Weddings in Orchard Valley: A Novel
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Weddings in Orchard Valley: A Novel

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About the Author Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author and a leading voice in women’s fiction today. She is a multiple award winner with more than 200 million copies of her books in print. Five of her Christmas titles have been made into Hallmark Channel Original Movies, as well as a series based on her bestselling Cedar Cove stories. For more information, visit her website: www.DebbieMacomber.com . --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

Features & Highlights

  • When their father suffers a heart attack, the Bloomfield sisters rush home to Orchard Valley, Oregon. But surprises are waiting for them there!
  • Valerie
  • The last thing Valerie expects at a time like this is to fall in love—and with a man like Colby Winston. As a city businesswoman, she wants a different life than the small-town surgeon does, and she feels like his complete opposite. So Valerie can’t understand why she’s so attracted to him—or why her father keeps insisting that she and Colby make a perfect couple. Does her father know something she doesn’t?
  • Stephanie
  • Fortunately, by the time Steffie arrives in Orchard Valley, her father has already begun to recover. But Steffie has other worries, too. She fled her small hometown years earlier because of a humiliating rejection by the man she loved, local journalist Charles Tomaselli. She knows she can’t avoid seeing him again, and it’s not long before Steffie and Charles begin reliving past battles—and renewing old feelings. He was the reason she left; this time, will he give her a reason to stay? "When it comes to creating a special place and memorable, honorable characters, nobody does it better than Macomber." —
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Most Helpful Reviews

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RERELEASE Not New Material

First, this is a rerelease of two books published in 1992. The stories haven't really been updated, and seems even older than that. There are a couple of mentions of cell phones, but they also have gas station attendants that clean your windows, make bridesmaid dresses at home, and a family station wagon.  It really reads like it was written in the 60's or 70's.

I didn't really like any of the characters or the storylines.  It tells the story of two sisters  (out of three) who rush home because their father had a heart attack. The first couple goes from first meeting to madly in love and engaged within a couple of weeks. Both are career driven, highly motivated and assertive. Neither seems willing to compromise on important matters, and it will probably lead to disaster within five years.  The second couple seem totally immature and not ready for marriage. They are both easy to anger and jump to conclusions without waiting for explanations.  The father is perhaps the worst of all.  He manipulates his daughters and the men in their lives to serve what he believes needs to happen.  The third sister get left out of the matchmaking, even though there is supposedly a book with her story. Why not include it here?

I have loved some of Debbie Macomber's books (Starry Night), but this is definitely not one of them. 
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Most enjoyable

The characters remind me of my own first love. Stubborn people do make life harder than it has to be.

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