Genre: Historical Western Romance?
Synopsis: When Adeline flees her abusive father and despicable fiance, she bounces from bad, to badder, to worse... or maybe better? From a brothel, to a whirlwind trip across country, to passing out into a handsome pair of arms, to waking up married... and so much more!
Review: I'm not really sure what happened here, because I am not really a fan of Romances... but I am a fan of Westerns! They give me nostalgic memories of my childhood curled up watching Westerns with my dad. But the Westerns we watched weren't quite like this one! Maybe Hildie just caught me at a sentimental moment. Or maybe her writing was so wonderful that I got sucked in against my will.
Whatever the reasons you may contrive for this occurrence I really enjoyed this novel. I think because it is a mish-mash of several different categories and therefore it can pick and choose what to keep and what to dispose of from each category. And in doing so, Hildie managed to remove some of the more annoying aspects of Romance stories for me. Unfortunately, I can't really go into too much detail without giving the story away. Needless to say, the dryness that tends to come with Historical pieces, does not trouble this little tale. The contrived nature of Romance stories is carefully counterbalanced by the nature of Westerns. It was a lovely and appealing experience.
About the Author: (taken directly from her Amazon Page)
She makes sure action, intrigue, and sizzling romance add up to an escape that her readers won't soon forget. Hildie is a member of Georgia Romance Writers and Romance Writers of America. She resides in the beautiful small town Georgia with her super-hero husband Kurt.
She lives in a small town in Georgia, where everybody knows everybody. It's the kind of place where you get a "Hey Hildie" from across the street while walking into a favorite shop. The girl behind the counter asks about my books and the next customer in ends up introducing themselves if you haven't met them yet. I love it! After growing up in the huge city of San Diego and living all over the world as a soldier and later government contractor, it's nice to live in a place like this.
Rating: *** Three out of Five Stars (for a romance, that is a REALLY good rating from me!!)
1 comment:
Thank you Heidi, I'm glad the story got past your reservations.
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