One of the reasons I seldom read American westerns is because the characters and situations are so consistent. The cowboys, ranchers, spinsters and schoolmarms, all seem to have been born and raised on the prairie or on the plains. I wonder where the immigrants are. Willa Cather or Laura Ingalls Wilder often wrote about the…
“So many regrets, Lord. So many regrets.” These words of Sophia Taylor echo through the pages of Whispers from Yesterday, an intricate tale of pain and despair rooted in the past – and the love, faith, and hope that heal the present and change the future. Robin Lee Hatcher boldly, but with great love, tackles…
The Taming of Jessi Rose opens with ten year old Griffin Sloan witnessing his mother’s slow death from tuberculosis. Griffin’s mother had run the railroad station and the railroad bosses had promised she would run the new station when the new rail line came through. However, the new line was subsequently built in another part…
Too Hot to Handle just hurts so good. Know what I mean? The hero is very nearly a total S.O.B.; the heroine subjected to torture nearly beyond belief. The love scenes are filled with incredibly purple prose. The incendiary heat between Tory Wells and Ethan Reever begins, nearly impossibly, the moment they meet. And yet,…
My all-time favorite romance is somewhat unusual. It’s a book called Shane written by Jack Schaefer back in 1949. Most people might say, “Hey, that’s not a romance, that’s a western.” But this book is about a very powerful love triangle, and yes, it’s true, it is a western and the hero and the heroine…