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Behind the Pine Curtain
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781594930577
ISBN: 1594930570
Label: Bella Books
Manufacturer: Bella Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 268
Publication Date: August 30, 2006
Publisher: Bella Books
Studio: Bella Books
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Editorial Review:
Jacqueline Keys was ostracized from her small hometown of Pine Springs, Texas when she was seventeen, sent away because she was gay. Her family was the largest employer in the county, owning Pine Springs Lumber, and her father was mayor of this small town. Her mother could not accept the fact that her only child was gay, could not tolerate the gossip about her family. So, with a hundred dollars in her pocket and a one-way bus ticket out of town, Jacqueline was told not to come back until she had come to her senses. And that included being prepared to marry the son of a business associate of the family.
Fifteen years later—long after she'd hitch-hiked to Los Angeles, long after she'd worked nights to put herself through college, and long after she'd written her first best seller, No Place For Family—Jacqueline is persuaded to go back to the tiny town of Pine Springs after her father's death.
The quick trip she'd envisioned for the funeral turns into weeks as she learns her father's business is suddenly hers to manage. And she is also again face-to-face with the woman who, as a teen, had been Jackie's first crush. She and Kay had been inseparable as kids, and later as teens. They find themselves falling back into their old habits, and Jackie is soon fighting the same feelings she'd had when she was seventeen.
But living behind the pine curtain, Kay is afraid of her love for Jackie, afraid of what her family will say, afraid of how the town will react. Jackie refuses to hide, refuses to crawl back into the closet, so once again, she leaves Pine Springs . . . alone.
Will Kay let her go? Or will Kay follow her heart?
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Slow, slow, slow... I gave up midway through this one!
Behind the Pine Curtain's plot moved at a snail's pace, which wouldn't have been so bad had the romantic tension been built up along the way. Unfortunately, not only was there no "slow burn", there were no discernible romantic sparks between the two protagonists (at least in the first half of the book). Gerri Hill did a nice job of fleshing out the deep friendship between the two and they certainly had a ton of chemistry; it just wasn't sexual chemistry (at least in my opinion). The secondary characters ... Read More
Rating:  - not quite as good
Reading this book after Hunter's Way was probably a mistake because Behind the Pine Curtain seemed so boring. Something that drove me crazy is the way the author repeats information over and over and over and over again. The narrator will explain an event, then instantly start a dialog between characters explaining the exact information. "Blue eyes on blue" and "fifteen years later" is written a million times. It gets annoying after a while and it's a waste of pages.
If you end up running across ... Read More
Rating:  - A really fun read
This is the first book I ever read in this genre, and I am glad I picked it. I loved the focus on the RELATIONSHIP between Jackie and Kay--how it started, what happened, how it resumed, and how they resolved their enigma. Of course, I kept wondering when the sex scene was going to occur, but I am happy in the way the author developed the characters and built the tension bit by bit before putting them into bed with each other. A true-to-life ideal that I believe we human beings ought to strive for in our own relationships, ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic book
I just loved the book. I started it and I could not stop reading so I finished the book in just two days. Really, it is a pity I read so fast because the joy of reading it last just a pair of days.
I really recommend this book if you are searching for lesbian romance.
Rating: - A solid effort that often reaches poignancy
This book falls towards the upper-middle of the contiuum, I'd say. A really solid 3 stars. The book is full of strong, clearcharacters that draw you in, and embody consistent motivations. These are all strengths of this author, as she gives us an often poignant book about confronting past hurts and getting closure.
The potrayal of the pluses and minuses of small-town life are vivid and riveting. In addition, the book is given additional context and realism with the inclusion of various details of the business Jackie ... Read More
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