No Ordinary Love

by Monique Gilmore

Book Overview

Experiencing second thoughts about her engagement to a powerful businessman who seems to have it all, reporter Georgette Willis takes a skiing trip to Colorado, where she meets firefighter Ray... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786000732
• ISBN13: 9780786000739
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Arabesque
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

OH, LORD! WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO!

And that's the only way our protagonist, Georgette Willis, will get any help in the situation brewing in this cauldron of romance decisions. It will definitely have to be through divine intervention. The only thing she can do is lift up her eyes until the hills from which cometh her help.This books' plot revolves around the choices and decisions which go into looking for that special someone. Will she go for the money or the love? Blue collar vs. white collar lovin! And what choices they are. As far as I am concerned, our heroine is between a rock and a hard place.Let me use an ole popular song to introduce you into the dilemma our heroine finds herself engulfed with. The very appropriate song that comes to this reviewer's mind is "I've Got Two Lovers" by Mary Wells. Anybody out there remember that one? Remember what Mary had to say about the differences between her two men? Let me refresh your memory.One Lover was sweet and kind, while the other treated her bad, made her sad and made her cry.Ray Fushee (blue collar lover) is one of the lovers in Mary's song and Gerard Jenkins (white collar lover) is the other. You would think the choice would be very easy, take the one what treats you so good right? Wrong! Girls, girls, girls, both of them are superfine, job holding, disease free, commitment making black men. It is the way these brothas make their commitments that puts my girl Georgette in a tailspin, and will have your toes curling long after you finish reading this book. Ray does his thing on page 254 and I immediately said, I'll take him! Then Gerard committed on page 258, and I had to stop and take several gulfs of air before I could continue. Lord, Lord, Lord, what's a girl to do? I must warn you though. Before you start reading, bridle your romance ticking heart muscle, because the twists and turns that bring about Georgette's decision will have it doing constant flip flops and at times literally forgetting its function to your body. I literally had to restrain my itchy fingers several times not to flip to the end to see what happened. But I held out, but at what cost.But guess what Yawl? There is also a beautiful love story going on between Melinda, Georgette's best friend and her ex love. I can't rave enough about this book. And as if this book is not good enough, we have plenty of wisdom through biblical quotations. This book has it all and is definitely a keepa to be read again and again.Ms. Gilmore has the astounding writing ability which flows like the lingo of our people; free, easy, passionate and uninhibited. Her writing inspires the sort of release you receive when you've walked all day in shoes that are too tight and you finally get home and slip into those broken down comfortable house shoes. She just brings in tranquility with the essence of her speech. She's us Yawl! At our best! Try her, I'm sure you'll agree!

Ray ! Ray! Ray!

Georgette Willis finally realized it was time to give up on the two timing boyfriend she has had forever. The bad part about the whole situation is that he was cheating on her with a woman she utterly despised.Ray Fuschee meets Georgette on a ski trip in Denver. He is captivated by her beauty and decides that he wants to get to know her a little better. Eventhough she lives in Philly and he in Chicago makes plans to see her and for her to visit him.This was a great book with a lot of drama. Talk about baby momma drama. Monique is an excellent writer. Get the book, I don't want to spoil all the drama.

Excellent! I could not put it down!

I enjoyed this book very much. I appreciated that the author did not spend pages and pages on a love scene instead she created a good and romantic story line to keep the reader's interest.

Interesting!!

I enjoyed this book, but the ending was so traumatic that I was at a loss for words. I really didn't think it was necessary for one of the characters to die in a plane crash to end the story. I was crushed by this event taking place and stopped reading the book for a while. However, eventually I finished it and everything ended up the way it should've been.