Leanne Davis

Wow was my first reaction to this book. There were a lot of reasons for that. First it was a slow burn romance. The story was well developed and not at all rushed. Relationships were given plenty of time to play out in a realistic manner.

One of the things that was very interesting was that the heroine was severely dyslexic. The author really did a good job portraying a woman whose whole life was severely affected by the fact that she couldn't read at all. Reading is something we take for granted and not reading can really impact your self esteem and your ability to get jobs and etc.

Another thing that was different and realistic was the fact that the heroine, Erin, had first fallen into a casual sexual relationship with the youngest brother, Joey, and it turned out that she and the oldest brother, Jack, were really a much better match. So now all three of them had to try to come to terms with that. Jack had a very hard time making a move on a girl who had slept with his brother first. The language and dialog of the love story was very well done and moving. Even though Jack was a widower who had loved his first wife, I had no trouble believing that he loved Erin and she was not second best.

The secondary characters were well developed and diverse and interesting. The setting was a definite factor in the story and there was just enough description to be vivid without the story becoming bogged down with details you didn't care about. Also this story takes place on a horse ranch and you all know how picky I am about horse details. Here the author didn't make any missteps. The horse elements were portrayed realistically without the wide eyed glamour and anthropomorphizing that most non horsey authors put into western books. So kudos to the author there.


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Loved this third book in the series. Here again as in the first book there were real world problems that the characters had to overcome. The heroine had a stillborn child and was not dealing well with it even after 4 years.

The hero and heroine did not seem to be a good match at first, the local grade school teacher and a bike riding man 'ho. He was not a perfect hero by any means. He was a womanizer who slept with anyone and committed to no one. But after he met her he began to change to try to be a better man for her. Very emotional over all and I loved how all in the hero was. Great romantic dialog if you like that kind of stuff.… (plus d'informations)

Totally did not enjoy this one as much as the first in the series. I guess I just didn't care much for the heroine. I didn't really see why the hero liked her. She was a surly whinny bitch. I felt like she just used her home situation where she was enabling her father and brothers to take advantage of her as an excuse not to take a chance and move on. The hero was quiet and came across as much less of an alpha male than the author tried to convince me he was. I guess it had a couple of things that I appreciated. The heroine stopped crushing on the hero's brother once she had slept with the hero. And it was different in that the hero was the one to move to make the heroine happy and that doesn't happen often in romances. Wasn't horrible hence the 2 stars but I didn't enjoy the journey.… (plus d'informations)

This one was sort of a different kettle of fish. The heroine was pretty much a ball buster. I was not real fond of her but that was probably just personal preference. She wasn't stupid with it but she did seem to push the hero around a bit especially at first. The hero was pretty beta and hangdog. He didn't have much confidence in himself. So these two ended up together which seemed a bit weird since the author didn't really sell me on what they saw in each other except sex. Still it was a pretty decent addition to the series.… (plus d'informations)