Reading a Leigh Greenwood is like reading a play, almost straight dialogue. He’s a storyteller, and that’s fine, the characters all have their say, but the reader is left to fill in most of the details. While Ward’s story was okay, it left me feeling like I was missing something. By comparison, Jake was a…
Jake Maxwell has just returned from the Civil War to find his family’s land stolen and his cattle scattered all over Texas. While Jake was off fighting for what he believed in, mean-spirited and greedy farmers have destroyed what he had set out to build. Now they want Jake to pay reparations for the damage…
Jake is the first book in Leigh’s new series The Cowboys. I liked Jake Maxwell a lot and I liked the heroine, Isabelle Davenport, equally as much. I also liked how these two took on eleven orphans, whether Jake wanted to or not, and gave them a purpose in life, a reason to live, and…
I just finished The Bequest and, well, you’ll have to excuse me now, but I have to go take a long, hot bath. Soak in the water. Wash away all that whorehouse grime. Yuck. Candice Proctor’s first book, Night in Eden, examined the horrific conditions women faced as convicts in Regency-era England. The Bequest deals…
This was the first book by Lorraine Heath that I read, and it is a memorable one. Sweet Lullaby is one of those truly wonderful romances that you never want to see end but when it does, you’re so glad you read it. I’ve read many of Lorraine Heath’s books since then and she’s never…
Scent of Lilacs is a simple, uncomplicated story. The plot is nothing new, but it still manages to be appealing. Lexie Tate and Jake Westfield are the main players in this version of the “hidden child/push each other away because we’re too afraid to care” story. Lexie and Jake are medical students together in the…
If you’re looking for a good mail-order bride romance, I can recommend several. Shotgun Groom would not be one of them. Somehow the author takes a surefire premise and shoots a blank. Lily Towns has wanted to marry Matt Logan since she was a child in Tennessee. After Matt came home from the Civil War,…
Shucks no, ma’am, it’s not a major keeper. Well, no ma’am, it’s not a rush-right-out-and-get-it, either. But, it has a certain charm, ma’am, and you might like it if you just give it a try. Miss Katy Halliday may be a City gal, but her heart’s firmly planted in the West. An avid devotee of…
Nicole Jordan is known for her scorching sensuality, but who knew she could write a two-hanky read? The Heart Breaker is a finish-in-one-sitting western romance between a man who’s lost his true love and a woman who’ll do almost anything to get through to him. Heather puts up with a lot more crap from Sloan…
If ever the word bland described a book, this would be it. It’s as if author Cassandra Austin poured water over a delicate painting and washed away all its color, leaving a gray-toned puddle in its place. Cowboy Christian Prescott lives with his brother and father on their Kansas ranch. Coming to visit are his…
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