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Showing posts with label Kaki Warner. Show all posts
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Quickie Review: Miracle in New Hope by Kaki Warner
Miracle in New Hope
Author: Kaki Warner
Release Date: Dec. 11, 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Historical Romance, Novella, holiday
Format(s): e-book
Book Source: Publisher/NetGalley
About the book:
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Amidst the snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains in 1871, Daniel Hobart keeps to himself—a man with a hole in his heart that matches the scar on his face. But when Daniel starts having visions of a young girl crying out for help, he begins to fear that solitude may have caused him to lose his mind. Determined to find out the truth about the mysterious girl, Daniel travels into New Hope and learns that she’s the missing daughter of widow Lacy Ellis.
After a year of heartbreak, Lacy isn’t sure what to make of Daniel’s claims of seeing her daughter. But when he sets out to find Hannah on his own, Lacy decides to join him, allowing herself one last chance to hope. And as they retrace the long-cold trail of Hannah’s disappearance, two broken people manage to take some small comfort in each other, and in the possibility of a miracle…
What Ang is talking about:
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I loved Miracle in New Hope right from the beginning. I found it to be a gripping page turner, even if the pages were on my Kindle.
The descriptions were so vivid I found myself shivering in the cold as we traveled the rugged Colorado mountain passes and grateful for the relief the fires offered at the end of long journeys.
The characters were just as well written with real wounds. I found myself cheering for Daniel and Lacy as they dealt with intense hurt and damage, then struggled through their desires to heal and move forward with their lives. Hannah's character was an interesting twist that tied everything together with just the right touch of mystery and heart.
Overall I found Miracle in New Hope to be a perfectly delightful and emotional read, full of the kind of romance and magic you want at Christmas time all year long.If you pick it up and read I'm certain you won't be disappointed! I wasn't.
Ang’s Rating:
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Personal favorite - a must read (A+)
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Review: Bride of the High County by Kaki Warner
Please welcome Ang, who brings you today’s Guest Review of...
Bride of the High County
Author: Kaki Warner
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Runaway Bride #3
ISBN: #978-0425247501
Genre: Historical Romance
Format(s): Paperback (400 pgs), e-book
Book Source: Publisher
About the book:
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Snatched from unspeakable abuse at the age of twelve and given a new identity as the ward of a Manhattan society widow, Margaret Hamilton thinks the safety and security she craves is at last within her reach. But as she exchanges wedding vows with a ruthless and charismatic railroad mogul, a shocking revelation sends her fleeing her own wedding…with a valise full of railroad stock certificates.
Now calling herself Lucinda Hathaway, she follows the rails west, determined to make a new start. But her pursuers are not far behind—one man who wants vengeance—one who wants to silence her about events long in the past—and a third who only wants the truth.
But the truth is too ugly to share, so Lucinda keeps running…all the way to Heartbreak Creek, Colorado where she finds three other women struggling to start new lives. Deciding she’s finally found the home and family she so desperately needs, she puts her ill-gotten railroad shares to use, determined to make their crusty little town a place they can all call home. But it’s never that easy, and as her pursuers close in on her, Lucinda finds that her new start comes with a higher price, but a greater reward, than she ever expected.
What Ang is talking about:
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When it comes to any book romance or otherwise first and foremost I want a strong story line. I want characters that are strong and illicit emotions, a hot and steamy love scenes are a bonus, but it can't carry a story line. Bride of the High County delivers on all these fronts. The villains are vile, and the hero well, let's just say I'd like to take a big ole spoon to that yummy dish. Our main character, Margaret, is fierce and independent making our hero, Tait, work for her love and attention in addition to figuring out her baggage and helping her to discard it so they can move on together.
Kaki Warner weaves just enough suspense to keep the pages turning while sprinkling in the prefect amount of romance to keep the reader's temperature up.
My one complaint was with the ending.... it was about 100 pages too long. As a writer I understand that sometimes you are looking at your work and know where you need to end up but aren't sure how to get there so you ramble around until you end up in the right spot, and so I am not faulting Kaki for the length of the ending. I am, however, faulting her editor. Someone should have reeled in this ending. Someone should have said I see where you are going but you need to find a more direct path.
All that being said I would give this book a solid B. I enjoyed it despite this issue, and I am fairly certain anyone who has read the other books in the series or who enjoys historical romance will enjoy a trip to Heartbreak Creek.
Ang’s Rating:
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Liked it, but I had some issues - recommend (B)
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Review: Heartbreak Creek
Heartbreak Creek Author: Kaki Warner
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Runaway Brides trilogy #1
ISBN: #978-0425241226
Genre: Historical Romance
Format(s): Paperback (384 pgs), e-book
Book Source: Publisher
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Honest, hard-working widower, age thirty-three, seeks sturdy English-speaking woman to help with mountain ranch and four children. Drinkers, whores, and gamblers need not apply.
Not very romantic, but after one disastrous marriage, widowed Edwina Ladoux isn’t looking for romance. What she wants is safety for herself and her half-sister, and a way out of the war-torn South, even if she has to offer herself up as a mail order bride to a stranger a thousand miles away in the Colorado Rockies. But she hadn’t reckoned on Declan Brodie.
Declan’s first wife ran off with a gambler and was later killed by Indians. He has no desire to saddle himself with another—and her mulatto “traveling companion”. But his children need a mother, and he needs help to keep his mountain ranch running, and the proxy papers are already signed. But there’s something odd about those two. A connection he doesn’t quite understand. But at least the companion can cook.
What Angela is talking about: |
Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner is the story of a young woman who leaves her home in the war-torn south to become a mail order bride in the wild frontier of Colorado to a widow with four children.
I this book to be a great beach bag read and a fun escape for an afternoon. It was a light easy read with fairly interesting characters and beautiful scenery that was so well described that I could picture everything from the overgrown gardens in war-torn Louisiana to the rugged beauty of the unsettle Colorado territory. It made me laugh out loud in a few places and had me holding my breath in others.
That being said I felt like parts of the book were lacking. The relationship between Edwina and Pru is something I expected to be more fully developed and instead I felt got shelved for other characters like Thomas and Sally. This might have worked had the author not also been trying to explore several other characters at the same time. Leaving a variety of unanswered questions which made it hard for me to continue moving forward, for example Lucinda's past is touched on but we never really get the back story behind her distrust of men and hate of the wealthy and Maddie's is portrayed as a starry eyed love struck widow who's husband, a war hero, is discussed throughout the novel but never fully discussed only to have hints dropped at the end suggesting that maybe it wasn't all rainbows and flowers after all. Maybe it was the author's attempt to throw a couple O'Henry twist our way or maybe she was attempting to have several well-rounded characters rather than flat ones but regardless it was unnecessary and distracting in my mind, pulling attention from the main story of Edwina and Declan and even from the secondary stories of Edwina and the kids and Edwina and Pru. Overall I felt as if none characters received the attention they deserved.
Given what I felt were the holes in the story line I can only give this book 3 out of 5 stars. Would I read it again, not likely. But could I recommend it to a friend, sure. If someone were looking for a light, easy, fun read perfect for a summer afternoon at the pool or beach then this book totally works.
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