Celebration [With Earbuds] Book

Fern Michaels's Finder's Keepers was last year's surprise romantic thriller of the year. Now, in Celebration, Michaels returns with a wonderful page-turner that will be remembered long after you've finished it. In Celebration, a woman faces a devastating betrayal but finds love even while she learns the truth about the man she thought she knew by heart.

Library Journal

Abandoned by her husband of 20 years and alienated from her children, Kristine struggles to survive, regain her family, and find her own identity. She succeeds, even finding a new love, but almost loses all when her first husband suddenly reappears. Unfortunately, it is difficult to have much sympathy for her, since she is immediately willing to trust her business and money to the man who had already lied to her and stolen millions of dollars. A prolific author of romance and family sagas, Michaels (Vegas Heat, LJ 3/15/97) fails to develop her characters or give them plausible motivations for many of their actions. Her trite plotting attempts too many story lines at once, relying on often unbelievable coincidences to tie things together. Devoted fans can wait for the paperback edition.--Barbara E. Kemp, SUNY at Albany Libs.