I am an avid reader and Grace Livingston Hill is among my favorite authors. I love her work, but was disappointed in this book. The characters were okay, but the plot could not hold my intrest. This was not one of her best works.

This book was much shorter than most Grace Livingston Hill (GLH) books. I read it in one sitting. I am a big GLH fan, and enjoyed it. I was pulled right in by the story line, and I loved the romantic hero who saved Mary from her plight. There is mystery, adventure and romance... Although I can't say this is one of my favorite GLH books - I still give it 4 stars.

This is a very basic instruction book. It is not well written. And not only the publisher, but just about everyone mentioned in the book, including all the resources that I glanced at, appear to be from Minnesota. Not that that's bad. It's just very limited. And limiting. Not for a national audience.

As a professional copywriter and consultant, I was especially annoyed on page 60. The author talks a bit about outsourcing. He advises the reader to make sure to hire someone who will "adapt to your layout desires" and, in general, allow the novice business person to dictate to the professional marketer or designer or copywriter how things should be done. If a client did that to me, I would tell them to find someone else. I'm the professional. Not them. That's why they pay me.

I found the book clumsy; it is not put together in any order. Furthermore, I felt some of the advice was actually very bad.

I was highly disappointed in this book and very sorry I bought it. I would not suggest it to even the most novice entrepreneur.

Susanna K. Hutcheson Advertising & Marketing Copywriter/Consultant

My daughter needed this for school, but they are using the 6th edition. 4th ed must be way out of date.