Gulf Breeze

by Gerri Hill

Book Overview

Dr. Carly Cambridge, wildlife biologist, returns to the Texas Gulf Coast to manage the latest Habitats for Nature project, restoring the woods and wetlands to their natural state. She is devoted to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193151397X
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Bella Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Very believeable and sexy

This is the first lesbian book I have been able to read. I loved it. Just the right amount of romance at the right time. Not just sex. Romance is great and this isn't the sappy type of love story that anyone could write. I will defintely be looking for more titles by this author. Great job!!

Excellent Read!

I have read a lot of books both straight and gay and this has got to be the best romance novel I have read. Her characters, Pat and Carly make you want to drive down to Texas to meet them. Like other readers, once I started I didn't want to put it down. I was entranced by their surroundings and the story line as well as the sexual tension that kept building throughout the book. As soon as I finished, I immediately started rereading it again and then gave it to my partner who has also read it back to back times. We can't wait for Sierra City to come out and to read all the rest of Gerri Hill's books. Thanks Gerri and I disagree with the other reviewers, don't wait another 3 years, keep them coming!!

The most gentle of ubers

I second that motion to make it a movie and what the reviewer below says about these newer novels (many of them ubers) making much better films than the vast majority of indies we see is SO true. The new 'gay cable channel' should definitely give the XWP ubers a look, so many of them have these same engaging characters, sparkling dialogue, delicious sexual situations, well developed backstory and well described backdrop, and humorous, often delightfully quirky, plotlines. These are the novels I wanted to be reading growing up. We have a lot for which to thank that fandom and the bards that came out swinging their quills. This delicate, amusing, romantic novel is an absolute charmer. Her sense of place is palpable, you can smell the salt air, hear the gulls, and feel sand under your feet as you read. The leads have frisson (a la classic romantic comedy) at first sight and keep denying and dancing around it in the most delightful fashion until they finally give in to the feelings. The naturalist backdrop of nature photography and bird sanctuary gives it all great color and nuance. Nothing really major happens, except the most major thing of all, two people meant for each other fall in love. This is such an endearing book I will always count it as one of my favorites.

Make it a movie

Do you ever wonder, when you read great books like this or the others by authors like Radcliffe, LJ Maas, Karin Kallmaker and so forth, why independent movie companies don't make these stories into movies instead of the dreck that most of them pass off as lesbian material? People always talk about the lack of money, but independent companies are always making terrific movies on shoe string budgets. When will someone realize the market that's out there for really good lesbian stories in the movies? This is a great story, well developed and a pleasure to read. There are certain authors whose books I will purchase and read without knowing what the stories are about. After reading her two books, Gerri Hill goes on that list. She ought to be on your list, too.

Gulf Breeze just blew me away

This was an excellent book to read. It was written in a style that was very easy to read. I could immediately picture what the location looked like as well as Pat (a Xena look-a-like) and Carly (a Gabrielle look-a-like). The characters were well defined and the story was developed from beginning to end. The romance that blossomed in the story was also wonderful to read. Yes, there is sex in this wonderful "trashy paperback" as I've heard them called, but there is a wonderful buildup that makes it such a joy to read. I read the book one day and started re-reading it the next. The only disappointment was on the last page....when it ended.