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Old Ways Will Survive.......2004-05-03
Continuing the phenomenal revised Trad books, this one takes a look at the witches and pagans of the Verbena. Beginning with a prologue telling the tale of New Hope Farms (the Verbena introduced in the original book; nice touch) and their confrontation with the death of the Old Ways on Beltane night, this book shifts to the introduction, complete with a pagan lexicon and mention of living life to it's fullest and preserving the Old Ways in the face of modernity. The book then goes to the Verbena history, told by New Hope Farms. It starts with the Wyck and the Aeduna, ancestors of the Verbena, and then shifts into classical Greece and Rome. Sidebars tell of the Olympian Gods special to the Verbena, famous Verbena (Medea, Hippocrates, Merlin, etc) and even the question of Lilith's existence (many Verbena don't believe in her actually). The book then looks at the Celts (and the House Diedne fiasco), the dark ages (with a sidebar on the Old Faith for Dark Ages: Mage players), the Burning Times, the Tradition's formation under Nightshade, the schism caused by Nazi rune carvers in WW II, gay rights movements and the modern rebirth of paganism. It then closes out looking at religion, medicine and relationships with the others (and their common roots with the Dreamspeakers, Ecstatics, Euthanatoi and the Progenitors).
The second chapter is really juicy, containing details on Verbena culture, organization, Circles of note (small groups focusing on Asatru, bardic traditions, Voudon, etc) and Verbena around the world. Sacred sites like Stonehenge, Salem, Glastonbury Tor and the Pacific Northwest are mentioned, followed by their advantage: the Paths of the Wyck, which lets them travel from pagan site to pagan site. Then we see the four factions of the Verbena: the Gardeners of the Tree who preserve their family's pagan traditions, the primordial shamans of the Twisters of Fate, the new-ager Moon-Seekers who adapt modern beliefs to the Old Ways, and the Lifeweavers who eschew culture and rites in favor of spontaenous life magics (like shapeshifting). A great write up of the Verbena Paradigm is written up, complete with views on the Craft, the Tellurium, the Spheres and various pagan Foci. Theres also a really cool look at Life Magics in general, like healing, shape-shifting, etc. Verbena Rotes are given (as well as Old Faith systems for Dark Ages players), details on Familars, plus some new Merits/Flaws. Other Trad Books probably should have included all these cool bits, but alas.
The third Chapter takes a look at Verbena of note, like Medea, Merlin, Nightshade and the singature character, a Candomble priest called Hector de Xango. Details for all-Verbena chronicles are given, like major themes, sex & sexuality, related Traditions (like the Dreamspeakers or Ecstatics) and even a look at Verbena traditions from around the world and historical Chronicles (like the Burning Times, WW II, ancient Rome and even long range Chronicles following the Avatars incarnations). Theres also a sample cabal, New Hope Farms, an organic farming commune made up of the Verbena from the old splat book (but updated and much cooler) who now train young Verbena. The book gives some interesting, if expectable, templates: the rune-carver, Voudon priestess, storm witch, shapeshifter, eco-activist, new-ager, etc. Nothing unexpected really. Theres also the ending (bringing the story full circle) and a brief mention of Wicca and various Wiccan/pagan/new age references: The Wicker Man, Scott Cunningham, Frazer's Golden Bough, Starhawk, etc. Again, this is stuff most people probably would expect, but nice to have anyway. Over all, this is a wonderful book for Mage, and even people who don't play Verbena )(or related Traditions) will find use in things like the exploration of pagan beliefs, the ancient history section and Life Magic.
Book Description
When Bobby died in a car wreck with another woman at his side, Bena was left with five kids, a small house, and a big empty place in her heart. Five years later, she's got two daughters who've run off with no-good men, a backyard full of marijuana plants none of her kids will own up to, and a semi-personal relationship with Jesus. But she's trying. And when she's ready to invest again in love, she knows what she wants: Lucky McKale. And despite the fact that he's married, he seems to want her too...
Customer Reviews:
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, PLEASE MAKE LEMONADE ~~~~.......2006-11-20
Nanci Kincaid DOES NOT disappoint with her novel VERBENA. I LOVE all of Miss Kincaid's works and this one is well worth every minute you spend reading it. She is Southern lit at its BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Verbena -- known as Bena -- has had a never-a-dull-moment life. Her first hubby is killed in an accident with another woman in the car with him and Bena is left with five children to raise on her own. She is an elementary teacher and her life is full to spilling over. With her job, children, neighbors, and life events that just keep happening to her, she never has a dull moment.
As life speeds on, things take a turn for the worse, as sometimes things will do in life. Unfortunately, as her children get older and marry, their choices bring heartache into Bena's life. However, she carries on and struggles along. I found myself admiring her good sense of humor, her strength, and her willingness to go on with a smile on her face even when her heart was breaking. Wish I could do that!!!!!
In her life there has always been her mailman, a wonderful man named Lucky. Unfortunately, Lucky is married to Sue Cox. {What cracked me up totally was how the author called the Sue Cox character Sue Cox as if that was her given name.} Just a chuckle every time.
When Lucky and Sue Cox come into her life, things change and Bena's life is again twisted, turned, and crazy. Life turns sweet for Bena and she is a happy and loved woman again! READ THIS BOOK.
This book is full of Southern charm and believeable events. I found myself laughing out loud and also crying. There are some very sad moments in this book; however, they make the book what it is. And what it is is EXCELLENT reading.
Whatever Nanci Kincaid has as an author, she has an abundance of it and she has it goin' on. I LOVE her books. I only have a few more to read so I am hoping and praying she is busy writing her next excellent reading adventure for all of us to enjoy.
If you love Southern fiction -- if you love good, true-to-life characters -- if you love surprises -- if you love a good cry -- if you love that "feel good" feeling about life and people -- then you will love this book. Don't miss this book. You will find it good, cozy, down-home reading and will love every part of it. It is NOT predictable and you will not guess what is going to happen.
Thanks again, Miss Kincaid, for more good reading.
Thank you!!
Pam
Love And Pain In A Red State.......2006-11-02
What Bobbie Ann Mason has done for Kentucky and Lee Smith for Virginia, Nanci Kincaid does for Alabama. In VERBENA she has written a novel that illuminates that part of the South with a gaggle of characters as real as the waitress at your favorite meat-and-three restaurant. Verbena is the lovable central character, the mother of five children and the wife of two husbands, a middle school teacher and a Baptist-- she would almost have to be. She of course has a good dose of Baptist guilt and cannot handle too much happiness for long periods of time. She ruminates that loving Lucky (her second husband and most decent of men) was "just too wonderful. . . to be anything Christian."
Verbena's (she is called "Bena" for short) life often is a mess. Her children are a mess-- one daughter marries a no-good who leaves her right after she gets pregnant, another runs away with an aspiring musician whom she takes away from her mother's boy friend's soon-to-be ex-wife, a son falls in love with the sister of the woman who had an affair with his now dead father-- and her house is messy too, the kind that visitors charitably say looks lived in. It has brown and rust carpet, "not because she liked it but because it wouldn't show dirt." She records her children's growth with pencil marks on the wall. She describes her first husband Bobby as a casserole man as opposed to a meat-and-potatoes type of guy. "He liked all things mixed together from the beginning." But for all of Bena's craziness-- she cries way too much in church-- she is wonderfully resilient, capable of much love and like Faulkner's Dilsey, she endures.
Even though Ms. Kincaid can be a tad wordy-- she is a Southern writer after all-- she often writes insightful prose about people in general and women in particular. Example: Ms. Kincaid on a mother's awful knowledge that one of her children is destined for sorrow: "It's something that cannot be explained, how a mother senses the sort of heartache that lies ahead for a certain child, how she can glimpse it and try to prepare for it--but cannot prevent it no matter how hard she tries." (p. 140.)Then there is the best discription I've ever read of Baptists and guilt, what Lucky calls "Baptist math." He's an authority on the subject because his "mama" practiced it. "'It's based on the belief that there are never enough blessings to go around, never enough happiness for everybody. Like each family is allotted just a little bit and you got to be careful not to use it up too fast, you know.'" Finally Lucky-- clearly the best thing that ever happened to Bena-- reminds her that "life has got a mind of its own." Said another way, life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.
Ms. Kincaid may be a little easy on both race and relationships as black people and white people and Mexicans get along together as do practically everybody's exes at family get-togethers. Nevertheless she has written a great story with characters whom you will remember long after you've raced through this book. I for one would love to have Lucky and Bena for neighbors.
It's all about the characters.......2005-03-22
As with "As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me," Nanci Kincaid's most recent novel, "Verbena" gets off to a slow start, but becomes engrossing, thanks to quirky characters and an eventful plot.
Bena, the heroine of the story, loses her husband at the beginning of the novel. He dies in a car accident, with another woman in the car. As she comes to terms with his infidelity, she develops a close friendship with the neighborhood mailman, Lucky, a friend of her husband's, whose wife is in rehab.
Although Bena and her five children face a whole soap opera's worth of catastrophes and disasters, the tone of the book is almost never sentimental. Instead, it is told in a distinctive voice, sharp and intelligent, with characters you won't forget.
One of the nicest things about this book, although it's subtle and you're not beaten over the head with it, is how Bena welcomes almost everyone into her house, even if it's under duress at first, and the characters as a whole are very forgiving about each other's imperfections. It makes you feel as if the characters form one great big family that you, as the reader, feel lucky to be a part of.
ridiculous.......2004-06-04
I am alotted 1,000 words for my review. If I had the time I would type 'ridiculous' 1,000 times. I'll settle for one - ridiculous book. Absolutely ridiculous. Woops. Couldn't settle for just one 'ridiculous' because it's just so ridiculous.
Pick this posey for a memorable Southern read.......2004-01-30
Nanci Kincaid has the South pegged all right. And her expertise of blending a seemingly straight-path family into the throes of dysfunction is right on. A very Southern comfort type of read, there is plenty to ponder in this tale of Bena Eckerd, the widow of faithless Bobby, who raises her five children while teaching sixth grade at the local elementary school. She is a truly modern Alabama woman, one who must win the bread and yet live with the pity of her community. And amazingly, she survives it all, and engages in a new life, delightful romance with the postman, Lucky, formerly the small town football hero. She gets lucky, or does she?
Told in three books, there is plenty of struggle for this family of five children on the brink of adulthood,that is steadily falling away into the real world of living apart. Bena's ability to accept almost anything is almost unbelievable until she encounters one straw that breaks her camel back, her eldest son Joe's choice of a sweetheart.
There are laugh out loud sequences in Kincaid's characters'statements about life, with a clear philosophy on the importance of family, extended beyond any traditional conventions. The importance of characters like Sue Cox and Mayfred and Juanita gives the reader a feeling like that found in "The Secret Life of Bees", with strong women who unite and draw their men along with them. There is the humor of a Fannie Flagg, and the blending of races and cultures of "Welcome to Higby" or "Crazy Ladies".
And most special is the Epilogue in the voice of Joe, Verbena's second son, and finally the author's acknowledgments, which include "children who challenge us to learn to love the people they love", "anyone who has ever been--or tried to be--a good hearted ex", "whoever said that forgiveness is not a feeling but a decision", and "families who blend, merge, and blur the boundaries in an effort to make room for everybody."
That truly sums it up!
I like Nanci Kincaid's "Verbena" enough to buy her other titles and pass them on.
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This book is a teacher's collection from working at the Warm Springs Reservation in the mid-1970's. What to gather from the forest. A daily perspective.
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Doves in the Verbena Pot
Melinda E. White
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An Indian Reservation Teachers collection of educational books from the Warm Springs Reservation.
This is a story told by the Indians to their children. This story teaches that one of the nicest things in life is to be a friend and to like everybody.
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This book is a teacher's collection from working at the Warm Springs Reservation in the mid-1970's. The story behind the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort.
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An indian childs search for what to add to mother's stew. This book is a teacher's collection from working at the Warm Springs Reservation in the mid-1970's.
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La Verbena de La Paloma
Tomas Breton
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La verbena de la paloma, o, El boticario y las chulapas, celos mal reprimidos (Arriba el telon!)
Ricardo de la Vega
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Customer Reviews:
I LOVE THIS BOOK!.......2006-08-11
it's my all time favorite book! it's really a heart felt book, i love ALL of diana palmers books, but this is one of her finest!
Nothing more than O.K........2006-08-09
Ive read my share of Diana Palmer stories and always find them to be great. This one however, seems way too rushed at the end. At the last page i was like "where's the rest?" Jace is portrayed as emotionally tough, not wanting marriage, etc. and in the last couple pages he does a very sudden turn to a romantic man. A lot of the characters are left hanging and we don't get to see what happened to a lot of them. It's an ok book, but if it was a little longer it might have been better.
Not What I Expected.......2005-01-08
When I saw this book in the bookstore I couldn't wait to get home and start reading it. The book started off with a bang and then took a nose dive. I have never in all my reading seen a heroine as weak as Amanda and I have seen plenty but this was Ridiculous. The Mother was trifling and "Jace" although good-looking was mean as hell one minute and honey this the next and if I had to hear about her slender body and hands more time I thought I would scream. Overall I did not like this book what- so-ever.
Wow.......2002-06-22
This was my favorite book ever! I read it and then turned around and started it again!
It's O.K........2001-06-14
This is a classic DP theme, which I really like the idea and plot, but felt there were gaps. Like...it needed more understanding of the characters, and more depth in the storyline. What was Amanda's mom's secret for Amanda? She never told it. Where was the closure with Jace and Amanda's mom and his mom who knew about the affair as well. What happened to Tess? Terry? The account? The plane wreck and her accident on the horse didn't pan out. The ending when she thought he wanted her as his mistress, again, was just ridiculous. This just seemed a little too hurried or something. It is a one-day reader though, if you want some escape for a few hours.
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Cowboy Shane Nichols's best buddy has a problem: the love of his life is marrying another man. Shane decides someone should stop the wedding, and he schemes to do so by kidnapping the bride. But unfortunately, Shane steals the wrong woman. Wedding florist Poppy Hamilton realizes almost immediately that the handsome cowboy thinks she's the bride, but she goes along with the charade in order to distract Shane until the wedding vows have been said. Neither Shane nor Poppy planned on falling in love, but when a blizzard traps them in a snowbound cabin, the passion that blazes between the lady and the rodeo cowboy is hot enough to melt the snow outside. But Shane isn't the marrying kind, and before Poppy can wed her cowboy, he has to face some hard truths about life and love.
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A great story.......2003-04-16
Shane Nichols is the kind of guy that gives cowboys a good name. He'd do anything to help a friend (not always successfully). While Shane is sidelined from bull riding due to injury, his rodeo buddy, Cash, cries on Shane's shoulder that his girl (Milly) got tired of waiting for him and is getting married to someone else. When Cash has to leave to get to the next rodeo, Shane decides to help his buddy by "commandeering" the bride until after the wedding by hiding her in a friend's remote cabin. The only problem is, Shane grabs beautiful Polly instead of Milly. To make matters worse, Polly is the daughter of a judge who Shane had a run in with in his younger days. Shane never thought he would give up his rodeo days but finds himself more interested in Polly than bulls but feels he has nothing to offer her.
This twists in this story are really quite amusing. This was a great book.
:).......2001-04-04
The last Code of the West series-A Cowboy's Tears was a pretty sad story involving Mace and Jenny, so this book involving Mace's brother Shane was a real delight. Shane thinks that he is doing his buddy a favor by kidnapping the woman that he loves, so that she is unable to marry the wrong man. Only things don't exactly go as planned for poor Shane. Darnit, he thought he was doing the right thing by helping out his buddy Cash. Shane does not think that anything could be worse than stealing the wrong lady, but again he finds out he is wrong. Not only is Poppy not the right girl, but she is also the daughter of a judge. And not just any judge, but the one judge that completely humiliated Shane many years back. Shane hopes his luck turns around and he falls off the face of the earth before Poppy's father gets ahold of him. Shane is also having a hard time understanding why Poppy is so darn happy about being snowed in at this small cabin. The last thing that Shane wants is to fall for Poppy-he has nothing to offer her. Unfortunately, Shane's luck has not been all that great lately and Poppy sees no reason not to enjoy herself while alone with Shane. They both have no idea whats in store for them. This was a great book and very funny. Shane ends up being the kidnapper, but you can not help but feel sorry for the guy. I can not wait to read the next book in the series about Shane's buddy Cash.
Marriage Happens to Other People..........2001-04-03
Anne McAllister spins a yarn about a man named Shane who was nowhere near ready to be a home body or a husband. A freak accident leaves Shane recovering at his brothers house. Not wanting to see the homey relationship his brother and his wife share together, Shane hits the local watering hole. When he walks in he happens upon his buddy Cash, wallowing in the pits of despair. Shane finds out that the woman Cash is in love with is set to marry another man. The wheels get to turning inside the bull rider Shane's head. His scheme is to kidnap the beautiful bride who is sitting in the same bar laughing at his friend Cash. Shane wants to stop her from making the biggest mistake of her life, and passing up a strapping male like Cash. There is only one hitch, he kidnaps the FLORIST, not the bride! To aggravate Shane even more, they get trapped in a snow storm together. Cliche? a little. Sexy, fun and a great read? A lot. Anne McAllister makes Shane's muscles jump off the pages, and Poppy's hair sway in your face. Will love win? Read the book to see what happens!
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Cowboy's Lady by Victoria Pade (Large Print Silhouette Special Edition).......2005-10-01
Description from the book back cover:
The bride's back in town ... Ivey Heller had left Cheyenne in a wedding dress - but without a groom. She'd narrowly escaped marrying the wrong man, and she couldn't think of anything to do but go home to Elk Creek. Ivey vowed she was finished with men. But she'd been in town less than one day when she ran into Cully Culhane ... The hard-muscled cowboy had certainly grown up in style. A single father with two adorable little girls, he was now aiming his considerable charm right at Ivey. Could the sexy rascal win over the reluctant bride?
What an enjoyable book - I read it twice!.......1997-07-11
This is a humorous, heartwarming romance. After reading it, I searched for other books by Victoria Pade. I hope I will enjoy reading them as much as I did this one
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful, intelligent story.......2007-02-15
This book changed my view of romance novels. It was funny, intelligent, and a thoroughly enjoyable read. I'm ordering Zoe Archer's 2nd book because I liked this one so much.
Zoe Archer's LADY X'S COWBOY is both humorous and exciting from beginning to end........2007-01-20
Olivia Xavier has been widowed for five years. In his will, her husband left her the brewery, Greywell, which Olivia is determined to run herself. As a lady in 1883, it's extremely unconventional for her to be working, and running a brewery is shocking. Olivia doesn't care. She has her dreams and fantasies, and they all center around the stories she reads in dime novels about cowboys and the untamed America.
Will Coffin is a cowboy from Colorado. He's in England looking for his family with no real clue where to start his search. Like any self respecting cowboy, he brought his boots, hat, guns, and saddle with him across the ocean. He has no idea when he rescues her from some thugs that all his skills would be needed to save Lady X's life and brewery.
Olivia is standing outside the brewery waiting for her coach to arrive when she's accosted by several men who'd been sent to intimidate her into selling her brewery. While she's fending them off, a real live cowboy comes out of nowhere and rescues her with a bit of muscle and good ol' western brawling. Once the ruffians are gone, Olivia thanks Will and offers him a reward for his help. Will feels that he only did what any man worth his salt should do and therefore is extremely offended by her offer. He does tell her the general area where he's staying and she later tracks him down. Fortunately for him, she finds him right as the owner of the establishment is requesting him to leave and refuses to let him into his room to gather his possessions. With Olivia backing him up and looking down her aristocratic nose, the owner finally backs down and allows Will to retrieve his things. Olivia offers Will a room in her home for the night. While they talk, Will tells her about his parents' death and the miner who had found and raised him. He also explains to her exactly why he is in England. Olivia is in dire need of help with the so-called gentleman who's trying to force her to sell her brewery. Will needs help finding his folk. Can the two of them work out a plan that ensures that they both find their dreams . . . even if their dreams are more than they ever imagined.
I've read many books with cowboys and ladies but this is the first one I've ever read where the cowboy goes to England and I have to tell you I love it! Will doesn't put on fancy airs for anybody. He speaks with a decidedly American twang, and isn't afraid to fight when the need arises. Olivia is also bold, her fear of being ousted from society keeps her from displaying the full force of her nerve, though you do get peeks of it here and there. She's intelligent and determined, just as I'd expect a business woman to be. However, there's also a wistfulness that comes out when she's with Will. Together, they're a power to be reckoned with as they set out to shock and titillate the upper-crust of English society. Zoe Archer's LADY X'S COWBOY is both humorous and exciting from beginning to end. Definitely a book I'd recommend reading if you enjoy cowboy stories.
Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)
EXCELLENT VICTORIAN STORY!!!.......2006-02-16
An unbelievable debut from Archer that grabs you from the very beginning. Olivia is a heroine out of her time struggling to battle the inevitable censure brought on by the fact that she is managing one of the most successful breweries in London which her late husband has left her. In her two years of full mourning she has decided to read every scrap of literature relating the management and the making of beer. She tackles the task head on, becoming so successful at it that spoiled and unscrupulous, peer of the realm Lord Pryce decides that he wants her brewery and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Hence a lovely villain.
When Lady Olivia is attacked by thugs hired by Pryce, Will Coffin strides in out of the fog to save the day. Full with a bushy mustache, six shooter, as long duster and more Western expressions that will put a grin on your face (such as "Fog's so thick that not even a mule in a mineshaft could see!"). The typical Western Cowboy who Lady Olivia hires to help manage her brewery. There are enough hot electrical sparks between them to light a fire - they are very sexually attracted to each other - as he is constantly saying whatever is on his mind - mostly to do with Lady Olivia's appearance, her beauty or her lips. She is taken aback by his candor and easy going, honest manner. All hell brakes loose when she brings him to her house and they encounter the tremendous censure from society when a high class lady is fraternizing with the lower classes.
This book is marvelous. An amazing story of how Olivia's love for Will transforms her and how they will stop at nothing to be together and love each other - no matter the dictates of society. An amazing debut from Zoë Archer - the book was exquisite, well written observing the Victorian elements of the era and fun and sexy to boot. The character development is wonderful and you will delight in reading Olivia's and Will's story. I can't wait for Zoë's next book.
terrific Victorian romance .......2006-01-28
In 1883 London, Colorado cowboy Will Coffin intercedes and rescues Lady Olivia Xavier from assault of three punks. She thinks the hunk who saved her from Lord Pryce's hired thugs could have been the front cover model of the western dime novels she loves to read.
Lady Olivia hires Will to help her save the brewery that she inherited from her late husband her unscrupulous rival Lord Pryce will do anything to either destroy or preferably steal her firm. Meanwhile Will has come to England to find his family here. He has no plans to socialize with people he does not understand nor is able to communicate with yet somehow he and Lady X who speaks a foreign language that sort of sounds like English, communicate through their hearts. Though the lady and the cowboy are in love, their respective social classes are more than just oceans apart.
This is a terrific Victorian romance that focuses on cultural differences between a tea toting English aristocrat and a cow poking American cowboy. The story line emphasizes the Grand Canyonesque gaps that the loving pair must surmount if they want a permanent relationship a concept both desire and fear. Humor via stereotyping presumptions add to the fun as Olivia cannot understand how he can be gentle instead of a rough hooligan like in the dime novels while Will struggles with how his English rose can be understanding and kind instead of haughty as he assumed all aristocratic ladies pretend a loftiness that make dudes like him feel like sewage. Fans will enjoy Zoe Archer's superb historical driven by two obviously in love characters that live light years apart in lifestyles.
Harriet Klausner
Sexy & Fun!.......2006-01-22
Zoe Archer's debut novel is a refreshing and delightful read. Lady Olivia Xavier, the beautiful heroine, will not disappoint romance readers. She is a strong, independent businesswoman who frowns and struggles with the dictates of Victorian society and forms her own path. Underneath, she longs for romance and adventure, reading dime store cowboy novels in her spare time. Will Coffin, a "real" American cowboy, arrives in England to try and locate his lost family. He is a strong, sexy male who is attracted to and admires Olivia. He comes to her rescue to save her brewery, but also gives her the romance she has longed for. The romance is fun and sexy; definitely an 8 to 10 on the sensual scale. Zoe Archer really pulls off the blend of the Wild West American & the Society English Lady. There is suspense and many fun scenes. Unlike some romances, you do not walk away thinking any of these characters are flighty. I really enjoyed this story and look forward to future books by Zoe Archer.
Book Description
There's no place like home. . .
Cowboy's Lady
Ivey Heller had left Cheyenne in a wedding dress--but without a groom! She'd narrowly escaped marrying the wrong man, and she couldn't think of anything to do but go home to Elk Creek. Ivey vowed she was finished with men. But then she met Cully Culhane, and she began to have second thoughts about her grand plan. Could the cowboy win over the reluctant bride?
Cowboy's Love
He was her first love. Her heart and soul. And abandoning Clint Culhane was the hardest thing young Savannah Heller had ever done. Until, fifteen years later, she came back to Elk Creek--and the anguish in Clint's eyes. Could Clint forgive the guilty secret that had wrenched her from his arms? Would she ever taste his precious kisses again? Or would Savannah have to leave her beloved cowboy behind. . .the second time around?
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CBers' five-star 10 pounder wordbook: A guide to CB-Land for bear hunters, Cadillac cowboys, and foxy ladies
Hayden Book Company
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- Water for Elephants: A Novel
- We're in Trouble
- What Love Means to You People
- Without Fail (Jack Reacher Novels}
- Wolf Point
- Zabelle
- A CORNER OF THE VEIL: A Novel
- A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
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- My Journey into Alzheimer's Disease
- Photomosaic Portraits
- Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison
- Hesitant Martyr of the Texas Revolution: James Walker Fannin
Tradition Book: Euthanatos
Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts (Mage)
Tradition Book: Order of Hermes (Mage)
Tradition Book: Sons of Ether (Mage)
Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood (Mage the Ascension)
