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Wyoming Men #9
Wyoming Heart
True love is in store for one gruff cowboy in
New York Times
bestselling author Diana Palmer’s new Wyoming Men romance
Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. Despite his vast wealth, he still works the land with his own bare hands, unlike his troublesome new neighbor, Mina Michaels. Fiery, beautiful Mina infuriates and entrances Cort, awakening feelings he’d thought long buried. But he knows falling for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak…
Bestselling author Mina hardly expects to meet a man like the ones in her novels. But roguishly handsome Cort is an alpha hero through and through, from his stubborn streak to the fierce way this rugged cowboy protects his heart. When one sizzling kiss leads to another, can Mina convince Cort to open his world to her—now and forever?
Don't miss the latest in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Wyoming Men series, Wyoming Homecoming!
Wyoming
Book 1: Wyoming Tough Book 2: Wyoming Fierce Book 3: Wyoming Bold Book 4: Wyoming Strong Book 5: Wyoming Rugged Book 6: Wyoming Brave Book 7: Wyoming Winter Book 8: Wyoming Legend Book 9: Wyoming Heart Book 10: Wyoming True Book 11: Wyoming Homecoming
Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. Despite his vast wealth, he still works the land with his own bare hands, unlike his troublesome new neighbor, Mina Michaels. Fiery, beautiful Mina infuriates and entrances Cort, awakening feelings he’d thought long buried. But he knows falling for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak…
Bestselling author Mina hardly expects to meet a man like the ones in her novels. But roguishly handsome Cort is an alpha hero through and through, from his stubborn streak to the fierce way this rugged cowboy protects his heart. When one sizzling kiss leads to another, can Mina convince Cort to open his world to her—now and forever?
Don't miss the latest in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's Wyoming Men series, Wyoming Homecoming!
Wyoming
Book 1: Wyoming Tough Book 2: Wyoming Fierce Book 3: Wyoming Bold Book 4: Wyoming Strong Book 5: Wyoming Rugged Book 6: Wyoming Brave Book 7: Wyoming Winter Book 8: Wyoming Legend Book 9: Wyoming Heart Book 10: Wyoming True Book 11: Wyoming Homecoming
384 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2019
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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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September 13, 2021
We have two liars that lie. He lies about being a bajillionaire with the biggest ranch in West Texas because…gold-diggers abide, and she lies about being a commando companion, soon-to-be bestselling author.
Not the worst or the most ranty DP, but the hero (with no apparent chest hair) is an STD walking that gets the little virginal heroine all liquored up then has sex with her. That’s just bad form. Shockingly enough he doesn’t slut shame her or run to the OW. Well, he is photographed with one, but it was all an accident.
Not holding much hope on true love because almost until the bitter end when she’s contemplating leaving him, he’s thinking it might be nice to go back to his womanizing ways.
Now I am going to have to read Renegade as this one is Cash Grier’s little brother. Just not the same if it’s not in Jacobsville.
Not the worst or the most ranty DP, but the hero (with no apparent chest hair) is an STD walking that gets the little virginal heroine all liquored up then has sex with her. That’s just bad form. Shockingly enough he doesn’t slut shame her or run to the OW. Well, he is photographed with one, but it was all an accident.
Not holding much hope on true love because almost until the bitter end when she’s contemplating leaving him, he’s thinking it might be nice to go back to his womanizing ways.
Now I am going to have to read Renegade as this one is Cash Grier’s little brother. Just not the same if it’s not in Jacobsville.
March 21, 2020
2 ⭐⭐ - Meh!
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I'm going to be a minority here, but I didn't like the hero. Our heroine isn't so bad, but she pissed me off sometimes.
I liked OM the most who really treated her with respect and affection.
I didn't swallow his story with OW, all very fake and ludicrous.
Mercenaries always make the plot interesting and set the tone for action.
Virgin and with mom and dad issues, our heroine is typical of the author.
Our hero is very biased for being rich and he presents himself as a womanizer who uses women and then dismisses them for being all gold diggers and greedy.
I waited so long for this hero's story, but I was completely disappointed.
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What I really thought was weird was our hero presenting himself as a sophisticated man and womanizer and yet not having his own condom and relying on gold diggers (his words) to use pill or other contraceptive! I found it very irresponsible of him. A moron. What about STDs and other diseases?
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I'm going to be a minority here, but I didn't like the hero. Our heroine isn't so bad, but she pissed me off sometimes.
I liked OM the most who really treated her with respect and affection.
I didn't swallow his story with OW, all very fake and ludicrous.
Mercenaries always make the plot interesting and set the tone for action.
Virgin and with mom and dad issues, our heroine is typical of the author.
Our hero is very biased for being rich and he presents himself as a womanizer who uses women and then dismisses them for being all gold diggers and greedy.
I waited so long for this hero's story, but I was completely disappointed.
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What I really thought was weird was our hero presenting himself as a sophisticated man and womanizer and yet not having his own condom and relying on gold diggers (his words) to use pill or other contraceptive! I found it very irresponsible of him. A moron. What about STDs and other diseases?
Cort chuckled. “I have no wish to be herded into marriage because a woman got careless in bed with me.”
“Practical solution is to carry protection with you.”
He shrugged. “I used to. But these days the majority of women are on the pill or the shot or whatever the hell they use these days. I never met a single one who wasn’t a fanatic about birth control. They all had careers in mind, even the models.”
He didn’t need to ask if she’d been taking a preventative. He was sure she hadn’t. And he wasn’t used to being expected to provide protection, so he’d had nothing with him. Even if he had, they were both too involved too quickly for him to have thought of it.
Great, he thought privately, now she’ll get pregnant and she’ll have it made until the kid graduates. All the money she’s never had...
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Women had been a permissible pleasure for many years, and while no playboy, he’d had his share of beautiful, cultured lovers. The problem was that after a time, they all looked alike, felt alike, sounded alike.
Cort had never liked the girl-next-door sort of woman.
“Knitting,” Cort scoffed. The plain woman looked up at him with big brown eyes in a pleasant but not really pretty face. She wore no makeup at all. Shame, he thought. She might not look half-bad if she tried to look attractive. Nice mouth, rounded chin, pretty complexion. But she dressed like a bag lady, and that tightly pulled-up hair wasn’t at all appealing.
“I guess a woman as pitiful looking as you has plenty of time to knit, for lack of a social life.”
Odd, for a city woman to have them on. Maybe they were in style. On the other hand, what would such an unattractive woman care about style?
“Our father alienated my brother Cash, so badly that even after our stepmother left, Cash wouldn’t speak to him. He wouldn’t speak to Garon or Parker or me, either, because we sided with the mercenary woman.”
“Stuff of legends, my brother,” Cort agreed, trying not to feel smaller at the comparison.
“He’s a rounder,” Sassy said, confirming her suspicions. “I don’t know him, but John does. He met him at some cattle convention he went to before we married. He says the man collects women like a car collects pollen in the spring.”
Cort’s pale brown eyes swept over her. “Not bad, for a homemade dress,” he said indifferently. She flushed. He made her feel poor and cheap.
“And I thought this party was going to be dull,” Cort mused. His eyes were focused on the refreshment table. Or, rather, what was standing beside it. Ida Merridan was giving Cort the eye, smiling like a tiger looking over a piece of juicy meat. “Who’s the gorgeous lady?” he asked Bart, with a smug, dismissive glance at Mina before his eyes went back to the brunette. “That’s Ida Merridan,” Bart told him. “She’s divorced from her second husband.” He pursed his sensuous lips. “What sort of fool divorces a woman who looks like that?” Cort wondered. “Men who can see beyond makeup,” Mina quipped. “But then, it takes a discerning man to manage that.” She smiled demurely. Cort glared at her. “At least she doesn’t dress like a woman from the Third Crusade,” he said in a soft, cutting tone, his eyes disparaging Mina’s very conventional dress. She just looked at him and smiled, her heart breaking at the sarcasm that came so easily to him. “Oh, I don’t have a good divorce lawyer, much less a rich ex-husband, so I can hardly aspire to her wardrobe.”
“You could hardly aspire to a man, full stop,” he retorted, turning to go. “Cort, for God’s sake,” Bart began.
Cort, who was just drawing the divorcée onto the dance floor.
A bluesy tune was playing now, and Cort Grier had Ida wrapped around him like ivy. The way he was holding her made Mina uncomfortable.
“Do you mind if I bring Ida back to the ranch with me?” he asked lazily.
Cort stared at his cousin as if he’d gone insane. “Everybody does it,” he began hesitantly.
Bart said. He glared at Cort. “There are three motels in town. Be my guest.”
“The dancing was fun, anyway,” Ida said, almost purring. “Coming home with me?” she added to Cort. “You bet,” he drawled, making sure that his uptight cousin and that vicious woman beside him heard every word.
He’d spent the night with the happy divorcée, which tainted him in her eyes.
Right now, Cort thought Mina was just a country girl with a small ranch. He’d mentioned to Bart that she’d never be able to hold her own in high social circles. He wasn’t sure she’d even know which utensils to use in a fancy restaurant. Obviously, he’d added, she wasn’t the sort of woman he could consider settling down with.
“A week from Friday night, there’s a square dance in town at the civic center. You going?” he asked. Cort stuck his hands in his pockets. “I might take Ida.”
“Did McGuire get what you gave me?” Her mouth fell open. Her eyes were like saucers.
“THAT’S A NASTY INSINUATION,” she said shortly. He pursed his sensual, slightly swollen lips as he studied her. “It is, isn’t it? He’s rich and you’re not. And you’re dating him.”
“Women are a permissible pleasure,” he said lazily. “I have no plans to marry and settle down and start changing diapers,” he added. It was a lie, but he wasn’t about to encourage Little Miss Muffet, here. He had to marry a woman from his own class, not some rustic cowgirl who wouldn’t know a dessert fork from a butter knife. Why did that bother him? She wasn’t even his type. Ida was.
She turned, frowning. “Haven’t you ever been in love?” she asked, stunned. “Not really,” he said, searching her eyes. “I’ve had my share of lovers, I guess.” “It isn’t the same thing,” she returned.
“Not to worry,” he said softly. “I’m not in the market for a woman who reads romance novels.”
I grew up rich. All the people I associate with are rich. I’ve never been poor. We come from different worlds. It’s best to keep them separate.”
“Cooking and homemaking,” Cort muttered. “Who the hell does that anymore? I’ve never dated a woman who wanted to spend any time in a kitchen.”
“My dad’s pretty much the same way,” he said quietly. “He was running around on my mother when she was dying.” His face hardened. “He’s never really stayed with one woman for long.”
She wasn’t pretty, but there was a quality about her that drew him, like a moth to a flame. Ida was beautiful and fun and exciting. Mina was quiet and shy, but with hidden depths. He wanted to know what those depths were. She intrigued him.
HE HAD HER out of her clothing with an ease that should have set up red flags in her mind, except that he kept her at fever pitch the whole time. His mouth was all over her, exploring her, tempting her, teaching her, in a hot silence that went from pleasure to higher pleasure, each plateau leading only to another, better one.
But she wasn’t fighting him. She could feel him, inside her, warm and hard and tender.
“Oh...please...” she whispered, pushing gently at his chest. “I’m going to be sick...!” He withdrew at once and watched her vault off the bed and into the bathroom. He could hear her dinner coming back up.
He felt ashamed of himself. She’d been compromised by the alcohol and he’d taken advantage of it.
He studied her quietly. “You were a virgin.”
Great, he thought privately, now she’ll get pregnant and she’ll have it made until the kid graduates. All the money she’s never had...
“You gave me your innocence. I wasn’t worthy of such a gift,” he added quietly. “I was drunk,” she said.
You’re an experience I’ll never forget as long as I live.” “Until some new woman comes along,” she laughed.
THE NEXT FEW days were like magic. Mina was in love and falling deeper as she spent more time with Cort and learned more about him.
A gorgeous brunette he’d had a brief affair with latched on to him at the party and he became aware belatedly of the flash from a camera of some sort. But he disregarded it.
She was just what he needed; a wife he could leave alone when necessary without having to worry if she was running around on him.
CORT WAS AT yet another business party, talking a trade deal with some men from Japan. Apparently, their hostess was another fan of Willow Shane, because she had a copy of SPECTRE on a coffee table, just like another businessman’s wife he’d met days before.
Her eyes flamed. It was a photograph of her brand-new husband with his arm around a drop-dead gorgeous brunette at some cocktail party. He was nursing what looked like whiskey in a squat glass, and his smile was as brilliant as if he’d won the Nobel prize.
July 26, 2025
Oh dear, I don’t know where to start with what I dint like about this book so will just highlight a few things. First up, I wasn’t convinced by the biting and seemingly unnecessary sarcasm Cort exhibits initially with Mina to then being attracted to and falling for her. It was unbelievable.
It is repetitive in several areas. In particular I got thoroughly sick and tired of hearing how ‘sweet’ and ‘innocent’ Mina was. Same with the knitting and reading romance novel emphasis. And Mina’s. ‘pert little breasts.’ As for the sex scenes, this reader skipped over them.
Although the author tried to show another side to Cort, I could not take to him at all. I disliked so much of his behaviour. To me neither Mina with her commando crew nor Cort were believable. Or maybe it was just I didn’t care enough.
I would have given up but couldn’t get near the library to get another book.
This author has written a lot of books, so it seems a lot of readers like her work as there are a lot of four star reviews for her books. However this is the second book I have read by this author and I rated the other one only two stars, so it appears we are not a good fit. Just shows different authors appeal to different readers . So while, I can’t recommend it, others may have a different view.
It is repetitive in several areas. In particular I got thoroughly sick and tired of hearing how ‘sweet’ and ‘innocent’ Mina was. Same with the knitting and reading romance novel emphasis. And Mina’s. ‘pert little breasts.’ As for the sex scenes, this reader skipped over them.
Although the author tried to show another side to Cort, I could not take to him at all. I disliked so much of his behaviour. To me neither Mina with her commando crew nor Cort were believable. Or maybe it was just I didn’t care enough.
I would have given up but couldn’t get near the library to get another book.
This author has written a lot of books, so it seems a lot of readers like her work as there are a lot of four star reviews for her books. However this is the second book I have read by this author and I rated the other one only two stars, so it appears we are not a good fit. Just shows different authors appeal to different readers . So while, I can’t recommend it, others may have a different view.
October 29, 2019
Loved Cort and Mina. He is a tycoon who pretends to be a poor cowboy and she is a famous author but Cort doesn't know that when he falls in love with her. They both have secrets and when the truth is revealed they are both in shock. Can they love and trust each other? Well they should because heroine is expecting a baby. Great couple and sizzling chemistry. Epilogue with their baby boy was sweet. Safe: hero is a playboy until he meets the heroine and heroine is a virgin. There is a nice other man but all he gets is a chaste kiss lol
January 5, 2020
"Wyoming Heart" is the story of Mina and Cort.
So this is a Diana Palmer novella. Expect a biased review.
Anyways, this novella is apparently set in present, yet is a typical 80's DP plot. A plain looking but accomplished h with a tragic past and many inhibitions meeting a very jaded and tomcatty cynical H, and sparks flying. They start off with insults, with him repeatedly bashing her appearance and her taking it all in. Both hide their truths from one another, and repeatedly engage in activities to make each other jealous. The thing that sets it in the 2010s is the presence of a semi descriptive sex scene, but we resort back to absolute blindness, misunderstandings, revelations, absurdness and eventual HEA. I mean they both have an iPhone, yet do not even ONCE think of googling each other's names or verifying the identities. The twist about the dad was obvious, the h's past was mentioned a million times, the H was expectedly callous, the OW/OM were funnily virtuous..yet this weird genre of hairy cowboy/virgin heroine trope by Ms Palmer has been my comfort cocoon for ages- hence the rating because I knew from page one what would happen, and it delivered.
Safe/SWE
3/5
So this is a Diana Palmer novella. Expect a biased review.
Anyways, this novella is apparently set in present, yet is a typical 80's DP plot. A plain looking but accomplished h with a tragic past and many inhibitions meeting a very jaded and tomcatty cynical H, and sparks flying. They start off with insults, with him repeatedly bashing her appearance and her taking it all in. Both hide their truths from one another, and repeatedly engage in activities to make each other jealous. The thing that sets it in the 2010s is the presence of a semi descriptive sex scene, but we resort back to absolute blindness, misunderstandings, revelations, absurdness and eventual HEA. I mean they both have an iPhone, yet do not even ONCE think of googling each other's names or verifying the identities. The twist about the dad was obvious, the h's past was mentioned a million times, the H was expectedly callous, the OW/OM were funnily virtuous..yet this weird genre of hairy cowboy/virgin heroine trope by Ms Palmer has been my comfort cocoon for ages- hence the rating because I knew from page one what would happen, and it delivered.
Safe/SWE
3/5
November 5, 2019
Too long, too repetitive, h was so perfect and H was not cruel for a DP hero and there was no angst but I liked the MCs, thus 2,5 stars.
January 6, 2021
She's a great h, with terrible taste in men. He's the town bike who probably needs a battery of STD tests, and who can't be trusted in the future. (I didn't buy his conversion and he is already being photographed with glamorous women and being depicted as their love interest.)
The good news is that she has avery interesting life where she meets a lot of handsome alpha males, so when the walking petri dish inevitably betrays her, she'll be able to find another replacement.
The good news is that she has avery interesting life where she meets a lot of handsome alpha males, so when the walking petri dish inevitably betrays her, she'll be able to find another replacement.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2020
Awful. This may be the straw that breaks my reading DP books. It reads like a 1950s book - the women are easy and promiscuous. The men are bounders. The h, a virgin romance writer, basically volunteers with a merc group - to get background knowledge for her books. REALLY? The same info os repeated over and over as if saying it more often will make it better.
Nope, nothing can make it better..... unless you turn it into a Covid drinking game? Every time the word bounder, or promiscuous comes up, you drink. 2 shots for mercs. Better yet, skip the book and just drink the booze. But, make sure you aren't a virgin on a date, lest you end up like our oh so special h.
Nope, nothing can make it better..... unless you turn it into a Covid drinking game? Every time the word bounder, or promiscuous comes up, you drink. 2 shots for mercs. Better yet, skip the book and just drink the booze. But, make sure you aren't a virgin on a date, lest you end up like our oh so special h.
November 4, 2019
First book I’ve read by this author. I picked it up off of a display shelf at the library. I was in the mood for a western romance and the story had it’s moments. Overall I found the writer’s style a bit choppy. Some scenes were rather abrupt, bridges between scenes were missing, and at the beginning of chapter 11 I even turned back several pages to check that I had not somehow skipped a dramatic scene involving a holdup at a convenience store. Is it weird to say it felt like one person was writing these dramatic scenes and another person was writing the filler bits but didn’t get them all in?
The parts that were supposed to be humorous were just a little mean at times and I didn’t laugh. The parts that were supposed to be completely serious got so over-the-top they were almost laughable. More backstory and complications seemed to be wedged into the story than were really needed and it got a bit repetitive and complicated.
I didn’t like how the author made the female main character out to be such a damaged, messed up, figure of pity and the “fixed” her by adding a rather obnoxious leading man. In the last pages the male main character was still trying to sort out his priorities and hiding behind his wealth when he made poor decisions about how to be a decent human being.
Violence, sex, mild language, references to war and combat situations, child abuse, attempted rape, alcohol and drunkenness
The parts that were supposed to be humorous were just a little mean at times and I didn’t laugh. The parts that were supposed to be completely serious got so over-the-top they were almost laughable. More backstory and complications seemed to be wedged into the story than were really needed and it got a bit repetitive and complicated.
I didn’t like how the author made the female main character out to be such a damaged, messed up, figure of pity and the “fixed” her by adding a rather obnoxious leading man. In the last pages the male main character was still trying to sort out his priorities and hiding behind his wealth when he made poor decisions about how to be a decent human being.
Violence, sex, mild language, references to war and combat situations, child abuse, attempted rape, alcohol and drunkenness
November 18, 2019
A bit long-winded ... DP could have conveyed the same things in a shorter book ... also, I felt that the H and h spent a lot of time at odds with each other ...
plot details such as h's profession and her methods of research were, frankly, unbelievable ...
plot details such as h's profession and her methods of research were, frankly, unbelievable ...
February 1, 2020
Such a blatant editing error is absolutely unforgivable. I was listening and reading at various times. While reading, Cory is thinking how Mina had been afraid for him. Since nothing had happened to explain any basis for this, I went to audio for an explanation (as different versions often have some differences) and it got even more confusing - she was afraid for him when they were at service station where there was a robbery. After backtracking, I found no reference to any such event in either the audio or e-reader versions! Then both Versions reference them being under a cottonwood tree. What? At end of last chapter, they were driving home from casino. Again, backtracking failed to provide an explanation. Further reading revealed it was now the next day and they were resting during a horseback ride. Extremely unprofessional. If something is edited out, author and editor need to make sure story flows after edit. Better yet, in this book, leave cut part in and cut the constant repetition of the same background info.
June 9, 2020
Admittedly, I’m not the target audience for this one. Nevertheless, I can appreciate a good romance from time to time. But this was so bad I couldn’t finish it. Moreover, I’m at a loss as to understand why any woman would appreciate the “hero” of this story—unless they’re the type of woman who likes to be degraded. I’m sure the hero here was redeemed somewhere along the way (I couldn’t read long enough to find out) and I’ve no doubt he was misunderstood in a way that he explains perfectly his boorish, actually hateful, behavior to the woman who certainly became the love of his life. But again, I didn’t make it that far.
November 2, 2019
I liked Mina and a lot of the other characters but i didnt like Cort at all.
Wants to meet a woman, who doesn't want him for his money but he treats the first real woman he meets like crap and every other time he's around her. Whatever
Wants to meet a woman, who doesn't want him for his money but he treats the first real woman he meets like crap and every other time he's around her. Whatever
December 6, 2019
I'm actually listening to this again to see if I missed something, but what I am finding is that while I enjoyed the overall arc of the story, listening to the details was a bit of a challenge.
This is a complex story between Cort and Mina, and Palmer introduces a lot of threads that seem to be wrapped up in secrets - PTSD, how an author develops her story, a father who disappeared, a woman who is fragile b/c of things that happened to her in the past, and a few other minor subcategories with characters that I'm not sure where Palmer was going [with these]. I don't think that Palmer successfully "tied up" all of the threads that she initially threw out, especially with regards to Cort's PTSD or how she handled Ida's (?) situation. Also, Cort and his cousin, Bart, talked about possibly visiting Cody Banks, and then nothing. Also, what about Jake McGuire - He was a prime focus and then nothing!
Palmer seemed to repeat some of the basic information at the beginning of the story. It's almost like she started writing one segment and continued along that line one day and then the next day, without reading what she had previously written, she started again, but told this portion of the story in a slightly different manner. In the end, I found that the second half of the story seemed to have more focus and there wasn't as much of the repetitiveness as found in the first half of the story.
We'll see where the second listen gets me, but I'm not sure my evaluation score will improve. Hopefully future stories will be better!
This is a complex story between Cort and Mina, and Palmer introduces a lot of threads that seem to be wrapped up in secrets - PTSD, how an author develops her story, a father who disappeared, a woman who is fragile b/c of things that happened to her in the past, and a few other minor subcategories with characters that I'm not sure where Palmer was going [with these]. I don't think that Palmer successfully "tied up" all of the threads that she initially threw out, especially with regards to Cort's PTSD or how she handled Ida's (?) situation. Also, Cort and his cousin, Bart, talked about possibly visiting Cody Banks, and then nothing. Also, what about Jake McGuire - He was a prime focus and then nothing!
Palmer seemed to repeat some of the basic information at the beginning of the story. It's almost like she started writing one segment and continued along that line one day and then the next day, without reading what she had previously written, she started again, but told this portion of the story in a slightly different manner. In the end, I found that the second half of the story seemed to have more focus and there wasn't as much of the repetitiveness as found in the first half of the story.
We'll see where the second listen gets me, but I'm not sure my evaluation score will improve. Hopefully future stories will be better!
March 23, 2024
Hace millones que no me leía un libro de Diana Palmer según Goodreads el último lo leí en el 2020.
Esta autora me encanta, escribe historias cortitas que me atrapan desde el principio. Eso sí, no es para todos ya que sus libros suelen tener un poquito de machismo. Este no tiene tanto, siento que es más que nada porque fue publicado en el 2019.
El libro no es lo mejor que he leído pero es algo que he disfrutado MUCHÍSIMO, me recordó a una época donde me la pasaba leyendo novelas de este tipo en vacaciones de verano cuando aún ni trabajaba y solo me desvelaba leyendo.
Lo que son Diana Palmer, Linda Howard, SEP y Suzanne Brockmann me recuerdan momentos de mi vida en los que era MUY feliz, no tenía preocupaciones escolares ni laborales, me daban vacaciones 2 meses enteros y me la pasaba bebiéndome sus libros.
En fin, me he desviado del tema pero lo que quiero dar a entender con esto es que probablemente este no sea un libro de 4 estrellas pero para mí lo es por lo que me hizo sentir.
Mina y Cort me han encantado. Sin duda Mina es un personaje muy audaz, inocente y magnífica. Ella es una autora de un libro que está siendo muy exitoso en ventas, me encantó ver un poquito sobre eso porque siento que es un pequeño guiño basado en experiencias de la propia autora. Cort se ha pasado con un par de comentarios, no voy a mentir que no me parecieron terribles pero se los paso y me encanta como se ablanda con Mina. Hay una escena que me dejó muy masita 🥹, spoilers a continuación :
Esta escena me encantó por su significado, literal no hubo peleas, lo arreglaron hablando, entendiéndose y disculpándose. Amén, soy feliz.
Esta autora me encanta, escribe historias cortitas que me atrapan desde el principio. Eso sí, no es para todos ya que sus libros suelen tener un poquito de machismo. Este no tiene tanto, siento que es más que nada porque fue publicado en el 2019.
El libro no es lo mejor que he leído pero es algo que he disfrutado MUCHÍSIMO, me recordó a una época donde me la pasaba leyendo novelas de este tipo en vacaciones de verano cuando aún ni trabajaba y solo me desvelaba leyendo.
Lo que son Diana Palmer, Linda Howard, SEP y Suzanne Brockmann me recuerdan momentos de mi vida en los que era MUY feliz, no tenía preocupaciones escolares ni laborales, me daban vacaciones 2 meses enteros y me la pasaba bebiéndome sus libros.
En fin, me he desviado del tema pero lo que quiero dar a entender con esto es que probablemente este no sea un libro de 4 estrellas pero para mí lo es por lo que me hizo sentir.
Mina y Cort me han encantado. Sin duda Mina es un personaje muy audaz, inocente y magnífica. Ella es una autora de un libro que está siendo muy exitoso en ventas, me encantó ver un poquito sobre eso porque siento que es un pequeño guiño basado en experiencias de la propia autora. Cort se ha pasado con un par de comentarios, no voy a mentir que no me parecieron terribles pero se los paso y me encanta como se ablanda con Mina. Hay una escena que me dejó muy masita 🥹, spoilers a continuación :
— ¡Podrían matarte!
Mina lo miró. Parecía que a Cort le importaba y se preocupaba de verdad. Estaba así de furioso porque había temido por ella y no sabía admitirlo sin parecer débil. Eso hizo que se le pasara el enfado de pronto.
Se acercó y le acarició el torso.
—Estoy cansada —le dijo en voz baja y apoyando la mejilla en él—. Y tengo mucho sueño.
Cort, sin poder contenerse, acarició su larga melena y hundió los dedos en ella. Esa inesperada fragilidad de Mina lo atravesó como un cuchillo traspasando mantequilla derretida.
Suspiró.
—Has tenido una noche muy dura y yo he sido un imbécil —le dijo con delicadeza—. Lo siento.
Esta escena me encantó por su significado, literal no hubo peleas, lo arreglaron hablando, entendiéndose y disculpándose. Amén, soy feliz.
February 5, 2022
3.5 stars
I liked the overall story and characters, but the romance was just okay. I thought it was heading into a positive direction because it felt like a mashup of some of my favorite Diana Palmer romances of all time, but the romance just petered out. It happens in a blink of an eye. It was literally they went on a date, sleep together while drunk, which I wasn’t overly thrilled with, she got pregnant, then got married and boom they were madly in love. There was no build in their love story. I thought some Diana Palmer romance themes were going to come but they never did. It was disappointing. I did like she was an author and all that entailed with that. I did like the mercenary group, which is kind of making me feel like it might be a set up to other series. It brought the most action to the story once they appeared. I didn’t like they were Cory and Mina were lying to each other for so long. There was no real conflict that arose that wasn’t efficiently dealt with. So, it almost had a what’s the point type feeling. I figured out the storyline with her dad pretty easy. I did like the storyline with Cory’s dad and how that was resolved. Other that it was just okay. It wasn’t the best Diana Palmer book I read nor was it the worst. It was just bland.
I liked the overall story and characters, but the romance was just okay. I thought it was heading into a positive direction because it felt like a mashup of some of my favorite Diana Palmer romances of all time, but the romance just petered out. It happens in a blink of an eye. It was literally they went on a date, sleep together while drunk, which I wasn’t overly thrilled with, she got pregnant, then got married and boom they were madly in love. There was no build in their love story. I thought some Diana Palmer romance themes were going to come but they never did. It was disappointing. I did like she was an author and all that entailed with that. I did like the mercenary group, which is kind of making me feel like it might be a set up to other series. It brought the most action to the story once they appeared. I didn’t like they were Cory and Mina were lying to each other for so long. There was no real conflict that arose that wasn’t efficiently dealt with. So, it almost had a what’s the point type feeling. I figured out the storyline with her dad pretty easy. I did like the storyline with Cory’s dad and how that was resolved. Other that it was just okay. It wasn’t the best Diana Palmer book I read nor was it the worst. It was just bland.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 13, 2023
Cort was arrogant first and thought Mina was not pretty. Gradually, he was attracted by her and he found that he can't live without her.
This story could be better if it was shorter, the plot could be ended after they got married. Although the epilogue was good, I didn't like how they kept secrets from each other.
This story could be better if it was shorter, the plot could be ended after they got married. Although the epilogue was good, I didn't like how they kept secrets from each other.
November 24, 2019
I always read Palmer's books and enjoy them as light reads.
This one had a serious disconnect between Chapters 10 & 11 so something went wrong in the edits.
Cort was certainly not a likeable main character but readers could see the generational damage done in his family. Palmer also offered hope for healing and changing the dynamics for both Cort and his father.
The heroine, Mina, also had demons in her past to overcome. She is one of Palmer's stronger heroines who is still flawed.
As expected, love overcomes barriers and the two find a way to be a family.
This one had a serious disconnect between Chapters 10 & 11 so something went wrong in the edits.
Cort was certainly not a likeable main character but readers could see the generational damage done in his family. Palmer also offered hope for healing and changing the dynamics for both Cort and his father.
The heroine, Mina, also had demons in her past to overcome. She is one of Palmer's stronger heroines who is still flawed.
As expected, love overcomes barriers and the two find a way to be a family.
March 6, 2021
I liked it but there were weaknesses. It’s as if the writer was bored and finished in a hurry.
August 31, 2022
Working my way through this series.
June 6, 2023
Segundo que leo de esta serie y segundo que no me gusta nada.
December 6, 2019
Knowing it's time to settle down but only finding women who seem to want to marry him only for his money, Cort decides to spend some time out in Wyoming helping his cousin on his ranch. Things couldn't be off to a worst start though when he meets Mina. She insults him, stomps on his foot and dares him to get her arrested for assault. Thinking she isn't anything more than a cowgirl who likes to knit, he immediately dislikes hers and does everything in his power to ignore her. In reality though, Mina is a ranch owner and also a writer on her way to the top of the New York Time's Best Seller List. The main issue with all of this though is that both are infuriated by the other but they also have a physical attraction that they are desperately trying to ignore.
The biggest issue and why I almost gave this a 2.5 is because of Cort. He is the absolute worst and such a sleazy human where he will take stock of a woman's appearance and judge each aspect of it before speaking to them. His personally and the things he said were almost having me putting the book down and not continuing. The only reason why I didn't DNF this within the first 20 pages is that Mina is absolutely amazing and puts him right in his place and is an excellent example of an independent woman who has become even stronger due to her past. What I liked about this book the most is her willingness to work hard and strive for what she wants even though she was hurt and abused in her past.
The biggest issue and why I almost gave this a 2.5 is because of Cort. He is the absolute worst and such a sleazy human where he will take stock of a woman's appearance and judge each aspect of it before speaking to them. His personally and the things he said were almost having me putting the book down and not continuing. The only reason why I didn't DNF this within the first 20 pages is that Mina is absolutely amazing and puts him right in his place and is an excellent example of an independent woman who has become even stronger due to her past. What I liked about this book the most is her willingness to work hard and strive for what she wants even though she was hurt and abused in her past.
April 1, 2020
Overall the story was pretty good. There were only a couple of typos easily managed. However, there was a part that I had to stop and go "Wait! What? What holdup?" All of a sudden she mentions at the start of a new chapter a holdup and how Mina was concerned for the well being of Cort. Nowhere in the book is that holdup mentioned except at the start of Chapter Eleven! I felt like it would have been nice to have that portion of the relationship discussed in a bit more depth.
September 24, 2021
Mina doesn't much like Cort. He really doesn't know her. She is a writer. He's a cowboy. Let the love begin! Diana Palmer gets right to the heart of human relationships. I love her books!!
August 19, 2021
The plot idea is cute, secret ranch tycoon falls and secret famous author/mercenary fall in love despite themselves. But that’s where I stopped liking this book. There is an incredibly problematic reference to a domestic worker as “a small, dark woman.” She is given a name and refers to “her country” but we are not told specifically where she is from, just that it is south of Texas. So that’s not great.
And then there’s the sexism, chauvinism, misogyny. We are told that the female protagonist, Mina, is a strong, independent woman who goes on mercenary missions and writes best selling novels. She endured endless suffering as a child but now successfully runs a ranch in Wyoming. And yet, all the men in her life feel it is appropriate to strip her of autonomy every chance they get. Constantly conspiring to keep secrets from her about her own life, because they know what’s best. Mina isn’t even given a say in the matter. Her most trusted family and friends trick her into spending time with her estranged father after she tells them she doesn’t want to meet him. Her brand new father in law makes her go to an Ob/Gyn he knows, and is the one who talks to Cort about the pregnancy, talking about Mina and Mina’s body in front of her.
The male protagonist, Cort, is portrayed as a playboy and a rounder, and spends the first half of the book generalizing women, and determining a women’s value based on her “innocence” (virginity). He repeatedly decries that he is afraid Mina is pretending to be a virgin to trick him, even though she believes he is a poor cowboy, and even though he repeatedly states that all the women he’s been with before (which is many, because that’s a “permissible pleasure” for him but Mina better be a virgin!) have been on birth control. So apparently he thinks all women are devious and manipulative about their sexuality even though that is literally not his lived experience.
To add insult to injury, the writing is not good. The character developments in the last 10% of the book are entirely unearned, which is probably because instead of developing the plot, most of the book is spent on unnecessary, redundant exposition. Through the last chapter we are given background information on tertiary characters, and are being told for the umpteenth time about the protagonists’ respective childhoods, all of which we already know! The entire life story of a brother we never meet? Yes, tell us five times. But sure, just call Chiquita a “small dark woman” from an unknown southern country…
The book seems to want to be a classic western love story where traditional values bring people together. I thought, based on the treatment of women and minorities, that this books was decades old. But then there are repeated, and very specific, references to Game of Thrones and the new Star Wars movies. Even a few years after publishing it doesn’t age well. It feels like pandering to a “modern” reader that is atonal and insincere.
And then there’s the sexism, chauvinism, misogyny. We are told that the female protagonist, Mina, is a strong, independent woman who goes on mercenary missions and writes best selling novels. She endured endless suffering as a child but now successfully runs a ranch in Wyoming. And yet, all the men in her life feel it is appropriate to strip her of autonomy every chance they get. Constantly conspiring to keep secrets from her about her own life, because they know what’s best. Mina isn’t even given a say in the matter. Her most trusted family and friends trick her into spending time with her estranged father after she tells them she doesn’t want to meet him. Her brand new father in law makes her go to an Ob/Gyn he knows, and is the one who talks to Cort about the pregnancy, talking about Mina and Mina’s body in front of her.
The male protagonist, Cort, is portrayed as a playboy and a rounder, and spends the first half of the book generalizing women, and determining a women’s value based on her “innocence” (virginity). He repeatedly decries that he is afraid Mina is pretending to be a virgin to trick him, even though she believes he is a poor cowboy, and even though he repeatedly states that all the women he’s been with before (which is many, because that’s a “permissible pleasure” for him but Mina better be a virgin!) have been on birth control. So apparently he thinks all women are devious and manipulative about their sexuality even though that is literally not his lived experience.
To add insult to injury, the writing is not good. The character developments in the last 10% of the book are entirely unearned, which is probably because instead of developing the plot, most of the book is spent on unnecessary, redundant exposition. Through the last chapter we are given background information on tertiary characters, and are being told for the umpteenth time about the protagonists’ respective childhoods, all of which we already know! The entire life story of a brother we never meet? Yes, tell us five times. But sure, just call Chiquita a “small dark woman” from an unknown southern country…
The book seems to want to be a classic western love story where traditional values bring people together. I thought, based on the treatment of women and minorities, that this books was decades old. But then there are repeated, and very specific, references to Game of Thrones and the new Star Wars movies. Even a few years after publishing it doesn’t age well. It feels like pandering to a “modern” reader that is atonal and insincere.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 2, 2025
La temática estaba bien pero el libro tiene tantos errores que no sé por dónde empezar, le pongo 2 estrellas porque aún así me mantuvo enganchada. El nivel de ciclotimia del protagonista no es normal: la besa, al segundo la insulta, luego la besa de nuevo, dice que es la cosa más buena y pura, al segundo dice que es una hipócrita interesada, dice que le gusta, al segundo dice que es una virgen insulsa y que no quiere nada con ella, dice que ya no quiere estar con mujeres frivolas, al segundo dice que la protagonista es pobre y que él solo quiere estar con mujeres ricas, dice que quiere formar una familia con una mujer que le guste la vida de campo, luego que jamás podría estar con ella porque no es una chica de ciudad. ??? Y así todo el libro, los diálogos son tan bipolares y poco fluidos que cuesta seguirlos, no sé si es por problemas de traducción o en la versión original tampoco tienen coherencia. Cuando se entera que él es millonario, él le dice "yo nunca miento" cuando le está pidiendo disculpas por mentirle y ella al segundo lo perdona.
Lo del embarazo se veía venir desde el principio, lo incoherente fue que ella dice que como él no quiere tener hijos ni nada serio, si llegase a estar embarazada no le dirá nada pero en la siguiente escena ella está planeando mudarse con él porque supuestamente él le dijo que quería tener hijos con ella, wtf en ningún momento le dijo eso.
Que los mercenarios le permitan formar parte a ella no tiene sentido y lo del intento de secuestro menos. Ella le oculta que es escritora, cuando él se va de viaje durante semanas, o sea el puede ausentarse pero ella no puede tener una profesión? Cuando él se entera se enoja y hasta se plantea dejarla y volver a su vida de soltero. Super machista, que pretendan que ella sea una mujer florero que se queda en casa para criar hijos y cocinar.
Lo del padre de ella solucionado en una oración, cuando el tipo no la busco ni una vez en 15 años. El padre de él fue un infiel toda su vida y la convencen a la esposa para que lo perdone.
Cuestión la autora quiere meter mil cosas y al final no desarrolla correctamente nada, porque ellos pasan de odiarse a casarse de un capítulo a otro, tampoco desarrollan el trauma de él y sus pesadillas, no lo mencionaron más. Ah y perdí la cuenta de cuantas veces dijeron Espectro.
Lo del embarazo se veía venir desde el principio, lo incoherente fue que ella dice que como él no quiere tener hijos ni nada serio, si llegase a estar embarazada no le dirá nada pero en la siguiente escena ella está planeando mudarse con él porque supuestamente él le dijo que quería tener hijos con ella, wtf en ningún momento le dijo eso.
Que los mercenarios le permitan formar parte a ella no tiene sentido y lo del intento de secuestro menos. Ella le oculta que es escritora, cuando él se va de viaje durante semanas, o sea el puede ausentarse pero ella no puede tener una profesión? Cuando él se entera se enoja y hasta se plantea dejarla y volver a su vida de soltero. Super machista, que pretendan que ella sea una mujer florero que se queda en casa para criar hijos y cocinar.
Lo del padre de ella solucionado en una oración, cuando el tipo no la busco ni una vez en 15 años. El padre de él fue un infiel toda su vida y la convencen a la esposa para que lo perdone.
Cuestión la autora quiere meter mil cosas y al final no desarrolla correctamente nada, porque ellos pasan de odiarse a casarse de un capítulo a otro, tampoco desarrollan el trauma de él y sus pesadillas, no lo mencionaron más. Ah y perdí la cuenta de cuantas veces dijeron Espectro.
April 3, 2025
Around the bush we go! Talk about repetitive! First we're told every characters backstory through the POV of said character, then we're told it again through conversations with other characters. Geesh. Not only was this book repetitive but it was slow and lacked any romance. The hero and heroine are barely in the same proximity for half of the book. The first half of the book is more or less cattle sales, riding fence lines, hiring cowboys and jamming character back stories down our throats.
This is my third Diana Palmer book and I'm done. The formula is insulting and judgemental. Just because someone isn't from a small, rural town doesn't mean they're sluts. They live in small towns as well. Hence the name "town slut".
Some elements of this book are either unbelievable or stupid. Like the fact that this country bumpkin heroine is allowed to do ride alongs with special op teams. Where'd she get the clearance? I also found it humourous that she felt that just because she writes books she (in her mind) would all of a sudden appear worldly to the H.
I was done around page 180 when she went on a date with the hero looking like a 50 year old school teacher replete with a fanny pack...lol. But that's not the reason. As soon as they head out, we get more conversations about their awful childhoods for the nth time.
I've suffered through three of Mrs. Palmer's books, never again.
This is my third Diana Palmer book and I'm done. The formula is insulting and judgemental. Just because someone isn't from a small, rural town doesn't mean they're sluts. They live in small towns as well. Hence the name "town slut".
Some elements of this book are either unbelievable or stupid. Like the fact that this country bumpkin heroine is allowed to do ride alongs with special op teams. Where'd she get the clearance? I also found it humourous that she felt that just because she writes books she (in her mind) would all of a sudden appear worldly to the H.
I was done around page 180 when she went on a date with the hero looking like a 50 year old school teacher replete with a fanny pack...lol. But that's not the reason. As soon as they head out, we get more conversations about their awful childhoods for the nth time.
I've suffered through three of Mrs. Palmer's books, never again.
December 16, 2020
Cort Grier comes to Wyoming pretending to be someone he is not. There he meets shy, quite Mina Michaels who is also not what she seems. This gives them a chance to learn about each other without knowing how much the other one is worth financially and that is important to Cort because he is very wealthy and women chase him for his money and the gifts that can buy. Mina is an author who sometimes goes on missions with a commando group that trained her and trained her well. His secret is exposed before his and when hers comes out, it comes out with a bang.
This is a typical story for Ms. Palmer in that the hero is jaded and antagonistic toward the heroine. They don't think that they can fit into each other's worlds so, in order to hide their feelings for each other, which he does a better job of, they date other people. There are some parts that are a bit unbelievable and there is a mystery about her father and her family that comes out. Her mother was horrible and loose with men.
It was a good story and one that I have come to expect from Ms. Palmer. I liked Mina a lot and Cort as well even though he was a jerk at first, at least to her.
This is a typical story for Ms. Palmer in that the hero is jaded and antagonistic toward the heroine. They don't think that they can fit into each other's worlds so, in order to hide their feelings for each other, which he does a better job of, they date other people. There are some parts that are a bit unbelievable and there is a mystery about her father and her family that comes out. Her mother was horrible and loose with men.
It was a good story and one that I have come to expect from Ms. Palmer. I liked Mina a lot and Cort as well even though he was a jerk at first, at least to her.
January 1, 2022
3.5 Stars. Not a bad story—but a number of problems that detracted from enjoyment of it. First big problem is that the blurb telling what the story was about was wrong. What a surprise to start reading a book when nothing matches the synopsis! I listened to the audiobook performed by Todd McClaren. He reads okay, but the pace was so slow that I turned the rate to 1.5x faster. The narration was still kind of choppy at that pace. He doesn’t really do the voices very well. There is a stilted quality to his voice that kept me feeling detached from the characters. It felt like listening to narration from a 1950’s travelogue or nature program. He voiced Mina dreadfully. Advice to both men and women narrators. You don’t have to sound female or male. Just alter your voice slightly so we know a different person is speaking. Most men who try to affect women’s voices (and vice versa) just end up making the character sound cartoonish. NOTE-THERE SEEMS TO BE A CHAPTER BETWEEN CHAPTER 10 & 11 MISSING. Chapter 11 mentions problems at a gas station, that leave Colt injured. No such incident was mentioned in chapter 10.
Not a bad read, but certainly a trouble audiobook.
Not a bad read, but certainly a trouble audiobook.
January 10, 2024
2 estrellas
Se supone que esta es una de las novelas "nuevas" de DP y sin embargo lo único moderno es la aparición del internet y aparatos tecnológicos. El resto es el mismo refrito con moralina barata de las últimas décadas. No sé si esta señora es quien escribe sus libros o tiene escritoras fantasmas pero por favor, dejen de escribir con el rosario en las piernas. Es muy horrible ver la manera en la que se expresan de las mujeres. Pareciese ser una propaganda de algún culto ultra católico
La pareja principal tiene un inicio muy chispeante y me dio mucha alegría pero poco a poco se transformo en otra historia aburrida con "malos entendidos" mediocres. Hay libros de DP que funcionan muy bien pese a tener a heroes que son psicópatas y mujeres que tienen aire en vez de cerebro pero esta no es una de ellas.
Se supone que esta es una de las novelas "nuevas" de DP y sin embargo lo único moderno es la aparición del internet y aparatos tecnológicos. El resto es el mismo refrito con moralina barata de las últimas décadas. No sé si esta señora es quien escribe sus libros o tiene escritoras fantasmas pero por favor, dejen de escribir con el rosario en las piernas. Es muy horrible ver la manera en la que se expresan de las mujeres. Pareciese ser una propaganda de algún culto ultra católico
La pareja principal tiene un inicio muy chispeante y me dio mucha alegría pero poco a poco se transformo en otra historia aburrida con "malos entendidos" mediocres. Hay libros de DP que funcionan muy bien pese a tener a heroes que son psicópatas y mujeres que tienen aire en vez de cerebro pero esta no es una de ellas.
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