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I've read all of Anne McAllister's Code of the West books and this one really tugged at my heart. JD is one irresistible cowboy. I couldn't put the book down once I started reading. If you're looking for a story that will both make you laugh and make you cry, buy this book.

I've been waiting for J.D.'s story since COWBOY ON THE RUN. I knew there was more to the story than Anne was telling! I wasn't disappointed. J.D. and Lydia couldn't be more different, and it's definitely a case of "opposites attract!" But while the romance between the two of them is great, like other books in Anne's Code of the West series, this isn't "just another romance." It's about relationships, about people with a history, and about the secrets that make them who they are. Now she's got me curious about Gus, too!

I've fallen in love with each and every one of Anne's Code of the West Cowboys! J.D.'s story was just as wonderful! I've decided to start rating Anne's Code of the West books on the tissue scale. This one was two completely drenched and one damp. (And I was holding back so I wouldn't wake up my husband! LOL) Thank you, Anne :-)

Anne McAllister is the queen of the cowboy book, and her modern westerns are practically a genre of their own. Each of her hard ridin' heroes is special, but the hero of A COWBOY'S SECRET is vulnerable in an unusual way that will probably take you by surprise. The woman who loves him has a mountain to climb before she can get him to open his heart to her, and the result is a really poignant love story with an extra `magic' ingredient.

What was unexpected about this story was not that it was excellent. It was, in fact, wonderfully written. What was unexpected about J.D.'s story was his secret depending on your perspective and I think that this is why McAllister's story about J.D. and Lydia deserved a five star rating.

What could have been cliched was minimalized in this story.The surprise was drawn out and developed in such a way that it encompassed both characters. The author succeeds in making this story about J.D. and Lydia rather than expanding it into something that has been done and redone in story telling.

I enjoyed the depth of character when it came to J.D. He is someone that it is impossible not to sympathize with. He is a man who has a misguided sense of his own worth and has to hide behind a rough exterior in order to feign his disregard for the opinion of others. The truth is that J.D. truly is worthy but that he needs Lydia, a woman who can overcome her childhood idolization of him and still love the man that is before her rather than the ideal she created as a girl.

Lydia, a smart lawyer and an even smarter woman, has a hard time figuring out what makes J.D. tick. His recalcitrance, rather than frustrating the reader as much as it did the heroine, helped us to sympathize with her instead and realize that even a woman as smart as Lydia Cochrane cannot figure out the secret which J.D. has become an expert at never alluding to or revealing.

I think Anne McAllister has drawn two wonderful characters in A Cowboy's Secret. I loved the depth of the character development, particularly on the part of J.D. as he, and those who love him, come to terms with the secret he kept for so many years.

This is a powerful story! The characters are well defined, the story flows well and the sexual tension was certainly all there just like it should be in a romance. I loved every minute of this book. I think Elaine did a great job with Mandy's emotional state .... It certainly takes a very strong person to come back after an accident like that and Elaine got it ALL right!

This is a powerful story! The characters are well defined, the story flows well and the sexual tension was certainly all there just like it should be in a romance. I loved every minute of this book. I think Elaine did a great job with Mandy's emotional state after her leg is amputated. It certainly takes a very strong person to come back after an accident like that and Elaine got it ALL right!

Elaine Nichols is an author to watch, judging from her first release. What a powerful story! She writes about an amputee without resorting to clichés or predictable dialogue. The reunion romance is believable and keeps you rooting for the couple. I'm impressed with the blend of romance and women's fiction in what used to be cookie-cutter category stories. I'll be reading more Silhouette Special Editions if they deliver stories like this one.

I don't often read category romance. Why? It's gotten the reputation for a cookie-cutter sameness. But not Elaine Nichols' Cowgirl Be Mine. In this book, the heroine Mandy Thomson breaks all the rules. She's a rodeo star who do to an accident loses a leg and ends-up in a wheelchair.

What's great about Mandy is that once she's injuried most people can identify with her. I fear few of us would initially look inward and accept what's happened. We'd rant and rail, feel anger and a sense of loss, and most importantly a desire not to leave the wheelchair until we could walk on our new leg perfectly; all the emotions Mandy must deal with.

The hero Jake is not only a man we'd all want at our sides if we found our lives turned upside down, but he's also a man who must fight has his own demons.

Together, Mandy and Jake make a wonderful couple. Mandy's lightness of spirit is a perfect foil for Jake's seriousness. Yet it's this serious hero who shows Mandy you don't have to be perfect to walk or love.

Thank you, Elaine for giving us a book about real people, ones who will stay will us for a long time.

Mandy Thomson lives in the moment, thriving on fast horses, dangerous bulls and wild parties. Just before the gate rises, she looks up to seek Jake. She hasn't seen him in ten years, since she walked out on him when she was seventeen. Seeing him there momentarily breaks her concentration, bringing back a flood of memories before Mandy single-mindedly focuses on the most important ride of her career. She experiences almost six second of total exhilaration. Then, in less than a second, the Brahma bull she's riding dies, a ton falling on her legs. In those moments before loosing consciousness, she relies on Jake as a guardian angel. He is her lifeline until medical help arrived. Then she doesn't see him again. The following three days Mandy lays comatose, and her mother signs the consent form for a leg to be amputated below the knee.

They were young and in love. Then a tragic car accident deprived Jake Miller's father of both legs. Jake accepts full responsibility for his family and his family's box company, growing up quickly despite his youth. He trades his college football scholarship to care for his family. He'd wanted forever with Mandy, but she wanted excitement, rodeos, parties and fun. She feared being bogged down with the kind of responsibility Jake faced. Ten years later, Jake has an apartment already equipped for a handicapped person's needs, and Mandy's brother brings her there to live. He loves her bravado, determination and brash words that always cover her fear or insecurity. Neither of them is prepared for the feelings that return as if the ten years had never been. And as Mandy learns to accept her outward wounds, so must Jake learn to heal his internal scars.

First time author Elaine Nichols pens a strong, deeply evocative romance in COWGIRL BE MINE. Mandy's an unexpected heroine whose superficial life must be stripped away to expose the feelings and desires long hidden. In a genre where heroines are never handicapped and frequently adhere to stereotypes, Mandy's fun loving partying lifestyle provides refreshing verve, especially when she is juxtaposed with a much too serious hero. This remarkable author bears watching, as COWGIRL BE MINE promises a marvelous future for this author. Highly recommended.

Years ago when I was still in high school, I bought the entire four book set, including the magic spells book. . . It was the best game book, I have ever enjoyed.

Yet, at one point I lent the first book to a friend and I never saw it again. BUT I HAVE THE OTHER BOOKS STILL . . . I only need the first. I have been on a dire search ever since!! If anyone reads this, and can help in any way . . . please tell me!!

I bought this book and read the series when I was 10. I didn't read for "fun" or for "enjoyment" before then. Reading at that point in life was either homework or report cards. This is a great book as it has what all ten year olds want...heroes, monsters, magic, swords. It's not tolkien but it's a start. A great way for kids to get clued in on reading.

The fourth and final volume of Steve Jackson's "Sorcery" adventures is by far the best, save for one minor gripe I have.

I love the way this book is written in simple language with minor puzzles to solve and highly entertaining adventures. This is, possibly, the most advanced of the "Choose Your Way" type books I've seen. The plot is very interesting and the rules easy to follow. One VERY nice touch is the little dice markers they include on the bottom of every page, so if you ever find yourself without dice (as if any gamer would find themselves in such a position, ha!), you can still play by doing a random "flip-through" to get a result.

Now for my one gripe about this book. It CANNOT stand on its own...you need to do the others first. While the start of the adventure still makes a certain amount of sense if you haven't read the first three, there are at least 40 entries out of 800 that reference the adventures from one of the first three books. And if you haven't read the first three, you won't be able to make the proper choices...and if you cheat and do, they won't make sense anyway. Some of these entries will even direct you to go back and start over from somewhere back in one of the previous three books!

So...as good a read and play as this is, don't START with this one. Make sure you manage to find the other three before reading this volume.

I warn you now i'm pretty biased: I virtually leant to read with the fighting fantasy books! The books in the Sorcery series have proved to be infuriatingly rare, I got the second and third books first, then a year later I managed to find and buy the one and only copy I have ever seen of the first and eventually found the last on at my local library. Then someone stole it! I haven't seen a copy of it since but have managed to order one now and will soon have the whole lot, yay!
It's not great literature in the normal sense, but it really captures your attention and draws you in; especially if you can start from the start and go right the way through! It's good enough for me and a lot better than some supposedly 'great' dross i've come across!

Quite simply, Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series is the finest the gamebook genre ever produced. With 800 entries, stylized artwork and exquisite writing, it put the entire Choose Your Own Adventure series to shame with its elequence and quality.

I feel fortunate to have collected the set, and if you have interest in fantasy gaming, I encourage you to find these books also.

This is a perfect book about what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son. The novel presents three generations of men who meet in a tragic moment when their wife, mother and grandmother had a heart attack. The main hero Jack had run away from America to France to follow his dream of becoming a painter but a message from his native California brings him back, to tend to his father who is clueless when his wife was taken to hospital. The two men estranged for years clumsily and slowly learn to live together and discover love they never managed or (as most men do) bothered to express.
This is an extremely personal book. William Wharton claims he could not publish it before the death of his parents. He wrote it to express his own feelings after his father's death. When the book was ready he invited his mother over. They met daily on the beach and he read the novel to her. When he finished they were both crying. You will be crying too.

This is a book that makes you think, the characters are not described within a few lines, divided into good and bad, like it's so often true in books selected for clubs across the country. Snip: (...)

Dad snuck up and bit me. I found it uneven. It is a book to be taken apart and studied in chunks. The sequence of the son caring for the parents was incredible; gritty and raw. So many questions raised: what IF you can't stand your own mother but you still have to live with her? What IF there is another and better dimension for your beleagured father? What do you do if you find your father has pooped his drawers? What if there is no nurse to bail you out? (The image of a middle aged man tranking out on pilched oxygen haunts me) Read this book and weep: this could be you and your life in a few years. Take what you have now and hug it tight. You will slowly but surely become your father. Wharton digs in and hands you the goods. No holds barred. I am a better though sadder person since I read his work.

This was a great book and i would recommend it to everyone. It's deeply upsetting, emotional but not whimsical or sloppy like other novls of this genre. This book steers clear of the protentious narrative [stuff]that we often find ourselves bombarded with. It's funny, sad and clever and should be read by all.

In 1987, I read what is still one of my all-time favorite books--DAD, by William Wharton. When first his mother, then his father, become ill, John tremont attempts to sort out their affairs and obtain the best care he can for them. But the book is about so much more than that; it's about the relationships between fathers and sons, about coming to terms with a parent's infirmity and mortality, about letting go, accepting new roles within the family, and realizing that, when all's said and done, your parents are just people with flaws like everyone else. but most of all, DAD is about the final days of Jack Tremont, John's father, and how much John, and everyone else, loved him. Jack was portrayed so well that I loved him too, and I could tell John loved him the way I loved my Grandpa. Grandpa was diagnosed with cancer around the same time I read DAD, and I really identified with John and his feelings of grief, frustration, anger, helplessness, and his incredible love for his dad. It was the kind of book I wished would never end. A real tear-jerker!

My husband is in the military and I found this book when we found out he was going to Kuwait for six months. The message is beautiful and my husband and I cried together while reading it. Since my daughter is only 9 mos. old we wanted a way for her to think of her Dad every day. Each night we look at his photo and read this book. It's a special way for me to let her know that her daddy loves her and that he's coming home soon. This book is perfect for any family in a similar situation.

My husband is in the Navy and we bought this book to read to our children as he prepares to leave for 14 months. It is very good at explaining that Daddy will always love his kids, even when he is gone. The only reason that I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it only deals with 1 month and a business trip. It differs from our situation, but overall it is a very good book.

My son and I read this book almost every night when his daddy was traveling for weeks at a time. It was a very difficult time. I think that my son could relate to the little boy in the story on how much he missed his daddy. When a young boy is away from his father for a long period of time, he begins to wonder if his daddy still loves him and misses him. This book helps to ease those fears and that it is all going to be "ok". We are giving this book to two little boys that are my son's friends who are losing their daddy for 8 months while he fights this "War on Terrorism" with the Army in Egypt. We think that maybe this book will help them to come up with their own rituals while their daddy is gone and maybe help to ease their fears.

My husband is in the military and I bought this book for my 4 and 2 year old before he deployed. This book was an extreme comfort to my 4 yr. old. I read it to her when she had a hard time dealing with my husbands deployment. It became a nightly ritual while he was gone. If your spouse is in the military, this is a must. It really hits home with the feelings and it also talked about daddies feelings too. We used the idea of saving things to show daddy and my daughter loved it.

This is the kind of thing that's going to be read on Father's Day for a long time. A sweet story of a boy and his father and how difficult their separation is when dad has to go on a trip. I loved it.

Being a huge Dawson's Creek fan, I just had to purchase this book and am I glad I did! The postcards are great! They truly capture the essence of the show!

Because I have already made it clear that I love Dawson's Creek, it's obvious that I would love this! The poscards are great! The pictures help to show why the show is so great!

My name is Jenn and I want to be just like Jenn on the show. she is my role model. i hope to one day be as experienced as her. think about it she gets to fool around with Dawson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book is sooo awsome. I love the pictures and of course I will never send them. Ther just to cool. In all the pictures Pacey is soo cute. I love this postcard book!

I loved this postcard book. All the photos are great! I would NEVER actually send these postcards to anyone because the pictures are just too great!

Pittalwala may allow his characters to be baffled by their surroundings, but he never leads his readers astray. Unforgettable!

I happened on this book via an interview with Mr. Pittalwalla in a South Asian-audience magazine. My curiosity was piqued by the fact that he was a graduate of my University (in atmospheric sciences, no less). That he stumbled into a writing workshop, and went on to the Iowa Writer's Workshop - that impressed me no end.

I am not normally a fan of short stories, but these are INTENSE. You need to put the book down, catch your breath, and reflect on what you've just read. I haven't even finished reading the book, but the stories "A Change of Lights," "Ramadan," and espescially "Lost in the U.S.A." are some of the best things I've read in a long time. I'm a habitual book-byer (rather an oddity for a librarian) but this is one book that will stay in my personal library for a long time.

By the way, Iqbal, if you ever read this, I love the subtle dig on page 111 about "those idiots Mistry and Narayan" never shutting up.

Mr. Pittalwala is a gifted writer and a keen observer of the individual spirit. I have never been a short story reader; I prefer losing myself in the pages and chapters of a novel. Dear Paramount Pictures changed that! With his perfectly chosen words and incredibly sensitive insights, Mr. Pittalwala magically captures sights, sounds, smells and emotions in his stories about a rich culture of India, both in that homeland and in the U.S. Each story took me into the hearts and minds of the characters, and leaving me satisfied that I have shared their secrets, fears, discoveries and resolves.

A great book. A much needed easy read. Excellent stories and could relate to quite a few of them. Great humour with serious undertones.

Iqbal Pittalwala's first book of short stories is a very good read. Pittalwala has put together a fine portrayal of the characters in the stories as well as their own readings of their life situation. He has kept the style simple and the pages pretty much turn themselves. It calls to mind Rohinton Mistry's writing in its somber take on life for, mostly, middle class "Bombayites". However, despite its dark world view, the book allows for a gently sly humor at the expense of the vivid characters that populate it.

Whether it is woman confronting her horrific history as a homeless crippled mother in "A Change of Lights" or a father and a daughter's trip to the movies in "Bombay Talkies" or a woman deluding herself about her relationship and her talent in "Guruji" or two wives of one man and their three perspectives on the same situation, we are led with a quiet wisdom into truths about their lives.

Seeing the same thing from the point of view of multiple characters is wonderful, but not particularly unique in fiction writing. Pittalwala's talent is that he can reveal multiple takes on a particular situation from within the same character as well. And all these perspectives live together in this book in a manner entirely appropriate to the multiplicity of viewpoints and life truths that exist, not just for the book's characters, but that most of us encounter in the "real" world.

I first heard about this book by surfing the net and after coming upon a web-site entitled agoodblackman.com. This man serves up the truth in an open, honest, fashion that is easy to understand. In allowing us, his daughter's "sisters" to look over her shoulder at what her father has written her, he gives us the 4-1-1 too.

Three cheers for Demitri Kornegay!

I have just finished reading "Dear Rhonda- Twelve Letters to My Daughter and Her Sisters" and I must say it is simply wonderful. How many of us would like to have a book of letters from our very own parents that would provide is with the good old fashioned common sense we used to hear as teens, but not pay that much attention to?

Demitri Kornegay is to be commended. Does he have any single brothers?

I have read it and read it and read it again! Although I was blessed to have my father with me, I had so many friends who did not who could have used this information. I'm glad Mr. Kornegay wrote this book and I look forward to seeing him on Oprah's Book Club!

The thought of a father, any father, leaving for his daughter a book that can actually be used as a spiritually navigational tool for not only his daughter, but any young woman touched my heart and refreshed my belief in the goodness of men! Thank you Demitri C. Kornegay!

Recently, while I was in the Washington, D.C. area, I stopped by a Christian bookstore. While I was there, it just so happened the author of the book, "Dear Rhonda," was there also and we talked about his book. The other customers in the store spoke so highly of it I figured I would take a chance and sure enough, it was an excellent investment!

Demitri Kornegay himself told me his primary reason for writing the book was out of concern for his daughter should he not be around to tell her things about men from a man's point of view. He's a police officer and that's a dangerous profession to be in so he was just looking out for his child. He said he had met a lot of girls who could use the information so he gave it to them.

I'm so glad I read this book. It tells about love and marriage and death and God and even racism. Although I'm single, I would highly recommend it to my girlfriends with teenaged daughters. Mr. Kornegay told me he has a new book coming out soon and with the amount of excitement this one caused in the Washington, D.C. area, I know it will be great also!

This is the last in the 6 book series and shows the downfall into love of The Dedicated Villain, Roland Fairleigh Mathieson, [...] grandson of the Duke of Marbury. Handsome as sin, an astounding swordsman, and completely devoted to his own well-being and the pursuit of the easy life, Roland is a man who has made life difficult for others in the first 5 books of this series but he meets his match in Fiona Bradford, a pint sized dynamo. The man who has sneered at others who have fallen in love and who has sworn that no woman is worth more than a week of his time falls hopelessly in love. The whole series is about the treasure that was gathered from the supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the attempts of one band of people to gather it together and move it to a safe place, all while hounded by the British military and civilian treasure-seekers, among whom is our hero. If caught, they will be tortured, tried and executed for high treason. Roland has sought the treasure for 5 books and now finds himself bound by his word of honor to help those who are trying to move it to a final safe place to await distribution back to those who gave it. Fiona, along with her father, grandmother and a small group of others, is one of those helping to move it.

Roland finds himself in a difficult position. He loves Fiona and knows that as a rake he is unworthy of her but thinks that his love for her might be enough to reform him. But he is a [...] who lives by his wits and who has been estranged from his grandfather and who despised his noble father. What does he have to offer her? And how can he convince her indomitable grandmother to approve his suit. Fiona is positive that this is the love she's waited for and refuses to listen to those who try to tell her that he will only break her heart.

This is a fun, and in places wittily funny book. It is also a swashbuckling adventure of the old school. In addition to the great primary romance, it has a wonderful secondary one between two characters from the 2nd book in the series, Journey to Enchantment. I have to admit to getting a little teary-eyed when Thaddeus Briley finally gets his lady. This is a fabulous series and one that I strongly recommend.

This is the sixth and final book of the Golden Chronicles series by Patricia Veryan. This one is all about Roland Fairleigh Mathieson, or Otton, whom we have all learned to love or hate in the first 5 books. Roly is a villian it would seem, and a rake, and a most handsome man, and he is a dedicated villian(the title of the book).
Here he finally comes up with the Jacobite treasure he has been hunting for since we met him in Practice to Decieve. But he also comes up with a Miss Fiona Bradford, who is helping those in charge of the treasure. Now the question is, will Roly choose the treasure he has worked so hard to get to, or will he choose this lady, the one that seems to have finally made him give his heart?
You'll have to read to find out. This is a very good book and it is nice to find out about Roly and the things he does. And for myself, after learning to think of Roly as a villian, it is interesting to find you really do like him at the end. But I must warn you that it is a frightful end. There is also the reappearance of Brooks Lambert and Robert MacTavish in this book. Rob is from Cherished Enemy(a good book as well, which you should read and probably will since it is the 5th book in the Chronicles).

Setting - England 1746 ----- It has been a wonderful journey and finally, in this the sixth novel of the Golden Chronicle series by Patricia Veryan, we are seeing the sometimes odious, sometimes sweet, and at all times handsome, womanizing, rogue Roland Fairleigh Mathieson aka, Otton get his comeuppance! This very dedicated villain, has never really loved before and at times you might have come to hate him. Other than his poor deceased mother and his faithful, and wonderful horse, Rumplestiltskin, or fondly referred to as Rump, he has never loved or been loved! Although, as bad as he has been portrayed in the previous novels, there has always been some spark of good that he would let slip through and in this book you will see his `epiphany' of sorts, brought on by the love of the irresistible force of Fiona Bradford!

For those of you who have not read previous novels in this series, not to worry as this book can stand alone and though he's been portrayed as quite the rake, he has always been amusing and finally a hero! Roland is again in search of the fortune gathered by the Jacobites but never delivered to Bonnie Prince Charlie in his disastrous attempt to overthrow the king of England. For so many months, he had been thwarted in his attempts to discover the ciphers that would lead him to the treasure, the one time he actually does something really heroic in coming to the rescue of a drowning woman he happens upon a caravan troupe of actors whose main purpose was to transport the treasure back to it's rightful owners. Roland, thinking how fortuitous and to go along for the ride, in the end stealing the treasure for himself, begins to see himself through Fiona's eyes and discovers that he does want to change, and the real treasure, to become the man worthy of her love.

This non-stop page-turning adventure has to be my very favorite of the six volume Golden Chronicle series. Even if I had not read the others, there has always been something special about this `dedicated villain' and his horse Rump! Veryan gives you the most marvelous hero, believing himself worthless, yet such a reluctant hero! Fiona, artless, and believing him to be what he truly was - a hero! You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you will certainly find that you will not forget - this very special dedicated villain! --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicromancewriters.com

I've just recently "discovered" Patricia Veryan and have enjoyed most of her books. I was intrigued by "Otton" in one of her previos books and had to get my hands on this one, no easy feet since it was out of print. I was not dissapointed however.

This wasn't one of those horrible books where the hero and the heroine spend most of the time hating each other and then magicaly fall in love. Instead you "watch" while their friendship and affection grows into love. There are no overly dramatic scenes, and you've got to love the reluctant hero. It was a great book and going into my keeper pile.

I love Veryans books because they're always funny and touching without being sentimental.But this book is the best yet because the heroine won't let anything get in her way not even the hero. While the hero, being far from perfect, thinks that he was made to be a villian because of something that happened in his past. Which creates a wonderful story that somehow brings everything that Roly does into focus. If you have never read Veryan than you are missing out on a wonderful world where the only thing that holds true is you'll love everyone of her books! Besides of course that you hope she lives forever.

The thing that I appreciated most from this magnificent book was its originality. I have read several romance novels and only very few are about the Roman era. The story is extremely engrossing. Caddaric is so harsh at first with Jilana that I couldn't help but symphatize with her. However she has a very strong strong character (something which i like in romance heroines) and she certainly does not stand meekly to Caddaric not even when he makes her his slave. Caddaric makes Jilana live some of the hardest moments of her life but as he slowly grows to care for her we see him change from harsh soldier to warm lover. The intrigue in this book never lacks and only until the very end do we find out if the lovers will finally find love together.

"Defy the Eagle" is one of the books i enjoyed most reading. It stands in my shelf as one of my favorite books and i would recommend it to whoever would like to read a romance with a difference. Detail in history but eaqually detailed in romance with the original setting of the Roman era.

This was one of the first romance novels I ever read and since then, I have read it countless times. It is the novel I use to convert my friends [to romance lovers that is] and it has worked every time. It makes me cry and makes my heart ache so much I would have to put my hand to my heart to stop the pain. The story is fantastic, raw and passionate and all the characters are so lovable, even Caddaric who epitomised the 'dumb' male and was so mean to Jilana. Read this, and you will fall in love.

This book combined romance and historical content extremly well. It is always nice when an author can blend both in such a way where you care about the characters and what was going on in the background. I love serious romance novels that have two strong characters that complement each other while still having hurdles to overcome, and make you doubt that they ever will. That's what made this book so great, you will be on the edge of your seat.

I read this book back in 87 and still to this day its probably the best book Ive ever read. Even back in 87 I tried to find more books by this author but wasnt succesful...how disaponited I was!! I have read the book over and over again and can strongly recommend reading it. You will be just as captivated by the story as everybody else who read it!

One of the many reasons i have loved this book is becouse of its setting - the Roman empire. I have read several historical romances and this is the only one i have read about this period -it certainly is a refreshing change. But that it is not all. The romance in this book is awesome, poignant and so beautiful it makes you cry.

First of all about the story, since i think a review should always include a bit about the story:

Stripped of her title, her palace and her possessions, Boadicea incited her warrior tribe, the Iceni, to throw off the yoke of the mighty Roman Empire. The Queen turned to Caddaric to help lead the revolt and knew he would stop at nothing to remove the Roman presence from her land.

Harsh and relentless by nature, Caddaric was curiously unable to banish the haunting image of a beautiful girl from his dreams. Then, in an isolated glade, he met with the woman who had so bewitched his nights. Amazement turned to anguish as he realized Jilana was a daughter of Rome - one of the hated enemies he had vowed to destroy.

Her family massacred, her home torn apart, Jilana became a spoil of war: slave to the merciless Caddaric, whose one thought was to possess her, body and soul....(text taken from book's back cover)

All I can add to all that i have already said is that if ever you get the chance read this book and you wont be dissapoint it. It really is great!