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Blemished Brides #1
In His Eyes
Carefree and strong-willed, Katherine Montgomery is the daughter of a successful Montana horse rancher. When a tragic accident claims her father’s life, Katherine is left to deal with an overbearing mother whose agenda does not include a young daughter. Fate deals her another devastating blow, leaving her to face an uncertain future far away from everything and everyone she’s loved.
Trace Hawley used to push the limits of the law, and no one was going to plan his future for him. The death of the man who always had his back leaves him to finally face responsibility. The promises he made a decade ago have shaped him into the man he is today, and will bring him face to face with the one girl from his past he always tried to avoid.
After a ten year absence, Katherine returns to the ranch she once loved to discover the shocking reason her mother summoned her home. Surprised to find Trace still at the ranch, her childhood infatuation grows into something far stronger as he challenges her to lead the life she once wanted, but seems to have forgotten. When Katherine is forced to make a choice between saving her father’s dreams or following her own, Trace might be the only one who holds the key to both.
***Content Warning: This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situations including physical intimacy, and is intended for mature readers.
Trace Hawley used to push the limits of the law, and no one was going to plan his future for him. The death of the man who always had his back leaves him to finally face responsibility. The promises he made a decade ago have shaped him into the man he is today, and will bring him face to face with the one girl from his past he always tried to avoid.
After a ten year absence, Katherine returns to the ranch she once loved to discover the shocking reason her mother summoned her home. Surprised to find Trace still at the ranch, her childhood infatuation grows into something far stronger as he challenges her to lead the life she once wanted, but seems to have forgotten. When Katherine is forced to make a choice between saving her father’s dreams or following her own, Trace might be the only one who holds the key to both.
***Content Warning: This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situations including physical intimacy, and is intended for mature readers.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 25, 2015
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About the author
Peggy L. Henderson
74 books323 followersI never thought I'd be a writer, much less publish a book some day. I always wanted to be a veterinarian. I guess life just had other plans for me. When my husband and I decided to start a family, vet school pretty much went out the window. I used to work with a vet who had three children while going through vet school. To this day, she is my hero.
I live with my husband and two teenage sons in southern California. I have a Welsh pony and a miniature horse (down-sized from a barn of six horses). A crazy Labrador retriever who is a food vacuum, three cats, two parakeets, four bearded dragons (my compromise with my sons when they wanted a snake), and a small flock of chickens complete our menagerie of critters. I can’t imagine my life without my animals. My dream is to live in Montana some day.
Four years ago, I began writing a story that, for whatever reason, was stuck in my head for almost a year. I have been an avid romance reader for a long time, and the idea took hold to - why not? - write my own! What a simple idea, right?
It has been a long and difficult journey from my first sentence to a completed, and hopefully polished, manuscript. Today, I have a completed series of 5 books and a novella in what I called The Yellowstone Romance Series, two books in my new Second Chances Time Travel Romance Series, and I am currently working on the final book in a trilogy set in the Grand Tetons.
I live with my husband and two teenage sons in southern California. I have a Welsh pony and a miniature horse (down-sized from a barn of six horses). A crazy Labrador retriever who is a food vacuum, three cats, two parakeets, four bearded dragons (my compromise with my sons when they wanted a snake), and a small flock of chickens complete our menagerie of critters. I can’t imagine my life without my animals. My dream is to live in Montana some day.
Four years ago, I began writing a story that, for whatever reason, was stuck in my head for almost a year. I have been an avid romance reader for a long time, and the idea took hold to - why not? - write my own! What a simple idea, right?
It has been a long and difficult journey from my first sentence to a completed, and hopefully polished, manuscript. Today, I have a completed series of 5 books and a novella in what I called The Yellowstone Romance Series, two books in my new Second Chances Time Travel Romance Series, and I am currently working on the final book in a trilogy set in the Grand Tetons.
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December 4, 2016
++SPOILERS++
Pretty good for a freebie.
I haven't been in the mood for writing detailed reviews lately, so I'm going to be pretty basic.
Decent read, although a bit repetittive. The antagonist was well crafted and believable, not too cartoonish.
I could have done without the constant imagery of how the heroine caught the hero (when young) kissing another girl.. I mean once was enough already.
There was good conflict which kept this a page turner, and I read it in a few hours. It was disappointing not having any sex scenes.. but it was sweet enough to make up for it.
I would recommend it.
100% safe. Unknown of hero's past with women.. nothing detailed except him kissing another when young.
Pretty good for a freebie.
I haven't been in the mood for writing detailed reviews lately, so I'm going to be pretty basic.
Decent read, although a bit repetittive. The antagonist was well crafted and believable, not too cartoonish.
I could have done without the constant imagery of how the heroine caught the hero (when young) kissing another girl.. I mean once was enough already.
There was good conflict which kept this a page turner, and I read it in a few hours. It was disappointing not having any sex scenes.. but it was sweet enough to make up for it.
I would recommend it.
100% safe. Unknown of hero's past with women.. nothing detailed except him kissing another when young.
April 1, 2016
I’ve read and quite thoroughly enjoyed four of this author’s previous books so I was looking forward to reading the first book, In His Eyes in her newest Blemished Bride series.
Alas, it didn’t deliver nearly as much as the other books for this here Western reader and it was even more disappointing for the enjoyment I got with her earlier books. I liked the start of the book and was thinking she had another winner, but then it kind of fizzled out
Katherine Montgomery had been sent away from her Montana ranch home ten years previously by her evil mother who was more interested in her new husband than she was in her daughter. Evil mother has summoned Katherine home after those ten years with very little contact between them and Katherine doesn’t know why
Trace Hawley who had worked for her father and was the young man she left behind. She’d had a strong girl crush on him, the brother of her best friend, but Trace just found her annoying, constantly underfoot and she was just a pest. Years later, she comes back and he is still working on the ranch, they meet again and now things are different. She is older and beautiful and not the pesky best friend of his sister I can picture this dynamic so clearly and it was a wonderful set up for the story. But once we got to know the story, it didn’t even come close to living up to its promise.
Trace was boring, a deadly sin in a romance novel. He started off not too bad but then whatever personality he seemed to have at the start of the story got lost somewhere and I just wasn’t that into him. If I’d been a beta reader I would have told the author that a few ain’ts and a reckon here and there do not a cowboy make. When Katherine was young she was a pest, but now that she’s grown up, he’s suddenly in love with her? It just didn’t gel. We were “told” this without the ‘feel’ of it. Because he was very fond of her father and felt a sense of guilt because of his death, he felt a sense of responsibility towards Katherine, but I just didn’t feel anything past that, no building of love between the two.
And Katherine has a disability. I’m not going to say what as it would be a spoiler, but I just had a hard time with the fact it didn’t seem to be an issue for her. I think that something like what she has would be more physically limiting but it isn’t.
Added to that is the fact that she knows her mother is evil, has known it for years, yet she seems to buy right into her evil mother’s plans for her with very little to no protest whatsoever. This happens a few times and I found it frustrating. She and Trace’s sister were supposedly best friends and while I could understand how her evil mother kept them apart when she first shipped Katherine away, when she comes back home, there is no sense of renewed friendship. They were supposedly besties when they were young and almost inseparable, yet they barely spend time together now, and considering there is a relationship building, though not feelingly, between her bestie’s brother and her, it doesn’t make sense there is no closeness or bonding.
And the evil mother is over the top evil to the point to the point of cartoonish. I know there are bad and evil mothers, but she was written as uber-evil. She ignored the fact that Katherine’s step father tried to abuse her, she screamed at staff, she constantly lied about everything. She was way too much of a Snydleyetta Whiplash.
This book started out great as a 4 but faded fast and ended a 2. So I averaged and I’m giving it a 3. I have the next book in this series and I sure hope it’s more of a return the books I loved by this author.
Alas, it didn’t deliver nearly as much as the other books for this here Western reader and it was even more disappointing for the enjoyment I got with her earlier books. I liked the start of the book and was thinking she had another winner, but then it kind of fizzled out
Katherine Montgomery had been sent away from her Montana ranch home ten years previously by her evil mother who was more interested in her new husband than she was in her daughter. Evil mother has summoned Katherine home after those ten years with very little contact between them and Katherine doesn’t know why
Trace Hawley who had worked for her father and was the young man she left behind. She’d had a strong girl crush on him, the brother of her best friend, but Trace just found her annoying, constantly underfoot and she was just a pest. Years later, she comes back and he is still working on the ranch, they meet again and now things are different. She is older and beautiful and not the pesky best friend of his sister I can picture this dynamic so clearly and it was a wonderful set up for the story. But once we got to know the story, it didn’t even come close to living up to its promise.
Trace was boring, a deadly sin in a romance novel. He started off not too bad but then whatever personality he seemed to have at the start of the story got lost somewhere and I just wasn’t that into him. If I’d been a beta reader I would have told the author that a few ain’ts and a reckon here and there do not a cowboy make. When Katherine was young she was a pest, but now that she’s grown up, he’s suddenly in love with her? It just didn’t gel. We were “told” this without the ‘feel’ of it. Because he was very fond of her father and felt a sense of guilt because of his death, he felt a sense of responsibility towards Katherine, but I just didn’t feel anything past that, no building of love between the two.
And Katherine has a disability. I’m not going to say what as it would be a spoiler, but I just had a hard time with the fact it didn’t seem to be an issue for her. I think that something like what she has would be more physically limiting but it isn’t.
Added to that is the fact that she knows her mother is evil, has known it for years, yet she seems to buy right into her evil mother’s plans for her with very little to no protest whatsoever. This happens a few times and I found it frustrating. She and Trace’s sister were supposedly best friends and while I could understand how her evil mother kept them apart when she first shipped Katherine away, when she comes back home, there is no sense of renewed friendship. They were supposedly besties when they were young and almost inseparable, yet they barely spend time together now, and considering there is a relationship building, though not feelingly, between her bestie’s brother and her, it doesn’t make sense there is no closeness or bonding.
And the evil mother is over the top evil to the point to the point of cartoonish. I know there are bad and evil mothers, but she was written as uber-evil. She ignored the fact that Katherine’s step father tried to abuse her, she screamed at staff, she constantly lied about everything. She was way too much of a Snydleyetta Whiplash.
This book started out great as a 4 but faded fast and ended a 2. So I averaged and I’m giving it a 3. I have the next book in this series and I sure hope it’s more of a return the books I loved by this author.
June 1, 2016
This is the first book I have read by Peggy L. Henderson and I must say I enjoyed it very much. The storyline was very interesting and kept me engaged in the story. Her main characters, Trace and Katie, were very well developed and believable. I felt very connected to Katie especially. She was a remarkable woman who didn't let her handicap keep her from living her life as she chose to. This is a very sweet romance with implied sexual content, but nothing explicit. The ending was very unexpected, but as a reader, left me satisfied. I can't wait to read the next one in the series. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a clean, sweet romance.
March 2, 2019
I really enjoyed this story.
Mrs. Rodgers, although well meaning, couldn't see past Katherine's disability.
She didn't allow her to reach her full potential.
Every time Chantal, Katherine's mother, opened her mouth I could just imagine people looking to the sky to see if someone would drop a house on her. I was glad to see that the vile woman ended up in the prison that she spent her life building brick by brick by her own actions.
Trace saw Katherine as a person first and helped her find her inner strength. I was so happy to watch their
relationship grow.
Mrs. Rodgers, although well meaning, couldn't see past Katherine's disability.
She didn't allow her to reach her full potential.
Every time Chantal, Katherine's mother, opened her mouth I could just imagine people looking to the sky to see if someone would drop a house on her. I was glad to see that the vile woman ended up in the prison that she spent her life building brick by brick by her own actions.
Trace saw Katherine as a person first and helped her find her inner strength. I was so happy to watch their
relationship grow.
February 26, 2015
Trace and Katherine's story is beautiful and full of excitement and a few unexpected surprises. It had me laughing and crying and I didn't want it to end.
This first book in Ms Henderson's new series is wonderful. it has so much emotions of warmth, bitterness, betrayal and of course love. The story is one you can't put down and full of energy.
I can't wait for the other books in this new series to come out. Highly recommend this book!
This first book in Ms Henderson's new series is wonderful. it has so much emotions of warmth, bitterness, betrayal and of course love. The story is one you can't put down and full of energy.
I can't wait for the other books in this new series to come out. Highly recommend this book!
January 2, 2016
Great read!!
Fantastic book, I loved it so much I didn't want to put it down. I can wait to read the next book in the series!!
Fantastic book, I loved it so much I didn't want to put it down. I can wait to read the next book in the series!!
November 20, 2016
Great book
November 24, 2017
A tough one to review adequately without revealing spoilers. Katherine Montgomery (Katie) is mysteriously summoned back to her home ranch after a decade in New York. She is dealing with not one major blemish but two. Trace Hawley, the son of the ranch foreman, has also been charged with fulfilling a promise from the dying owner of the ranch and it definitely involves Katie. Because of a profound disability, Katie has been sheltered for the past ten years but Trace no longer sees the young girl who followed him around pestered him but a beautiful young woman. The story plot increases with complexity, intensity, and romance right up to its dramatic conclusion. Heroic Trace sees right past Katie's disability, unlike everyone else, which gives Katie confidence in resuming the life she once loved on the ranch. This is a fine story, full of heart and hope.
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January 27, 2015
A Beautifully Written Love Story!
I was so excited to get this first book in Peggy l Henderson's new series Blemished Brides. I loved it from beginning to the end. So different from the Yellowstone and time travel series which I also love, but it just shows what a talented writer she is. Her love and knowledge of all things that involves horses shows up in this book and adds wonderfully to the story. After a ten year absence from her father's ranch after his death, Katherine, our sweet and lovely heroine has come home. But she is not the same outgoing girl Trace remembers from when they were young children growing up on her father's horse ranch. Trace, the ranch foreman at Red Cliff, working hard to fulfill his dreams of having a horse run in the Kentucky Derby and to keep a promise to Katherine's father before he died, makes a wonderful hero. Always ready with a teasing remark, it takes a little while until he sees what is in front of him and than you see the loving and supportive side of him come out. Lots of twists and turns with wonderful supportive characters and a few bad ones to keep you wondering how this is all going to end. This is a book written with loving sensitivity and I highly recommend it. Very well done Peggy! Looking forward to the next book in this new and wonderful series, In His Touch. JudyE
I was so excited to get this first book in Peggy l Henderson's new series Blemished Brides. I loved it from beginning to the end. So different from the Yellowstone and time travel series which I also love, but it just shows what a talented writer she is. Her love and knowledge of all things that involves horses shows up in this book and adds wonderfully to the story. After a ten year absence from her father's ranch after his death, Katherine, our sweet and lovely heroine has come home. But she is not the same outgoing girl Trace remembers from when they were young children growing up on her father's horse ranch. Trace, the ranch foreman at Red Cliff, working hard to fulfill his dreams of having a horse run in the Kentucky Derby and to keep a promise to Katherine's father before he died, makes a wonderful hero. Always ready with a teasing remark, it takes a little while until he sees what is in front of him and than you see the loving and supportive side of him come out. Lots of twists and turns with wonderful supportive characters and a few bad ones to keep you wondering how this is all going to end. This is a book written with loving sensitivity and I highly recommend it. Very well done Peggy! Looking forward to the next book in this new and wonderful series, In His Touch. JudyE
May 2, 2017
Cute story..
This was really cute story but I have no idea why this warning was attached to it, "This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situations including physical intimacy, and in intended for mature readers." The word hell was used a few times and Trace punched Sebastian in the nose, that's it for the violence and if I remember correctly there was just a short, boring, nothing to speak of, love scene. For all of you that hate sex in your books you'd probably be fine with this book. That's why it only got 4 stars. I really don't like G-rated books. I really don't care if there's sex but give me some tension, some desire, or it becomes a really dull story. She's had some other books that haven't been as dull as this one.
Both Trace and Katie were a great twosome but she was somewhat of a weakling when it came to her "blemish" in the beginning but she did have a big change when Trace entered her life again. I liked Sally and Mrs. Rodgers, too. But, OMG, how I hated Chantal, Katie's mother. And she almost got all that she deserved. What an absolute witch.
This was really cute story but I have no idea why this warning was attached to it, "This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situations including physical intimacy, and in intended for mature readers." The word hell was used a few times and Trace punched Sebastian in the nose, that's it for the violence and if I remember correctly there was just a short, boring, nothing to speak of, love scene. For all of you that hate sex in your books you'd probably be fine with this book. That's why it only got 4 stars. I really don't like G-rated books. I really don't care if there's sex but give me some tension, some desire, or it becomes a really dull story. She's had some other books that haven't been as dull as this one.
Both Trace and Katie were a great twosome but she was somewhat of a weakling when it came to her "blemish" in the beginning but she did have a big change when Trace entered her life again. I liked Sally and Mrs. Rodgers, too. But, OMG, how I hated Chantal, Katie's mother. And she almost got all that she deserved. What an absolute witch.
October 12, 2016
his new series is a departure from the mountain men and time travel romances that we are accustomed to from Peggy Henderson. However I can guarantee that readers will enjoy this book just as much.
The story of Trace and Katherine takes place on a Montana horse ranch in the 1880s. It is slower and more gentle, but there is still plenty of excitement, romance and, of course, a happy ending. As always Peggy's love of horses and the Montana countryside shines through, and you are transported right there by the vivid description of the sights, sounds and sensations.
Trace and Katherine knew each other as teenagers and now meet again as adults. Both they and their circumstances have changed and this leads to a beautifully sweet love story as they rediscover themselves and each other.
I'm now looking forward to the rest of the series.
The story of Trace and Katherine takes place on a Montana horse ranch in the 1880s. It is slower and more gentle, but there is still plenty of excitement, romance and, of course, a happy ending. As always Peggy's love of horses and the Montana countryside shines through, and you are transported right there by the vivid description of the sights, sounds and sensations.
Trace and Katherine knew each other as teenagers and now meet again as adults. Both they and their circumstances have changed and this leads to a beautifully sweet love story as they rediscover themselves and each other.
I'm now looking forward to the rest of the series.
September 5, 2017
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You will find unexpected twists and turns in this western romance, when a ranch daughter returns after being whisked away from her home 12 years before.
The story was well written and the characters developed nicely. The combination of courage, strength, and hope exhibited; helped weave a very entertaining story.
This book is able to stand on its own, which is a great thing.
In case you missed the content warning like i did, here it is: ***Content Warning: This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situation as including physical intimacy, and is intended for mature readers. ***
You will find unexpected twists and turns in this western romance, when a ranch daughter returns after being whisked away from her home 12 years before.
The story was well written and the characters developed nicely. The combination of courage, strength, and hope exhibited; helped weave a very entertaining story.
This book is able to stand on its own, which is a great thing.
In case you missed the content warning like i did, here it is: ***Content Warning: This book contains mild language, mild violence, and adult situation as including physical intimacy, and is intended for mature readers. ***
August 27, 2015
This is a heartwarming tale that had big dreams that seemed impossible after the death of a beloved father then left a girl unprotected, injured, betrayed and banished by her mother.
Ten years later Katherine was summoned home to be a pawn in her mother's machinations and finds a champion in the once bad boy who use to bristle at her tomboy behaviour.
Tray now is well known & respected in horse breeding circles & has put up with so much from his employers to fulfil promises to a dying man.
Makes me wonder what provisions were made for the blind 150 years ago.
Ten years later Katherine was summoned home to be a pawn in her mother's machinations and finds a champion in the once bad boy who use to bristle at her tomboy behaviour.
Tray now is well known & respected in horse breeding circles & has put up with so much from his employers to fulfil promises to a dying man.
Makes me wonder what provisions were made for the blind 150 years ago.
May 27, 2016
A very good book with a twist. Highly recommend this book. There was nothing spectacular about the book but it is one you don’t want to put down. It was an excellent story line that will keep your interest and attention. The ending was expected, it just didn’t get there in the way you think it will.
The warning only applies if you find it offensive that two married people would go skinny dipping together and it is mentioned someone got killed. I don’t remember the mild language so it couldn’t have been that bad.
The warning only applies if you find it offensive that two married people would go skinny dipping together and it is mentioned someone got killed. I don’t remember the mild language so it couldn’t have been that bad.
June 10, 2016
Great Story
Great story about a character who had a life-changing incident with the potential to scar her bot physically and emotionally. Her character was well-written, especially as she overcame her challenges to be more like the person she was in her youth. I like how the author kept back details and wrote in some twists that added to the suspense and kept me guessing about elements of the story. There was also a good message worked into the plot regarding being helpful without being suffocating.
Great story about a character who had a life-changing incident with the potential to scar her bot physically and emotionally. Her character was well-written, especially as she overcame her challenges to be more like the person she was in her youth. I like how the author kept back details and wrote in some twists that added to the suspense and kept me guessing about elements of the story. There was also a good message worked into the plot regarding being helpful without being suffocating.
June 2, 2016
In His Eyes is my first book by Peggy L Henderson. This is a well written historical western romance. Ms Henderson has gifted us with amazing characters. Katie and Trace's story is loaded with drama, action and just a tiny bit of steam. I really enjoyed In His Eyes and look forward to reading more from Peggy L Henderson in the future. In His Eyes is book 1 in the Blemished Bride Series by can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
May 15, 2016
Inspiring Love
This is is a book about love, loss, overcoming a handicap and truth winning out over evil. The handling of how Katie told of her attack and handled the outcome was well written. The way Trace didn't see Katie as anything but perfect and how she flourished under his care was inspiring. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down.
This is is a book about love, loss, overcoming a handicap and truth winning out over evil. The handling of how Katie told of her attack and handled the outcome was well written. The way Trace didn't see Katie as anything but perfect and how she flourished under his care was inspiring. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down.
May 29, 2016
Well written, fun to read
While I really only know as much about horses as has been written in books I've read the author seems to stay very true to fact. I liked the development of characters and they behave consistently! There is no "tweaking" to make the story flow, it simply flows naturally. Good job!
While I really only know as much about horses as has been written in books I've read the author seems to stay very true to fact. I liked the development of characters and they behave consistently! There is no "tweaking" to make the story flow, it simply flows naturally. Good job!
May 7, 2015
Awesome book
I have loved every book by Peggy Henderson and this book was no different!! I loved this book from the very first page! The characters and the storyline were wonderful, I look forward to reading book 2!
I have loved every book by Peggy Henderson and this book was no different!! I loved this book from the very first page! The characters and the storyline were wonderful, I look forward to reading book 2!
May 16, 2016
In His Eyes
This was a truly great book. It was full of love that lasted over 10 years. When you've been in love with the same person for that long and you finally get together it's awesome! I would definitely recommend this book to read.
This was a truly great book. It was full of love that lasted over 10 years. When you've been in love with the same person for that long and you finally get together it's awesome! I would definitely recommend this book to read.
August 16, 2016
Head to head
This was a great story from the start to the Finnish and your writing style made it a good read and hard to put down if you like your romance the old fashioned way this is about as good as any I'v read Fred
This was a great story from the start to the Finnish and your writing style made it a good read and hard to put down if you like your romance the old fashioned way this is about as good as any I'v read Fred
November 26, 2016
Just okay
It was an okay book. New Author for me and I was really shocked at the twist at the end of the story. Kind of threw me a bit and was a little out there but the rest of it was just okay.
It was an okay book. New Author for me and I was really shocked at the twist at the end of the story. Kind of threw me a bit and was a little out there but the rest of it was just okay.
January 6, 2017
In His Eyes: Blemished Brides 1 - PG13
Violence: talk of an assault, no details
Language: <25
Sex: yes, but sensual rather than descriptive
Super quick read, very sweet. Her disability is dealt with very positively and respectfully.
Violence: talk of an assault, no details
Language: <25
Sex: yes, but sensual rather than descriptive
Super quick read, very sweet. Her disability is dealt with very positively and respectfully.
November 28, 2016
Using the senses
This is a lovely read. Trace needs Katie just as much as Katie needed him. This is a true love story.
This is a lovely read. Trace needs Katie just as much as Katie needed him. This is a true love story.
December 21, 2016
It's an interesting story, there is a clever complication which adds to the plot.
February 6, 2017
Love this historical western. Those who love Catherine Anderson will be hooked on Peggy's writing as well. These are the best kind of stories! I cant wait for more
November 13, 2016
Couldn't put it down - stayed up way too late to read!!
August 13, 2017
I am sometimes hesitant when it comes to free Kindle books, but since I'm such a fan of historical romance and hot cowboys, I thought I'd take a chance on "In His Eyes" by Peggy L. Henderson, especially when I noticed the reduced rate for the audio version (I'm a big fan of Audible). I must say that I was pleasantly surprised! Once I started listening, I could not stop! The plot was quite different and there were lots of twists and turns that were totally unexpected. It's difficult to write this review without giving away any spoilers, but I'm going to give it a shot.
After suddenly being sent away to New York when she was only 12 years old, Katherine Montgomery returns home ten years later when summoned by her cold and distant mother (and I use the word "mother" loosely because this woman has ice in her veins and reminds me more of the Wicked Witch of the West than a "mother"). Katherine and her companion, Wilma, are met at the stagecoach station by Trace Hawley, who Katherine had a secret crush on as a young girl. That's when the tingles start! And oh how I love those tingles! Questions arise as to why Katherine left so suddenly without even saying goodbye to her best friend, Trace's sister, and why did Katherine's mother need her to come back home now after all these years?
I can't say much more or I'll end up giving away some super spoilers, but I will tell you that Peggy L. Henderson did a great job developing these characters and creating a fabulous plot and storyline.
This is the first book I have read by this author, but it will not be my last and I'm anxious to read the next one in this series.
After suddenly being sent away to New York when she was only 12 years old, Katherine Montgomery returns home ten years later when summoned by her cold and distant mother (and I use the word "mother" loosely because this woman has ice in her veins and reminds me more of the Wicked Witch of the West than a "mother"). Katherine and her companion, Wilma, are met at the stagecoach station by Trace Hawley, who Katherine had a secret crush on as a young girl. That's when the tingles start! And oh how I love those tingles! Questions arise as to why Katherine left so suddenly without even saying goodbye to her best friend, Trace's sister, and why did Katherine's mother need her to come back home now after all these years?
I can't say much more or I'll end up giving away some super spoilers, but I will tell you that Peggy L. Henderson did a great job developing these characters and creating a fabulous plot and storyline.
This is the first book I have read by this author, but it will not be my last and I'm anxious to read the next one in this series.
May 19, 2021
Stilted prose and repeated conversations
Katherine returns home to her family ranch in Montana After being shipped off to New York For boarding school. She has mixed feelings about returning home especially considering what happened there before she left. Just like she has mixed feelings regarding Trace now the ranch is foreman and the boy she used to love.
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DNF at 18%
I’ve liked other books by this author but this one is a very solid miss for me. I found the prose stilted with a lot of awkwardness that wasn’t warranted with the situations. And I found that a lot of the conversations were repeated just the different people which is well true to life not fun to read. I also found that the book relied heavily on info dump and I just got bored.
That said there need to be warnings on this book that this book will be delving into including parental abuse, child sexual assault, parental abandonment, gaslighting, and a whole heap of sexism and misogyny. So make sure that you’re in a good place before starting this book.
But this book is a solid mess for me. I didn’t love it. It didn’t grab me. I wasn’t attached to the characters. I’m not gonna keep trying to slog through this.
One star for a DNF
Katherine returns home to her family ranch in Montana After being shipped off to New York For boarding school. She has mixed feelings about returning home especially considering what happened there before she left. Just like she has mixed feelings regarding Trace now the ranch is foreman and the boy she used to love.
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DNF at 18%
I’ve liked other books by this author but this one is a very solid miss for me. I found the prose stilted with a lot of awkwardness that wasn’t warranted with the situations. And I found that a lot of the conversations were repeated just the different people which is well true to life not fun to read. I also found that the book relied heavily on info dump and I just got bored.
That said there need to be warnings on this book that this book will be delving into including parental abuse, child sexual assault, parental abandonment, gaslighting, and a whole heap of sexism and misogyny. So make sure that you’re in a good place before starting this book.
But this book is a solid mess for me. I didn’t love it. It didn’t grab me. I wasn’t attached to the characters. I’m not gonna keep trying to slog through this.
One star for a DNF
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