![]() ![]() There are several excellent scenes featuring Carter’s co-worker Bob, who pictures himself (groundlessly) as a modern Cyrano de Bergerac. Carter is adorably nerdy, and his earnest courtship of Mac is funny and sweet. To give the devil his due, parts of Vision in White are a lot of fun. He’s been carrying a torch for Mac since high school, and when his sister hires Vows to plan her wedding he decides it is finally time to make his move. Content with her job and trio of best friends (and traumatized by her absentee father and selfish mother), she’s never had a serious relationship, but English teacher Carter Maguire hopes to change that. ![]() Vision in White is the first book in a planned quartet featuring four childhood friends-Parker, Laurel, Emma, and Mac, the co-founders of Vows, a comprehensive wedding service. ![]() Roberts lost her massive fortune on the stock market, and needs to make a zillion dollars ASAP? (The short answers to these questions are: no, not really, and not that I know of.) I knew I’d regret buying this sucker, but I felt compelled to find out for myself*. What could possibly justify charging sixteen dollars for a paperback? Is there something special about the story itself? The way the book was made? Or has Ms. As everyone who reads the Wordcandy blog knows, we have serious problems with the price of Nora Roberts’s latest book, Vision in White. ![]()
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