiner Jessica Coran has had plenty of run-ins with Judge Maureen DeCampe, who's a little too liberal for her liking. But when DeCampe is kidnapped and tortured in a scenario so horrible that a psychic colleague of Jessica's falls ill with a mysterious syndrome after she attempts to "sense" the victim's whereabouts, Coran races the clock to find and free DeCampe before her friend can sever the psychic connection with the judge's kidnapper. It doesn't take long for the FBI to finger the perp--the father of a criminal DeCampe sentenced to death--but by the time they track him to the abandoned farm where he's bound the judge to the decaying body of his recently executed son, it may be too late for Jessica to save her friend. Fans of Robert W. Walker's nine previous thrillers featuring the redoubtable Ms. Coran will be delighted to meet her again; despite his sometimes stiff and ponderous style, Walker succeeds at telling a good story with plenty of the gory details that have made forensic suspense an increasingly popular genre. --Jane Adams

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Dr. Jessica Coran faces the most terrifying challenge of her career-when her professional adversary, a criminal court judge, is kidnapped by a deranged man with an unnatural instinct for revenge...

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Unnatural is Unbelievable in the best sense.......2003-09-10

No one writing forensics novels takes the risks that this writer takes. He's an amazing storyteller in that you feel he does what ever happens in the book as if it were real life. As if he writes not knowing what is going to happen on the next page, and so damn, you don't have a clue either and your predictions for the storyline as you are reading are never exactly on, and if they are, you get a thrill out of it because it is like reading the author's mind. Not an easy task with this man. He is the giant in forensics fiction. He was writing his novels of forensics long before Silence of the Lamb appered or X-Files, and so his books have only gained and ganied in appeal. Each more striking and diffeent from the next, and Unnatural Rules and Rocks. What other author in the history of horrific suspense fiction ever lashed a victim to a dead guy and has given his heroine a time clock of DECAY to save the day? Just an amazing MAX to the limt storyline, and Walker's cameoing Lucas Stonecoat and Meredyth Sanger from his even more amazing Edge series is a stroke of genius. I love Lucas in all his books, and Meredyth is a DIVA. With Final Edge coming out next March, placing the Edge gang into this Instinct title so deftly as he does, well, it just makes Walker a genius. He simply takes you anywhere with such a deft hand and you are given over to his books in rapt attention. Can't say 'nough 'bout Unnatural Instinct. Sends the obsessive compulsives over the Edge with Bible-thumping Isaiah Purdy, the innocuous evil of the man permeating throughout. Wicked, wicked, and more wicked on top of cruel and unusual, thus the title perhaps? Unnatural (Unusual) and just plain weird fun. The most entertaining book I've read since reading Walker's Fire&Flesh under his pen name Evan Kingsbury, a Stoker recommended read.

a decently readable novel, picks up in the end.......2003-04-25

This was a good, quick read. Not as emotionally gripping as earlier books in this series, but a good quick plot that I enjoyed, and Jessica Coran was vastly more interesting in this book than in the previous two Instinct novels. The last hundred and twenty pages fly by, which was a fairly nice surprise. I think my one real quibble with the book (and something I havent' seen mentioned yet) was the guest-starring of Stonecoat and Sanger from Walker's Edge series. That, and the small subplot with the Indian killings in Sioux Falls that Coran and Stonecoat both became involved in, shouldn't have even been written about and frankly took a bit away from the main story of this book, which would have been fine on its own if lengthened just a bit.

Overall though, it seems like Mr. Walker is returning to the form that he had last in Darkest Instinct and Extreme Instinct. Let's hope the next book in this series continues the trend of good books in this series.

But please, no more cameos from characters in the Edge series, ok?

A judge disappears and the FBI pursues her abductor........2002-09-24

In Robert Walker's latest novel, "Unnatural Instinct," appellate court judge Maureen DeCampe has disappeared from an underground parking garage in Washington, D. C. The FBI fears that someone bent on revenge has abducted her. Dr. Jessie Coran, FBI medical examiner and sleuth extraordinaire, is in charge of the investigation.

Jessie, with the help of her colleagues, including her lover, Richard Sharpe, frantically seeks clues to the identity of Judge DeCampe's abductor. The investigators even enlist the aid of a psychic, Kim Desinor, who senses that the judge has been taken to a place filled with decay. As the investigators race against time, the judge is facing certain death at the hands of her crazed attacker.

Unfortunately, "Unnatural Instinct" does not rise above the pedestrian. The dialogue is stilted and the characters are mostly stereotypes. Although there is a fair amount of suspense as the killer eludes his pursuers time and again, the plot is basically a recycling of many similar novels. The only real distinction of "Unnatural Instinct" is the method that the killer uses to torture his victim. It is a novel idea, as original as it is gruesome, and it is one that I have never encountered before. Overall, however, "Unnatural Instinct" is an average thriller that breaks little new ground.

compelling and exciting thriller.......2002-08-18

FBI Agent and medical examiner Dr. Jessica Coran enjoys some downtime with Richard Sharpe, who resigned his position at Scotland Yard to become an FBI consultant. Their romantic interlude is interrupted when Appellate Judge Maureen DeCampe is abducted from an underground garage in Washington DC Jessica is put in charge of this political hot potato of a case. She immediately concludes that the judge knew her attacker and didn't feel the culprit was a hazard to her.

The judge when confronted by Isaiah Purdy did not feel that he was a threat to her. She knew him from her days as a judge in Texas when she sentences his son to death in the electric chair for a series of rape-murderers. After his son was killed Isaiah claimed the body, drove to Washington DC and abducted the judge. She is now naked tied to Isaiah's son rotting decayed corpse and she will surely die if Jessica and her team fail to find her rather quickly.

There are very few crime writers to day who consistently write compelling and exciting thrillers. Robert W. Walker is not only of those very few, he is elite amongst them. Hopefully he obtains what he deserves having UNNATURAL INSTINCT on all the bestseller lists for its powerful story line with a strong cast. The heroine, a brilliant workaholic, might have finally met her match in Richard Sharpe. They make a good pair personally and professional and it is hoped that there will be more novels starring this couple in the not too distant future.

Customer Reviews:

X-Meh...........2006-05-31

It isn't that bad, really. I mean I read through the Draco arc in X-men, where Austen totally bastardized my favorite character Nightcrawler with some ridiculous plot... ok moving on.
It's still good ol' Chuck weirdness, but it's not so horribly bad that you'll never want to read an Exiles book again. I mean Morph manages a few funny one liners and we get to see the Exiles meet the "our universe" X-Men. While I was waiting for T.J. to finally meet this version's Kurt, her dad, it was a bit lacking.
"Wait, let me open a window" while Juggy throws your daughter out a window...hm.
Not bad, not great, but I got it just for the sake of the collection I guess. I will totally forget about this plot in about, oh, 10 seconds...

Chuck Austin is a big disapointment after Judd Winick.......2004-02-12

This series can best be described as X-Men meets Quantum Leap meets Sliders. The previous four books in the series (all written by Judd Winick) manage to be funny, fun, clever, surprising, and occasionally poignant. The scenarios were interesting, and the characters had real depth and development over the course of the books. In this book, Chuck Austin basically makes the characters two-dimensional and sticks them in pointless situations.

In the first story the Exiles are instructed to essentially allow the genocide of an entire race of people. On the surface, that's an interesting idea to explore. From Winick's previous books we've seen that sometimes fixing a reality requires doing something which on the surface looks horrible-but in this book the story just ends abruptly. We have no idea what the outcome was, or why the characters were supposed to do that. On top of that none of the characters act like themselves, and there are no repercussions for their actions (at least not in this book).

The second story is even worse. Austin has the Exiles pop into the "real" Marvel Universe, basically right into the middle of a plot he was doing in Uncanny X-Men. The Exiles act even less like themselves, and the plot they're involved with is just stupid (and the "real" X-Men don't act like themselves either). On top of that, for no apparent reason Austin tries to claim all the events in the Exiles series actually revolve around a character from Uncanny X-Men.

The only redeeming quality this book has is the possibility that in the sixth book Judd Winick might do something clever with the mess made here. Again, the previous four books are excellent. Very, very fun if the idea of combining the X-Men with Sliders or Quantum Leap appeals to you. It's just this fifth book that's a big let down.

Pretty bad..........2004-01-20

This collection contains a 2-part story, which seems pretty standard, and matches what we've seen from the title so far, although, which Austen writing its a bit more hollow and lacking in depth. Then we move on the 3-part crossover with Uncanny X-Men, which is possibly the worst thing Austen has done, and we're talking about a writer with a less than glowing reputation. His trademark bad dialogue is there. The plot has no suspense, its sporadically paced so that the readers doesn't know (or care) what's going on half the time. And the resolution is hardly existant...the plot just ends. Fans of the series will probably want to skip this one.

Unnatural Leadership: Going Against Intuition and Experience to Develop Ten New Leadership Instincts (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)

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Unnatural Leadership: Going Against Intuition and Experience to Develop Ten New Leadership Instincts (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)
David L., PhD Dotlich , and Peter C., PhD Cairo
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Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo— two of the country's top executive coaches and educators— Unnatural Leadership debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.

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Breakthrough, Compelling, Useful........2002-04-02

What a terrific book!

Unnatural Leadership stimulated my thinking on a number of levels. I read it on a cross-country plane trip, and came away feeling:
--A newfound sense of commitment to the work I'm doing;
--Energized about the possibilities of leveraging the principles as they relate to my own business;
--Eager to apply what I learned toward my own personal development efforts.

Not bad for a few hours where I might have otherwise plugged-in and zoned out!

Several things about the book make it stand out from the pack. First, the ideas are compelling and breakthrough. Second, it's written in a way that invites you to read it. Third, it's full of practical advice on how you can apply the principles described.

Most importantly, it's very clear that the authors have had the depth and breadth of hands-on experience to know--really know-- what the heck they're talking about. The book is not about theory. It's about what leaders really do to succeed in today's complex, rapidly changing world, as compared with what they once needed to do when their environments changed at a much slower, more predictable rate.

And there are some interesting surprises in this book. I, myself, am a management consultant, and thought I knew most of what there was to know about the latest-and-greatest ideas on the subject. Not so, I discovered when reading this book. You might say I was a bit humbled.

The bottom line is this. If you're connected to the world of Leadership Development in some way, and are interested in reading something breakthrough, compelling and really useful for a change, I suggest you read this book.

Pat

Breakthrough, Compelling, Useful........2002-04-02

What a terrific book!

Pat

A fascinating new perspective on leadership.......2002-03-18

Dotlich and Cairo take a unique approach to a popular subject by writing a compelling book about the "unnatural" ways we must behave for effective leadership. Their ideas challenge our traditional leadership concepts and they do it in a very practical and innovative way. An easy to read book it's filled with lots of real examples of effective leaders. An added plus are exercises and practical tips for putting these ideas into immediate action. Definitely worth reading for those intersted in improving their own personal effectiveness as well as those in a position to drive leadership development in their companies.

"Unnatural Leadership" Review.......2002-03-13

Want THE definitive handbook on 21st century leadership?
This is it! David Dotlich and Peter Cairo have done a
fine job of ferreting out the qualities that comprise the
"new" type of leadership that's emerging in today's most
successful companies. "Unnatural Leadership" is a
tremendously illuminating book. Plus, it's a plain,
old-fashioned 'good read'. (Believe me, coming from a person
who generally finds business books unremittingly dull,
this is quite a compliment!) It's obvious authors Dotlich
and Cairo love what they do -- and their enthusiasm is
contagious!

good blend.......2002-03-12

I found Dotlich and Cairo's book very helpful in navigating the confusing space between what is taught in most leadership books/programs and what I've found works best. They balance up to the minute business smarts with valid academic research and history. GREAT READ.

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