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Snow Kisses
Abby Shane has come home to Montana. It's a haven from the nightmares of Manhattan, a place to recover from the trauma that jeopardized her career and left her emotionally scarred. But she's also come home to the painful memories of an all-too-brief love affair. Now, what is supposed to be a healing period for Abby, becomes something much different.
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1983
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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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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August 16, 2019
Heroine crushed on the older rancher hero since she was a teen. Hero rebuffed her so after her father died she went to NYC to become a model. She stayed even though she was homesick and just wanted to design clothes and not model. Why? Because H disapproved and she was being contrary.
For her sins she was assaulted on a NYC street and now she has returned to Wyoming to prepare for her sister’s wedding. She has a case of PTSD that the hero senses but doesn’t understand.
The H/h go through all of the usual misunderstandings and snap judgments until the H/h finally sort it out that they have “loved each other forever.”
Also- the heroine is going to design clothes for a mail order catalog headquartered in Montana . Watch out L.L. Bean and Lands’ End!
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest over bronzed muscles!
Breast Description High and firm
Cigarettes pack a day
Alcohol 2 whiskeys with dessert. Half a bottle when he drunk-dialed heroine
Town Descriptions Montana ranch.
Gardenia Scent No
LOL detail This innovator had: " a videocassette setup so that Cade could sell cattle to people who had never been to the ranch to see them-they could buy from the tape. He could buy the same way, by watching film of a bull he was interested in, for example." The future is now!
DP hobbyhorse NYC where no one has morals
For her sins she was assaulted on a NYC street and now she has returned to Wyoming to prepare for her sister’s wedding. She has a case of PTSD that the hero senses but doesn’t understand.
The H/h go through all of the usual misunderstandings and snap judgments until the H/h finally sort it out that they have “loved each other forever.”
Also- the heroine is going to design clothes for a mail order catalog headquartered in Montana . Watch out L.L. Bean and Lands’ End!
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest over bronzed muscles!
Breast Description High and firm
Cigarettes pack a day
Alcohol 2 whiskeys with dessert. Half a bottle when he drunk-dialed heroine
Town Descriptions Montana ranch.
Gardenia Scent No
LOL detail This innovator had: " a videocassette setup so that Cade could sell cattle to people who had never been to the ranch to see them-they could buy from the tape. He could buy the same way, by watching film of a bull he was interested in, for example." The future is now!
DP hobbyhorse NYC where no one has morals
March 20, 2012
I can't help but think I've read this one before. Yes, One can argue that many of Diana Palmer's books are similar, but I feel like I remember a few scenes almost exactly. Although this is a bit dated, the emotional aspects are timeless, and I love the pining angst. The usual push and pull between the hero and the heroine. The humor that makes her books pop. The hero that is awkward with women, and never got over the heroine. They both have something to lose in the high stakes game of love.
This one isn't a favorite, but it was still good enough for a fan of hers. I'd give it four stars.
This one isn't a favorite, but it was still good enough for a fan of hers. I'd give it four stars.
December 24, 2015
Sweet love story! Both H and h were lovable.
December 5, 2014
I think I've figured out my problem with Diana Palmer books. The scenarios always sound so good so that I get sucked in. Here for example I totally love a story line of an older man who fell in love with a young girl but has to wait for her to grow up. But then DP fails in execution. Here both the hero and the heroine make huge assumptions about the feelings and actions of the other. But no one ever steps up to the plate and says anything. How alpha can a guy really be if he can't even tell some girl he loves, "you're mine and you're staying here with me." I mean grow a pair. The worst she can do is say no I'm not and leave anyway. At least you'll have tried. Also both of these two had people telling them that the other was crazy in love with them but both were like 'no you're wrong' without any real reason. So he has always said he was not going to marry. Might he have been throwing up an excuse while he waited for her to grow up?
And here as in many DP books the virginity worship was OTT. She was a virgin of course. And although there is some question, I don't believe he was a virgin but he was inexperienced. But I had to roll my eyes when he told her he had never undressed in front of a woman before.
And here as in many DP books the virginity worship was OTT. She was a virgin of course. And although there is some question, I don't believe he was a virgin but he was inexperienced. But I had to roll my eyes when he told her he had never undressed in front of a woman before.
April 29, 2016
3 1/2 Stars ~ Abby's loved Cade since she was fifteen years old and when she was eighteen, she thought he loved her in return. He'd been so gentle that magical night when they had almost made love, but he'd pushed her away. Convinced that Cade didn't care, Abby hopped on the bus for New York to make her way as a fashion model. Working hard to put him out of her mind paid off, and soon she was sought after and successful. The few times she'd returned to Montana to visit her sister, Cade had kept his distance which only confirmed to Abby that he'd never felt as she had. Now at 22, Abby returned to Montana seeking solace and security, as she recovers from a brutal attack. She tells Cade that she home to help Melly with her wedding a month away, but he can tell there's something wrong. Abby's skittish and subdued and the lose clothes she wears completely hide the womanly curves. When he finally gets her to talk about the attack, he promises to help her get over her fear of men, and teaches her how to take back control. Abby thrives on Cade's gentleness and again she begins to hope that they have a future. But Cade keeps putting up barriers preventing them from total intimacy and commitment. She thinks it's because he only desires her and doesn't want to step over that line. Their attraction torments them and when Melly returns from her honeymoon, Abby hops on the first plane back to New York with all her dreams of a live with Cade finally squashed.
This is an emotional star-crossed lovers story. Abby and Cade have always loved each other but are totally blind to how the other feels. Ms. Palmer lets us see into their hearts and feel the pain they bring to each other. Cade is a strong hero, a man of the outdoors, defender of the land and honorable in deed. He feels deeply and Abby shakes his control, but he thinks she's just playing "city" games with him and has no love for his way of life. I hurt for both of them and wanted to shake them both to put some sense into them. Pride kept them from confessing their love. I thoroughly enjoyed how Ms. Palmer ended their standoff and brought them their HEA.
This is an emotional star-crossed lovers story. Abby and Cade have always loved each other but are totally blind to how the other feels. Ms. Palmer lets us see into their hearts and feel the pain they bring to each other. Cade is a strong hero, a man of the outdoors, defender of the land and honorable in deed. He feels deeply and Abby shakes his control, but he thinks she's just playing "city" games with him and has no love for his way of life. I hurt for both of them and wanted to shake them both to put some sense into them. Pride kept them from confessing their love. I thoroughly enjoyed how Ms. Palmer ended their standoff and brought them their HEA.
December 25, 2024
Re-read.
So 14 year old me absolutely loved this one back in the day so I thought if 28 year old me would see if I agreed with the poor innocent fool of back yonder. Guess what? It wasn't bad. From all the Diana Palmer books I ever read, I think this will always come down to 2nd favorite....
If you are snowed in, bored to death and your kids driving you crazy, I would recommend it because out of all DP's asshole Heroes, this one surprisingly I could tolerate.
So 14 year old me absolutely loved this one back in the day so I thought if 28 year old me would see if I agreed with the poor innocent fool of back yonder. Guess what? It wasn't bad. From all the Diana Palmer books I ever read, I think this will always come down to 2nd favorite....
If you are snowed in, bored to death and your kids driving you crazy, I would recommend it because out of all DP's asshole Heroes, this one surprisingly I could tolerate.
December 29, 2014
Sweet Classic Diana Palmer
THE STORY: Abby Shane is a 22 year old fashion model from New York who returns to her hometown in Montana and the man who she has loved since she was fifteen. Now she doesn't want anything to do with men after having been assaulted on the streets of NY. Cade McLaren has loved Abby for years but when she left for New York without a care, he was devastated. This is a story of two people who love one another but who cannot tell each other that fact and so numerous misunderstandings threaten to tear them apart forever.
OPINION: I really like this story even though the entire conflict is based upon two people who cannot tell the truth to one another. That is the annoyance that prevents this book from being a five star. I really like the characters and their relationship with one another. Many of Palmer's romances are based upon misunderstandings so I expect it when I read her book, especially the older ones.
WORTH MENTIONING: This is a reprint of a series romance from the 1980s so it is a short novel or a long novella length.
FINAL DECISION: The sweet intense romance overcomes a plot based upon misunderstandings.
CONNECTED BOOKS: This book is a standalone.
STAR RATING: I give this book 4 stars.
THE STORY: Abby Shane is a 22 year old fashion model from New York who returns to her hometown in Montana and the man who she has loved since she was fifteen. Now she doesn't want anything to do with men after having been assaulted on the streets of NY. Cade McLaren has loved Abby for years but when she left for New York without a care, he was devastated. This is a story of two people who love one another but who cannot tell each other that fact and so numerous misunderstandings threaten to tear them apart forever.
OPINION: I really like this story even though the entire conflict is based upon two people who cannot tell the truth to one another. That is the annoyance that prevents this book from being a five star. I really like the characters and their relationship with one another. Many of Palmer's romances are based upon misunderstandings so I expect it when I read her book, especially the older ones.
WORTH MENTIONING: This is a reprint of a series romance from the 1980s so it is a short novel or a long novella length.
FINAL DECISION: The sweet intense romance overcomes a plot based upon misunderstandings.
CONNECTED BOOKS: This book is a standalone.
STAR RATING: I give this book 4 stars.
December 10, 2024
So this was not the best book I ever read but also not the worst. First for the things I did not like. I thought it was going to be a Christmas book because it's called snow kisses but it actually takes place in April in Montana LOL. Also, there's a sexual assault that takes place and the way that the MMC tells the FMC to handle it is just basically move past it. Also this is a will they won't they in a super literal sense. There were several times in the book where they're about to have sex like literally naked on top of each other and then it stops. What I did like/appreciate is that this is an old older romance novel. And I know that trashy romance novels is a whole genre in itself and so reading. This really got me thinking about the genre and other books like it.
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December 31, 2024
DP as it’s always been.
November 21, 2019
A sweet read.
New York model Abby has come home to Montana hoping a vacation and her sister's wedding will help her forget a bad experience and heal.
Strong handsome Cade realizes Abby is upset about something and tries to find out her secret. But his arrogence gets her dander up and lets her know he is still an arse. As his bumbling attempts to help her push her futher away he tries to bare his heart to her but still can't get it right.
Abby has always loved him and has learn to live with it, believing his attempts to be charming are but a joke at her expense she goes back to NYC.
You start out not liking arrogent Cade but start rooting for him as you realize he loves her but is afraid too.
Another well written charming G+ rated read by Diana Palmer.
New York model Abby has come home to Montana hoping a vacation and her sister's wedding will help her forget a bad experience and heal.
Strong handsome Cade realizes Abby is upset about something and tries to find out her secret. But his arrogence gets her dander up and lets her know he is still an arse. As his bumbling attempts to help her push her futher away he tries to bare his heart to her but still can't get it right.
Abby has always loved him and has learn to live with it, believing his attempts to be charming are but a joke at her expense she goes back to NYC.
You start out not liking arrogent Cade but start rooting for him as you realize he loves her but is afraid too.
Another well written charming G+ rated read by Diana Palmer.
November 10, 2021
This was a re-re-re-read for me. I continue to wonder why I torture myself by re-reading my Diana Palmers when her 1983 books aren't much different than her 2018 books. She's the only author I know of who hasn't grown in any way.
I *do* understand why I loved this book when first read it in 1983, but while some OS books can and do stand the test of time, I think my negative feelings have origins in the fact that while the author still writes the same way in 2019, there's no comparisons to be made. Make sense at all?
I gave this re-read experience 2 stars. 1 star because it's so yuck, but a 2nd star because of the memories.
I *do* understand why I loved this book when first read it in 1983, but while some OS books can and do stand the test of time, I think my negative feelings have origins in the fact that while the author still writes the same way in 2019, there's no comparisons to be made. Make sense at all?
I gave this re-read experience 2 stars. 1 star because it's so yuck, but a 2nd star because of the memories.
November 12, 2016
A definite "blast from the past" read.
Diana Palmer is who first hooked me on romance novels when I was just a teenager. Although many of her books have the same plot, I still find them nostalgic. Snow Kisses is one of those books that I read many years ago, and I can still find the magic within these pages that turned ne towards this genre.
It makes you feel good, even though you often times want to throw her emotionally stunted, stubborn, and arrogant heroes into the nearest swamp!
Recommended for fans of Diana Palmer.
Diana Palmer is who first hooked me on romance novels when I was just a teenager. Although many of her books have the same plot, I still find them nostalgic. Snow Kisses is one of those books that I read many years ago, and I can still find the magic within these pages that turned ne towards this genre.
It makes you feel good, even though you often times want to throw her emotionally stunted, stubborn, and arrogant heroes into the nearest swamp!
Recommended for fans of Diana Palmer.
October 15, 2011
TSTL the LOT of them! My goodness...so is he or isn't he a virgin???? If he was it makes a lot more sense. If not, he needs to be put out to pasture and she should hook up with someone else.
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July 15, 2024
2.5*, rounded down
Cade, the hero, is 36 yo rancher, actively working on his own ranch plus managing another two. It's tough work, sometimes spanning 24/7. He has little free time and the ranch is pretty isolated.
He was raised conservatively and, possibly because of it as well, doesn't believe in simply having an affair. In other words, Cade's not a virgin, but because he never really dated any woman seriously, he never actually made love to a woman, as in, worried about pleasing one.
He has indicated this to the heroine repeatedly, but...
Somehow Abby is way too lost in his "very masculinity" and "steely muscles" to pay attention. She never asked herself why does he bother arguing with her, or kissing her, or helping her at all. She's stuck in a moment 4 years ago when she was still 18 yo and he stopped short of making love to her. Cade was very, very nice about it IMO, and explained his reasoning. But Abby felt dreadfully rejected and decided to flee all across the country to NY to work as a model.
Abby comes home temporarily to recover from an emotional trauma and make her sister's wedding dress, though this seems more like an afterthought. At first she refuses to tell Cade the real reason why she's back, she's difficult, argumentative... In fact they argue for most of the book simply because he thinks she loves the glamour of the big city and doesn't want to come back home, and she feels the need to prove him right even if she has to lie through her teeth and pretend to be what she's not.
So they kiss and make out a bit for him to help her recover from her trauma, but God forbid mentioning that she would love to stay. Argh. Guess I'm getting old for this.
So basically, I didn't really like the heroine. After 4 long years of working and living by herself in NY, modelling nonetheless, she's still the same immature woman who won't fight for what she knows she wants. She doesn't even try, just points fingers at the brooding hero.
I'm with the poor clueless hero on this one. Cade even tells her once that she doesn't know him at all, and he's absolutely right! She's not listening, not to him, not her sister...
I cannot really imagine being SO much in love with someone I'm supposedly comfortable with, who I've known and turn to my whole life, who I've shared some very nice intimate moments with, who I know is single, available and lonely, working to death... and simply move to far away without even confessing!! When there's absolutely NO reason at all not to! Once, okay, but twice??
Of course this is a romance novel and by the end the blame is placed on the hero, as he's older and never directly asked her to "stay".And Calla is suddenly worried for Abby's honour, for some out of the blue reason. Hmm.
It could have been even the exact same book, but what I'd have liked to read about, was a heroine that came home with a bit of experience under her belt (perhaps she had tried in vain to forget about the hero) and with some resolve to actually get together with him. If he rejected her then, fine, then she could move to far away. She had literally nothing to lose and every thing to gain. Then there would be no need for a sex book either...
Cade, the hero, is 36 yo rancher, actively working on his own ranch plus managing another two. It's tough work, sometimes spanning 24/7. He has little free time and the ranch is pretty isolated.
He was raised conservatively and, possibly because of it as well, doesn't believe in simply having an affair. In other words, Cade's not a virgin, but because he never really dated any woman seriously, he never actually made love to a woman, as in, worried about pleasing one.
He has indicated this to the heroine repeatedly, but...
Somehow Abby is way too lost in his "very masculinity" and "steely muscles" to pay attention. She never asked herself why does he bother arguing with her, or kissing her, or helping her at all. She's stuck in a moment 4 years ago when she was still 18 yo and he stopped short of making love to her. Cade was very, very nice about it IMO, and explained his reasoning. But Abby felt dreadfully rejected and decided to flee all across the country to NY to work as a model.
Abby comes home temporarily to recover from an emotional trauma and make her sister's wedding dress, though this seems more like an afterthought. At first she refuses to tell Cade the real reason why she's back, she's difficult, argumentative... In fact they argue for most of the book simply because he thinks she loves the glamour of the big city and doesn't want to come back home, and she feels the need to prove him right even if she has to lie through her teeth and pretend to be what she's not.
So they kiss and make out a bit for him to help her recover from her trauma, but God forbid mentioning that she would love to stay. Argh. Guess I'm getting old for this.
So basically, I didn't really like the heroine. After 4 long years of working and living by herself in NY, modelling nonetheless, she's still the same immature woman who won't fight for what she knows she wants. She doesn't even try, just points fingers at the brooding hero.
I'm with the poor clueless hero on this one. Cade even tells her once that she doesn't know him at all, and he's absolutely right! She's not listening, not to him, not her sister...
I cannot really imagine being SO much in love with someone I'm supposedly comfortable with, who I've known and turn to my whole life, who I've shared some very nice intimate moments with, who I know is single, available and lonely, working to death... and simply move to far away without even confessing!! When there's absolutely NO reason at all not to! Once, okay, but twice??
Of course this is a romance novel and by the end the blame is placed on the hero, as he's older and never directly asked her to "stay".
It could have been even the exact same book, but what I'd have liked to read about, was a heroine that came home with a bit of experience under her belt (perhaps she had tried in vain to forget about the hero) and with some resolve to actually get together with him. If he rejected her then, fine, then she could move to far away. She had literally nothing to lose and every thing to gain. Then there would be no need for a sex book either...
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May 31, 2021
While Snow Kisses is a bit sweet for my palette, this book is a perfect example of it's intended genre-- a sweet romance-- so I'll ignore the cliches and endlessly misunderstandings because, quite frankly, I expected it when I purchased this book. It doesn't get a full five stars though, as I didn't care for the hero's attitude of get over it; which I found harsh, rather than supportive. A good story
Re-read May 2021: Diana Palmer has a formula for most of her stories-- emotionally wounded woman, strong silent type male (rancher), and miscommunications between the two. This book was no different from most of the stories I've read by this author, but occasionally you just want a predictable HEA story, and this was a perfect book for a couple hours relaxation.
Re-read May 2021: Diana Palmer has a formula for most of her stories-- emotionally wounded woman, strong silent type male (rancher), and miscommunications between the two. This book was no different from most of the stories I've read by this author, but occasionally you just want a predictable HEA story, and this was a perfect book for a couple hours relaxation.
October 21, 2017
So while I don't have a huge problem with the 14 year age difference when characters are late twenties to early 40's, there's a huge ick factor with a 30 something man hitting on a 17/18 year old girl. Ick ick ick.
This is definitely pretty old school, which I generally like, but I sure didn't like this one. I always think I'm going to like Diana Palmer books and about half the time I end up hating them.
This is definitely pretty old school, which I generally like, but I sure didn't like this one. I always think I'm going to like Diana Palmer books and about half the time I end up hating them.
September 15, 2020
Cade and Abby
I love it. Both characters are so dense in love that they're only hurting each other. Cade is a alpha man and gets what he wants compared to Abby who is gentle and naive. She return home to heal her wound while Cade trying to convince her and make her see that the city life has nothing to give. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys reading western romance book. Happy Reading! 📚
I love it. Both characters are so dense in love that they're only hurting each other. Cade is a alpha man and gets what he wants compared to Abby who is gentle and naive. She return home to heal her wound while Cade trying to convince her and make her see that the city life has nothing to give. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys reading western romance book. Happy Reading! 📚
December 9, 2021
No.
I should have considered the content and date this was written before giving it a whirl. But just no. No to telling women to "hurry up and get over their assault". No to "you liked it that way before". No to "you tell me everything you have to tell me this". No to valuing virginity over all else and using that to determine a woman's worth. No. No. No.
Big DNF. Got 30% in and couldn't take it anymore.
I should have considered the content and date this was written before giving it a whirl. But just no. No to telling women to "hurry up and get over their assault". No to "you liked it that way before". No to "you tell me everything you have to tell me this". No to valuing virginity over all else and using that to determine a woman's worth. No. No. No.
Big DNF. Got 30% in and couldn't take it anymore.
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October 24, 2024
I liked some aspects of the story but wouldn't want to re-read. I didn't like all the miscommunication.
I liked that the hero was not a manwhore and that there wasn't another women drama in the story.
I liked that he wasn't super cruel and mean to heroine, when he wasn't so nice to her it was because she was leading him to believe she wasn't interested in him or the ranch and just wanted to live the city life. Np.
I liked that the hero was not a manwhore and that there wasn't another women drama in the story.
I liked that he wasn't super cruel and mean to heroine, when he wasn't so nice to her it was because she was leading him to believe she wasn't interested in him or the ranch and just wanted to live the city life. Np.
February 14, 2025
God.. GODDDDDDDDDDDD this was a nightmare
Pretty enjoyable in the beginning, but just felt like the male lead was coming off an entirely different way than how the author (I’m assuming) was intending and it felt like everything everybody said just contradicted itself like. Do I hate you, do I love you? Are you a good guy or a fucking jerk? Also, the female lead is incredibly ridiculous I’m so glad she’s taking one for the team though
Pretty enjoyable in the beginning, but just felt like the male lead was coming off an entirely different way than how the author (I’m assuming) was intending and it felt like everything everybody said just contradicted itself like. Do I hate you, do I love you? Are you a good guy or a fucking jerk? Also, the female lead is incredibly ridiculous I’m so glad she’s taking one for the team though
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July 2, 2025
Dim, but beautiful heroine (22) goes home to the hero’s ranch and lusts after him (and has been since age 15). He rejected her at 18, so she left to become a model in NY (he changed his mind too late) and now they spend a couple of months oblivious to each other’s love, but making out occasionally.
This hero (36) is less cruel than usual Diana Palmer’s specimens, but he doesn’t help himself when he keeps pushing her away.
It’s an ok read.
This hero (36) is less cruel than usual Diana Palmer’s specimens, but he doesn’t help himself when he keeps pushing her away.
It’s an ok read.
November 10, 2025
ชื่อไทย เรื่องนางแบบสาวกับหนุ่มชาวไร่
ก่อนอื่นเลย เพิ่งอ่านของสนพ. สมใจบุ๊คส์ครั้งแรก
แต่จำไม่ได้ว่าเคยอ่านผลงานแปลของนักแปลคนนี้ไหม
แล้วก็อ่านผลงานของนักเขียนคนนี้ครั้งแรก
รู้สึกว่าไม่ค่อยสละสลวยเท่าไหร่ เนื้อเรื่องก็ไม่ค่อยสมูท
ไม่รู้ว่าเป็นเพราะเนื้อหาหรือการแปล แบบคุยๆกันอยู่
วินาทีต่อมาก็ทะเลาะกันเฉย เหมือนจะเข้าใจกัน สักพัก
ประชดกันเฉย งงมาก แล้วคือเกลียดกันแต่คุยกันอยู่นั่น
ไม่เดินหนีกันวะ รู้แหละว่านักเขียนเขียนแบบนี้
แต่มันขัดๆ ยังไงไม่รู้อะ
ก่อนอื่นเลย เพิ่งอ่านของสนพ. สมใจบุ๊คส์ครั้งแรก
แต่จำไม่ได้ว่าเคยอ่านผลงานแปลของนักแปลคนนี้ไหม
แล้วก็อ่านผลงานของนักเขียนคนนี้ครั้งแรก
รู้สึกว่าไม่ค่อยสละสลวยเท่าไหร่ เนื้อเรื่องก็ไม่ค่อยสมูท
ไม่รู้ว่าเป็นเพราะเนื้อหาหรือการแปล แบบคุยๆกันอยู่
วินาทีต่อมาก็ทะเลาะกันเฉย เหมือนจะเข้าใจกัน สักพัก
ประชดกันเฉย งงมาก แล้วคือเกลียดกันแต่คุยกันอยู่นั่น
ไม่เดินหนีกันวะ รู้แหละว่านักเขียนเขียนแบบนี้
แต่มันขัดๆ ยังไงไม่รู้อะ
October 6, 2023
I really like Diana Palmer’s writing, but Todd McLaren is not the guy I want to hear narrating her books. Mr. McClaren is a great narrator…his voice is just the wrong timbre for men in their 20s and 30s. And his women’s voices are cringingly ridiculous. The guys who do a great job narrating women’s voices just lighten and soften their voices ever so slightly—we can easily tell it’s a woman. Men trying to change their voice to a woman’s timbre end up sounding like some horrible old time comedy. I would LOVE to hear Palmer’s books re-recorded by one of the great men doing narrating at present.
January 7, 2022
Oplæser: Todd McLaren. Jeg har vist vænnet mig til ham! Rigtig god.
Endnu en let læst kærlighedshistorie. Der er ikke mange overraskelser undervejs, men hvem har også sagt at der altid er brug for det? Underholdende og ikke spor krævende.
Endnu en let læst kærlighedshistorie. Der er ikke mange overraskelser undervejs, men hvem har også sagt at der altid er brug for det? Underholdende og ikke spor krævende.
September 23, 2023
Kilka dni temu skończyłam czytać kolejną lekką lekturę autorstwa Diany Palmer.
Tym razem nowela nosiła tytuł „Zuchwała propozycja”.
Jakie zrobiła na mnie wrażenie?
Zapraszam do zapoznania się z moją opinią…
https://taka-jest-agata.blogspot.com/...
Tym razem nowela nosiła tytuł „Zuchwała propozycja”.
Jakie zrobiła na mnie wrażenie?
Zapraszam do zapoznania się z moją opinią…
https://taka-jest-agata.blogspot.com/...
November 13, 2023
The best ever!
I love everything that Diana Palmer creates. She has been my favorite author for years. Her stories makes you celebrate your gifts of love and caring. Her view and stories are always enriching.
I love everything that Diana Palmer creates. She has been my favorite author for years. Her stories makes you celebrate your gifts of love and caring. Her view and stories are always enriching.
June 9, 2018
Ok
Once again the author spends 90% of the book with the couple fighting. It’s gotten to be her main plot line.
Once again the author spends 90% of the book with the couple fighting. It’s gotten to be her main plot line.
October 14, 2018
4.5 stars!!!
August 13, 2019
I love Diana Palmers books
Can't put her books down when i start one ,and when i finished i can't wait to start a new one .
Can't put her books down when i start one ,and when i finished i can't wait to start a new one .
January 22, 2020
Fun read.
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