The Lawman by Patricia Potter

I love libraries. Their existence means I can take a line of books I rarely read (say, Harlequin Blaze), coupled with a very hit-and-miss for me genre (the Western) and an author I’m unfamiliar with (Patricia Potter), and voila! Even if the book is a total failure, I haven’t lost. Since I enjoyed this one,…

Open Country by Kaki Warner

When I first received Open Country, I was filled with equal amounts of anticipation and trepidation. The genre – a Western, by golly! – and the author’s sophomore status account for the former; the synopsis, the latter. Happily, I can tell you my final pronouncement is firmly wedged on the positive side. The story proceeds…

Montana Sky by Nora Roberts

While some of Roberts’ newest releases have rubbed me the wrong way, I have quite a few of her books sitting on my keeper shelf. One of those is Montana Sky, a terrific romantic suspense thriller set on a picturesque cattle ranch in Big Sky country. With three romantic interests, a chilling mystery, and a…

Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow

Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow

I hadn’t read Gwen Bristow’s Jubilee Trail in several years, but for some reason I woke up early one morning with the book’s plot running through my mind. More a historical novel than a romance, it nonetheless has an interesting, intelligent heroine and a tortured hero who fears gratitude – especially from the heroine –…

War Cloud’s Passion by Karen Kay

Nowadays, authors who want to write historical romances with American Indian heroes must find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Judging from our reviews, historical-wallpaper romances with imposing braves grunting pidgin English and carrying off squawking female captives seem to be out of favor, and I’m all for that. But War Cloud’s Passion…

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