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The Best Is Yet to Come  
Author: Judith Gould
ISBN: 0451210166
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review

From Publishers Weekly
Roses, lilacs, irises, mimosa glamorous flora matches New York society fauna in this vampy romantic drama by bestseller Gould (Sins; Love-Makers; etc.). After years of hard work, Carolina Mountcastle has finally made her flower shop the first choice of New York's most demanding hostesses. Factor in her storybook marriage to successful businessman Lyon, her 16-year-old son Richie and her great friends, and Carolina would appear to have it all. But when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack while traveling abroad for business and a mysterious woman and her daughter appear at the reading of his will, Carolina's world begins to unravel. To make matters worse, socialite Payton Fitzsimmons is opening her own floral and decorating business and will do anything to sabotage Carolina's outfit. Seducing one of Carolina's employees, Payton manages to damage her stock, spread the word that Carolina is unreliable and foil an important delivery. Dealt blow after blow, Carolina turns to customer and friend Seth Foster for support. With Seth's encouragement and powerful connections, Carolina's business begins to thrive again. But Carolina still can't forget Lyon's betrayal. When Richie runs away to make sense of his father's secrets, Carolina is forced to reevaluate her marriage and to open her heart and mind to Seth, who has been by her side through thick and thin. Gould's page-turning plot and deliciously evil villains distract artfully from some tone-deaf dialogue ("Come on, Richie!... We're getting out of this... this... hell!"), and the flower descriptions are a delight. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
How could Caroline ever have trusted her husband? When he drops dead of a heart attack, she discovers that he had a mistress and a child in Amsterdam. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Carolina Mountcastle has the perfect life: a husband who loves her even though he travels frequently to Amsterdam, a great son, and a growing party-decorating business. Carolina's work is attracting the attention of New York's elite thanks to loyal customer Seth Foster, but along with success comes the envy of society member Payton Fitzsimmons, who wants to open her own decorator shop. Just when the spoiled heiress enacts a plan to sabotage her competitor's efforts, fate brings Carolina even more grief. After her husband suffers a fatal heart attack in Amsterdam, Carolina learns not only that he had an affair but also that he had a three-year-old daughter. The betrayal is a devastating blow, even though Carolina can now see the cracks that had developed in her marriage, and her perseverance is tested time and again as coworkers and friends desert her. Seth is the one constant. He's always been attracted to Carolina and she to him, but is she willing to trust again? A fun, glitzy summer read filled with titillating sex and tidbits about upper-crust Manhattan, the trademarks that delight Gould's many avid fans. Patty Engelmann
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Publishers Weekly
Glamorous...page-turning...a delight.

Book Description
From its glittering society parties to its steamy bedroom scenes, this is Judith Gould's most passionate and poignant novel yet-the tale of a woman who finds the courage to heal, to forgive, and to love again.




The Best Is Yet to Come

FROM THE PUBLISHER

From its glittering society parties to its steamy bedroom scenes, this is Judith Gould's most passionate and poignant novel yet-the tale of a woman who finds the courage to heal, to forgive, and to love again.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Roses, lilacs, irises, mimosa glamorous flora matches New York society fauna in this vampy romantic drama by bestseller Gould (Sins; Love-Makers; etc.). After years of hard work, Carolina Mountcastle has finally made her flower shop the first choice of New York's most demanding hostesses. Factor in her storybook marriage to successful businessman Lyon, her 16-year-old son Richie and her great friends, and Carolina would appear to have it all. But when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack while traveling abroad for business and a mysterious woman and her daughter appear at the reading of his will, Carolina's world begins to unravel. To make matters worse, socialite Payton Fitzsimmons is opening her own floral and decorating business and will do anything to sabotage Carolina's outfit. Seducing one of Carolina's employees, Payton manages to damage her stock, spread the word that Carolina is unreliable and foil an important delivery. Dealt blow after blow, Carolina turns to customer and friend Seth Foster for support. With Seth's encouragement and powerful connections, Carolina's business begins to thrive again. But Carolina still can't forget Lyon's betrayal. When Richie runs away to make sense of his father's secrets, Carolina is forced to reevaluate her marriage and to open her heart and mind to Seth, who has been by her side through thick and thin. Gould's page-turning plot and deliciously evil villains distract artfully from some tone-deaf dialogue ("Come on, Richie!... We're getting out of this... this... hell!"), and the flower descriptions are a delight. (Aug.)

Library Journal

How could Caroline ever have trusted her husband? When he drops dead of a heart attack, she discovers that he had a mistress and a child in Amsterdam. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Wronged wife vs. beautiful mistress. And the winner is . . . . Carolina Mountcastle designs fantasies in flowers for New York's super-rich, has a devoted clientele, a nice teenaged son, and darling Lyon, her studly, muscular, and very successful husband. Her claim to fame: replicating the lavish floral arrangements in Dutch Old Master paintings, a skill that keeps the nouveaux riche coming back for more. When a new client specifies blood-red roses to match the dripping gore in a Caravaggio painting of a beheading, Carolina is on it-with help from her muscular assistant Antonio, who really knows his stuff even if he spends too much time on the phone with various girlfriends. But a rival designer, pouty Payton Fitzsimmons, schemes to seduce Antonio so she can steal Carolina's ideas and sabotage her fabulous creations. Now that Lyon is abroad on business, Carolina will have to figure out for herself why everything's going wrong. Then-oh, no!-a call from the Amsterdam police shatters her world. Lyon is dead of a heart attack. The family gathers for the reading of his will, and Carolina is aghast to hear that Lyon has divided his fortune neatly between her and beautiful, blond Monique, the Amsterdam mistress she never knew he was keeping-and with whom, it turns out, he had daughter. Sunk in despair, Carolina vows to challenge the will and cut out this pretender, but her nice son intervenes: Apparently he's always wanted a little sister, and he's eager to meet Anja and her mother. Carolina kicks up a fuss but eventually goes along with him and meets the other woman. The tale quickly reaches its happy ending in a cathartic snifflefest for Lyon's two loves; Payton's mischief is revealed, Carolinais hailed as the next Martha Stewart-and a new love awaits her. More polished than this popular author's usual (A Moment in Time, 2001, etc.), but still with plenty of sweaty sex for the fans.

     



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