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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: June 14, 2011
Words: 38451 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
Kelly English flies back to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to close out her father’s estate and unexpectedly falls in love with a fishing guide.Extended description
When Kelly English flies back to Oshkosh,Wisconsin, to close out her father’s estate, the last thing on her mind is falling in love. Again. Kelly is twenty-eight and engaged to an older man who is quite wealthy. She’s happy, and only desires to make the trip back brief, sell her deceased father’s place, and return to her stable life in Los Angeles. However, while taking care of business in Oshkosh, Kelly meets
a fishing guide, launching her on an emotional journey she never could have predicted or foreseen.
BARBARY POINT is Kelly’s story of what happened that one magical week in May on the shores of Lake Winnebago when the ducklings hatch and the walleye run.
Alan Nayes is the author of the biomedical thrillers, GARGOYLES and THE UNNATURAL. GARGOYLES is the first book in the RESURRECTION TRILOGY series.
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Review by:
rhonda laney
on Oct. 29, 2011 :
4 Stars story 5 Stars on emotions
This is the second book I have read today this was shorter, simpler but I cried a lot of tears reading this story. I was definetly connected to this story.
Kelly was very sucessful and happy with her life. She was manager of Magazine and engaged to the Owner. Then she got a call that her dad had died and left everything to her. Kelly had not seen her father or heard from him since she was three.
Kelly flies into town plans to sign papers and leave that same weekend but she found out a little about her dad and somethings about herself.
Like I said its short only 130 pages but it packs a punch, Its romance with fishing and lake Winnebago. I enjoyed it except for my crying.
I was given this ebook in exchange of honest review.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Julia Crane
on Sep. 25, 2011 :
This was a beautiful story. I don't usually read this genre, however I've heard from friends how great it was so decided to give it a shot. Nayes is an amazingly talented author. Barbary Point flowed well, and I was quickly pulled into the story line. I finished the book in one sitting. The ending took me by surprise, but it seemed fitting. I look forward to reading more from Alan Nayes.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Nicholehi
on Sep. 13, 2011 :
I had to reveiw this book so that others did not make the same mistake I did. This is a TRAGIC love story. There is no happily ever after. So, if you are looking for a romantic romance look the other way.
(review of free book)
Review by:
CyberWitch Press
on Aug. 01, 2011 :
This novel is poetic, poignant, and devastating. A beautiful romance novel, "Barbary Point" is a story of love, loss, hope, and the strength that comes from all three. I recommend it.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
M V
on July 15, 2011 :
Barbary point was very detailed and well written. I liked that the story turned out to be a memory. I wouldn't classify this as a romance but was a nice read.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Shelly Ash
on July 15, 2011 :
(no rating)
I really enjoyed Barbaray Point. I thought it well-written and the characters were enjoyable. You can really "feel" the emotion. I think that this story should be listed under fiction and not romance. Yes, it was a romance, but I think strictly fiction readers may miss out on this great story just because it's under the romance heading. I will recommend Barbaray Point to everyone I know!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Booketta
on July 14, 2011 :
I won this e-book from LibraryThing Members Giveaways. Dr Alan Nayes as his title suggests trained in medicine. He has written two unpublished biomedical thrillers.
Barbary Point is a lovely story of discovery and love. I liked the characterisations, storyline and very descriptive setting. I even enjoyed the fishing and boating details on the lake even though I have no interest in fishing at all. There was a subtle hint earlier in the story that Kelly's love affair was to be just that - an affair and memory. Although the reader could not tell how it would all pan out, it did make later events a little predictable. A short story, I read it in less than a day, but still a very good read.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Hannah Hummel
on July 13, 2011 :
It will make you laugh and cry. It's so well written that you will feel the pain that Kelly, and I'm sure her father too, felt throughout their lives.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Angie Creech
on July 12, 2011 :
When Kelly finds out that her father, who see never knew, has passed away she must travel to Wisconsin to settle his estate. What happens during those 6 short day at a cottage on the lake changed who she was forever. A quick read and a great story.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Lisa Kistler
on July 12, 2011 :
(no rating)
Really great characters and story. I really enjoyed visiting the area as the descriptions were great. Truly enjoyed reading this book.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Theresa Currie
on June 24, 2011 :
(no rating)
I received this book through librarything's member's giveaway. I was truly amazed with the quality of the writing and the well developed characters. I often find scenic descriptions to be so detailed they become tedious. That was not the case here. Mr. Nayes is amazing in his writing style. The book is both heartwarming and heartwrenching at the same time. Not many books have cause be to be both happy and sad for the main characters at the same time. It was a wonderful read.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Christopher Thompson
on June 15, 2011 :
Wow.
When I finished the last page of Barbary Point, I knew that I would be writing an immediate review but, for the longest time after finishing, the word 'wow' was the only thing to come to mind to describe this book.
I am not a ordinarily a romance reader, my tastes lying in other genres, nor am I an avid fisherman. Before reading Barbary Point, I had never visited Wisconsin, in fact, but through Alan's wonderful prose, I feel that I have and, as I pointed out to him mid-read, about the only 'bad' thing that I could see about his book is the desire it stirred up within me to uproot my family and move up there to live out the remainder of my years in the place that he had so vividly described.
And the characters...excellently drawn up and executed, including that of her late father who is only spoken of in the book by others. All of his characters are so vivid and real that to describe my favorite things about each would lead to massive spoilers about this book. I will say, though, that for a work of fiction, this book reads like a heartwarming biography. It makes me wish that I could track down the main character online to take her on as a friend, to not only hear more of her thoughts and memories about the events in the book, but to share with her the things about my own life which made me relate so closely to her.
The plot was very nicely executed, the subplots intertwining so closely and neatly that I could picture Alan standing behind my chair, a rod and reel in his hands as he sank a hook into my lip and drew me in; Mitch, Kelly's father, Ol' Greenback, and more each a gentle tug as Alan reeled me in toward the last page.
I highly recommend this book to not only fans of romance novels, but fans of reading as a whole. You will NOT be disappointed in Barbary Point.
(reviewed the day of purchase)