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Alan Wilde is a famous Hollywood director, known for his work hard/play hard lifestyle and his dark, brooding horror movies. Susan Peachy is a young Amish widow, living in a conservative Wisconsin conclave and teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Susan is leading her pupils on a nature walk when she stumbles upon Alan's movie set, and attempts to defend her pupils from the "monster" she encounters. When Alan is left without a female lead for his film, he insists on casting Susan as the Victorian heroine. Susan needs the money for her sister, who was disowned when she left the family in pursuit of a college education.

The resulting humor, tenderness, and heartbreak as Susan and Alan fall in love is one of the most entertaining and enchanting contemporary-setting romances I've read. If you like this book, I recommend "Perfect" by Judith McNaught and "Getting Rid of Bradley" by Jennifer Crusie.


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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW Sharon and Tom Curtis 9780553250473 Books Reviews

I had seen this book at my neighborhood UBS (used bookstore)for some time now and didn't know what all the hype was about, especially since it is out of print and hardly ever "in" so I decided to pick it up. It was a soulful read, the story was at moments heartbreaking and you sometimes wonder about the intentions of the Hero when he brings the Heroine into his world but the authors wrote this with much respect for the Amish community as well as not taking away from the love that came to be for the Hero and the Heroine. I cannot recommend this one enough, if you are lucky enough to find it... KEEP IT. It was remarkable. If you like this storyline I do also recommend "The Outsider" by Penelope Williamson (which is a historical)
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Never forgot it, and was fortunate enough to get another copy a couple of weeks ago. It is as good now as it was then. The story is beautifully told.

Alan is lost and adrift and he finds an anchor, something real to hang onto. Susan can't push him away. I love the way they reconcile her need for her family and the Amish way of life with her marriage. I fell in love with Susan's parents, her grandmother, her brother Daniel and her smallest sister, putting a stick in the throat of a flower to take its temperature. This is a wonderful, lyrical, heartbreaking story with characters you will never forget.
I decided to read this book after having seen Tom & Sharon Curtis' names on many best of romance lists for their highly praised novel The Windflower. A few months prior, I read one of their earlier historicals, Moonlight Mist, and felt it was pretty mediocre, so I wasn't sure what to expect with Sunshine and Shadow. Even though this is a contemporary romance written 25 years ago, the Amish theme kept it from being too dated. It is not only a great love story, but also really provokes a lot of thought about faith and acceptance. Extremely well written and deeply emotional, I highly recommend this one if you can get your hands on a copy.
Sunshine and Shadow is one of those books that will stay with you where the other romances might be forgotten as soon as you finish the novel.
Alan Wilde is a jaded, been-there-done-that, forced-to-act-as-a-child-by-profit-motivated-parents, controlling but successful Hollywood movie director. He hungers for nothing, as he is well off yet his appetite for life is at an all time low. He is spiritless. Nothing can shock or surprise him. That is, not until he meets our heroine Susan Peachy. A pretty young Amish widow full of spirit who can marvel at all the wonders of God such as star gazing at night and laying in the grass observing the busy ants. Even the simplest everyday things we take for granted, such as being able to turn a lamp on and off captivate her attention.
He can't believe that someone so pure and untainted still exists on this earth. Nor can he help but be drawn to her simple goodness & her fresh look at everything that comes her way. When she looks into his eyes, she sees the complete opposite disillusionment, boredom, sin and badness. But she is drawn to him nonetheless. She knows he's a sinner but sinners can be saved and that's a temptation she cannot resist. She calls him "English" as that is what the Amish refer to any non-Amish people and so in retaliation, he adoringly calls her "Amish". She shows him just by being herself that he does indeed have a soul and this is a book of his awareness of how it is to really live a full life. Life not full of material goods as that is the only world he knew but a life of just good itself.
This is a marvelous love story. Proof that opposites do attract. That good will beat bad. I don't ever recall describing a novel as "beautiful" but Sunshine and Shadow is a warm and beautiful book. It had an almost fairy tale sort of feel to it. Not because the story was unrealistic but because of the way it enchanted me. I was spellbound. If reading this book doesn't bring a little beauty and sunshine into your heart, then you might be as jaded and cynical as our weary hero used to be before Susan Peachy entered his life and changed it forever.
This book did nothing for me and after the third member of an Amish family went against his own priciples I finally put the book down.

The main character Alan was the only person true to his own nature of being jaded and cynical. Alan was beginning to experience a subtle transformation that was believable and held my interest. But the ease in which Susan set aside her own value system to be at Alan's beck and call was uncharacteristic of someone raised in an Amish community.
A DIK for sure. If I could give more stars than 5 I would. This book and The Windflower vie for #1 in my heart (along with Heyer's Venetia). Loved everything they wrote. Wish they were still writing.
I read this book a long time ago and I had forgotten story but remembered really enjoying it.....It did not disappoint. The characters are well developed and the story sucks you in. I've read other books by these two and I will be looking for more titles by these two. I also purchased the Windflower,because I lent it out a long time ago and it was never returned. If you enjoy fun and romance with interesting storylines these are the authors to read.....
Alan Wilde is a famous Hollywood director, known for his work hard/play hard lifestyle and his dark, brooding horror movies. Susan Peachy is a young Amish widow, living in a conservative Wisconsin conclave and teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Susan is leading her pupils on a nature walk when she stumbles upon Alan's movie set, and attempts to defend her pupils from the "monster" she encounters. When Alan is left without a female lead for his film, he insists on casting Susan as the Victorian heroine. Susan needs the money for her sister, who was disowned when she left the family in pursuit of a college education.

The resulting humor, tenderness, and heartbreak as Susan and Alan fall in love is one of the most entertaining and enchanting contemporary-setting romances I've read. If you like this book, I recommend "Perfect" by Judith McNaught and "Getting Rid of Bradley" by Jennifer Crusie.