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Lonesome Rider / The Heart's Desire
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408 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2001
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Heather Graham Pozzessere
66 books257 followersHeather Graham Pozzessere
aka Heather Graham, Shannon Drake
Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.
Today, this author's success is reflected not just by reader response and the over 20 million copies of her books in print, but in many other ways. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Heather has received numerous awards for her novels, including over 20 trade awards from magazines such as Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur, bestseller awards from B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and BookRak, and several Reviewers' Choice and People's Choice awards.
Heather has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, Romantically Speaking, a TV talk show that aired nationwide on the Romance Classics cable channel, and CBS Sunday News. She has been quoted in People and USA Today, been profiled in The Nation, and featured in Good Housekeeping. Her books have been selections for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. She has been published across the world in more than 15 languages and has published over 70 titles, including anthologies and short stories.
Now, she had five children. Somehow, this prolific author manages to juggle it all - family, career, and marriage - while reaching a level of success to which few can aspire.
aka Heather Graham, Shannon Drake
Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.
Today, this author's success is reflected not just by reader response and the over 20 million copies of her books in print, but in many other ways. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Heather has received numerous awards for her novels, including over 20 trade awards from magazines such as Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur, bestseller awards from B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and BookRak, and several Reviewers' Choice and People's Choice awards.
Heather has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, Romantically Speaking, a TV talk show that aired nationwide on the Romance Classics cable channel, and CBS Sunday News. She has been quoted in People and USA Today, been profiled in The Nation, and featured in Good Housekeeping. Her books have been selections for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. She has been published across the world in more than 15 languages and has published over 70 titles, including anthologies and short stories.
Now, she had five children. Somehow, this prolific author manages to juggle it all - family, career, and marriage - while reaching a level of success to which few can aspire.
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January 12, 2016
I bought this book because I wanted to read Heather Graham's story. In addition, I really wanted to get this "spa" gift. Well, I realized I'm not much of a cowboy theme lover. And I did end up getting all the books required to get the "spa" gift. Eh. The gift was a toothbrush holder, soap dish and cup.
June 14, 2019
Purchasing this book because of Heather Graham's name on the cover, I was surprised to note that I enjoyed Gayle Wilson's story more. Perhaps it is not fair to say that; Wilson's story was full-length while Graham's was about 100 pages. It is very hard to fully flesh-out characters in such limited space.
Lonesome Rider (Heather Graham) Half-breed Blade McKenna has been trailing the three men who killed his white father, his wife and their unborn baby (years before). Town folks admire the man but they don't get in his way or antagonize the man.
Mrs. Jessica Dylan is looking for someone to take her to the land her soldier-husband had begun to homestead before his death. She asks to hire McKenna and he is brusque in his brush-off. He is devoted to the revenge of his family and doesn't have time for someone else's piddling problems. When he cannot dislodge the woman, he offers her a shocking proposition. What he is not aware of is that her husband was murdered by officers at the local fort. Jessica is on a mission to restore her husband's good name. However, her actions soon endanger her own life.
The Heart's Desire (Gayle Wilson) This is the first story in the 'Heart's Desire' trilogy. This story takes place mostly in Great Britain during the closing months of the war between England and Napoleon.
Emily is a widow, having followed her husband in the war. She is also the daughter of a gifted military leader (Sir William) and the sister to three honorable soldiers. The two older brothers have died during combat before the story opens. The last brother is gravely ill (and near death). The family goes back to England, hoping to help to recover.
Sir William is soon working at Whitehall, behind a desk in the war effort. He and Dominic Maitland (the Duke of Avon) work together to find the traitor who is leaking secrets to France. Dominic's backstory is tragic; his father rejected Avon because of his disability. Avon has been involved in the war effort as a spy. Since he cannot serve in the military, Avon does the thing he can do -- and he does it extremely well.
This is an emotional story because of the life-and-death actions various characters are involved in and the effects these actions have on their friends and family. Avon is a suave and worldly aristocrat, significantly older than Emily. Although he quickly falls in love with her, he knows that he will not marry (his father told Avon that his disability was hereditary and that he should never have children). So Avon is cruel to Emily in order to kill her interest in him.
I questioned why Emily was such a fool around Avon until I realized that she'd grown up without a tempering mother's guidance. However, the constant misunderstandings between the couple got old quickly. In spite of the irritations, I'm glad I read this book.
**1. The Heart's Desire (1994)
2. The Heart's Wager (1995)
3. The Gambler's Heart (1995)
Lonesome Rider (Heather Graham) Half-breed Blade McKenna has been trailing the three men who killed his white father, his wife and their unborn baby (years before). Town folks admire the man but they don't get in his way or antagonize the man.
Mrs. Jessica Dylan is looking for someone to take her to the land her soldier-husband had begun to homestead before his death. She asks to hire McKenna and he is brusque in his brush-off. He is devoted to the revenge of his family and doesn't have time for someone else's piddling problems. When he cannot dislodge the woman, he offers her a shocking proposition. What he is not aware of is that her husband was murdered by officers at the local fort. Jessica is on a mission to restore her husband's good name. However, her actions soon endanger her own life.
The Heart's Desire (Gayle Wilson) This is the first story in the 'Heart's Desire' trilogy. This story takes place mostly in Great Britain during the closing months of the war between England and Napoleon.
Emily is a widow, having followed her husband in the war. She is also the daughter of a gifted military leader (Sir William) and the sister to three honorable soldiers. The two older brothers have died during combat before the story opens. The last brother is gravely ill (and near death). The family goes back to England, hoping to help to recover.
Sir William is soon working at Whitehall, behind a desk in the war effort. He and Dominic Maitland (the Duke of Avon) work together to find the traitor who is leaking secrets to France. Dominic's backstory is tragic; his father rejected Avon because of his disability. Avon has been involved in the war effort as a spy. Since he cannot serve in the military, Avon does the thing he can do -- and he does it extremely well.
This is an emotional story because of the life-and-death actions various characters are involved in and the effects these actions have on their friends and family. Avon is a suave and worldly aristocrat, significantly older than Emily. Although he quickly falls in love with her, he knows that he will not marry (his father told Avon that his disability was hereditary and that he should never have children). So Avon is cruel to Emily in order to kill her interest in him.
I questioned why Emily was such a fool around Avon until I realized that she'd grown up without a tempering mother's guidance. However, the constant misunderstandings between the couple got old quickly. In spite of the irritations, I'm glad I read this book.
**1. The Heart's Desire (1994)
2. The Heart's Wager (1995)
3. The Gambler's Heart (1995)
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