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Homeward Hearts
When love seems out of reach...
Chloe Maitland had begun to think of herself as the town spinster. Living alone in her father's house in a dying Oregon mining town, she had put away her girlish dreams and prayed for something more practical: that someone would answer her ad for a blacksmith to run the shop that was her father's legacy to her--and her only hope of holding onto her homestead. But the exhausted stranger who collapsed in her front yard looked as dangerous as the devil himself... and he was far more dangerous than Chloe could imagine.
...along comes a stranger
Travis McGuire was a man who seemed to have no past and no future. He was doomed to the life of a wanderer and knew that his desire for Chloe had to be contained. But he hadn't anticipated finding a woman like Chloe--a woman willing to look his past in the face, to risk everything she had for the one true love she'd never thought she could find.
Chloe Maitland had begun to think of herself as the town spinster. Living alone in her father's house in a dying Oregon mining town, she had put away her girlish dreams and prayed for something more practical: that someone would answer her ad for a blacksmith to run the shop that was her father's legacy to her--and her only hope of holding onto her homestead. But the exhausted stranger who collapsed in her front yard looked as dangerous as the devil himself... and he was far more dangerous than Chloe could imagine.
...along comes a stranger
Travis McGuire was a man who seemed to have no past and no future. He was doomed to the life of a wanderer and knew that his desire for Chloe had to be contained. But he hadn't anticipated finding a woman like Chloe--a woman willing to look his past in the face, to risk everything she had for the one true love she'd never thought she could find.
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 1994
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About the author
Alexis Harrington
18 books184 followersI've been a self-employed working novelist for the past twenty years. Of all the books I've written I've had just one foreign sale, and that was THE IRISH BRIDE, which was translated into Norwegian, where I understand it was a big hit.
I also make jewelry and I'm a fine needlework artist, specializing in embroidery, thread crochet, and sewing. I love to cook, read, entertain friends, decorate, and pursue various crafts.
I live in the Pacific Northwest near the Columbia River, still within 10 miles of my old high school. I have a Great Pyrenees dog, one cat, a finch, and three chickens who all seem to want to be in my small office while I'm trying to work (except the chickens, although they'd be thrilled to get into the house if I let them). Getting up to step around them is like maneuvering an obstacle course, but they are my children and so dear to me. My hours are kind of goofy--I'm just not a morning person and tend to be up late when the rest of the world is sleeping--and QUIET. No phones, faxes, distractions. Just the kids and me, candles burning, and the elevator music coming out of my CD player.
Before I made the leap to full-time writer, I spent about 12 years working for consulting civil engineers. Riprap, anyone? How about a nice detention pond?
I also make jewelry and I'm a fine needlework artist, specializing in embroidery, thread crochet, and sewing. I love to cook, read, entertain friends, decorate, and pursue various crafts.
I live in the Pacific Northwest near the Columbia River, still within 10 miles of my old high school. I have a Great Pyrenees dog, one cat, a finch, and three chickens who all seem to want to be in my small office while I'm trying to work (except the chickens, although they'd be thrilled to get into the house if I let them). Getting up to step around them is like maneuvering an obstacle course, but they are my children and so dear to me. My hours are kind of goofy--I'm just not a morning person and tend to be up late when the rest of the world is sleeping--and QUIET. No phones, faxes, distractions. Just the kids and me, candles burning, and the elevator music coming out of my CD player.
Before I made the leap to full-time writer, I spent about 12 years working for consulting civil engineers. Riprap, anyone? How about a nice detention pond?
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August 4, 2011
Set in Oregon in 1894, this book tells the story about Chloe Maitland, a spinster woman, who is trying to make enough money to pay the mortgage for the year. She advertises for a blacksmith but can offer no wages, just room and board. Along comes a stranger, Travis McGuire, who has heatstroke and collapses at Chloe's feet. The writer does a great job in telling us how hard life was there without making the story too dark. The two have a love/hate relationship for a while. But it flowed nicely. Not staying in one place too long and keeps a nice pace to the end.
May 19, 2010
I admit, the cover made me LOL
I mean, really. What. the heck?
Ok ok about the actual book -- I really enjoyed it. The resolution was a bit too easy for my tastes, but it had all the elements I love in Alexis Harrington novels (only, for once, there was no child involved, which was pretty refreshing to be honest..)
The heroine's prickly attitude got on my nerves a bit, but, considering her circumstances in life, I can kind of understand it.
I really liked the hero, though his baggage from his previous marriage definitely put a dampener on things.
Overall, a solid read. 3 1/2 Stars.
I mean, really. What. the heck?
Ok ok about the actual book -- I really enjoyed it. The resolution was a bit too easy for my tastes, but it had all the elements I love in Alexis Harrington novels (only, for once, there was no child involved, which was pretty refreshing to be honest..)
The heroine's prickly attitude got on my nerves a bit, but, considering her circumstances in life, I can kind of understand it.
I really liked the hero, though his baggage from his previous marriage definitely put a dampener on things.
Overall, a solid read. 3 1/2 Stars.
October 24, 2022
This was boooorrriiinnngggg....
And what a shame because I LOVE obsessed villain's! I was so bored that when I finally got to the steamy bits I stopped reading because I didn't care anymore. Oh well.
And what a shame because I LOVE obsessed villain's! I was so bored that when I finally got to the steamy bits I stopped reading because I didn't care anymore. Oh well.
June 26, 2025
I've been on a spell of reading Alexis Harrington's novels and Homeward Hearts didn't disappoint. Alexis has again created interesting characters, put them into dire circumstances and gently and beautifully allowed them to complete the story arc in a way which keeps me turning pages. Highly recommended.
April 17, 2015
4.5 out of 5 stars
I’ve noticed that more and more older books are being rereleased as ebooks and I am loving this. I’m rediscovering authors I’ve lost track of. My latest ebook glom is Alexis Harrington. This works out well as I’m also in a Western Frame of Mind at the moment.
The first one up is Homeward Hearts. Ms. Harrington tends to write poignant tales about people battered by life and this one is a good example. Chloe Maitland is a bossy young woman who has to fend for herself in a dying town named Misfortune after her blacksmith alcoholic father drinks himself to death. He was the only family she had and with the mortgage coming due soon, she is in a difficult situation. She places and add for a blacksmith but can only provide room and board, no real wages until after the amount needed for the mortgage is earned. She is being courted by the local teacher, a bland useless kind of man. She’s not really keen on him, but she’s lonely. Because of her bossy ways, though with a tender heart, she has no real friends.
Travis McGuire answers her add, but before he can start, he needs to be tended to as he walked a long ways to Misfortune in the boiling sun and is now suffering from a bad case of heat stroke.
Chloe and Travis clash from almost the beginning. A lot of times I don’t really like bickering protagonists, but in Homeward Hearts, it was their way of bonding and getting to know each other. Travis had his own issues. He’d spent a number of years in jail for murdering his adulterous wife but he was innocent. Because of this and the fact that he is being hunted by a bounty hunter bound to take him back to jail. He has no family left either and I loved this story of two lonely people finding each other .
It’s been a number of years since I’d read any books by Alexis Harrington though not long ago I purchased one as an ebook. I checked to see which one while I was reading this one and did a quick little happy dance when I realized it was a sequel to this book; the bounty hunter’s story. I started reading it last night right after I finished this book and I’ve also purchased 3 more by this author I first read years ago.
I really hope a whole new generation of readers who enjoy Westerns discover this author and maybe some older authors rediscover her. She really is good!
I’ve noticed that more and more older books are being rereleased as ebooks and I am loving this. I’m rediscovering authors I’ve lost track of. My latest ebook glom is Alexis Harrington. This works out well as I’m also in a Western Frame of Mind at the moment.
The first one up is Homeward Hearts. Ms. Harrington tends to write poignant tales about people battered by life and this one is a good example. Chloe Maitland is a bossy young woman who has to fend for herself in a dying town named Misfortune after her blacksmith alcoholic father drinks himself to death. He was the only family she had and with the mortgage coming due soon, she is in a difficult situation. She places and add for a blacksmith but can only provide room and board, no real wages until after the amount needed for the mortgage is earned. She is being courted by the local teacher, a bland useless kind of man. She’s not really keen on him, but she’s lonely. Because of her bossy ways, though with a tender heart, she has no real friends.
Travis McGuire answers her add, but before he can start, he needs to be tended to as he walked a long ways to Misfortune in the boiling sun and is now suffering from a bad case of heat stroke.
Chloe and Travis clash from almost the beginning. A lot of times I don’t really like bickering protagonists, but in Homeward Hearts, it was their way of bonding and getting to know each other. Travis had his own issues. He’d spent a number of years in jail for murdering his adulterous wife but he was innocent. Because of this and the fact that he is being hunted by a bounty hunter bound to take him back to jail. He has no family left either and I loved this story of two lonely people finding each other .
It’s been a number of years since I’d read any books by Alexis Harrington though not long ago I purchased one as an ebook. I checked to see which one while I was reading this one and did a quick little happy dance when I realized it was a sequel to this book; the bounty hunter’s story. I started reading it last night right after I finished this book and I’ve also purchased 3 more by this author I first read years ago.
I really hope a whole new generation of readers who enjoy Westerns discover this author and maybe some older authors rediscover her. She really is good!
January 30, 2012
Another good one by Alexis Harrington. This one's set in 1894, in the tiny borderline-ghost-town of Misfortune, Oregon. Chloe Maitland is a hardworking single woman trying to make enough money to make the annual mortgage payment on the farm she inherited when her father died a year before. She takes in other people's laundry, but what she really needs is a man to work in the blacksmith forge that's been empty since her father died. Travis McGuire, Drifter, turns up in her yard one day, asks for a job, then for a drink of water, and then promptly collapses from sunstroke.
I really enjoyed these characters, their friction-filled interactions, their slow, cautious rapprochement, and their passionate sexual encounters that presaged the inevitable happy ending. Theirs was a complex relationship, with no easy answers or shortcuts, and the journey was satisfying.
We aren't meant to like Evan Peterson, Chloe's increasingly mentally ill suitor, and I didn't. I wasn't especially surprised by his erratic behaviour at the end, either. But it served a purpose in the story, so I won't complain. I did think his oddness could have been more widely noted among the population of the tiny town, and that at least one townsperson might have shown some concern for Chloe's well-being. But otherwise, I thought the secondary cast was pretty decent, too.
I really enjoyed these characters, their friction-filled interactions, their slow, cautious rapprochement, and their passionate sexual encounters that presaged the inevitable happy ending. Theirs was a complex relationship, with no easy answers or shortcuts, and the journey was satisfying.
We aren't meant to like Evan Peterson, Chloe's increasingly mentally ill suitor, and I didn't. I wasn't especially surprised by his erratic behaviour at the end, either. But it served a purpose in the story, so I won't complain. I did think his oddness could have been more widely noted among the population of the tiny town, and that at least one townsperson might have shown some concern for Chloe's well-being. But otherwise, I thought the secondary cast was pretty decent, too.
June 19, 2023
I didn’t really feel like the main characters had any chemistry and their love kinda felt forced. The whole book was also just will they won’t they/ push and pull that was really frustrating… The hero was also running from someone that was trying to kill him so the whole storyline felt kinda just ominous and waiting for this mystery person to come which I hate because it just gave me anxiety. So yeah definitely not the wholesome romance that I usually prefer reading.
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July 6, 2016Read 30% only, no rating.
Can't get into it. I give up.
Can't get into it. I give up.
March 20, 2014
Esta historia no me ha gustado.
Se supone que esto es un romance…a mí no me lo ha parecido. Hasta el 50% del libro, los sentimiento de los personajes están situados por debajo de su cintura, y se repite cansinamente lo de “no me gustan los sentimientos que él/ella despierta en mí”, pero ya está, no se sabe qué sentimientos son esos, salvo porque ambos personajes sueñan por las noche con el torso desnudo del otro…a ver, romántico lo que se dice romántico no es…
Otro problema es que los personajes secundarios son planos, unidimensionales, lo que pasa cuando los personajes secundarios son tan malísimos, malos, malísimos, es que parte de su carácter se les pega a los protagonistas (dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres), y los protagonistas no brillan con luz propia, sino porque los malos los hacen brillar en comparación, me parece a mí, que lo difícil es, que sin demonizar ni beatificar a ningún personaje, este brille por sí mismo.
No he podido conectar ni entender y claro, no me ha gustado la protagonista, Clhoe, cuando te la dibujan como una persona fuerte, responsable, leal y con ideas propias, y sin embargo no actúa como tal: se va a casar (o eso dice su prometido, que no es su prometido, pero ella no lo corrige…ufff…que lío!) con un hombre con el que le da poco menos que asco imaginárselo en su cama, y por si fuese poco, cuando le cuentan que maltrata a los niños de su clase (él es profesor) ella piensa…nah…que va…tú sabes lo exagerados que son los niños…(de verdad?) y a la misma vez intenta vender (sí, por dinero) al que supuestamente debería querer, es decir, al protagonista…
Llega un momento en que realmente deseas que la buena mujer se quede sola.
Eso con ella, lo de él va más o menos por el mismo camino porque a parte de los sueños nocturnos y una escena en el porche, de su boca no ha salido absolutamente nada agradable, eso sí, sabe perfectamente y con una sola mirada lo malo que es el malo (o el tercero en discordia) pero no ve, ni escucha, que esto sí que no lo entiendo, cuando la protagonista intenta explicar un malentendido, eso se llama sexto sentido selectivo…o sordera crónica.
No, definitivamente este libro no ha funcionado para mí. Lo he encontrado aburrido, predecible y no he podido conectar con ninguno de los personajes.
Lo siento.
Se supone que esto es un romance…a mí no me lo ha parecido. Hasta el 50% del libro, los sentimiento de los personajes están situados por debajo de su cintura, y se repite cansinamente lo de “no me gustan los sentimientos que él/ella despierta en mí”, pero ya está, no se sabe qué sentimientos son esos, salvo porque ambos personajes sueñan por las noche con el torso desnudo del otro…a ver, romántico lo que se dice romántico no es…
Otro problema es que los personajes secundarios son planos, unidimensionales, lo que pasa cuando los personajes secundarios son tan malísimos, malos, malísimos, es que parte de su carácter se les pega a los protagonistas (dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres), y los protagonistas no brillan con luz propia, sino porque los malos los hacen brillar en comparación, me parece a mí, que lo difícil es, que sin demonizar ni beatificar a ningún personaje, este brille por sí mismo.
No he podido conectar ni entender y claro, no me ha gustado la protagonista, Clhoe, cuando te la dibujan como una persona fuerte, responsable, leal y con ideas propias, y sin embargo no actúa como tal: se va a casar (o eso dice su prometido, que no es su prometido, pero ella no lo corrige…ufff…que lío!) con un hombre con el que le da poco menos que asco imaginárselo en su cama, y por si fuese poco, cuando le cuentan que maltrata a los niños de su clase (él es profesor) ella piensa…nah…que va…tú sabes lo exagerados que son los niños…(de verdad?) y a la misma vez intenta vender (sí, por dinero) al que supuestamente debería querer, es decir, al protagonista…
Llega un momento en que realmente deseas que la buena mujer se quede sola.
Eso con ella, lo de él va más o menos por el mismo camino porque a parte de los sueños nocturnos y una escena en el porche, de su boca no ha salido absolutamente nada agradable, eso sí, sabe perfectamente y con una sola mirada lo malo que es el malo (o el tercero en discordia) pero no ve, ni escucha, que esto sí que no lo entiendo, cuando la protagonista intenta explicar un malentendido, eso se llama sexto sentido selectivo…o sordera crónica.
No, definitivamente este libro no ha funcionado para mí. Lo he encontrado aburrido, predecible y no he podido conectar con ninguno de los personajes.
Lo siento.
November 19, 2012
3.5 Stars.
Has angst, tension and very likeable H/h. Plot is fairly predictable and certainly doesn't break any new ground in the western historical genre but it was still a solid, enjoyable read. I am a sucker for romances where H or h has to nurse the other back to health and also where daily survival is tough.
The plot gets a liitle muddled toward the end and I may or may not have skipped numerous pages to get to the Happily Ever After.
Has angst, tension and very likeable H/h. Plot is fairly predictable and certainly doesn't break any new ground in the western historical genre but it was still a solid, enjoyable read. I am a sucker for romances where H or h has to nurse the other back to health and also where daily survival is tough.
The plot gets a liitle muddled toward the end and I may or may not have skipped numerous pages to get to the Happily Ever After.
April 30, 2014
NOTE TO SELF: Check the rating you gave it before you decide to re-read it when looking for smutty romance. Also, why do we overlook so many actions in romance novels that would be creepy, domineering or red flags in real life?
May 1, 2019
Just don't judge a book by it's cover literally.. seriously.. 😂
December 30, 2021
My western romance binge continues. I read this one to while away the hours while waiting, and it was entertaining enough. Chloe Maitland was a strong character, who, like many western romance heroines, gets her second chance at love with someone she did not expect (but we did, of course).
So, some parts are predictable, but the schoolteacher element definitely added a dimension to this story that I've never read before. That schoolteacher was messed up, and I'm glad the story ended with the HEA I wanted (and expected).
A decent read to while away the time.
So, some parts are predictable, but the schoolteacher element definitely added a dimension to this story that I've never read before. That schoolteacher was messed up, and I'm glad the story ended with the HEA I wanted (and expected).
A decent read to while away the time.
August 28, 2017
This book, even from the very beginning, seemed to be a sad rip-off of LaVyrle Spencer's Hummingbird, with a dash of Spencer's Morning Glory.
I'm an exceedingly generous rater of books, with almost always a 4 or 5 star rating; I'm easy to please! For me to give 3 stars is almost unheard of, but here we are! Honestly all I could think of myself was, "Why don't I just put this down and go read Hummingbird!"
I'm an exceedingly generous rater of books, with almost always a 4 or 5 star rating; I'm easy to please! For me to give 3 stars is almost unheard of, but here we are! Honestly all I could think of myself was, "Why don't I just put this down and go read Hummingbird!"
September 2, 2017
An excellent reads and would have loved to see this in a Movie of the week or a Hallmark Movie, with the titled characters playing whom Alexis had in mind when writing this endearing story. She's an excellent writer and I have read many of her books, but this and one other with Travis has my heart.
November 19, 2018
I read this book in a day, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, albeit, not inspiring any heart fluttering moments. However, the book was incredibly sweet and a true love story. There wasn’t instant love, which I liked. The hero was rude and a bit abrasive to the “old maid” of a heroine. I really liked Chloe. She was independent and opinionated. It’s not my favorite but overall it was a good read.
November 18, 2020
Clearly the author was inspired by Lavyrle Spencer's beautiful book "Morning Glory" and very much awful book "The Hummingbird ". The reslut of mixing those two books becomes "Homeward Hearts". The author has a talent in writing, but in this book no fantasy what so ever. I rolled my eyes so many times I still have headaches.
January 1, 2022
Loved this book, it kept my interest the whole time it had an actual plot and interesting people. I have been disappointed lately with the newer books. There is no real plot and they drag. I wish there were more books like this. This cover is pretty weird but when I got it on Amazon it was completely different it was actually a really nice cover.
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April 11, 2022I got about halfway through and finally DNF'd this book. All the characters (except for the doctor who has a minor role) are awful. The hero and heroine both have tempers and just fight nastily while everyone else in town is a gossip or crazy (not in a good way). Not for me.
December 21, 2024
beautiful love story
As always, Ms. Harrington had me reading way too late, at work, and every chance I had to finish up this wonderful story of love, forgiveness, second chances, steamy romance and all the things that make a wonderful love story.
As always, Ms. Harrington had me reading way too late, at work, and every chance I had to finish up this wonderful story of love, forgiveness, second chances, steamy romance and all the things that make a wonderful love story.
April 9, 2025
loved this, reminiscent of lavryle spencer’s morning glory, i enjoyed the slow building, slice of life romance. two interesting characters, with strong personalities and a palpable connection. a delightful western.
October 11, 2017
Great book
I loved this book and especially Travis<3
This books pace was fairly quick and satisfying with te right amount of passion and danger. I recommend
I loved this book and especially Travis<3
This books pace was fairly quick and satisfying with te right amount of passion and danger. I recommend
June 4, 2019
Great book
Wish she would write more......her way of bringing life to characterize individuals is definitely a gift in and of itself.
Wish she would write more......her way of bringing life to characterize individuals is definitely a gift in and of itself.
June 16, 2024
I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book. I didn’t feel a connection between the hero and heroine. It felt very forced to me.
May 4, 2019
Chloe Maitland is struggling in an almost dead town, Misfortune, Oregon. Her father left Chloe with a mortgage and it is coming due. In spite of the fact that she is taking in all the laundry she can possibly manage, she is still short. Chloe has been trying to find a man who will work for room and board only (as a blacksmith) and has found no takers.
Finally, a man arrives but is suffering from sunstroke. Chloe and the doctor save Travis McGuire from near death, but McGuire and Chloe do not hit it off well. Because of the marks around his legs, Chloe thinks he has escaped from prison. Travis says he was coming to take the job of a blacksmith but Chloe does not want to hire him.
This is a very readable story; it is hard to put aside. There's just the right amount of danger and suspense.
Finally, a man arrives but is suffering from sunstroke. Chloe and the doctor save Travis McGuire from near death, but McGuire and Chloe do not hit it off well. Because of the marks around his legs, Chloe thinks he has escaped from prison. Travis says he was coming to take the job of a blacksmith but Chloe does not want to hire him.
This is a very readable story; it is hard to put aside. There's just the right amount of danger and suspense.
February 25, 2025
Overall: 3 stars
Okay, so this is a perfectly fine Western romance. There's nothing really wrong with it, but it wasn't the absolutely glorious experience that was A Taste of Heaven or Harper's Bride by the same author (for me).
I think it's because, in this book, the hero is pretty much an asshole. It's enemies-to-lovers, Western-style, and I've learned that maybe that's just not my jam. The heroine, Chloe, was such a badass and amazing, and I felt like she just deserved someone better than Travis, who was just a dick. I guess I prefer my cowboys of the "gruff with a heart of gold" variety, more than the bully sort.
I did love the hurt-comfort scenes at the beginning of the book though, as well as all the little details about home life in a frontier town which gave this book, and Harrington's others that I've read, a sort of cozy domesticity.
All that said, if you do like a hero who starts out as an asshole and want a Western setting, this might be up your alley.
Okay, so this is a perfectly fine Western romance. There's nothing really wrong with it, but it wasn't the absolutely glorious experience that was A Taste of Heaven or Harper's Bride by the same author (for me).
I think it's because, in this book, the hero is pretty much an asshole. It's enemies-to-lovers, Western-style, and I've learned that maybe that's just not my jam. The heroine, Chloe, was such a badass and amazing, and I felt like she just deserved someone better than Travis, who was just a dick. I guess I prefer my cowboys of the "gruff with a heart of gold" variety, more than the bully sort.
I did love the hurt-comfort scenes at the beginning of the book though, as well as all the little details about home life in a frontier town which gave this book, and Harrington's others that I've read, a sort of cozy domesticity.
All that said, if you do like a hero who starts out as an asshole and want a Western setting, this might be up your alley.
October 13, 2013
Didn't like it as much as I had expected. I love the stranger helping h make a living plot and this one is refreshing in that the H is no aye ma'am servant but is snarky and sarcastic as can be. The h is also no helpless fragile flower but snarls right back at H. It is quite nice to read their fights and slowly learn to trust and be close to each other.
The plot is pretty predictable, though not knowing this is a series, I thought we have more villains loitering about till much later. Though when I read some supposedly loving scenes, I was so worried the villain is around the corner that I didn't really read that but kept.muttering get it over with already! he is coming argh! Then when nothing dastardly happened, I smiled, shaked my head at my own silliness and ponders how suspense in some books just ruins some scenes for me.
This author's trademark is angst and I just expect more of that from her I guess. I don't understand why the H leaves (well I do but I just find that idiotic and not as torturous as it should be). Also.don't get why he all of a sudden changes his mind again (errr again I actually do but then I just find it quite unnecessary to begin with I cannot have much sympathy with him). The way the H is.probably contributes a bit to this lacking of something I cannot name, as though he seems to feel a lot, most times we cannot fully connect to his emotions, I feel. So I just don't feel as strongly for him as I do for other Harrington characters. I guess most of the other characters are female, maybe that is why I cannot rightly connect with him.
The h I like in general as she is tough and pragmatic, but for someone who has been relying on herself for so long, her judgements in some matters seem to be quite unbelievable.
Now I know this is a series, I should be looking at the next one. Weird I missed that as I swear I had virtually gone through all her 1800s pile...
The plot is pretty predictable, though not knowing this is a series, I thought we have more villains loitering about till much later. Though when I read some supposedly loving scenes, I was so worried the villain is around the corner that I didn't really read that but kept.muttering get it over with already! he is coming argh! Then when nothing dastardly happened, I smiled, shaked my head at my own silliness and ponders how suspense in some books just ruins some scenes for me.
This author's trademark is angst and I just expect more of that from her I guess. I don't understand why the H leaves (well I do but I just find that idiotic and not as torturous as it should be). Also.don't get why he all of a sudden changes his mind again (errr again I actually do but then I just find it quite unnecessary to begin with I cannot have much sympathy with him). The way the H is.probably contributes a bit to this lacking of something I cannot name, as though he seems to feel a lot, most times we cannot fully connect to his emotions, I feel. So I just don't feel as strongly for him as I do for other Harrington characters. I guess most of the other characters are female, maybe that is why I cannot rightly connect with him.
The h I like in general as she is tough and pragmatic, but for someone who has been relying on herself for so long, her judgements in some matters seem to be quite unbelievable.
Now I know this is a series, I should be looking at the next one. Weird I missed that as I swear I had virtually gone through all her 1800s pile...
July 6, 2016
Alexis Harrington is fast growing to be one of my favourite authors :)
I was pleasantly surprised at how she was able to create another engaging story in a similar setting to previous stories with very believable, unique characters. I found comfort in watching Chloe and Tavis' story unfold, and watching them develop. I was particularly impressed at how well Chloe's bossy side was written, so as not to be off-putting or annoying.
At this rate I will be done with all of Ms. Harrington's books by the end of the summer :)
I was pleasantly surprised at how she was able to create another engaging story in a similar setting to previous stories with very believable, unique characters. I found comfort in watching Chloe and Tavis' story unfold, and watching them develop. I was particularly impressed at how well Chloe's bossy side was written, so as not to be off-putting or annoying.
At this rate I will be done with all of Ms. Harrington's books by the end of the summer :)
January 5, 2021
She lives in a dying mining town and has advertised for a blacksmith to work in her shop and help save her home from foreclosure. He is an exhausted stranger who collapsed in her yard after walking for miles when his horse had to be killed. He is there to apply for the job. She has to learn to trust him as he is an ex prisoner who was accused of murdering his wife. A bounty hunter is also after him as it was his sister he had originally married and he blames him for her death. HEA ending.
July 12, 2018
This was a good one. The characters of Chloe and Travis were very well drawn, two very stubborn and strong willed people who met their match in each other. The plot was also very good.
I just finished reading "Desperate Hearts" which wasn't as good. It picks up Jace Rankin's story.
I just finished reading "Desperate Hearts" which wasn't as good. It picks up Jace Rankin's story.
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