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| Simply Love | 
| Author: Catherine Anderson
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 55766
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0380791021
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780380791026
ASIN: 0380791021
Publication Date: April 1, 1997
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Fans of Annie's Song will also enjoy Simply Love, a classic romance by talented Catherine Anderson. Set in a Colorado mining town during the 19th century, this romance brings together a truly naive heroine with the ultimate bad boy hero. If Cassandra was any more naive, she might even be simple, but it is "simply" her love that defines new meaning for Luke Taggart, a tough, impossible man of the world who is almost beyond redemption. This story is deeply emotionally satisfying, although you will not find any surprises in it.
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Even the hardest heart can be softened by love ... Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place -- but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning -- until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her. The radiant, charmingly naive young beauty seems blind to the depth of Luke's desire or the lengths he is willing to go to seduce her. But the lady is wise, with an unwavering faith in the magical powers of love. And she's determined to awaken the good man hiding in Luke's tormented heart, for only one precious gift will truly win her: his deep, passionate, and unsullied love.
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 Very good romance November 27, 2008
I would definitely say this book had lots of laughs, lots of romance, and lots of crafty stories and ideas.
I was entertained throughout. I have read this book cover to cover TWICE.
A toad pretending to be a prince...? October 15, 2008
I think its very easy to see why reviews on this book are so divergent. Love it or hate it, it certainly has its flaws. Me, I loved it.
I loved Luke Taggart - He made me melt. Emotionally damaged, ruthless, pitiless, hard. I did find his conversion by Cassie Zarek to be a mite unbelievable, considering that she was fairly daft and painfully naive. I do however, think that her naivety was critical to the storyline as Lukes aim is to take advantage of her after removing the protection of her brother and father. He falls for her rather quickly and desperately wants to be the man Cassie thinks he is. He doesnt want to lie to her anymore so he sets about trying to right his wrongs and justifying his actions to himself. Hes almost in the clear when she discovers his true motives and the joyful naivety is lost - her luminous spirit has been broken. Lukes mission to make amends is touching... I got a bit teary for sure.
I do think this author likes her damsels to be sweetly childlike, if you can get past that, its a great book. There are some scenes that make my heart clench. Specifically the "intimate games" where Luke reveals hes a wolf in sheeps clothing... sigh.
 Not Your Usual Catherine Anderson August 12, 2007
Okay I am a HUGE Catherine Anderson fan but this book just wasn't as good as her other books that I have read. It was very slow in my opinion through out the entire thing. There were too many details and not enough action. I'm not going to stop reading her because I know she redeems herself in later works but if I had to rate this book I'd only give it 3 stars. COME ON CATHERINE YOU CAN DO BETTER!!!
 Awful leading man. And I do mean awful! March 2, 2007
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I read the reviews for this book which were on Amazon at the time I purchased it and most seemed to be positive. I had never read any other book by Catherine Anderson so I figured I would give this a try. Somehow it got pushed aside and I lost track of it for over a year. In the meantime I read her short story SHOTGUN BRIDE in the anthology Tall, Dark and Dangerous and absolutely loved it. I went searching among my book stacks for this book. What a huge disappointment.
Luke, our hero, was an awful character. Can I just tell you how awful? He was arrogant, insincere, conceited, devious, callous, mean spirited and a thoroughly rotten fellow. I don't care how awful his childhood was, this author was not able to redeem this man enough for me to even begin to like him. He was willing to do any mean and dirty trick to force a young girl to become his mistress. He had absolutely no regard for what it might do to her spiritually, mentally or physically. What a thoroughly rotten, dirty dog. And it wasn't just part of the way through the book, it was up until the next-to-last page. Even though they got married he didn't admit that he loved her until page 396. Then he tried to use money to keep her with him. Once again, yes he had a traumatic childhood, but he just came across as totally self indulgent and only interested in what he wanted.
This book is seriously over-long. It was just the same song, same words, over and over and over. Boring, unwaveringly boring. The author put in short examples of Luke being kind but they never managed to divert me from his more usual self-centered behavior.
Cassandra was the type of heroine who seemed to float through the world on a cloud of purity which shielded her from all of life's realities. She was 18 (and appeared to have the maturity level of a 13 year old most of the time) and wanted to be a nun. This author never convinced me that she had any personality. Her "goodness" was all that protected her from the big bad man. Now I'm not saying that couldn't be true, but it sure did get boring when it went on for 396 pages.
In case you haven't already guessed, I didn't like this book. These characters were the same throughout the book. No growth, no change, nothing to make me like her or him. Sometimes I get tired of heroines with so much "spunk" they couldn't possibly be real people. In this case Cassie needed that "spunk". And she needed to receive it in an emergency transplant, at that. Luke, well, he would have been a more pleasant character if he had thought more often with his brain instead of relying only on what another part of his anatomy wanted.
 pretty bad January 17, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
i generally like books by catherine anderson, but this book was a definate exception. I don't understand how my rating is so different than everyone elses, maybe we were reading different books. the basic plot line is that the extremely wealthy luke meets cassie and decides he wants her and nothing will get in his way. luke is a decietful selfish man, and cassie is an extremely (as in dangerously, shouldn't be allowed to cross the street on her own) naive innocent.
i found luke's actions through out the book to be too horrible to be redemable. **Spoilers** luke lies to cassie, has her family thrown in jail and tricks her into signing a contract to be his ..mistress... to put it nicer than he generally does. to be quite frank, i find him reprehinsible and selfish. he never stops to think about anyone but himself or the consequences of his actions - his total turn around in the last 20 pages isn't enough to get me to like him.
as for cassie - she wasn't horrible, and she was generally likable, she was just a little to easy to be convinced by one person or another (luke or her father) and she was a little too naive. in addition, all i have to say, is that if a man turned me into his mistress, had my family arrested, and was the reason my father was shot - (now or in that time) my family wouldn't so easily change their minds about him. that her father did is surprising to me at least.
all in all, i would recomend skipping this book - pick up another book, whether it be another by anderson or another author.
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