The old story of Snow White and her Prince Charming gets a rather interesting new treatment in One Day, My Prince. For one thing, it’s set in a small town in late 19th-century Texas. For another, Jones switches around the sexes for all the major characters in the story. It’s a clever and pretty interesting…
The premise of this book sounds a little silly: the main conflict between the hero and heroine is that he’s a sheep farmer and she’s a cattle rancher’s daughter. Yet, it brought back memories of 4th grade state history class when we learned about range wars between cattlemen and sheep farmers in Wyoming. So in…
When I was a little girl I went through the whole horse phase. I gobbled up books by Walter Farley and Marguerite Henry. I could still tell you all about the Black Stallion and the Goldophin Arabian and list off Man’o’War’s record at the track. So when I heard the name Mustang Annie my mind…
When I first began reading Moon Hunter, I was looking forward to the fact that a more unusual time and place were used as settings – the story takes place in late 18th century frontier Kentucky. The only reason I knew this, however, is because Fort Boonesborough is mentioned, and that settlement was not built…
I became very angry as I was reading this book. Angry that I was wasting my time, angry that these characters were so stupid, and above all angry that a well-known author could write such a silly, derivative and cliched book. The best thing about Skye is that it is short. Skye is the third…
Despite massive anachronisms, a potty-mouthed heroine, an intractable hero, and a Big Misassumption that runs the entire length of the story, The Rancher Takes a Wife grew on me and by the end, I found I grudgingly liked it. Not exactly a glowing recommendation, but there you have it. Rose Severin is a medium (not…
I was so hoping A Promise of Roses would be a great Western romance. It seemed to have all the right ingredients – a heroine who owns and runs a stagecoach company (read: strong, independent woman) meets a bounty hunter assigned to investigate recent stagecoach robberies. They fall in love and solve a great mystery….
I’ve not read this author before, but my understanding is that she writes a more mainstream style romance – stories that have a lot more going on than just the relationship between the hero and heroine. In this manner, Painted by the Sun is no exception. Irish emigrant Shea Waterston is a lady photographer. Her…
It doesn’t bode well for a book when I can start it on Monday and put it down without a second thought until Saturday. I’m not saying Jake’s Angel was a bad book, but it was lacked that certain spark that makes a body want to pick it up and read it. The story opens…
Crooked Hearts begins exceptionally well, with a gorgeous step-back cover illustration. The two lovers are sexy, they’re good-looking, and they match their text descriptions pretty well. Best best of all they both look like they’re having fun. The step-back sets the tone for the book perfectly – this is a high-spirited, sexy romp; one look…
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