Sweet Laurel

Flowers of the West #2

by Millie Criswell

Laurel Martin leaves her hometown in search of a husband, hoping to make her father's deathbed wish come true. She arrives in Denver, determined to sing at its fabulous opera house, but she is the only one who thinks she is qualified to do this.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Westerns

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

About the author

National bestselling author Millie Criswell didn't start out to be a writer. Instead, she had aspirations of joining the Rockettes as a toe-tapping member of their dancetroop, or tapping her heart away in one of those big, corny MGM musicals. Of course she was only ten at the time, had absolutely no talent as a dancer, and cannot be blamed for her failure to succeed.

To date, Ms. Criswell has written twenty-one historical, category, and contemporary romances. She has won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, the Reviewers' Choice Award, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the coveted MAGGIE Award from Georgia Romance Writers.

Ms. Criswell resides in Virginia with her husband of thirty-two years. She has two grown children, both lawyers, and one neurotic Boston terrier

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third book in Millie Criswell's Flowers of the West series has Rose Elizabeth Martin upset because her oldest sister sold the family farm out fron under her. Rose refuses to vacate the premises. Her plans for the farm don't include Alexander Warrick, the Duke of Moreland who had the nerve to buy her farm. Rose soon makes herself indespensible to Alexander, showing him how to run the farm and plant the wheat. Alexander and Rose soon discover that living in a two-room soddy is mightly close quarters.

Nice conclusion to the trilogy. My rating: 3 Stars.

[Madam Claire of Whistley Woo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my least favorite of the three Flowers of the West trilogy, but it was still okay.