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Wyoming Men #4
Wyoming Strong
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author DIANA PALMER returns with another fiery couple!
Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon are archenemies from ages ago, but mischievous fate has brought the tall rancher with the pale blue eyes together with the dark-haired beauty—on nearby Wyoming and Texas ranches. At first, sparks fly, but despite Wolf's misguided notions about the spirited Sara and her indignance over the assorted injustices he has thrown her way, a truce—of sorts—forms. Suddenly Sara notices Wolf's face, while not conventionally handsome, draws her like no other man has ever attracted her. And Wolf sees into the vulnerable soul that Sara hides from the rest of the world.
They are two passionate people with a talent for falling out. Will love be the spark they need to create what they both want the most…a family?
Don't miss the latest in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Wyoming Men series, Wyoming Homecoming!
Wyoming
Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon are archenemies from ages ago, but mischievous fate has brought the tall rancher with the pale blue eyes together with the dark-haired beauty—on nearby Wyoming and Texas ranches. At first, sparks fly, but despite Wolf's misguided notions about the spirited Sara and her indignance over the assorted injustices he has thrown her way, a truce—of sorts—forms. Suddenly Sara notices Wolf's face, while not conventionally handsome, draws her like no other man has ever attracted her. And Wolf sees into the vulnerable soul that Sara hides from the rest of the world.
They are two passionate people with a talent for falling out. Will love be the spark they need to create what they both want the most…a family?
Don't miss the latest in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Wyoming Men series, Wyoming Homecoming!
Wyoming
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2014
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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December 16, 2024
This is THE Gloriously Bad Hall-Of-Famer of All Times! Yes, the one where the heroine has an imperforate hymen but still manages to get pregnant without penetration because the hero’s sperm are super-crawlers. Who says romance is dead?
April 9, 2021
Casalese and Rednacht.......Level 90
Surprisingly this is only the second time I have said this is the worst hero in a DP story, but this one trumps them all. I did notice that out of 59 DP’s, 28 had “Abuse” tags.
H and h are both damaged blah, blah, blah. H promises her brother no less than four times he won’t hurt the damaged heroine. Guess what? He knows she was attacked by her stepfather, but assumes again and again and again that she was feeling her oats, was being competitive with her mother ‘cause, yeah, that’s what most girls do…flirt with their stepfathers at 13 and try and steal them from their mothers. His personal poor, pitiful me problem isbeing stupid falling for a manipulative, evil mastermind that humiliates him sexually. He’s a firm believer in paying it forward.
There is a rape which technically is not rape but felt like it to me Once again, DP plays rough with her toys. Time out Diana!
I had to check when this was published and really hoped to see circa 1980-something. That era or any other is not an excuse for DP or the heroine’s belief that she is at fault for the hero losing control and essentially emotionally raping her, but it’s always the woman’s fault aka Eve leading poor Adam down the garden syndrome was prevalent in the 80s, and it’s now 2021. But no, this was published a few years ago.
This all happens before the 45% mark. The H has his all-about-me, pity party about how mean he is and how worthless and on and on. Yep, you are. Too bad his cowpokes didn’t go old school on him with a tire iron.
Against all odds or not since this is fiction, the heroine gets pregnant despite still being a technical virgin.
More crap happens and it was a struggle to even skim to the end. I hated it, and it was very upsetting. It made me sick to my stomach. It’s not even fun to poke fun at. This could be a big case of “It’s me not you”.
Surprisingly this is only the second time I have said this is the worst hero in a DP story, but this one trumps them all. I did notice that out of 59 DP’s, 28 had “Abuse” tags.
H and h are both damaged blah, blah, blah. H promises her brother no less than four times he won’t hurt the damaged heroine. Guess what? He knows she was attacked by her stepfather, but assumes again and again and again that she was feeling her oats, was being competitive with her mother ‘cause, yeah, that’s what most girls do…flirt with their stepfathers at 13 and try and steal them from their mothers. His personal poor, pitiful me problem is
There is a rape which technically is not rape but felt like it to me Once again, DP plays rough with her toys. Time out Diana!
I had to check when this was published and really hoped to see circa 1980-something. That era or any other is not an excuse for DP or the heroine’s belief that she is at fault for the hero losing control and essentially emotionally raping her, but it’s always the woman’s fault aka Eve leading poor Adam down the garden syndrome was prevalent in the 80s, and it’s now 2021. But no, this was published a few years ago.
This all happens before the 45% mark. The H has his all-about-me, pity party about how mean he is and how worthless and on and on. Yep, you are. Too bad his cowpokes didn’t go old school on him with a tire iron.
Against all odds or not since this is fiction, the heroine gets pregnant despite still being a technical virgin.
More crap happens and it was a struggle to even skim to the end. I hated it, and it was very upsetting. It made me sick to my stomach. It’s not even fun to poke fun at. This could be a big case of “It’s me not you”.
November 10, 2021
Nov 2021 reread:
After visiting DP's Jacobsville and its environs (and Wyoming as well) a bunch more times, I decided to revisit this one. (I feel like a cultural anthropologist visiting DP's playspace!) It is still a freaking hoot and completely batshit insane, but I had a much greater appreciation for it this time, even upped it a star.
Diana, you Melodrama Mama! Reaching new peaks in WS! With really nutty sidetrips to boot (two complete recaps of Wyoming Tough tucked in here--she makes our "got no friends" heroine friends with heroine of WT in a late bit of retconning just for that reason--seeds of a new novel with its own pair of potential effed up enemies-to-lovers; a secondary romance btwn the WS's heroine's brother and their "ward" (is this Batman?) that takes place completely offstage and is introduced and wrapped up in like 2 paras). I love that DP has a passing thought and apparently thinks "eh, I'll write it in."
Now a more seasoned traveler in DP's claustrophobic land of mercs, cops, and secret agents (all of whom somehow ALWAYS fail at protecting our fiesty-yet-doe-like virgins), I have to say the hero of this one wasn't that bad (all things being relative). Sure, he freaks out during his frottage episode with the heroine (DP loves dry- (or in this case, wet- and motile! yikes!) humping and chestplay!), subjecting her to some kind of humiliation that's not quite clear to me but sets off her own PTSD, but other than that mutual breakdown, he's actually smitten and quite tender to her throughout everything. No post-sex deliberate cruelty or running scared, for once.
Sure, there's a Big Misunderstanding or two and a truly psychotic former lover/abuser of the hero's to get past, but overall, this is a mostly sweet (if batshit crazy) tale of two "damaged" (as we are told time and again) people helping each other to heal and love. It's a mess in some ways and all over the place but I have to say, I enjoyed the re-read and feel like maybe I'm getting DP at last. Somehow, for all her moralizing, virgin worship, hairy heroes, and endless digressions, she manages to be kind of sweet and weirdly hot as hell. Anyway...original review below, but I must be becoming inured to her particular craziness because this didn't seem nearly as unsettling as on my first read.
Original review:
****
Good lord. What WAS that? I was wondering why, with my liking for asshat heroes, I somehow missed Diana Palmer, who appears on a lot of "mean hero" lists. After reading WS, I think maybe I didn't miss her--that I probably READ something by her and have just carefully avoided her.
This book--wow. Talk about messed up backstories! And yet, somehow, I was bored. The reviews are all over the place ("the best ever!" vs "MY EYES!"), and I get it. She spins a tale, that's for sure, but this was NOT my cuppa. The clincher for me had to be the . I don't know whether to laugh or... well, I just dunno.
I don't know who made me the most uncomfortable, to be honest: the traumatically humiliated but "over-endowed" hero or the (literally) impenetrable damaged heroine. I have empathy--really I do! But that was too much trauma heaped on drama with a side of bananas.
And what's with DP's throwback-to-early-West characters, like the heroine's hired "companion" who answers to her last name? What's up with that? There were modern-day video games and cell phones, so why did we suddenly have some schoolmarmish (but lethal? maybe? I stopped paying attention.) Victorian second banana back at the ranch? Also, the genre mixing (Commandos! Ranchers!) in her books doesn't work at all for me.
But I get that I'm in the minority here, because she is hugely popular. Maybe I just picked the wrong one to try?
After visiting DP's Jacobsville and its environs (and Wyoming as well) a bunch more times, I decided to revisit this one. (I feel like a cultural anthropologist visiting DP's playspace!) It is still a freaking hoot and completely batshit insane, but I had a much greater appreciation for it this time, even upped it a star.
Diana, you Melodrama Mama! Reaching new peaks in WS! With really nutty sidetrips to boot (two complete recaps of Wyoming Tough tucked in here--she makes our "got no friends" heroine friends with heroine of WT in a late bit of retconning just for that reason--seeds of a new novel with its own pair of potential effed up enemies-to-lovers; a secondary romance btwn the WS's heroine's brother and their "ward" (is this Batman?) that takes place completely offstage and is introduced and wrapped up in like 2 paras). I love that DP has a passing thought and apparently thinks "eh, I'll write it in."
Now a more seasoned traveler in DP's claustrophobic land of mercs, cops, and secret agents (all of whom somehow ALWAYS fail at protecting our fiesty-yet-doe-like virgins), I have to say the hero of this one wasn't that bad (all things being relative). Sure, he freaks out during his frottage episode with the heroine (DP loves dry- (or in this case, wet- and motile! yikes!) humping and chestplay!), subjecting her to some kind of humiliation that's not quite clear to me but sets off her own PTSD, but other than that mutual breakdown, he's actually smitten and quite tender to her throughout everything. No post-sex deliberate cruelty or running scared, for once.
Sure, there's a Big Misunderstanding or two and a truly psychotic former lover/abuser of the hero's to get past, but overall, this is a mostly sweet (if batshit crazy) tale of two "damaged" (as we are told time and again) people helping each other to heal and love. It's a mess in some ways and all over the place but I have to say, I enjoyed the re-read and feel like maybe I'm getting DP at last. Somehow, for all her moralizing, virgin worship, hairy heroes, and endless digressions, she manages to be kind of sweet and weirdly hot as hell. Anyway...original review below, but I must be becoming inured to her particular craziness because this didn't seem nearly as unsettling as on my first read.
Original review:
****
Good lord. What WAS that? I was wondering why, with my liking for asshat heroes, I somehow missed Diana Palmer, who appears on a lot of "mean hero" lists. After reading WS, I think maybe I didn't miss her--that I probably READ something by her and have just carefully avoided her.
This book--wow. Talk about messed up backstories! And yet, somehow, I was bored. The reviews are all over the place ("the best ever!" vs "MY EYES!"), and I get it. She spins a tale, that's for sure, but this was NOT my cuppa. The clincher for me had to be the . I don't know whether to laugh or... well, I just dunno.
I don't know who made me the most uncomfortable, to be honest: the traumatically humiliated but "over-endowed" hero or the (literally) impenetrable damaged heroine. I have empathy--really I do! But that was too much trauma heaped on drama with a side of bananas.
And what's with DP's throwback-to-early-West characters, like the heroine's hired "companion" who answers to her last name? What's up with that? There were modern-day video games and cell phones, so why did we suddenly have some schoolmarmish (but lethal? maybe? I stopped paying attention.) Victorian second banana back at the ranch? Also, the genre mixing (Commandos! Ranchers!) in her books doesn't work at all for me.
But I get that I'm in the minority here, because she is hugely popular. Maybe I just picked the wrong one to try?
June 22, 2016
Bahhhaaa This book was magnificently hideous! Brilliantly hideous! Worst book, I think, that's ever been written.
The two leads are Wofford (horrible name), Wolf, for short, and Sara. In the beginning of the book Wolf had a pretty large dose of himself. He was very condescending to Sara and it's no wonder she didn't like him.
However, the book is about Wolf, an ex secret op who has scars from a previous relationship and his childhood. Apparently, this woman verbally abused him. There are several times in the book where I'm actually not sure if he suffered humiliation or not. I guess it's like muteness...it comes and goes.
Sara's case is also interesting. She was sexually assaulted by her step father when she was 13. However, he couldn't completely rape her because she has an imperforate hymen. This story line has to go. It's like the author was trying to kill her book right when she thought it would be a good idea for her romance book heroine not to be able to have sex. ROFL
Sara has scares from the attack and from the trial when her mother ended up blaming her daughter. Luckily, mom died so we didn't have to dive into that fiasco. Sara is afraid of men and is ashamed of her condition.
This book kills me. It was like a mad train wreck but I couldn't stop reading. I can't get past the part where Palmer thought her ideas on psychology were good. I couldn't keep marking up the book to take notes because it was every freakin sentence. The psychology in this world is unbelievable. It made no sense, it was flip floppy, it was outrageous. So I laughed hysterically throughout the whole book. I even skipped over the few love scene because I just kept laughing. Nothing in this book could ever been taken seriously.
The book is filled with phrases like "Bull excrement" and "Sorry, I'm a watering pot this morning." and "I was making up to her." hahahahahaha Really? Who talks like that?
Wolf gets the bright idea to hire a therapist for the two of them while they are staying at his place. This "therapist" is a Goth and has a pet python. LOLOLOLOL
Um, no just no. #1 - there are some that say being a Goth puts one in a state of psychosis. I'm not sure I believe that but this is just ridiculous. #2 - Turns out miss therapist is really a Forensic Psychologist. LOL I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most forensic psychologists don't handle psychiatry on the side. They are usually too busy SOLVING MURDERS. lololol
The whole book was one big hot mess of inconsistencies. One minute Sara has this imperforate hymen and the next she's having her period every month. Well, anyone who can google the condition knows that these women are put on birth control otherwise they could die.
Another inconsistency, was the fact that Wolf and Sara had to take a small break from seeing each other. There was a treat to Wolf's life and he told Sara not to believe any calls that she may get about him being hurt, dead or wanting to see her. Well, I bet you can guess what happens. Wha? I expected more out of a brain dead character like Sara but to just...well, I'm sure you can figure it out.
There are many more examples but why ruin it for you.
The writing is completely awful. For example, "She went close, opened the tray, picked up a fork and proceeded to ladle food into him." What was that?
Palmer has written some good books in the past. I've read several over the years,and I know she has a good sized fan base, but she has lost her touch. Sorry, Mrs. Palmer but I think it's time to retire and live out those golden years. Come on now, it's embarrassing.
Overall, if someone out there is looking for a great laugh and some down time from all the horrible things going on in this world, READ THIS BOOK. Take care not to pee your pants.
I received a copy of the book from Netgalley.
The two leads are Wofford (horrible name), Wolf, for short, and Sara. In the beginning of the book Wolf had a pretty large dose of himself. He was very condescending to Sara and it's no wonder she didn't like him.
However, the book is about Wolf, an ex secret op who has scars from a previous relationship and his childhood. Apparently, this woman verbally abused him. There are several times in the book where I'm actually not sure if he suffered humiliation or not. I guess it's like muteness...it comes and goes.
Sara's case is also interesting. She was sexually assaulted by her step father when she was 13. However, he couldn't completely rape her because she has an imperforate hymen. This story line has to go. It's like the author was trying to kill her book right when she thought it would be a good idea for her romance book heroine not to be able to have sex. ROFL
Sara has scares from the attack and from the trial when her mother ended up blaming her daughter. Luckily, mom died so we didn't have to dive into that fiasco. Sara is afraid of men and is ashamed of her condition.
This book kills me. It was like a mad train wreck but I couldn't stop reading. I can't get past the part where Palmer thought her ideas on psychology were good. I couldn't keep marking up the book to take notes because it was every freakin sentence. The psychology in this world is unbelievable. It made no sense, it was flip floppy, it was outrageous. So I laughed hysterically throughout the whole book. I even skipped over the few love scene because I just kept laughing. Nothing in this book could ever been taken seriously.
The book is filled with phrases like "Bull excrement" and "Sorry, I'm a watering pot this morning." and "I was making up to her." hahahahahaha Really? Who talks like that?
Wolf gets the bright idea to hire a therapist for the two of them while they are staying at his place. This "therapist" is a Goth and has a pet python. LOLOLOLOL
Um, no just no. #1 - there are some that say being a Goth puts one in a state of psychosis. I'm not sure I believe that but this is just ridiculous. #2 - Turns out miss therapist is really a Forensic Psychologist. LOL I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most forensic psychologists don't handle psychiatry on the side. They are usually too busy SOLVING MURDERS. lololol
The whole book was one big hot mess of inconsistencies. One minute Sara has this imperforate hymen and the next she's having her period every month. Well, anyone who can google the condition knows that these women are put on birth control otherwise they could die.
Another inconsistency, was the fact that Wolf and Sara had to take a small break from seeing each other. There was a treat to Wolf's life and he told Sara not to believe any calls that she may get about him being hurt, dead or wanting to see her. Well, I bet you can guess what happens. Wha? I expected more out of a brain dead character like Sara but to just...well, I'm sure you can figure it out.
There are many more examples but why ruin it for you.
The writing is completely awful. For example, "She went close, opened the tray, picked up a fork and proceeded to ladle food into him." What was that?
Palmer has written some good books in the past. I've read several over the years,and I know she has a good sized fan base, but she has lost her touch. Sorry, Mrs. Palmer but I think it's time to retire and live out those golden years. Come on now, it's embarrassing.
Overall, if someone out there is looking for a great laugh and some down time from all the horrible things going on in this world, READ THIS BOOK. Take care not to pee your pants.
I received a copy of the book from Netgalley.
August 28, 2016
WHO IS THIS DIANA PALMER PERSON, AND WHO TOLD HER SHE COULD WRITE?
Whoever it was didn't read this craparella book.
Whoever it was didn't read this craparella book.
June 15, 2016
SPOILERS AHEAD
I read this book last year and I just got a paper copy given to me. So here goes my thoughts.
Firstly, they both play an online game and it's a secure server right? So why the hell can I top ex military guy not get a message to her telling her about the crazy ex bitch who wants to cap his ass!? What computer stopped working!? Nope cause you are still playing your loser game on it? I know your cell phone is dead and you don't know how to charge it cause you are still in 1975. That must be it. Cause even though you texted her before to set up the date, you just could not risk the possibility that she (the evil other woman) could look over and see your text! Great thinking expect I got a better idea jerk face why are you dating the bitch!? She humiliated you and laugh at your willy and still you are being careful because she may hurt the stupid love of your life!? Did I forget to mention that she was raped like not one but twice and that she was still a virgin!? Yeah this is some messed up shit. I must admit I was like "Ok what the hell was DP smoking!? And if I smoke the same stuff will this story start to make sense to me".
Right so what was good was that he was epically sorry for what he did and did not sleep with the crazy psycho bitch during their separation. She was just so pathetic it was hard to hate her. She does start to grow a pair and I wished I could have seen her tell him off just once. After everything he put her through she deserves her pound of flesh!!!
Ok what the 2 stars when this is clearly a negative star read is because I had strong feeling about the story and it made me feel the pain they were experiencing. That is very rare and that needs to be acknowledged. DP is a crazy woman but she sure can write! Too bad the story sucked!
I read this book last year and I just got a paper copy given to me. So here goes my thoughts.
Firstly, they both play an online game and it's a secure server right? So why the hell can I top ex military guy not get a message to her telling her about the crazy ex bitch who wants to cap his ass!? What computer stopped working!? Nope cause you are still playing your loser game on it? I know your cell phone is dead and you don't know how to charge it cause you are still in 1975. That must be it. Cause even though you texted her before to set up the date, you just could not risk the possibility that she (the evil other woman) could look over and see your text! Great thinking expect I got a better idea jerk face why are you dating the bitch!? She humiliated you and laugh at your willy and still you are being careful because she may hurt the stupid love of your life!? Did I forget to mention that she was raped like not one but twice and that she was still a virgin!? Yeah this is some messed up shit. I must admit I was like "Ok what the hell was DP smoking!? And if I smoke the same stuff will this story start to make sense to me".
Right so what was good was that he was epically sorry for what he did and did not sleep with the crazy psycho bitch during their separation. She was just so pathetic it was hard to hate her. She does start to grow a pair and I wished I could have seen her tell him off just once. After everything he put her through she deserves her pound of flesh!!!
Ok what the 2 stars when this is clearly a negative star read is because I had strong feeling about the story and it made me feel the pain they were experiencing. That is very rare and that needs to be acknowledged. DP is a crazy woman but she sure can write! Too bad the story sucked!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
dnf
August 11, 2022DNF @ 30% - hero is a zero - he’s all hung up on some woman he used to be with who basically humiliated him during sex —- almost like a femdom??? 🥴 He’s traumatized by it years later and he turns to video games to ease his pain. 👀😐…. And the h was nearly raped by her step dad when she was 13… and the H accuses her of teasing her stepdad and seducing him… 👍🏻
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October 30, 2014
Diana Palmer is one of my long time favorite authors in the romance genre.Lately some of her books have been hit/ miss,but this one was a definite hit with me.
3.75**
3.75**
November 4, 2014
Diana Palmer is my favorite author by far! We met Wolf and Sara in one of her previous books and I hated her. I was like there is no way she is gonna make me like her. But omg I was so wrong. Sara is sweet and vulnerable and so loving. Wolf and Sara hate each other at first. Sara was almost raped by her stepfather at age 13 and she is a tortured sad woman.
Wolf is also haunted by the betrayal of a woman he loved and lost. His only friend now is a woman he talks to online. What he doesn't know is that his online friend is his nemesis Sara. Hate turns into love and their one night together ends up in pregnancy but Wolf has to let Sara go cause his crazy evil ex is after Sara. He breaks up with her, he pretends he is seeing other women, Sara is deeply hurt, he thinks she aborted their baby and then he is off to a suicide mission.
Super angsty read.I couldn't stop reading this. It was such a beautiful and intense love story. Sara saves Wolf and heals the pain of his past. He does the same for her. He emotionally puts her back together after being broken her whole life.
The end of this book has an epilogue that made me smile. It made me love Sara and Wolf and their cute little family even more. Wyoming Strong was such a beautiful tale about the power of true love and the courage it takes to trust someone with your heart. It touched me deeply.
Wolf is also haunted by the betrayal of a woman he loved and lost. His only friend now is a woman he talks to online. What he doesn't know is that his online friend is his nemesis Sara. Hate turns into love and their one night together ends up in pregnancy but Wolf has to let Sara go cause his crazy evil ex is after Sara. He breaks up with her, he pretends he is seeing other women, Sara is deeply hurt, he thinks she aborted their baby and then he is off to a suicide mission.
Super angsty read.I couldn't stop reading this. It was such a beautiful and intense love story. Sara saves Wolf and heals the pain of his past. He does the same for her. He emotionally puts her back together after being broken her whole life.
The end of this book has an epilogue that made me smile. It made me love Sara and Wolf and their cute little family even more. Wyoming Strong was such a beautiful tale about the power of true love and the courage it takes to trust someone with your heart. It touched me deeply.
December 14, 2020
Diana Palmer phones it in, but her dog starts barking during the call.
March 18, 2023
Again too long, too repetitive with large plot holes but angsty if you can disregard the nonsense!
February 4, 2017
Such a good book!
I know I whine a lot about DP books, but she's one of my all time favorite authors and her books are always my comfort reads. I've read over 60 books by her easily- some I like- some I don't- this I did.
With classic tortured hero and a sweet naive heroine- both with a bad past- this book followed the well used formula and it worked for me.
We have a tortured hero and heroine with a bad sexual history.
Wer have chemistry and a lot of mean words.
We have angst and loads of heartbreak.
And we have a lot of groveling and a sweet HEA.
This book kept me at my toes. I both hated and loved the hero- I loved the heroine.
It's always fun to read about the old characters and how they're doing in life- and also be introduced to would be couples.
My only issues are mild medical inconsistencies (i.e. Again with the imperforate hymen and sperm mobility)- but if I switch off my logic and ignore TSTL impulsive behavior- I can survive.
Safe with exceptions
4.5/5
I know I whine a lot about DP books, but she's one of my all time favorite authors and her books are always my comfort reads. I've read over 60 books by her easily- some I like- some I don't- this I did.
With classic tortured hero and a sweet naive heroine- both with a bad past- this book followed the well used formula and it worked for me.
We have a tortured hero and heroine with a bad sexual history.
Wer have chemistry and a lot of mean words.
We have angst and loads of heartbreak.
And we have a lot of groveling and a sweet HEA.
This book kept me at my toes. I both hated and loved the hero- I loved the heroine.
It's always fun to read about the old characters and how they're doing in life- and also be introduced to would be couples.
My only issues are mild medical inconsistencies (i.e. Again with the imperforate hymen and sperm mobility)- but if I switch off my logic and ignore TSTL impulsive behavior- I can survive.
Safe with exceptions
4.5/5
July 14, 2015
If romance novels are ice cream, Diana Palmer is like plain chocolate -- serviceable, but why bother when there are so many other flavors available? And yet I find myself reading her books, knowing that there are other kinds of "ice cream" available, kinds that I like so much more, but I waste my caloric intake on her and allow her books to rot my teeth. I don't know why this happens.
Okay, enough mixed metaphors. This was... This was definitely a Diana Palmer book. The virginal female had a super-hymen and everything (seriously - what is it with Palmer and this plot device? I can think of at least three of her books that have featured a super-hymen that ends up requiring surgical intervention to get rid of it. Is this romantic to her?). A character can be told something specifically in one chapter only to conveniently forget it or disregard it for the most improbable scenario ever in the next chapter. Want an example? Oh ho ho, but this is a goody.
Wolf is explicitly told that Sara was assaulted by her step-father. His first thought? I wonder if it was her fault for teasing him. Fuck you, Wolf. Seriously. Fuck the shit out of you.
At another point he's told she's a virgin and then decides to take everything he knows and convert it into, I bet she uses her looks to trick men into falling for her virginal wiles. I bet she seduced her step-dad away from her mom for kicks. (Yeah. Because that's the kind of horror story you hear about all the time on the news involving step-dads and inappropriate relationships with their step-daughters...) Then he morphs this into I bet she seduced her step-dad to the point of madness so it was her own fault that she is scared to the point of freak-out status if a guy touches her.
Have I mentioned that fuck you, Wolf? Because it bears repeating.
There's a heavy blame-the-victim vibe going on with this book. Even after Wolf realizes the error of his misogynistic ways, Sara keeps insisting the way he treated her like shit during their first time getting to... um... third base? (it was a weird base, not quite a home run, but definitely further than third base ) was partially her fault because she wasn't fighting him hard enough.
I'm sorry... HUH ?
But let's forget about promoting rape culture. This book has sooooo many plot holes, things that happen and then a few pages later, just forgets about them when they aren't convenient. Let's set aside for a moment how Wolf seems to willfully forget or disregard things he doesn't want to know about Sara. Instead let's focus on how . Then, there was Wolf's big trauma. Besides the plot holes, there was the banter that wasn't funny, and the weird it's-a-small-World-of-Warcraft-after-all connection that could have been used to much greater effect, or the fact that not only do Sara and Wolf always get tickets to the same out-of-town events but always somehow manage to get seats next to each other without even trying or wanting to, or the weird fact that 24 year old Sara and her brother have a ward (do people still have wards? I mean people that don't live in homes called "Stately Wayne Manor"?) that seems to in no way be related to them other than, Oh yeah, and there's this girl who's a ward too; we're barely going to mention her until later in the book when we mention her for no real reason other than to wrap up an off-page drama that didn't really need to be there in the first place.
Although I will give the book credit for one thing: . I will say that I liked Emma the snake collecting psychologist. It's not quite as catchy as Tony the Dancer as far as recurring Palmer characters go, but well, you can't have everything I guess.
I dunno, this was a weird one and is a good example of why I once told myself no more Diana Palmer -- believe it or not, I stuck to that for a while! It's just every once in a while I need a hateread that I still kind of enjoy hating the entire time I'm reading it. I definitely wouldn't ever buy it, and even as far as Palmer reads go I wouldn't recommend it, but I was at least entertained, if not precisely for the reasons I was supposed to be.
Okay, enough mixed metaphors. This was... This was definitely a Diana Palmer book. The virginal female had a super-hymen and everything (seriously - what is it with Palmer and this plot device? I can think of at least three of her books that have featured a super-hymen that ends up requiring surgical intervention to get rid of it. Is this romantic to her?). A character can be told something specifically in one chapter only to conveniently forget it or disregard it for the most improbable scenario ever in the next chapter. Want an example? Oh ho ho, but this is a goody.
Wolf is explicitly told that Sara was assaulted by her step-father. His first thought? I wonder if it was her fault for teasing him. Fuck you, Wolf. Seriously. Fuck the shit out of you.
At another point he's told she's a virgin and then decides to take everything he knows and convert it into, I bet she uses her looks to trick men into falling for her virginal wiles. I bet she seduced her step-dad away from her mom for kicks. (Yeah. Because that's the kind of horror story you hear about all the time on the news involving step-dads and inappropriate relationships with their step-daughters...) Then he morphs this into I bet she seduced her step-dad to the point of madness so it was her own fault that she is scared to the point of freak-out status if a guy touches her.
Have I mentioned that fuck you, Wolf? Because it bears repeating.
There's a heavy blame-the-victim vibe going on with this book. Even after Wolf realizes the error of his misogynistic ways, Sara keeps insisting the way he treated her like shit during their first time getting to... um... third base? (it was a weird base, not quite a home run, but definitely further than third base ) was partially her fault because she wasn't fighting him hard enough.
I'm sorry... HUH ?
But let's forget about promoting rape culture. This book has sooooo many plot holes, things that happen and then a few pages later, just forgets about them when they aren't convenient. Let's set aside for a moment how Wolf seems to willfully forget or disregard things he doesn't want to know about Sara. Instead let's focus on how . Then, there was Wolf's big trauma. Besides the plot holes, there was the banter that wasn't funny, and the weird it's-a-small-World-of-Warcraft-after-all connection that could have been used to much greater effect, or the fact that not only do Sara and Wolf always get tickets to the same out-of-town events but always somehow manage to get seats next to each other without even trying or wanting to, or the weird fact that 24 year old Sara and her brother have a ward (do people still have wards? I mean people that don't live in homes called "Stately Wayne Manor"?) that seems to in no way be related to them other than, Oh yeah, and there's this girl who's a ward too; we're barely going to mention her until later in the book when we mention her for no real reason other than to wrap up an off-page drama that didn't really need to be there in the first place.
Although I will give the book credit for one thing: . I will say that I liked Emma the snake collecting psychologist. It's not quite as catchy as Tony the Dancer as far as recurring Palmer characters go, but well, you can't have everything I guess.
I dunno, this was a weird one and is a good example of why I once told myself no more Diana Palmer -- believe it or not, I stuck to that for a while! It's just every once in a while I need a hateread that I still kind of enjoy hating the entire time I'm reading it. I definitely wouldn't ever buy it, and even as far as Palmer reads go I wouldn't recommend it, but I was at least entertained, if not precisely for the reasons I was supposed to be.
November 21, 2014
Whoooop!
It's been a while since Diana Palmer release a new book, not a reissue and I'm sooo happy! I really hope Diana Palmer is forever healthy, happy and, well, healthy!
The fourth book of Wyoming Men series, this book is Wofford (or Wolf) and Sara's story. Both of these two souls are damaged. One of them by woman, the other by man. Wolf refuse to fall in love again after a sick game from the woman he loved before and Sara refuse to get intimate because of her sick stepfather. They both stumbled upon each other, the both fall in love and both scared to move forward. One mistake after another, Wolf start hurting Sara's feeling. And now when he knows the truth, he'll do anything to win her back and beat his own demon.
I looooooved it. I know, if you're not familiar with Diana Palmer's works this book is way too dramatic, the heroine's pretty much a doormat and the Hero's an uber jerk. But I'm a huge fan of Diana Palmer (bless her beautiful mind), and reading this story is a journey back home. Like I mentioned before, Diana Palmer haven't release anything new for a while and I've been waiting for this book forever. Now that I read it, my heart's jolly.
Typical Diana's style, alpha jerk Hero--wounded but defensive, pushing away others yet made others itch to came even closer, scarred heroine yet strong and at the same time delicate, dramatic encounters, dramatic conversations, dramatic love scenes and dramatic plot-twist. I'm enjoying every minutes of it.
Can't wait to read her other books anytime soon!
It's been a while since Diana Palmer release a new book, not a reissue and I'm sooo happy! I really hope Diana Palmer is forever healthy, happy and, well, healthy!
The fourth book of Wyoming Men series, this book is Wofford (or Wolf) and Sara's story. Both of these two souls are damaged. One of them by woman, the other by man. Wolf refuse to fall in love again after a sick game from the woman he loved before and Sara refuse to get intimate because of her sick stepfather. They both stumbled upon each other, the both fall in love and both scared to move forward. One mistake after another, Wolf start hurting Sara's feeling. And now when he knows the truth, he'll do anything to win her back and beat his own demon.
I looooooved it. I know, if you're not familiar with Diana Palmer's works this book is way too dramatic, the heroine's pretty much a doormat and the Hero's an uber jerk. But I'm a huge fan of Diana Palmer (bless her beautiful mind), and reading this story is a journey back home. Like I mentioned before, Diana Palmer haven't release anything new for a while and I've been waiting for this book forever. Now that I read it, my heart's jolly.
Typical Diana's style, alpha jerk Hero--wounded but defensive, pushing away others yet made others itch to came even closer, scarred heroine yet strong and at the same time delicate, dramatic encounters, dramatic conversations, dramatic love scenes and dramatic plot-twist. I'm enjoying every minutes of it.
Can't wait to read her other books anytime soon!
March 23, 2018
Tentang org2 yg "rusak" dan patah.
Co nya, si Wolf dikecewain sama perempuan yg nginjak2 harga diri nya dan mau bunuh dia.
Sedang kan si ce, Sara korban percobaan perkosaan ayah tiri nya waktu dia 13 thn.
So far gw suka buku ini. Cuma seperti khas buku DP yg lain, co nya sempet nyebelin bgt waktu nuduh ce nya yg menggoda ayah tiri nya #keplak.
Walo akhir nya dia nyesel bgt udah nuduh si Sara.
Penasaran cerita ttg kakaknya Sara, Gabriel Dan Michelle si anak angkat nya.
Trus nyari buku ttg Amelia Grayson gw kok gak nemu ya, penasaran krn dia satu2 nya ce mercenary di series ini. Gak tau judul buku nya :(
Co nya, si Wolf dikecewain sama perempuan yg nginjak2 harga diri nya dan mau bunuh dia.
Sedang kan si ce, Sara korban percobaan perkosaan ayah tiri nya waktu dia 13 thn.
So far gw suka buku ini. Cuma seperti khas buku DP yg lain, co nya sempet nyebelin bgt waktu nuduh ce nya yg menggoda ayah tiri nya #keplak.
Walo akhir nya dia nyesel bgt udah nuduh si Sara.
Penasaran cerita ttg kakaknya Sara, Gabriel Dan Michelle si anak angkat nya.
Trus nyari buku ttg Amelia Grayson gw kok gak nemu ya, penasaran krn dia satu2 nya ce mercenary di series ini. Gak tau judul buku nya :(
May 1, 2017
This book is hilarious. It's seriously one of the funniest books I've ever read. Forget Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and Mindy Kaling, if you want a good laugh, read this book.
I knew from the beginning that this book was bad. The dialogue is absurd, the relationships between the characters are contrived, the storyline is...... wow. It's actually pretty brilliant because it gets worse and worse and worse and worse, and something should honestly not have the ability to be so bad that it's impressive how bad it is. This book is wonderfully, comically, magnificently terrible. So bad that you may think that it's a satire of the romance genre, but it isn't. If it were, it would be a masterpiece.
I thought it had potential (before I read it, because it was obvious about 10 pages in that there was ZERO potential). Who doesn't love a good "opposites attract" story? The guy and the girl hate each other but through comic foibles, internal evaluation, and massive attraction, the two people realize that they actually totally like each other. It's a classic tale.
This is not that story.
You have Sara, a 24 year old woman who is so inexperienced that she doesn't even seem to know what an erection is. Like. Come on. I understand that , but to literally not even understand human anatomy in the slightest is just ridiculous. She doesn't really do anything... Like she doesn't have a job, she doesn't really have any hobbies, she's just...there. She just exists. I guess I can't fault her for that.
You have Wolf ("Wolf" what kind of name is that? Short for Wofford, which is, in my opinion, even better). A 37 year old mercenary ("merc." I've read books where the characters are mercs before, but in NONE of them are they able to match the feat that this book has accomplished in saying the word merc about a billion times) who has an... interesting relationship with women. He talks about being insanely attracted to the last woman he was with, and yet in his ENTIRE life, he has never once had an orgasm.
It's just all so absurd, but I kept on reading it because I always finish books I start and I was honestly enjoying laughing so hard at just how ridiculous everything was. I mean, for an example of the absurdity of this story,
The sex was hilarious. "I'm over endowed." WHO TALKS LIKE THIS? This is just one example of the absolutely insane dialogue. Sara and her brother constantly call this girl they sort of pseudo-adopted their "ward." THEIR WARD. Um. No. Just call her by her name??? Call her your friend. Even calling her your foster kid would be better. She's not a ward. No one has called people wards in like 20 years.
I have read many romance novels. I read Fifty Shades of Grey, which is also poorly written, but I enjoyed it a lot. My point is that I can usually look past all kinds of ridiculous dialogue and inner thoughts and plot line, but this book was SO BAD that I could not look past it at all. My eyes hurt from rolling them so much, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.
I just... there's truly so much to say but I can't say it all because my head is still swirling with the ridiculousness that is this book. The fact that stuff like this gets published should give hope to every aspiring author. If garbage like this exists, then anyone can get anything published these days.
I knew from the beginning that this book was bad. The dialogue is absurd, the relationships between the characters are contrived, the storyline is...... wow. It's actually pretty brilliant because it gets worse and worse and worse and worse, and something should honestly not have the ability to be so bad that it's impressive how bad it is. This book is wonderfully, comically, magnificently terrible. So bad that you may think that it's a satire of the romance genre, but it isn't. If it were, it would be a masterpiece.
I thought it had potential (before I read it, because it was obvious about 10 pages in that there was ZERO potential). Who doesn't love a good "opposites attract" story? The guy and the girl hate each other but through comic foibles, internal evaluation, and massive attraction, the two people realize that they actually totally like each other. It's a classic tale.
This is not that story.
You have Sara, a 24 year old woman who is so inexperienced that she doesn't even seem to know what an erection is. Like. Come on. I understand that , but to literally not even understand human anatomy in the slightest is just ridiculous. She doesn't really do anything... Like she doesn't have a job, she doesn't really have any hobbies, she's just...there. She just exists. I guess I can't fault her for that.
You have Wolf ("Wolf" what kind of name is that? Short for Wofford, which is, in my opinion, even better). A 37 year old mercenary ("merc." I've read books where the characters are mercs before, but in NONE of them are they able to match the feat that this book has accomplished in saying the word merc about a billion times) who has an... interesting relationship with women. He talks about being insanely attracted to the last woman he was with, and yet in his ENTIRE life, he has never once had an orgasm.
It's just all so absurd, but I kept on reading it because I always finish books I start and I was honestly enjoying laughing so hard at just how ridiculous everything was. I mean, for an example of the absurdity of this story,
The sex was hilarious. "I'm over endowed." WHO TALKS LIKE THIS? This is just one example of the absolutely insane dialogue. Sara and her brother constantly call this girl they sort of pseudo-adopted their "ward." THEIR WARD. Um. No. Just call her by her name??? Call her your friend. Even calling her your foster kid would be better. She's not a ward. No one has called people wards in like 20 years.
I have read many romance novels. I read Fifty Shades of Grey, which is also poorly written, but I enjoyed it a lot. My point is that I can usually look past all kinds of ridiculous dialogue and inner thoughts and plot line, but this book was SO BAD that I could not look past it at all. My eyes hurt from rolling them so much, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.
I just... there's truly so much to say but I can't say it all because my head is still swirling with the ridiculousness that is this book. The fact that stuff like this gets published should give hope to every aspiring author. If garbage like this exists, then anyone can get anything published these days.
August 10, 2015
Rating: 4 stars. (Because of entertainment value).
First of all, I'd like to raise a toast to DP, as this book marks her timeline and characters stepping into the 21st century. Although I'm not going to lie, old century to me is far more appealing than this modernity, in morals, music, fashion and everything else.
I found Sara extremely annoying at the start of the book. To me, it just seemed like she was a pampered brat, who doesn't know what hard work is.
The hero and heroine here are unlike a lot of DP's other pairings. Get this, they were both geeks. Closet geeks to be exact! World of Warcraft playing, PC gaming, YouTube-ing and Amazon purchasing addicts. Who on top of that, liked to insult each other in Farsi. Umm.. Okayyy.
It was overall a very cute read. There wasn't much angst (even with the suicide mission and crazy ex) and neither did it tug at my heart strings, like most of DP's works.
What annoyed me though was the constant reference to 'current' and 'popular' culture. DP mentions Psy Gangnam Style, YouTube, World of Warcraft, viral videos, PC games etc. It all just seemed like DP was trying so hard throughout the book to look hip or cool and with the time. What's worst is that she even gets them to purchase their engagement rings on Amazon. AMAZON.COM for crying out loud. Not Cartier, not Van Cleef & Arpels, but AMAZON. Oh dear lawd.
Regardless, I enjoyed reading this.
First of all, I'd like to raise a toast to DP, as this book marks her timeline and characters stepping into the 21st century. Although I'm not going to lie, old century to me is far more appealing than this modernity, in morals, music, fashion and everything else.
I found Sara extremely annoying at the start of the book. To me, it just seemed like she was a pampered brat, who doesn't know what hard work is.
The hero and heroine here are unlike a lot of DP's other pairings. Get this, they were both geeks. Closet geeks to be exact! World of Warcraft playing, PC gaming, YouTube-ing and Amazon purchasing addicts. Who on top of that, liked to insult each other in Farsi. Umm.. Okayyy.
It was overall a very cute read. There wasn't much angst (even with the suicide mission and crazy ex) and neither did it tug at my heart strings, like most of DP's works.
What annoyed me though was the constant reference to 'current' and 'popular' culture. DP mentions Psy Gangnam Style, YouTube, World of Warcraft, viral videos, PC games etc. It all just seemed like DP was trying so hard throughout the book to look hip or cool and with the time. What's worst is that she even gets them to purchase their engagement rings on Amazon. AMAZON.COM for crying out loud. Not Cartier, not Van Cleef & Arpels, but AMAZON. Oh dear lawd.
Regardless, I enjoyed reading this.
June 23, 2017
3 stelline e mezzo
Diana Palmer è una di quelle autrici di cui ho letto praticamente tutto ciò che è stato pubblicato in Italia e che mi piace quasi sempre.
Quando ho voglia di leggere una storia con protagonista una giovane inesperta e ingenua che fa perdere la testa ad un uomo maturo e protettivo, so che devo iniziare un suo romanzo.
I libri della Palmer sono quasi sempre di questo tipo, ma raccontano ogni volta esperienze e situazioni diverse.
Sara ha 24 anni, è bellissima, solitaria e ha un gran timore degli uomini per via delle molestie subite in passato.
Wolf è il migliore amico del fratello di Sara, ha 37 anni, è un ex militare e ora è un allevatore in una proprietà vicina.
Il rapporto tra i due personaggi all'inizio è conflittuale, tuttavia si avvicinano sempre di più e riescono a confidarsi i rispettivi scheletri nascosti.
Anche stavolta i protagonisti della Palmer hanno sulle spalle situazioni delicate che li hanno profondamente feriti. L'attrazione tra i due è spontanea e inevitabile, ma dovranno superare i propri timori ed anche alcuni pericoli in agguato per arrivare al loro lieto fine.
La storia mi è piaciuta, i temi trattati anche, sono un po' dubbiosa su una scelta un po' troppo azzardata dell'autrice, ma fatta eccezione per quello la storia è molto carina e si legge con scorrevolezza. Confrontandolo con altre sue storie non è uno dei suoi libri migliori, ma comunque una piacevole lettura.
Diana Palmer è una di quelle autrici di cui ho letto praticamente tutto ciò che è stato pubblicato in Italia e che mi piace quasi sempre.
Quando ho voglia di leggere una storia con protagonista una giovane inesperta e ingenua che fa perdere la testa ad un uomo maturo e protettivo, so che devo iniziare un suo romanzo.
I libri della Palmer sono quasi sempre di questo tipo, ma raccontano ogni volta esperienze e situazioni diverse.
Sara ha 24 anni, è bellissima, solitaria e ha un gran timore degli uomini per via delle molestie subite in passato.
Wolf è il migliore amico del fratello di Sara, ha 37 anni, è un ex militare e ora è un allevatore in una proprietà vicina.
Il rapporto tra i due personaggi all'inizio è conflittuale, tuttavia si avvicinano sempre di più e riescono a confidarsi i rispettivi scheletri nascosti.
Anche stavolta i protagonisti della Palmer hanno sulle spalle situazioni delicate che li hanno profondamente feriti. L'attrazione tra i due è spontanea e inevitabile, ma dovranno superare i propri timori ed anche alcuni pericoli in agguato per arrivare al loro lieto fine.
La storia mi è piaciuta, i temi trattati anche, sono un po' dubbiosa su una scelta un po' troppo azzardata dell'autrice, ma fatta eccezione per quello la storia è molto carina e si legge con scorrevolezza. Confrontandolo con altre sue storie non è uno dei suoi libri migliori, ma comunque una piacevole lettura.
November 15, 2014
Review also found at http://kristineandterri.blogspot.ca/2...
** I won a copy of this book in a giveaway on Goodreads in exchange for an honest review** It has just recently been released.
The story got off to a bad start from the very first page for me. It described Wolf with a big patch of hair poking out of his shirt. Apparently some woman find this attractive but I am just gagging while I even think about it...blaghhh! I decided it was not fair to judge a story based on this but I can not say that I visualized Wolf as an attractive man for the rest of the story.
This story is typical of what you would expect a romance novel to be. It followed the same formula...two people who hate each other who you just know will end up together. There are no surprises within the pages and no letdowns for those who frequently read this genre.
I did not really find any emotional connections to either of the characters. I found their back stories a little dramatic and the resulting scars made them too odd for my liking. It made the characters too damaged to be realistic.
That being said I was entertained throughout reading this. I knew how it would end but I was still along for the ride. If you can get past all of the characters that were randomly introduced then it is a good distraction from the daily grind.
** I won a copy of this book in a giveaway on Goodreads in exchange for an honest review** It has just recently been released.
The story got off to a bad start from the very first page for me. It described Wolf with a big patch of hair poking out of his shirt. Apparently some woman find this attractive but I am just gagging while I even think about it...blaghhh! I decided it was not fair to judge a story based on this but I can not say that I visualized Wolf as an attractive man for the rest of the story.
This story is typical of what you would expect a romance novel to be. It followed the same formula...two people who hate each other who you just know will end up together. There are no surprises within the pages and no letdowns for those who frequently read this genre.
I did not really find any emotional connections to either of the characters. I found their back stories a little dramatic and the resulting scars made them too odd for my liking. It made the characters too damaged to be realistic.
That being said I was entertained throughout reading this. I knew how it would end but I was still along for the ride. If you can get past all of the characters that were randomly introduced then it is a good distraction from the daily grind.
July 10, 2019
#Critica 3.5 La historia trata de Wolf Patterson y Sara Brandon, archienemigos desde hacía tiempo, hasta que un giro del destino hizo coincidir al alto ranchero de ojos azules con la belleza morena en los cercanos ranchos de Texas y Wyoming. Al principio saltaron las chispas, pero, a pesar de los infundados prejuicios de Wolf sobre la ofendida Sara, así como de la indignación con que esta reaccionaba a las variadas injusticias de las que la hacía víctima, una especie de tregua se abrió paso entre ellos. De repente Sara descubrió el rostro de Wolf: un rostro que, si bien no era convencionalmente guapo, la atraía como el de ningún otro hombre, sobre todo después de la experiencia que se aferraba a no dejarla en paz pero además conocerlo y saber más de él que se sentía cómodo para contarle su pasado. Mientras que Wolf descubrió a su vez el alma vulnerable que Sara ocultaba al resto del mundo luego de haber sufrido un episodio traumático. ¿Podrían estos dos derribar sus barreras y avanzar en una vida juntos?
Lo primero que voy a decir es que la historia me gusto pero esperaba más vida de rancho que personal militar haciendo misiones extrañas o a los personajes viajando a la ópera, deseaba conocer más de la vida de ellos en un rancho. Me gustaron las historias secundarias que apenas aparecen y te dan ganas de seguir leyendo acerca de ellas.
Lo primero que voy a decir es que la historia me gusto pero esperaba más vida de rancho que personal militar haciendo misiones extrañas o a los personajes viajando a la ópera, deseaba conocer más de la vida de ellos en un rancho. Me gustaron las historias secundarias que apenas aparecen y te dan ganas de seguir leyendo acerca de ellas.
December 21, 2014
Years ago I was always excited to see a new book by Ms. Palmer coming out. Lately that has not been the case. I am not sure what happened but I am sad to say I have had a hard time enjoying her books and this one is at that top of that list.
Where to begin… Well the plot was like a bad accident that you just can’t look away from. So much of it seemed to be reused storylines from past novels. We have a hero who is a womanizing jerk that seems to enjoy being emotionally abusive to the shy virgin who was almost raped as a child. Honestly the way Wolf treated Sara made me sick several times.
Wyoming Strong is the fourth book in the Wyoming Men series. You can most definitely read it as a standalone. I have read three of the four books in this series and this was my least favorite one. I am not sure if I want to go back and read the book I missed.
Where to begin… Well the plot was like a bad accident that you just can’t look away from. So much of it seemed to be reused storylines from past novels. We have a hero who is a womanizing jerk that seems to enjoy being emotionally abusive to the shy virgin who was almost raped as a child. Honestly the way Wolf treated Sara made me sick several times.
Wyoming Strong is the fourth book in the Wyoming Men series. You can most definitely read it as a standalone. I have read three of the four books in this series and this was my least favorite one. I am not sure if I want to go back and read the book I missed.
March 18, 2015
Diana Palmer used to be one of my favorite authors but I'm getting bored with her recycling the same story over and over.
*Received a review copy through Netgalley.
*Received a review copy through Netgalley.
July 2, 2018
Quick easy read with a good story
May 25, 2023
My god it was awful. I’m not one to gatekeeper literature, but this wasn’t it. There was absolutely no character development. Not at all.
The main characters only personality traits were: 1) abusive dad (having this be a plot point wasn’t bad. I just wish there was actually some growth about it), 2) she has some weird paint related superpower and also she’s the best artist anyone has ever seen in their entire lives, despite her lacking any depth or creativity, and 3) she’s not a SLUT!!!!!! She’s better than any other girl tge leading man has ever met in his life. All other girls are SLUTS and WHORES and they’re BAD PEOPLE because they have sex. The only reason Ren is attracted to her is because she’s a pretty blonde virgin.
Another thing I have a problem with is the relationship between ren and merry. Merry talks constantly about her abusive dad (which again, isn’t bad) and then Marries another abusive man. He yells at her, shames her for her interests, and doesn’t at all seem to desire her in any way until he finds out she’s a virgin. Oh, and did I mention the 14 year age gap? Ren is an abusive piece of shit with a hero complex
Overall, the relationship sucked, the characters were flat, and the writing was repetitive.
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The main characters only personality traits were: 1) abusive dad (having this be a plot point wasn’t bad. I just wish there was actually some growth about it), 2) she has some weird paint related superpower and also she’s the best artist anyone has ever seen in their entire lives, despite her lacking any depth or creativity, and 3) she’s not a SLUT!!!!!! She’s better than any other girl tge leading man has ever met in his life. All other girls are SLUTS and WHORES and they’re BAD PEOPLE because they have sex. The only reason Ren is attracted to her is because she’s a pretty blonde virgin.
Another thing I have a problem with is the relationship between ren and merry. Merry talks constantly about her abusive dad (which again, isn’t bad) and then Marries another abusive man. He yells at her, shames her for her interests, and doesn’t at all seem to desire her in any way until he finds out she’s a virgin. Oh, and did I mention the 14 year age gap? Ren is an abusive piece of shit with a hero complex
Overall, the relationship sucked, the characters were flat, and the writing was repetitive.
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January 12, 2019
I liked this book. Mercenaries, professional killers, and personal vendettas kept this book moving. The author also wove in a few characters from previous books. Clever.
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September 15, 2018Sara Brandon met Wolf Patterson when she came to town from WY to live with Gabriel and his new ward, Michelle Godrey. Sara was afraid of men after nearly being raped by her stepfather. Gabriel had broke the door down to get to him and he had been put in prison for molesting her. Their mother never gave up supporting the stepfather. He was eventually shot and killed. Their mother left them and they never saw her again. They were taken in by an aunt and spoiled. She left them the majority of her possessions and they became quite wealthy.
Wolf Patterson had been a mercenary much like Gabriel. His mother hadn't wanted him and farmed him out to one friend after another when he was young. He had been abused but he turned to law enforcement as a career. He had become a mercenary and fell in love with a horrible woman. Her name was Ysera and she berated him badly for wanting and loving her. Sara reminded Wolf of her. He hadn't gotten over his past any more than Sara had and only dated blonde women.
Sara had a volatile temper and didn't know how to handle the attraction she felt to him. She had never felt toward a man like she felt for Wolf. He made her angry with his comments about her raising flying monkeys whenever they ran into each other. They seemed to run into each other a lot. They ended up sitting next to each other at the opera and then again another time at the ballet. Her car had a flat tire and she waited with him for the tow truck but ran out of his car when it arrived. He wasn't sure why she seemed scared of him. He saw her as a spoiled rich brat, not a damaged person. He spoke to Gabriel about her and found out that she had a past same as he did.
Gabriel didn't tell either of them the specifics that he knew about each of them but warned Sara off him due to his past. Wolf also seemed to be attracted to her and didn't know how to handle it. Gabriel told her that Wolf could be rough with women and tho her that wasn't what she needed.
Wolf saw her out riding one day and stopped his car and grabbed her off the horse. She told him she knew what she was doing and they kissed. He seemed turned off by her innocence and told her that he didn't believe that she was as innocent as she appeared.
Neither of them realized that with their problems they turned to virtual play gaming. They were friends through their games and didn't know it. Gabriel figured it out but kept it to himself. He was hoping that she would eventually turn her friendship into use with an actual person. He wasn't willing to push but let things happen on their own. He was worried about Sara having a relationship with Wolf though because Ysera was supposed to have been arrested but she was free. Wolf had enemies and he was worried about anyone attached to him being in danger as well as Wolf himself. He had enemies that wanted him dead.
Wolf asked Sara on a date and she agreed to go. They didn't make it past their dinner out and he took her home with him. They got carried away and almost had sex. Sara told him that she couldn't go all the way because she needed surgery first. Wolf was abusive in the words he spoke to Sara while they were carrying on. He felt guilty and she went to bed crying. He explained to her later that while they came close to having sex without penetration, she could still end up pregnant. He couldn't believe that she could be as innocent as she was. She was 24 to his 37 and yet she knew so little about the opposite sex. He made her promise to tell him if she ended up pregnant.
He called in a therapist for them both and kept her with him at his ranch for a few days. She agreed to the therapy and he went along too. Neither of them had agreed to continue therapy for their individual problems before this but both wanted a relationship bad enough to give it a real shot this time.
Sara went home and agreed to continue the sessions on Skype and so did Wolf. Sara wasn't home long before she realized that she was indeed pregnant. She was worried and went to see a doctor. She had the surgery she needed to have sex and her doctor also sent her to a cardiologist. She had a heart problem. That doctor put her on medication for high blood pressure but she didn't know what the medication was until later.
Sara was planning on telling Wolf and made arrangements to meet him at the opera. She knew that he was not letting their relationship be open because of Ysera being after him. She was still hurt when he showed up with another blonde and laid it on pretty thick as to liking the woman. Sara ended up not telling Wolf about the pregnancy and went home crying. She didn't know that Ysera had someone at the opera house watching him. Wolf knew.
She went back to Wyoming and hired a woman to stay with her, Amelia. She didn't know that Amelia had been arranged for by her brother. Wolf and her brother's boss also knew her but Sara didn't figure it out. She was a good companion for Sara and they got along well.
Wolf had people watching Sara and he knew that she had been pregnant. Sara had gone to a clinic to see about getting an abortion but couldn't do it. Wolf thought she had the abortion and told Gabriel about it. Gabriel was upset but he was dealing with his own problems. Wolf told Gabriel how much he loved Sara and swore that he would make it right. Wolf then went to Africa and met with Ysera. They met in one of her clubs and she had arranged someone to shoot him while they were talking. She didn't realize that he had a gun with him. The man shot Wolf and Wolf's gun went off. Wolf shot and killed Ysera while the gunshot to Wolf wasn't fatal.
Wolf was flown back to the States and put in the hospital. Sara and Amelia went to see him in the hospital and Sara ended up fainting. She was put in the hospital for the night too. She and Wolf saw each other then next day and within a short time he asked her to marry him. She then told him that she was pregnant. Wolf told her that he wanted her to have surgery so that they could have sex and she told him that she already had. They made love the first night he was out of the hospital. They made arrangements to get married but things changed the next morning.
A story Michelle, their ward, wrote came out in a news broadcast. Gabriel was accused of murdering some women and children overseas. Sara was furious but Gabriel's boss knew that they had waited too long to tell Michelle what Gabriel did for a living.
Wolf and Sara had to fly out to go back to their ranch in Wyoming. They got married when they stopped in Comanche Wells to pick up some things for their trip. Wolf was careful not to let Sara see his computer icons. He wasn't ready to have her deal with knowing about the woman he had been friends with for two years through his online game. He would deal with that later. The woman online knew a lot about him. They hadn't spent much time playing their game together since he had met Sara though. The woman seemed to be distracted herself.
Gabriel managed to call Sara after the news broke and he knew about the story Michelle had written. He told Sara that he never wanted to see Michelle again. Sara called Michelle and chewed her out, telling her what Gabriel had said. She told Gabriel that she was pregnant. She found out that Gabriel had arranged for Amelia to come work for Sara and that her nickname was Guns Grayson.
It was another week later that Gabriel managed to call Sara again. He told Sara that Michelle had been interviewed for TV and had admitted to having found a witness who could prove Gabriel's innocence in the murders. The man responsible had been caught. He was thinking of accepting a job with Interpol but would be home to see her baby. He asked whether it was a boy or a girl but she told him they would all find out when it was born. He suggested that she have twins because the run on both her and Wolf's side of the family.
The journalists went away but it wasn't until the middle of summer and a political scandal in DC had come up. Sara was still worrying about how Wolf really felt about her. He hadn't told her that he was in love with her yet, just how much he wanted her. He had proven that much to her.
Grayson went out one day to buy groceries. They made love when she was gone and they went downstairs to help unload the groceries when Sara collapsed. Wolf was scared to death and took her to the hospital.
The doctors at the hospital told Wolf he was fine. Sara was worried that maybe Wolf didn't really want the baby because he was so upset. He told her that he was more worried about losing her. He could live without children but he couldn't live without her. He told her how much he loved her. He explained to Sara that when he saw Ysera again, Ysera was upset that she couldn't arouse him anymore. She knew there was someone else but she didn't know who it was. Wolf thought he had done more, unrepairable damage to her when he thought she'd had an abortion. He went to see Ysera because he thought he'd lost her and he had nothing to live for anymore. He was going to make sure that she couldn't hurt Sara. Sara was surprised at the depth of his feelings because he had never spoken to her of how he really felt. Sara told him that she loved him and would never leave him. She had never been as happy in her life as she was now.
She went home from the hospital and went online to tell her gaming friend goodbye. He was online too and told her that he had a family now and it was time for him to say goodbye too. He asked her if she would tell her husband she she said she would. He told her that he was going to tell his wife too. Then they signed off. Sara was crying when she closed her computer.
She went to the living room after logging off the game and went to tell Wolf. He was shocked to find out that his gaming friend was his wife. They had each married their best friend. They played together often after that. They were even better at the games and worked together very well.
It wasn't too much longer that Gabriel called to tell Sara that he and Michelle were getting married. He hadn't told Michelle that Sara was pregnant yet. Sara asked him to hold off telling her because of her the issues she was having with the pregnancy.
It wasn't too much longer before Michelle and Gabriel called again to tell her that Michelle was pregnant. She still didn't tell them she was pregnant. Sara delivered twins in mid-February. Wolf was surprised because Sara hadn't told him she was having twins because she didn't want him more worried about her condition. The named the girl Charlotte Amelia after Wolf's grandmother and Amelia (Guns) Grayson. The boy was given Wolf's middle name and Sara's father's name, Dane Marshall Patterson.
Gabriel and Michelle came to visit just as she was bringing the twins home from the hospital. She was surprised that she hadn't been told that Sara was pregnant. Michelle was pretty big herself by now. Sara told her that it was because of Michelle's own problems that they hadn't told her. Michelle said that she'd just had irritable bowel syndrome and the only problem she had now as heartburn. She was going to be fine. Wolf commented that their marriage would never end in divorce. Sara told him that theirs wouldn't either.
They got into an argument about who ran into who when the first met. Neither would admit to being at fault. Sara was making a smoothie and it ended up all over Wolf. Amelia met him on his way to clean up in the bathroom and he told her never to upset Sara when she was around a blender. Amelia just laughed and continued on into the kitchen.
Wolf Patterson had been a mercenary much like Gabriel. His mother hadn't wanted him and farmed him out to one friend after another when he was young. He had been abused but he turned to law enforcement as a career. He had become a mercenary and fell in love with a horrible woman. Her name was Ysera and she berated him badly for wanting and loving her. Sara reminded Wolf of her. He hadn't gotten over his past any more than Sara had and only dated blonde women.
Sara had a volatile temper and didn't know how to handle the attraction she felt to him. She had never felt toward a man like she felt for Wolf. He made her angry with his comments about her raising flying monkeys whenever they ran into each other. They seemed to run into each other a lot. They ended up sitting next to each other at the opera and then again another time at the ballet. Her car had a flat tire and she waited with him for the tow truck but ran out of his car when it arrived. He wasn't sure why she seemed scared of him. He saw her as a spoiled rich brat, not a damaged person. He spoke to Gabriel about her and found out that she had a past same as he did.
Gabriel didn't tell either of them the specifics that he knew about each of them but warned Sara off him due to his past. Wolf also seemed to be attracted to her and didn't know how to handle it. Gabriel told her that Wolf could be rough with women and tho her that wasn't what she needed.
Wolf saw her out riding one day and stopped his car and grabbed her off the horse. She told him she knew what she was doing and they kissed. He seemed turned off by her innocence and told her that he didn't believe that she was as innocent as she appeared.
Neither of them realized that with their problems they turned to virtual play gaming. They were friends through their games and didn't know it. Gabriel figured it out but kept it to himself. He was hoping that she would eventually turn her friendship into use with an actual person. He wasn't willing to push but let things happen on their own. He was worried about Sara having a relationship with Wolf though because Ysera was supposed to have been arrested but she was free. Wolf had enemies and he was worried about anyone attached to him being in danger as well as Wolf himself. He had enemies that wanted him dead.
Wolf asked Sara on a date and she agreed to go. They didn't make it past their dinner out and he took her home with him. They got carried away and almost had sex. Sara told him that she couldn't go all the way because she needed surgery first. Wolf was abusive in the words he spoke to Sara while they were carrying on. He felt guilty and she went to bed crying. He explained to her later that while they came close to having sex without penetration, she could still end up pregnant. He couldn't believe that she could be as innocent as she was. She was 24 to his 37 and yet she knew so little about the opposite sex. He made her promise to tell him if she ended up pregnant.
He called in a therapist for them both and kept her with him at his ranch for a few days. She agreed to the therapy and he went along too. Neither of them had agreed to continue therapy for their individual problems before this but both wanted a relationship bad enough to give it a real shot this time.
Sara went home and agreed to continue the sessions on Skype and so did Wolf. Sara wasn't home long before she realized that she was indeed pregnant. She was worried and went to see a doctor. She had the surgery she needed to have sex and her doctor also sent her to a cardiologist. She had a heart problem. That doctor put her on medication for high blood pressure but she didn't know what the medication was until later.
Sara was planning on telling Wolf and made arrangements to meet him at the opera. She knew that he was not letting their relationship be open because of Ysera being after him. She was still hurt when he showed up with another blonde and laid it on pretty thick as to liking the woman. Sara ended up not telling Wolf about the pregnancy and went home crying. She didn't know that Ysera had someone at the opera house watching him. Wolf knew.
She went back to Wyoming and hired a woman to stay with her, Amelia. She didn't know that Amelia had been arranged for by her brother. Wolf and her brother's boss also knew her but Sara didn't figure it out. She was a good companion for Sara and they got along well.
Wolf had people watching Sara and he knew that she had been pregnant. Sara had gone to a clinic to see about getting an abortion but couldn't do it. Wolf thought she had the abortion and told Gabriel about it. Gabriel was upset but he was dealing with his own problems. Wolf told Gabriel how much he loved Sara and swore that he would make it right. Wolf then went to Africa and met with Ysera. They met in one of her clubs and she had arranged someone to shoot him while they were talking. She didn't realize that he had a gun with him. The man shot Wolf and Wolf's gun went off. Wolf shot and killed Ysera while the gunshot to Wolf wasn't fatal.
Wolf was flown back to the States and put in the hospital. Sara and Amelia went to see him in the hospital and Sara ended up fainting. She was put in the hospital for the night too. She and Wolf saw each other then next day and within a short time he asked her to marry him. She then told him that she was pregnant. Wolf told her that he wanted her to have surgery so that they could have sex and she told him that she already had. They made love the first night he was out of the hospital. They made arrangements to get married but things changed the next morning.
A story Michelle, their ward, wrote came out in a news broadcast. Gabriel was accused of murdering some women and children overseas. Sara was furious but Gabriel's boss knew that they had waited too long to tell Michelle what Gabriel did for a living.
Wolf and Sara had to fly out to go back to their ranch in Wyoming. They got married when they stopped in Comanche Wells to pick up some things for their trip. Wolf was careful not to let Sara see his computer icons. He wasn't ready to have her deal with knowing about the woman he had been friends with for two years through his online game. He would deal with that later. The woman online knew a lot about him. They hadn't spent much time playing their game together since he had met Sara though. The woman seemed to be distracted herself.
Gabriel managed to call Sara after the news broke and he knew about the story Michelle had written. He told Sara that he never wanted to see Michelle again. Sara called Michelle and chewed her out, telling her what Gabriel had said. She told Gabriel that she was pregnant. She found out that Gabriel had arranged for Amelia to come work for Sara and that her nickname was Guns Grayson.
It was another week later that Gabriel managed to call Sara again. He told Sara that Michelle had been interviewed for TV and had admitted to having found a witness who could prove Gabriel's innocence in the murders. The man responsible had been caught. He was thinking of accepting a job with Interpol but would be home to see her baby. He asked whether it was a boy or a girl but she told him they would all find out when it was born. He suggested that she have twins because the run on both her and Wolf's side of the family.
The journalists went away but it wasn't until the middle of summer and a political scandal in DC had come up. Sara was still worrying about how Wolf really felt about her. He hadn't told her that he was in love with her yet, just how much he wanted her. He had proven that much to her.
Grayson went out one day to buy groceries. They made love when she was gone and they went downstairs to help unload the groceries when Sara collapsed. Wolf was scared to death and took her to the hospital.
The doctors at the hospital told Wolf he was fine. Sara was worried that maybe Wolf didn't really want the baby because he was so upset. He told her that he was more worried about losing her. He could live without children but he couldn't live without her. He told her how much he loved her. He explained to Sara that when he saw Ysera again, Ysera was upset that she couldn't arouse him anymore. She knew there was someone else but she didn't know who it was. Wolf thought he had done more, unrepairable damage to her when he thought she'd had an abortion. He went to see Ysera because he thought he'd lost her and he had nothing to live for anymore. He was going to make sure that she couldn't hurt Sara. Sara was surprised at the depth of his feelings because he had never spoken to her of how he really felt. Sara told him that she loved him and would never leave him. She had never been as happy in her life as she was now.
She went home from the hospital and went online to tell her gaming friend goodbye. He was online too and told her that he had a family now and it was time for him to say goodbye too. He asked her if she would tell her husband she she said she would. He told her that he was going to tell his wife too. Then they signed off. Sara was crying when she closed her computer.
She went to the living room after logging off the game and went to tell Wolf. He was shocked to find out that his gaming friend was his wife. They had each married their best friend. They played together often after that. They were even better at the games and worked together very well.
It wasn't too much longer that Gabriel called to tell Sara that he and Michelle were getting married. He hadn't told Michelle that Sara was pregnant yet. Sara asked him to hold off telling her because of her the issues she was having with the pregnancy.
It wasn't too much longer before Michelle and Gabriel called again to tell her that Michelle was pregnant. She still didn't tell them she was pregnant. Sara delivered twins in mid-February. Wolf was surprised because Sara hadn't told him she was having twins because she didn't want him more worried about her condition. The named the girl Charlotte Amelia after Wolf's grandmother and Amelia (Guns) Grayson. The boy was given Wolf's middle name and Sara's father's name, Dane Marshall Patterson.
Gabriel and Michelle came to visit just as she was bringing the twins home from the hospital. She was surprised that she hadn't been told that Sara was pregnant. Michelle was pretty big herself by now. Sara told her that it was because of Michelle's own problems that they hadn't told her. Michelle said that she'd just had irritable bowel syndrome and the only problem she had now as heartburn. She was going to be fine. Wolf commented that their marriage would never end in divorce. Sara told him that theirs wouldn't either.
They got into an argument about who ran into who when the first met. Neither would admit to being at fault. Sara was making a smoothie and it ended up all over Wolf. Amelia met him on his way to clean up in the bathroom and he told her never to upset Sara when she was around a blender. Amelia just laughed and continued on into the kitchen.
September 26, 2014
I read my way through my town’s library as a child and many others since. My reading could be best described as voracious and eclectic, but my favourite reading palate cleanser is still romance novels, even more so when I’m ill and want something lovely to think about other than being ill. Perhaps I’m trying to find romance or love without the pain that comes with it. This may need deeper analysis, or none at all.
Some romances are taken seriously, others aren’t, when really, all romances are about the same things: finding love, losing love, fear of losing love, hope of finding love…what’s the pattern here? Love.
What’s the difference between a classic romance
and ‘trashy’ romance novels?
Jane Eyre, Northanger Abbey,
Anna Karenina, Persuasion,
Outlander, Wuthering Heights,
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Stardust,
The Notebook, Mansfield Park,
The Tale of Genji, Doctor Zhivago,
A Room with a View,
Sense and Sensibility,
Romance of the Forest,
Gone With The Wind,
North and South,
Pride and Prejudice, versus
A Rogue By Any Other Name,
Invincible, Stormy Persuasion,
Hard to Handle, The Pirate Lord,
Much Ado About You, Protector,
Pride and Pleasure, Love Overdue,
Wyoming Strong, I Adored A Lord,
Texas Born, A Scandal to Remember,
The Cowboy and the Lady,
How to Romance a Rake,
Noble Intentions,
Reforming A Rake,
A Seduction at Christmas, which I have to assume involves wrapping paper…
I guess the differences are: timing, marketing, perception, bias, and maybe luck. Fabio covers aside, the industry has changed. Romance sells and continues to evolve: Historical, Contemporary, Regency, Gothic, Erotica, Paranormal, Steampunk, Fantasy, Suspense, Mystery, Futuristic…the sky’s the limit.
Diana Palmer (aka Susan Kyle) is a prolific romance writer who weaves delightful stories of love, but her books are actually more about: history, law enforcement, murder, mercenaries, gaming, the environment, social values, and a whole passel of cowboys.
When I was reading Ms. Palmer’s latest books, Invincible and Wyoming Strong (HQN), borrowed courtesy of Netgalley.com for the great price of an honest review, I was reminded again how this ex-journalist can skilfully compose not only remarkable characters, but stories that entertain and enlighten.
A little melodramatic, sure, but isn’t that the point? The drama, suspense, tension, wondering whether the hero and heroine will get together in the end? It would be a boring if they met, fell in love and lived happily ever after. There needs to be conflict and obstacles so the main characters change and grow throughout the story.
Palmer is exceptional at crafting deeply flawed, but wonderful characters. Not perfect people whose eyes meet across a crowded room; they’ve survived trauma and hardship and have found that love isn’t always perfect, or convenient, or easy, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be wonderful. They’re damaged in various ways, as R.E.M. famously crooned, Everybody Hurts Sometimes, but life doesn’t stop and neither does love…On a plane, on a train, in a boat, in the rain…In a house, with a louse. In a tree? Let it be. Aliens invaded, or your looks have faded. Mind scarred by trauma, life full of drama. Surrounded by the undead, or your children waiting to be fed. Your heart has Humpty Dumpty shattered, like it never really mattered. Yet you may find love here or there, you may find love anywhere.
The point, whatever you read or whomever you love, tolerance might be the key to saving us all; it’s fairly clear intolerance is doing us in.
http://yadadarcyyada.com/2014/09/25/e...
Some romances are taken seriously, others aren’t, when really, all romances are about the same things: finding love, losing love, fear of losing love, hope of finding love…what’s the pattern here? Love.
What’s the difference between a classic romance
and ‘trashy’ romance novels?
Jane Eyre, Northanger Abbey,
Anna Karenina, Persuasion,
Outlander, Wuthering Heights,
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Stardust,
The Notebook, Mansfield Park,
The Tale of Genji, Doctor Zhivago,
A Room with a View,
Sense and Sensibility,
Romance of the Forest,
Gone With The Wind,
North and South,
Pride and Prejudice, versus
A Rogue By Any Other Name,
Invincible, Stormy Persuasion,
Hard to Handle, The Pirate Lord,
Much Ado About You, Protector,
Pride and Pleasure, Love Overdue,
Wyoming Strong, I Adored A Lord,
Texas Born, A Scandal to Remember,
The Cowboy and the Lady,
How to Romance a Rake,
Noble Intentions,
Reforming A Rake,
A Seduction at Christmas, which I have to assume involves wrapping paper…
I guess the differences are: timing, marketing, perception, bias, and maybe luck. Fabio covers aside, the industry has changed. Romance sells and continues to evolve: Historical, Contemporary, Regency, Gothic, Erotica, Paranormal, Steampunk, Fantasy, Suspense, Mystery, Futuristic…the sky’s the limit.
Diana Palmer (aka Susan Kyle) is a prolific romance writer who weaves delightful stories of love, but her books are actually more about: history, law enforcement, murder, mercenaries, gaming, the environment, social values, and a whole passel of cowboys.
When I was reading Ms. Palmer’s latest books, Invincible and Wyoming Strong (HQN), borrowed courtesy of Netgalley.com for the great price of an honest review, I was reminded again how this ex-journalist can skilfully compose not only remarkable characters, but stories that entertain and enlighten.
A little melodramatic, sure, but isn’t that the point? The drama, suspense, tension, wondering whether the hero and heroine will get together in the end? It would be a boring if they met, fell in love and lived happily ever after. There needs to be conflict and obstacles so the main characters change and grow throughout the story.
Palmer is exceptional at crafting deeply flawed, but wonderful characters. Not perfect people whose eyes meet across a crowded room; they’ve survived trauma and hardship and have found that love isn’t always perfect, or convenient, or easy, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be wonderful. They’re damaged in various ways, as R.E.M. famously crooned, Everybody Hurts Sometimes, but life doesn’t stop and neither does love…On a plane, on a train, in a boat, in the rain…In a house, with a louse. In a tree? Let it be. Aliens invaded, or your looks have faded. Mind scarred by trauma, life full of drama. Surrounded by the undead, or your children waiting to be fed. Your heart has Humpty Dumpty shattered, like it never really mattered. Yet you may find love here or there, you may find love anywhere.
The point, whatever you read or whomever you love, tolerance might be the key to saving us all; it’s fairly clear intolerance is doing us in.
http://yadadarcyyada.com/2014/09/25/e...
September 26, 2014
Resenha em português e inglês / Review in Portuguese and English
ARC recebido via Netgalley para resenha honesta / ARC received from Netgalley to honest review
Nós conhecemos Wolf e Sara no livro Texas Born. O casal está ligados ao personagem Gabriel, ela é irmã dele e ele é amigo e colega mercenário.
Sara e Wolf tem um ódio a primeira vista e passam a se antagonizar cada vez que se encontram. As cenas são realmente hilárias.
O herói é tipico da autora sendo um ogro, malandro e mulherengo e a heroína uma inocente e virgem.
Sara sofreu abuso do padrasto dela e nunca se recuperou do trauma. Ela é uma mulher linda, mas cheia de inseguranças e atormentada pelo passado.
Wolf é traumatizado por um caso de amor com uma mulher cruel e abusiva que usava sexo para controlar ele. Esta mulher do passado é parecida fisicamente com Sara.
A autora nos brinda com cenas muito boas onde o herói projeta suas frustrações e traumas na heroína enquanto ela tenta proteger o coração e a sanidade mental dela.
Temos a participação de personagens secundários muito interessantes e nossa querida Barbara tem um pretendente.
Eu adoro a Barbara e torço muito por ela!
A autora continua engajando os personagens no jogo World os Warcraft e eu achei legal, mas demais fica chato.
Nós temos cenas de ação e romance e nossa psicóloga favorita tem participação. Isso mesmo, ela é aquela que cria cobras como animal de estimação e que tratou da saúde mental de Colby Lane!
Como fã da autora eu fiquei satisfeita com a leitura e gostei muito! Recomendo para as leitoras que curtem a autora e suas histórias de homens brutos que são domados por doces heroínas.
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We know Wolf and Sara in the book Texas Born. The couple are linked to the character Gabriel, she is his sister and he's friend and fellow mercenary.
Sara and Wolf has a hatred at first sight and pass to antagonize each time they meet. The scenes are really hilarious.
The hero is typical of the author being an ogre, jerk and womanizer and the heroine an innocent and Virgin.
Sara suffered abuse from her stepfather and never recovered from the trauma. She is a beautiful woman, but full of insecurities and tormented by the past.
Wolf is traumatized by a love affair with a cruel and abusive woman who used sex to control him. This woman from the past is like physically with Sara.
The author provides us with very good scenes where the hero casts his frustrations and traumas on heroin while she tries to protect her heart and her mental health.
We have the participation of secondary characters very interesting and our dear Barbara has a suitor.
I love Barbara and I'm rooting for her!
The author continues engaging the characters in the game World of Warcraft and I thought it was cool, but too much is annoying.
We have action scenes and romance and our favorite psychologist's participation. That's right, she is the one who creates snakes as pets and that dealt with the mental health of Colby Lane!
As a fan of the author I was satisfied with reading and really enjoyed it! Recommend to the readers who enjoy the author and their stories of rude men that are tamed by sweet heroines.
ARC recebido via Netgalley para resenha honesta / ARC received from Netgalley to honest review
Nós conhecemos Wolf e Sara no livro Texas Born. O casal está ligados ao personagem Gabriel, ela é irmã dele e ele é amigo e colega mercenário.
Sara e Wolf tem um ódio a primeira vista e passam a se antagonizar cada vez que se encontram. As cenas são realmente hilárias.
O herói é tipico da autora sendo um ogro, malandro e mulherengo e a heroína uma inocente e virgem.
Sara sofreu abuso do padrasto dela e nunca se recuperou do trauma. Ela é uma mulher linda, mas cheia de inseguranças e atormentada pelo passado.
Wolf é traumatizado por um caso de amor com uma mulher cruel e abusiva que usava sexo para controlar ele. Esta mulher do passado é parecida fisicamente com Sara.
A autora nos brinda com cenas muito boas onde o herói projeta suas frustrações e traumas na heroína enquanto ela tenta proteger o coração e a sanidade mental dela.
Temos a participação de personagens secundários muito interessantes e nossa querida Barbara tem um pretendente.
Eu adoro a Barbara e torço muito por ela!
A autora continua engajando os personagens no jogo World os Warcraft e eu achei legal, mas demais fica chato.
Nós temos cenas de ação e romance e nossa psicóloga favorita tem participação. Isso mesmo, ela é aquela que cria cobras como animal de estimação e que tratou da saúde mental de Colby Lane!
Como fã da autora eu fiquei satisfeita com a leitura e gostei muito! Recomendo para as leitoras que curtem a autora e suas histórias de homens brutos que são domados por doces heroínas.
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We know Wolf and Sara in the book Texas Born. The couple are linked to the character Gabriel, she is his sister and he's friend and fellow mercenary.
Sara and Wolf has a hatred at first sight and pass to antagonize each time they meet. The scenes are really hilarious.
The hero is typical of the author being an ogre, jerk and womanizer and the heroine an innocent and Virgin.
Sara suffered abuse from her stepfather and never recovered from the trauma. She is a beautiful woman, but full of insecurities and tormented by the past.
Wolf is traumatized by a love affair with a cruel and abusive woman who used sex to control him. This woman from the past is like physically with Sara.
The author provides us with very good scenes where the hero casts his frustrations and traumas on heroin while she tries to protect her heart and her mental health.
We have the participation of secondary characters very interesting and our dear Barbara has a suitor.
I love Barbara and I'm rooting for her!
The author continues engaging the characters in the game World of Warcraft and I thought it was cool, but too much is annoying.
We have action scenes and romance and our favorite psychologist's participation. That's right, she is the one who creates snakes as pets and that dealt with the mental health of Colby Lane!
As a fan of the author I was satisfied with reading and really enjoyed it! Recommend to the readers who enjoy the author and their stories of rude men that are tamed by sweet heroines.
November 2, 2014
Lots of Pain and Angst...But Ends in Love
The story of two people who fight and argue and then, of course, fall in love. The characters in this book are both scarred by the past and manage to claw and hurt one another but manage to find the way to love.
THE STORY: Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon met when they were involved in a fender bender. The two got off on the wrong foot and have been at odds ever since. Wolf is tormented by the betrayal of a woman he loved who taunted him and then tricked him into killing innocent people. He doesn't trust women. Sara was almost raped by her stepfather at age 13 and is fearful of men as a result. She has filled her life with travel and activities but doesn't trust men. These two damaged people were enemies from the start. What they don't know is that they are best friends online and have been for years. They both play World of Warcraft and have worked together and talked through issues without knowing their true identities. The question is how much pain will the two inflict on one another before they realize they are meant for one another.
OPINION: I really like angst filled stories and this one has plenty of angst and drama. Wolf is a complete jerk to Sara. He hurts her tremendously but that is where the healing for these two characters begins. I liked that Wolf is not cured but rather the two begin counseling. The story is a bit overdramatic, but is enjoyable. I really liked Wolf and Sara and enjoyed how they change one another's life for the better despite the fact that they come from a place of hurting one another. The writing is clean and quick moving. The book is not at the level of some of the great romance novels, but for Diana Palmer, this is one of her better efforts.
WORTH MENTIONING: Diana Palmer has a couple of tried and true character archetypes and storylines that she populates with intriguing personalities. Fans of Diana Palmer will recognize her storytelling techniques. Sometimes her books can seem repetitive, but I enjoy them anyways.
FINAL DECISION: I liked sss book because I really enjoy the angst filled stories where two deeply hurt people break free of the past through love.
CONNECTED BOOKS: This book is book four of the Wyoming Men series, however, it is only tangentially related to those books and is actually better described as the sequel to TEXAS BORN which tells the story of Sara's brother and his ward. That book's timeline overlaps with this one.
STAR RATING: I give this book 4.25 stars.
The story of two people who fight and argue and then, of course, fall in love. The characters in this book are both scarred by the past and manage to claw and hurt one another but manage to find the way to love.
THE STORY: Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon met when they were involved in a fender bender. The two got off on the wrong foot and have been at odds ever since. Wolf is tormented by the betrayal of a woman he loved who taunted him and then tricked him into killing innocent people. He doesn't trust women. Sara was almost raped by her stepfather at age 13 and is fearful of men as a result. She has filled her life with travel and activities but doesn't trust men. These two damaged people were enemies from the start. What they don't know is that they are best friends online and have been for years. They both play World of Warcraft and have worked together and talked through issues without knowing their true identities. The question is how much pain will the two inflict on one another before they realize they are meant for one another.
OPINION: I really like angst filled stories and this one has plenty of angst and drama. Wolf is a complete jerk to Sara. He hurts her tremendously but that is where the healing for these two characters begins. I liked that Wolf is not cured but rather the two begin counseling. The story is a bit overdramatic, but is enjoyable. I really liked Wolf and Sara and enjoyed how they change one another's life for the better despite the fact that they come from a place of hurting one another. The writing is clean and quick moving. The book is not at the level of some of the great romance novels, but for Diana Palmer, this is one of her better efforts.
WORTH MENTIONING: Diana Palmer has a couple of tried and true character archetypes and storylines that she populates with intriguing personalities. Fans of Diana Palmer will recognize her storytelling techniques. Sometimes her books can seem repetitive, but I enjoy them anyways.
FINAL DECISION: I liked sss book because I really enjoy the angst filled stories where two deeply hurt people break free of the past through love.
CONNECTED BOOKS: This book is book four of the Wyoming Men series, however, it is only tangentially related to those books and is actually better described as the sequel to TEXAS BORN which tells the story of Sara's brother and his ward. That book's timeline overlaps with this one.
STAR RATING: I give this book 4.25 stars.
June 13, 2015
Palmer’s vivid yet realistic and down to earth writing drew me in from the beginning. Her style and approachability allows you to enter this story and picture it quite easily. Palmer packs a great deal of controversy into this novel. Whether I fully agree with her ideas and take on it or not, she does make it believable and allows readers to see how it works for her characters. I will admit, however, the fact that this book is called Wyoming Strong and the bulk of it takes place in Texas did throw me for a loop. By the end of the story it all makes sense, but throughout I found myself questioning it repeatedly.
I had a love-hate relationship with these characters. There were parts of them that I loved and other parts that had me questioning their sanity, repeatedly. The tension, animosity and fireworks between the main characters jump off the page at you. You simply can’t escape it and it makes their relationship feasible. The WoW and online gaming aspects of the main characters was a nice twist. I thoroughly enjoyed it, for the most part. The secrecy involved in something so trivial was a bit odd.
Overall this was a very enjoyable book. I personally found that it was missing that little something that made Palmer’s other Wyoming books unforgettable, but it was still a good read in and of itself.
Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.
I had a love-hate relationship with these characters. There were parts of them that I loved and other parts that had me questioning their sanity, repeatedly. The tension, animosity and fireworks between the main characters jump off the page at you. You simply can’t escape it and it makes their relationship feasible. The WoW and online gaming aspects of the main characters was a nice twist. I thoroughly enjoyed it, for the most part. The secrecy involved in something so trivial was a bit odd.
Overall this was a very enjoyable book. I personally found that it was missing that little something that made Palmer’s other Wyoming books unforgettable, but it was still a good read in and of itself.
Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.
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