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Title: Ten Times Have the Lilies Blown by Mary Erickson, Mary Erikson ISBN: 1-59129-621-8 Publisher: PublishAmerica Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!!
Comment: TEN TIMES HAVE THE LILIES BLOWN is an outstanding read. I expected a slow paced fictional story about small town life. First time author, Mary Erickson, has given readers an intriguing plot that gives an entire new meaning to "small town life." This story is full of twists and turns. There is nothing slow paced about it. The pages seem to turn themselves.

Melora is the typical, conservative librarian. She is a spinster, taking care of her ailing, unappreciative mother. Life had been moving along for her uneventfully for years. The only exciting thing her town ever experienced was a murder fifteen years ago. But all of that changed when Blake Johnson came back to town with a plan and more charm than principles. He sets out to win the heart of a very inexperienced Melora. Readers will be challenged at every turn to figure out where the story will go. Does Blake have love or monetary gain in his heart? Does he have anything to do with the murder so long ago?

I highly recommend this book. It is well written with very strong characters that will either warm your heart or send a chill down your spine. This book contains all of the components of a blockbuster novel; romance, murder, greed, and suspense. What more could readers ask for? I found this story to be very entertaining due to the author's creativity and apparent ease in weaving an exceptional tale. Great job Ms Erickson!
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Rating: 5
Summary: Cunning and Astonishing
Comment: Don't try to outguess this book. You won't. TEN TIMES HAVE THE LILIES BLOWN by Mary Erickson will keep you constantly turning pages with the cunning development of plot and characters.

Set in a small town of simple character, the reader will not suspect the sophisticated developments, which unwind as a big city contriver returns to his native city. This cunning man of ploy seeks only to gain from the naïve simplicity of the woman he sets out to entrap in a snare of romance and love.

The talent of Mary Erickson in her ability to develop, hold at bay, and entwine the threads of plot are remarkable and impressive. This is one schematic of suspense that will keep you astonished to the very last page.

Reviewed by Stephanie S. Sawyer, author

Rating: 5
Summary: A few thoughts on Ten Times The Lilies Have Blown
Comment: Greed, treachery and deceit are major themes in this very enjoyable first novel from Mary Erickson. Primarily told in series of extended flashbacks, the novel revolves around Melora (Lori to one and all) Wyatt. Lori is dealing with a common issue today, taking care of aging parents.

When her father died, Lori came home temporarily to help her mother, Charlotte. But Charlotte is very used to having her opinionated way about all matters and the temporary soon became permanent. The years have passed and for Lori she still is struggling to accept the love she gave up and the career she had planned to come home. The strain and loneliness of her life is beginning to get to her no matter how hard she tries to stay positive.

She begins to think that she has found happiness in the form of Blake Johnson. They knew each other years ago in school and while the outcome of that relationship wasn't necessarily positive, he has always had a strange effect on her. That effect is more pronounced now, as he is an adult with bigger dreams and better skills at manipulating the people around him. Slowly, seductively he begins to wear down her defenses and begins to a plan to take everything he wants as well as to recreate a murder scene from fifteen years ago.

This novel is full of interesting characters and vivid descriptions of small town life in the foothills of Colorado. This literary style novel relies on character development to move the action forward and does a wonderful job of enticing the reader into this world. A world that may appear sunny and bright on the surface, a Norman Rockwell stylized version of small town life, but at the same time holds numerous dark secrets beneath the surface. At 241 pages, this is a very enjoyable novel and hopefully not the last from this author or her characters.