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Separate Beds

By: LaVyrle Spencer
Narrated by: Liz Dykhouse
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Publisher's summary

Readers have long flocked to the works of LaVyrle Spencer, one of America's most cherished storytellers. From The Fulfillment to Morning Glory to Then Came Heaven, her touching, emotionally charged novels have examined love in all its forms. In Separate Beds, two attractive, headstrong people meet - and fireworks ensue.

Catherine Anderson and Clay Forrester come from two completely different worlds, but one blind date leaves them forever linked. Clay, a handsome law student, and Catherine, a serious, bookish undergrad, experience an evening they will never forget. Fortified by the beauty of the night, as well as a bottle of wine, they share a night together. A few short months later, Catherine discovers she's pregnant. They agree to a marriage of convenience, an arrangement that suits them both - until they begin to fall in love.

Moving and deeply affecting, Separate Beds is a celebration of the healing power of love.

©2004 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Heartwarming story

This is a bittersweet story that is well narrated and very well written. The characters are real and you can appreciate their faults and understand them. I love flawed but honest characters, and this book is full of them. Good read, impossible to stop listening.

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3 ½ stars. Good womens fiction story.

A bit of a downer. Unlikeable heroine. Ending was happy but should have been better.

STORY BRIEF:
Catherine’s father was an abusive drunk. Her mother was weak. Clay’s parents were wealthy and loving. Clay and Catherine had a blind date. They saw each other only one night and she got pregnant. For interesting reasons, they agree on a marriage of convenience and to divorce after the baby is born.

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Most of the book was not fun. But at the end I thought ok, I can see why she did what she did. She wouldn’t have sex with him unless he truly loved her. But I wanted her to have sex with him because she loved him. I wanted her to be kind and pleasant to him, but she was not. For most of the book she was cold, distant, mean, remote, and stubborn, always saying stay away from me. She never smiled. How could anyone grow to love someone who acted like that - for months. What was missing was seeing them fall in love, seeing a relationship develop. Then all of a sudden someone changes their mind at the end and everyone is happy together. I didn’t see the couple resolve their issues or spend enjoyable time together.

One thing I liked about Catherine. She never wanted money from Clay for herself. She only wanted enough to care for the baby. When he spent lavishly on something, she always resisted saying they didn’t need so much.

I was disappointed with a question that was not answered about someone’s biological father. I was also unhappy that Catherine drank wine several times while pregnant. It was common knowledge in 1985 that pregnant women should avoid alcohol. Catherine wanted the best for her baby so this didn’t fit.

Some reviewers did not like Clay’s actions. I wasn’t bothered. He had flaws, but it made a good story. He also did some neat things.

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The narrator Liz Dykhouse was pretty good, but I wish she would have used a more normal voice for Clay. She sounded weird doing his voice - kind of nasal or stressed.

Genre: womens fiction and romance

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A man's worse nightmare

Would you try another book from LaVyrle Spencer and/or Liz Dykhouse?

She is a good writer. I could enjoy a book from her. It would need to describe a love affair , that was demonstrated by acts of caring. And the narrator of this book, was a good choice.

Would you ever listen to anything by LaVyrle Spencer again?

It is unlikely that I will chance another disappointment anytime in the near future.

What didn’t you like about Liz Dykhouse’s performance?

I have no complaints about the narrator.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I was disappointed. I hoped that she would quickly learn that Clay was a real man and that she could not let her daddy issues destroy that relationship. She should have realized what kind of man she had by the end of chapter one and spent all subsequent chapters showing the development of love based on the commitment of both parties.

Any additional comments?

The leading lady was abusive and was a ice maiden. There was absolutely nothing to love about her.

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Great book, poor reader

This is a wonderful story and the bonus is that it is unabridged. But the reader is really poor, you can't tell the difference between characters, even male and female is not discernible. Really ruins a perfect love stpry.

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Frustrating!

All in all this book had the right idea, good story, good characters but the repletion is so frustrating. The main character went a bit overboard with all her trust issues.. I was yelling at my iPod..."I'll marry him!" :-) I gave it three stars because I did like the story and the narrator.

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Good story but....

This was a good story with good narration but I was distracted by the dated details. Love that brown and silver foil wallpaper, not to mention the brown tuxedo with peach ruffled shirt.

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Not my favorite!

Wow! Talk about a book that just went on and on and on! Katherine needed to be smacked upside her head…..the end was so small and very expected. Definitely not my favorite book by LS.

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Entertaining. Too many mistakes

I had to go back to see the date this was written. It bothered me that the pregnant Catherine drank lots of wine during pregnancy and caffeine- the the fact that the baby travelled on her lap and not car seat!!! It didn’t ring true……is it an arthor or editor mistake. There were other issues with characters that didn’t ring true to me. They weren’t fully developed

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One of my favorite books

I read this back in early 90s probably, and re read this every few years. And when I saw that it was on Audible, I was so excited to listen. Interestingly, listening to this story doesn’t feel as dated as reading it.

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Excellent

I read this book as a 20s something. Now, as a 50 some odd year old,I loved it even more.

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