Wolf Patterson and Sara
Brandon are arch enemies from ages ago, but mischievous fate has brought
the tall rancher with the pale blue eyes together with the dark-haired
beauty - on neighboring Wyoming ranches. At first, sparks fly, but
despite Wolf's misguided notions about the spirited Sara and her
indignance over the assorted injustices he has thrown her way, a truce -
of sorts - forms. Suddenly Sara notices Wolf's face, while not
conventionally handsome, draws her like no other man has ever attracted
her. And Wolf sees into the compassionate soul that Sara hides from the
rest of the world.
But they are two passionate people with a
talent for falling out...can love find the space to take root on the
stunning Wyoming plains?
Paperback, 336 pages
Expected publication:
October 28th 2014
by Harlequin HQN
Terri's Thoughts
** I won a copy of this book in a giveaway on Goodreads in exchange for an honest review** It has just recently been released.
The story got off to a bad start from the very first page for me. It described Wolf with a big patch of hair poking out of his shirt. Apparently some woman find this attractive but I am just gagging while I even think about it...blaghhh! I decided it was not fair to judge a story based on this but I can not say that I visualized Wolf as an attractive man for the rest of the story.
This story is typical of what you would expect a romance novel to be. It followed the same formula...two people who hate each other who you just know will end up together. There are no surprises within the pages and no letdowns for those who frequently read this genre.
I did not really find any emotional connections to either of the characters. I found their back stories a little dramatic and the resulting scars made them too odd for my liking. It made the characters too damaged to be realistic.
That being said I was entertained throughout reading this. I knew how it would end but I was still along for the ride. If you can get past all of the characters that were randomly introduced then it is a good distraction from the daily grind.
About the Author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on
11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter
of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin
Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's
liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best
friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has
two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah.
Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a
former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily
and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle
and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to
write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward,
born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana
Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and
her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her
books in print, which have been translated and published around the
world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary
Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical
Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press,
the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press,
Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include
seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales
awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award
for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur
awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who
quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his
diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a
day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude
from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a
double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor
societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National
Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently
working on her master's degree in history at California State
University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a
member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of
Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the
Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia
Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous
conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include
gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In
1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now
pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and
international competition. They love riding around and looking at the
countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and
eating out.
Website:
http://www.dianapalmer.com/
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