Reviews by Dr. J

an engaging love story about two young men who have more money than they know what to do with, but who know that with their wealth come fortune hunting women. They have their pick, but it is only when they encounter beautiful Taylor during one of their visits to their home town that they are ensnared in her beauty and delightful personality. They are also fascinated that she really is working to resist them in spite of the expensive and rare gifts with which they seek to woo her. This story is about trust and how is can so easily be violated, how it is so difficult to renew after some experiences, and how it takes more than earth-shaking sex to build a relationship. These two playboys also are forced to face themselves and their lives, whether or not they are going to continue to spend their days frivolously or can they form a lasting and permanent life with Taylor that will give them all an opportunity to experience true love, respect, and emotional security. Ms Newmar knows well how to write hot, erotic romance but the story always prevails over the eroticism. She uses words so well and her style is a joy to read. She has an awesome portfolio of published stories and certainly has proven her skills as a writer and story teller. Any fan of romance fiction will find this a fun and very enjoyable story and a splendid read.

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This is one of those delightful novels that takes the reader all the way back to the beginning and introduces fans of Brooke/Dare to the characters that started this unique community with its unique guiding principles intended to protect their women and create a safe place to live amidst the dangers of the Old West. The concept of menage was not that strange in a land where women were scarce, but to this young woman it was a difficult change in the way she expected her married life to play out. It is a story that highlights the difficulties for those early pioneers and ranchers, but it also highlights the struggles many of those hardened men endured in coming to terms with the necessities of living tough while acknowledging the soft and tender feelings they had for their women. Many men never found a way to resolve that dilemma but that struggle is at the core of this story and makes for fascinating reading. I can't recommend this novel strongly enough.

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A woman who has never really known love, respect, or caring and is desperate to save her mother and sister from the damaging anger of her father encounters two rough and hardened Texas Rangers who are ready to lump her in with the gang of thieves and murderers they have arrested. However, after telling her story they agree to travel with her and in the process become enthralled in her beauty and quiet courage and find they want to marry her. In spite of their best-laid plans to retire from the Rangers and buy their own ranch, circumstances conspire against them and even though Amanda is a married woman and entitled to the respect due the wife of Texas Rangers, she is subjected to the rage of vengeful people, kidnapped, and held as a hostage. However, Amanda is able to use these circumstances not only to aid her Ranger husbands but to demonstrate that she is truly a Western woman with skills and abilities that can make her husbands proud of her. This is a very energetic story and one that will be enjoyed by fans of historical novels set in the Old West. It is full of hot loving but the eroticism is never allowed to take over the story. It is the love of her Rangers which allows Amanda to become a woman who is secure in her own skin and proud to be who she is. She is a far cry from the beaten down and desperate woman they found on the trail. It is a wonderful love story and a delightful read!

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This entire series of novels has been a great reading experience for me and one filled with novels to which I have returned several times. All the characters are delightful and the strong bonds which define this community are evident in the way these people hold one another in their affections, full of respect for their individuality and for the contributions they make for the common good. In this latest book, the sheriff is featured, a man with dark and deep needs he is certain no woman can truly tolerate and so he has sealed his real feelings behind defensive walls. Now Hope Sanderson has returned and become the co-owner of a woman's club. Her heart has been set on Ace for years but she is hoping that now that she is grown, a college graduate, a business owner, and able to care for herself, that this dark and withdrawn man will allow his evident attraction to her become the foundation for a relationship. Yet even as he resists her persistent overtures, Ace realizes that his heart is caving in to his desire for her and she is meeting his every challenge with fortitude and continuing love. It is really about a man who wants so much to love but is really afraid that giving in to that need will diminish him. Hope is the only one who can change his mind and his life. It is a spectacular love story and carries on the tradition of find romance fiction for which Leah Brooke is well known. It is also another fine addition to this series and those who have followed it from the first will not only enjoy reading Ace & Hope's story but the continuing saga of this community and people already introduced in the other novels in this series. It is a wonderfully entertaining read and is sure to please all serious romance fans.

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One of my favorite novels of all time and one I have already re-read. It was the first Heather Rainier book I read and I was riveted to the characters, their kindness and respect for one another, the Jack, Ethan, & Adam's deep love and regard for Grace, and how their continuing expressions of love healed her damage emotionally and psychologically from an abusive long-time relationship, one from which these three men saved her. It is a romance that is full of kindness and grace-filled moments (no pun intended) and one where adversarial content can find no home. It is the kind of love all of us wish for in any relational configuration, and one that renews Grace so that she becomes the woman who delights everyone with whom she comes in contact. This novel is a major writing effort and one that does Ms Rainier proud. Lovers of erotic romance will find their hearts warmed and their libidos massaged. It is well worth the time and effort to read and will always be a novel I will return to repeatedly.

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