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Coyote Sky
Kate Winters, author of the popular mystery series The Masters, finds herself in a bit of a predicament—she doesn't seem to be able to write any longer. So when her old friend and wealthy widow Brenda invites Kate to spend the summer in Coyote, New Mexico, Kate decides that a summer in Coyote might be just what she needs to clear her writer's block.
Leaving behind the Dallas heat—and her girlfriend Robin—Kate retreats to the high mountain desert and soon finds herself surrounded by Brenda's eccentric friends and artists. But it's the local sheriff, Lee Foxx, who soon grabs her attention. It doesn't take long for Kate to discover that Lee has a penchant for dating the young tourists that flock to the river canyon each summer—and that Lee has no intention of ever settling down.
Then an unexpected visit by Kate's girlfriend sends everyone scrambling. Torn between safety and desire, Kate has no idea which way to turn. And as for Lee—she can't quite believe that she's actually fallen in love... for the very first time in her life.
Leaving behind the Dallas heat—and her girlfriend Robin—Kate retreats to the high mountain desert and soon finds herself surrounded by Brenda's eccentric friends and artists. But it's the local sheriff, Lee Foxx, who soon grabs her attention. It doesn't take long for Kate to discover that Lee has a penchant for dating the young tourists that flock to the river canyon each summer—and that Lee has no intention of ever settling down.
Then an unexpected visit by Kate's girlfriend sends everyone scrambling. Torn between safety and desire, Kate has no idea which way to turn. And as for Lee—she can't quite believe that she's actually fallen in love... for the very first time in her life.
239 pages, Paperback
First published May 15, 2006
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Gerri Hill
56 books1,541 followersGerri began writing lesbian romance as a way to amuse herself while snowed in one winter in the mountains of Colorado, and hasn’t looked back. Her first published work came in 2000 with One Summer Night. Many more romances have followed, with the occasional murder mystery in the mix.
Gerri’s love of nature and of being outdoors usually makes its way into her stories as her characters often find themselves in beautiful natural settings. When she isn’t writing, Gerri and her longtime partner, Diane, can be found at their home in East Texas, where their vegetable garden, orchard, and five acres of woods keep them busy. They share their lives with an ever-changing cast of furry friends.
Her favorite pastimes include camping, hiking, birdwatching (though she insists she doesn’t wear funny hats yet!), photography, and cooking. She collects things nature offers, like an unusual pinecone, colorful rocks, or an abandoned bird feather. Dawn is her favorite time of day, the moment right before sunrise...
"I love the morning... the beginning of a brand new day. Because even things that we know are unattainable flutter within our grasp. In the early morning—at that cusp of a new day—everything is possible."
Gerri’s love of nature and of being outdoors usually makes its way into her stories as her characters often find themselves in beautiful natural settings. When she isn’t writing, Gerri and her longtime partner, Diane, can be found at their home in East Texas, where their vegetable garden, orchard, and five acres of woods keep them busy. They share their lives with an ever-changing cast of furry friends.
Her favorite pastimes include camping, hiking, birdwatching (though she insists she doesn’t wear funny hats yet!), photography, and cooking. She collects things nature offers, like an unusual pinecone, colorful rocks, or an abandoned bird feather. Dawn is her favorite time of day, the moment right before sunrise...
"I love the morning... the beginning of a brand new day. Because even things that we know are unattainable flutter within our grasp. In the early morning—at that cusp of a new day—everything is possible."
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May 5, 2015
Alas, this book was a disappointment.
Kate Winters is a hack mystery writer suffering from writers block; Lee Foxx is the womanising local Sheriff in the two-bit town of Coyote. Kate heads up that way for a change of pace and to perhaps find her creativity again, but instead she finds Lee. The two ladies first loathe and then lust after the other in approved fashion. Once the scene is set, thereafter the book is filled mostly with angsting over the ways in which they have nothing in common and about the fact Kate is already in a relationship.
Perhaps I am not the target audience; to be sure I much prefer Hill's cop mysteries to pure romance. And the cop stories are excellent - those are the books where Hill has real tension to push the plot forward, and the challenges thrown up from that show the reader the characters in all their flawed glory. The action and adventure of those books pull readers through the stories, and it's fun.
Hill's pure romances, on the other hand (among which is Coyote Sky) are "character driven"... if that means ridiculously strained and painfully manufactured drama within a situation that actually contains no inherent potential for said drama. The plot of Coyote Sky is so flat that each of the characters must be given not traits but lifestyle choices - like vegetarianism, womanising, etc - as a kind of substitute for any actual depth. I suspect we are supposed to infer from these lifestyle choices broader things about their values, which I promptly failed to do. So we're both lazy then.
Kate, who is the main character, I wanted to punch in the face. At first I had sympathy for many of her more abrasive moments - after all, Hill mentions, Kate has just quit smoking and so a little grump might be expected. But after three-quarters of a fair-sized book, I had suffered her quite enough and lapsed into outright loathing. Kate is aggressively bitchy to pretty much everyone, she mocks Lee's womanising and then *cheats on her own girlfriend multiple times*, and she generally takes her 'holier than thou' attitude to bold new heights of poor taste. And I am supposed to barrack for this character?
At least Lee was cute and honest about her intentions. Apart from inexplicably falling in love with a huge tosser, the banality of being the local sheriff was actually pretty fun to read about.
Which reminds me; the secondary characters. I also wanted to punch them in the face. I think Hill was going for quirky and in touch with the spirits. She hit Madame Trelawney annoying crack-pot instead. The mystic bullshit maxed out my scale early on and the three ladies in the supporting cast never manifested enough pragmatism or common sense to drag that back down. That, and their constant pronouncements that Lee and Kate were destined for each other made me want to claw out my own eyes.
Speaking of Sunshine and Moonbeam (or whatever their names were), they get massive points for having their hearts in the right place. This does not, however, excuse Hill's decision to have said Moonshine and Sunbright call the remainder of the cast by totally different names to their given ones. This was a terrible editorial decision. Seriously, the characters were bland enough as it was without a whole set of characters confusing the issue.
The plot is so papery thin I could have used it as an old-fashioned window. Essentially, Kate cheats on her SO while on holiday. Somehow the reader should forgive this because actually Kate doesn't love her SO.
WTF seriously?
One of the more outrageous bits of sophistry in the whole book is at the end, where we the reader are supposed to let Kate off the hook for this cheating because actually it's the SO's fault; she "never realised that they were exclusive and had also been dating around". Wait; we're supposed to believe that they lived together for 2 years and never talked about that? That Kate never noticed her partner screwing around, esp if said partner believed the relationship was open? What codswallop.
Laying that particular piece of bullshit aside, it STILL doesn't excuse the fact that Kate fully believed she was cheating on her long-term SO when she had all the sex. Yet Kate has the gall to be *outraged* when her SO tells her she believed the relationship is open, because Kate thought they were exclusive. This made me want to throttle her; she can ignore her own amazing athletic cheating (which is somehow okay because Kate's in luuuuuuv), while being angry that her SO is doing the same. I believe Hill threw this point in there to let Kate off the moral hook, but if so, it fails epically; in fact it just makes Kate more repulsive. As far as I am concerned, if it oinks like a pig and smells like a pig, it's definitely a pig
So in conclusion then, Coyote Sky is complete drivel. Don't waste your time. **Go read Hunter's Way! Hill deserves your money there.**
Kate Winters is a hack mystery writer suffering from writers block; Lee Foxx is the womanising local Sheriff in the two-bit town of Coyote. Kate heads up that way for a change of pace and to perhaps find her creativity again, but instead she finds Lee. The two ladies first loathe and then lust after the other in approved fashion. Once the scene is set, thereafter the book is filled mostly with angsting over the ways in which they have nothing in common and about the fact Kate is already in a relationship.
Perhaps I am not the target audience; to be sure I much prefer Hill's cop mysteries to pure romance. And the cop stories are excellent - those are the books where Hill has real tension to push the plot forward, and the challenges thrown up from that show the reader the characters in all their flawed glory. The action and adventure of those books pull readers through the stories, and it's fun.
Hill's pure romances, on the other hand (among which is Coyote Sky) are "character driven"... if that means ridiculously strained and painfully manufactured drama within a situation that actually contains no inherent potential for said drama. The plot of Coyote Sky is so flat that each of the characters must be given not traits but lifestyle choices - like vegetarianism, womanising, etc - as a kind of substitute for any actual depth. I suspect we are supposed to infer from these lifestyle choices broader things about their values, which I promptly failed to do. So we're both lazy then.
Kate, who is the main character, I wanted to punch in the face. At first I had sympathy for many of her more abrasive moments - after all, Hill mentions, Kate has just quit smoking and so a little grump might be expected. But after three-quarters of a fair-sized book, I had suffered her quite enough and lapsed into outright loathing. Kate is aggressively bitchy to pretty much everyone, she mocks Lee's womanising and then *cheats on her own girlfriend multiple times*, and she generally takes her 'holier than thou' attitude to bold new heights of poor taste. And I am supposed to barrack for this character?
At least Lee was cute and honest about her intentions. Apart from inexplicably falling in love with a huge tosser, the banality of being the local sheriff was actually pretty fun to read about.
Which reminds me; the secondary characters. I also wanted to punch them in the face. I think Hill was going for quirky and in touch with the spirits. She hit Madame Trelawney annoying crack-pot instead. The mystic bullshit maxed out my scale early on and the three ladies in the supporting cast never manifested enough pragmatism or common sense to drag that back down. That, and their constant pronouncements that Lee and Kate were destined for each other made me want to claw out my own eyes.
Speaking of Sunshine and Moonbeam (or whatever their names were), they get massive points for having their hearts in the right place. This does not, however, excuse Hill's decision to have said Moonshine and Sunbright call the remainder of the cast by totally different names to their given ones. This was a terrible editorial decision. Seriously, the characters were bland enough as it was without a whole set of characters confusing the issue.
The plot is so papery thin I could have used it as an old-fashioned window. Essentially, Kate cheats on her SO while on holiday. Somehow the reader should forgive this because actually Kate doesn't love her SO.
WTF seriously?
One of the more outrageous bits of sophistry in the whole book is at the end, where we the reader are supposed to let Kate off the hook for this cheating because actually it's the SO's fault; she "never realised that they were exclusive and had also been dating around". Wait; we're supposed to believe that they lived together for 2 years and never talked about that? That Kate never noticed her partner screwing around, esp if said partner believed the relationship was open? What codswallop.
Laying that particular piece of bullshit aside, it STILL doesn't excuse the fact that Kate fully believed she was cheating on her long-term SO when she had all the sex. Yet Kate has the gall to be *outraged* when her SO tells her she believed the relationship is open, because Kate thought they were exclusive. This made me want to throttle her; she can ignore her own amazing athletic cheating (which is somehow okay because Kate's in luuuuuuv), while being angry that her SO is doing the same. I believe Hill threw this point in there to let Kate off the moral hook, but if so, it fails epically; in fact it just makes Kate more repulsive. As far as I am concerned, if it oinks like a pig and smells like a pig, it's definitely a pig
So in conclusion then, Coyote Sky is complete drivel. Don't waste your time. **Go read Hunter's Way! Hill deserves your money there.**
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 23, 2025
3.5 Stars for Coyote Sky (audiobook) by Gerri Hill read by Abby Craden.
A mystery writer goes to stay with her friend in Coyote, NM for some inspiration. There she meets an interesting group of people. And one sheriff that seems to rub her the wrong way but ultimately she is the person the writer needs in her life to help turn things around.
A mystery writer goes to stay with her friend in Coyote, NM for some inspiration. There she meets an interesting group of people. And one sheriff that seems to rub her the wrong way but ultimately she is the person the writer needs in her life to help turn things around.
June 6, 2015
2.5
This is one of Gerri Hill's most uninspired and boring pieces of work.
Her novels are never that original and they always follow the typical lesbian romance formula, but even so, they usually are quite delightful to read. In Coyote Sky, the chemistry is there. But not much else.
Not only is there close to no plot at all, the story is also slow and repetitive. Kate is not at all likeable, she's stuck up, cynical, clueless and stubborn. Her and Lee go round in circles with endless bickering about the same things overrrr and over again. Seriously, I actually thought there had been problems with the editing the dialogues were always so similar.
But what shocked me the most in this story was how heteronormative it was. Gerri Hill gives the idea that butch only goes with femme. For real, at one point the sheriff actually tells Kate "you don't go well with Robin. She's too feminine for you. Who fixes stuff?". Does she also think that "a kid needs a mother AND a father?". Anyway....
Add to that the fact that Lee's playthings have names like Trudy, Brandy, Missy, that the weird hippie women (yeah, what the fuck with that, Gerri?) call themselves Starlight and Harmony and Sunshine, that butch women are called Jordan or Shane, and you have yourself the perfect picture of a really stereotypical 2-dimensional lesbian world.
This one should definitely not be at the top of your to-read list.
This is one of Gerri Hill's most uninspired and boring pieces of work.
Her novels are never that original and they always follow the typical lesbian romance formula, but even so, they usually are quite delightful to read. In Coyote Sky, the chemistry is there. But not much else.
Not only is there close to no plot at all, the story is also slow and repetitive. Kate is not at all likeable, she's stuck up, cynical, clueless and stubborn. Her and Lee go round in circles with endless bickering about the same things overrrr and over again. Seriously, I actually thought there had been problems with the editing the dialogues were always so similar.
But what shocked me the most in this story was how heteronormative it was. Gerri Hill gives the idea that butch only goes with femme. For real, at one point the sheriff actually tells Kate "you don't go well with Robin. She's too feminine for you. Who fixes stuff?". Does she also think that "a kid needs a mother AND a father?". Anyway....
Add to that the fact that Lee's playthings have names like Trudy, Brandy, Missy, that the weird hippie women (yeah, what the fuck with that, Gerri?) call themselves Starlight and Harmony and Sunshine, that butch women are called Jordan or Shane, and you have yourself the perfect picture of a really stereotypical 2-dimensional lesbian world.
This one should definitely not be at the top of your to-read list.
July 8, 2022
4 stars
This was good. On a second reread it was demoted from five stars to four, because while I quite enjoyed rereading it, it was because I forgot what it was about, not because I wanted to experience it again.
It was well written, good MCs, slightly weird supporting characters and the romance story was decent as well.
What can I say, outdoorsy lesbians are awesome
This was good. On a second reread it was demoted from five stars to four, because while I quite enjoyed rereading it, it was because I forgot what it was about, not because I wanted to experience it again.
It was well written, good MCs, slightly weird supporting characters and the romance story was decent as well.
What can I say, outdoorsy lesbians are awesome
July 10, 2020
This is narrated by Abby Craden. Do I need to say anything else?
May 30, 2018
A nice easy read. Engaging enough, standard romance, the usual, nothing complex or too taxing. Read it whilst waiting for a train, plane, or whatever.
Characters are fine. Kate comes across as a wee bit uncertain, like a damp dishcloth. The sheriff is the player who can’t grow up or say no. But for some reason falls in love with the dishcloth, I mean the other person, the writer person. Meh.
The strange group of artists sounded fascinating, in a weird I-can’t-believe-these-are-real kind of way. Still, I would love to meet them even if they are away with the faeries. As is the secondary character Brenda.
Very sweet, perhaps too sweet.
Characters are fine. Kate comes across as a wee bit uncertain, like a damp dishcloth. The sheriff is the player who can’t grow up or say no. But for some reason falls in love with the dishcloth, I mean the other person, the writer person. Meh.
The strange group of artists sounded fascinating, in a weird I-can’t-believe-these-are-real kind of way. Still, I would love to meet them even if they are away with the faeries. As is the secondary character Brenda.
Very sweet, perhaps too sweet.
August 12, 2020
Gerri usually puts out really great work but has the occasional hiccup. I would say this was one of those. It wasn't bad, but with a few tweaks it could have been a lot better. This book felt like a retread of some of Gerri's other books. It's almost like she had run out of ideas and needed to meet a deadline so she just kind of went with what she knew. These MCs - though they had different occupations - reminded me mostly of Carly and Pat from Gulf Breeze - though as I mentioned, she took bits and pieces from other stories too.
Unfortunately, writer Kate Winter started off as a stick-up-her-ass kind of unlikable character but then got much better as the book progressed. Not completely - she still had her moments. The sheriff, Lee Fox, was irresistibly hot with gorgeous legs (a carbon copy of Pat Ryan in Gulf Breeze and Luke Winston in Artist's Dream) and was a bit of a player because she could easily have whoever she wanted. She never treated any of the women badly, or anything. In fact, they were quite happy to experience her attentions just for the sex. But as Lee inches closer to 30, one night stands don't have the allure they once did. She had a very strange comment about femmes in the book that had me going, WHAT?!? So out of left field for an otherwise likable character.
The other iffy point of the book was the stereotypical portrayal of the natural, "earthy" artistic women that reside in this small New Mexico town. Yes - they were eccentric and that would be fine - but all three of them seemed to be cut from the exact same cloth. In all fairness, some of that could have come from the narration as they all had the same high pitched Glenda the Good Witch voice, which was otherwise excellent.
Speaking of - if Abby Craden hadn't narrated the audiobook, I likely wouldn't have given it four stars. It was a quick listen at 6 hours and that was just the right length for what was on offer. For me, the best part was the love scene - which Abby excels at. Hot. At least in that respect, Gerri did something there I'd never seen her do before.
3.5 stars.
Unfortunately, writer Kate Winter started off as a stick-up-her-ass kind of unlikable character but then got much better as the book progressed. Not completely - she still had her moments. The sheriff, Lee Fox, was irresistibly hot with gorgeous legs (a carbon copy of Pat Ryan in Gulf Breeze and Luke Winston in Artist's Dream) and was a bit of a player because she could easily have whoever she wanted. She never treated any of the women badly, or anything. In fact, they were quite happy to experience her attentions just for the sex. But as Lee inches closer to 30, one night stands don't have the allure they once did. She had a very strange comment about femmes in the book that had me going, WHAT?!? So out of left field for an otherwise likable character.
The other iffy point of the book was the stereotypical portrayal of the natural, "earthy" artistic women that reside in this small New Mexico town. Yes - they were eccentric and that would be fine - but all three of them seemed to be cut from the exact same cloth. In all fairness, some of that could have come from the narration as they all had the same high pitched Glenda the Good Witch voice, which was otherwise excellent.
Speaking of - if Abby Craden hadn't narrated the audiobook, I likely wouldn't have given it four stars. It was a quick listen at 6 hours and that was just the right length for what was on offer. For me, the best part was the love scene - which Abby excels at. Hot. At least in that respect, Gerri did something there I'd never seen her do before.
3.5 stars.
March 21, 2024
Impeccable narration as always by Abby Craden
This is the story of Kate, a writer who goes to a small town near Santa Fe to visit a friend and to try to finish her book. She meets Lee, the local sheriff with a predilection for young women and lots of them.
Kate is super judgmental which took away from the story a lot for me. Right up to the end she is super-judgy about lee's 'antics' with the young women. In fact, she's fairly judgy about everything. Needless to say I dint like her much.
However, I liked Lee enough to persist.
As always, Gerri Hill writes a solid novel - for me this one didn't quite hit the mark because of Kate.
This is the story of Kate, a writer who goes to a small town near Santa Fe to visit a friend and to try to finish her book. She meets Lee, the local sheriff with a predilection for young women and lots of them.
Kate is super judgmental which took away from the story a lot for me. Right up to the end she is super-judgy about lee's 'antics' with the young women. In fact, she's fairly judgy about everything. Needless to say I dint like her much.
However, I liked Lee enough to persist.
As always, Gerri Hill writes a solid novel - for me this one didn't quite hit the mark because of Kate.
June 25, 2020
I think I haven't read a book that fast ever. I had the day off and someone recommended the audiobook over in the lesbian audiobooks FB group, and the combination of Gerri Hill and Abby Craden is my favourite combination anyway. I was lucky it was included in my Scribd subscription.
The story is pretty superficial and stereotypical. It's a short one too with barely over 6 hours. But I really liked Lee with her passion about nature and all her insecurities. (except that she has really outdated views like that only the butch in a relationship can fix stuff.. WTF?)
Kate on the other hand was a little less likeable and less mature even though she's older by 7 years (she's 37 and Lee is 30), but they click and I really like them as a couple.
The secondary characters are also very stereotypical but pretty fun, starting with Kate's good friend Brenda and her lesbian hippie friends Harmony, Sunlight and Starlight. The femme girlfriend was just plain weird though.
All in all a light but enjoyable read.
The story is pretty superficial and stereotypical. It's a short one too with barely over 6 hours. But I really liked Lee with her passion about nature and all her insecurities. (except that she has really outdated views like that only the butch in a relationship can fix stuff.. WTF?)
Kate on the other hand was a little less likeable and less mature even though she's older by 7 years (she's 37 and Lee is 30), but they click and I really like them as a couple.
The secondary characters are also very stereotypical but pretty fun, starting with Kate's good friend Brenda and her lesbian hippie friends Harmony, Sunlight and Starlight. The femme girlfriend was just plain weird though.
All in all a light but enjoyable read.
March 2, 2023
Kate is invited to Coyote, New Mexico by her friend Brenda and Kate accepts, leaving her girlfriend behind, she believes going on the trip will help with her writer's block.
Lee Foxx is introduced to Kate, Lee is the Sheriff and is a bit of a player and isn't one for settling down. Kate is instantly repulsed by Lee's extracurricular activities. However, Kate can't help but find her attractive and is disappointed with herself.
Kate and Lee spend more time together attraction grows and they can't seem to stay away from each other, it's only a matter of time before they can't fight it any more. Will Kate tame this Foxx or will Lee leave Kate brokenhearted?
Such a great book! And The narration from Abby was fantastic as always.
Story rating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice rating. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Narrating Rating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lee Foxx is introduced to Kate, Lee is the Sheriff and is a bit of a player and isn't one for settling down. Kate is instantly repulsed by Lee's extracurricular activities. However, Kate can't help but find her attractive and is disappointed with herself.
Kate and Lee spend more time together attraction grows and they can't seem to stay away from each other, it's only a matter of time before they can't fight it any more. Will Kate tame this Foxx or will Lee leave Kate brokenhearted?
Such a great book! And The narration from Abby was fantastic as always.
Story rating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice rating. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Narrating Rating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 8, 2020
I have read all of Gerri Hills books and I love them. Now I am going back and listening to the audio version. What a treat. Abby Craden is my favorite narrator so its a double treat. I highly recommend this book and all of Hills books.
January 6, 2017
I just re-read this book for like the sixth time. It's one of my go to books when I just want a feel good love story read. Plus the descriptions of New Mexico make me want to go back there and visit again.
March 18, 2025
Meh it was alright. Not my favourite from this author.
Kate cheats on her girlfriend but plot twist guys the girlfriend, Robin, was ok with it all along because she thought they were not monogamous. I thought that was DUMB, how can you be in a relationship and not be on the same basic page of the status of that relationship. Kate believed they were monogamous but still cheats on her, very trashy icl just break up with Robin if you don’t love her.
Lee. I don’t quite like the theme on Gerri Hill books of having one character with a feminine name and the other woman with a unisex/masculine leaning name. Feels heteronormative to me, if they’re women just present them as women. Unless they are non binary of course or non gender conforming - which I did not note in this character or others like her.
Gerri Hill also apparently likes skinny dipping lake scenes as this is the second one I have read in her books now - for me it’s kinda meh. Tries to portray it as sexual tension but I don’t quite vibe with it. I got SO tired with the back and forth between Lee and Kate, felt so boring and unnecessary.
The reason this gets 3 stars is - it’s written well, in some parts, although the characters are flimsy and not well developed they still have some charisma and overall it wasn’t awful. The fact it has sapphic characters in it is what really saved it.
Kate cheats on her girlfriend but plot twist guys the girlfriend, Robin, was ok with it all along because she thought they were not monogamous. I thought that was DUMB, how can you be in a relationship and not be on the same basic page of the status of that relationship. Kate believed they were monogamous but still cheats on her, very trashy icl just break up with Robin if you don’t love her.
Lee. I don’t quite like the theme on Gerri Hill books of having one character with a feminine name and the other woman with a unisex/masculine leaning name. Feels heteronormative to me, if they’re women just present them as women. Unless they are non binary of course or non gender conforming - which I did not note in this character or others like her.
Gerri Hill also apparently likes skinny dipping lake scenes as this is the second one I have read in her books now - for me it’s kinda meh. Tries to portray it as sexual tension but I don’t quite vibe with it. I got SO tired with the back and forth between Lee and Kate, felt so boring and unnecessary.
The reason this gets 3 stars is - it’s written well, in some parts, although the characters are flimsy and not well developed they still have some charisma and overall it wasn’t awful. The fact it has sapphic characters in it is what really saved it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 24, 2023
this book gets 5 stars because it makes me forget the sad, bad experiences from my job that it is so hard for me to forget. and the book made me happy.
thoughts and contemplations:
-at least one character in hill’s books does not wear a bra, which normalizes my behavior.
-at least one character in her books is filthy rich and doesn’t spend a minute working, which i wish normalized me.
-i love that gerri hill lives in texas. at least SOME lesbians live in this republican ruined state.
-brenda’s use of the word ‘darling’ in every sentence was a tad much, wasn’t it, darling?
darling?
-kate is right — having sex with a different, straight college girl every night is chlamydia city. thankfully lee never chipped a tooth on a genital wart.
-harmony, sunshine, & starlight remind me of The Fates in xena: warrior princess.
-how long is going to take kate to drop robin???
-the book must be good if i stay up reading until 2 AM to find out what happens.
-the ending…damn!
-hill needs to write a book about a nurse finding love like this. life imitate art please.
thoughts and contemplations:
-at least one character in hill’s books does not wear a bra, which normalizes my behavior.
-at least one character in her books is filthy rich and doesn’t spend a minute working, which i wish normalized me.
-i love that gerri hill lives in texas. at least SOME lesbians live in this republican ruined state.
-brenda’s use of the word ‘darling’ in every sentence was a tad much, wasn’t it, darling?
darling?
-kate is right — having sex with a different, straight college girl every night is chlamydia city. thankfully lee never chipped a tooth on a genital wart.
-harmony, sunshine, & starlight remind me of The Fates in xena: warrior princess.
-how long is going to take kate to drop robin???
-the book must be good if i stay up reading until 2 AM to find out what happens.
-the ending…damn!
-hill needs to write a book about a nurse finding love like this. life imitate art please.
October 22, 2022
Sometimes you just want a book that you know will be as you expect. Gerri Hill with Abby Craden on narration is perfect to relax with. Kate is a idiot at times with her way of not seeing what is right in front of her!
January 21, 2024
Too much hypocrisy, infidelity and not enough communication and character substance for me. The landscape and the symphonic coyotes are the best parts of this book.
July 13, 2025
An average read
The issue with short books are the rushed endings which is what this book had. The story started well and then the next thing you know is end becoming a bit messy.
Abby’s narration is always a delight no matter what kind of book it is.
The issue with short books are the rushed endings which is what this book had. The story started well and then the next thing you know is end becoming a bit messy.
Abby’s narration is always a delight no matter what kind of book it is.
April 17, 2017
Really sweet, but too short. But maybe that's me.
May 19, 2023
I loved the characters. They are a bunch of eclectic personalities. I felt the romance part was missing something. I kept waiting for something to happen and it took forever to finally happen. I love Gerri Hill books so that is probably why I rated this so high.
November 14, 2020
Lee, my woman! Starlight and Sunshine hahahaha!!
August 17, 2020
I think I'm more interested in Harmony, Sunshine and especially Starlight.
July 11, 2023
Note to self: Stop picking up Gerri Hill romance books just because Abby Craden narrated them.
If there's a card that allows us to unread something, I would probably use it for this. I haven't had a 1-star read in a while... It's possible that those I DNF would've been a 1-star, but this was a short 6-hr audiobook so I just listened to it at 2x speed in pain.
I hate the plot. I hate the characters. I hate the logic. I hate the morality in this book. The only thing that I liked was when Kate reasoned the whole 30th birthday is technically the start of your 31st year, and that will be the only logic I stand by.
Overall, I will pretend that this book doesn't exist. If you want to read about quirky old ladies trying to get two queer women together, read Alexander Robin's books. In fact, I'll read one of her books next to cleanse my mind. Even if you don't want the quirky old ladies, most of her romance books are good-feeling and funny.
If there's a card that allows us to unread something, I would probably use it for this. I haven't had a 1-star read in a while... It's possible that those I DNF would've been a 1-star, but this was a short 6-hr audiobook so I just listened to it at 2x speed in pain.
I hate the plot. I hate the characters. I hate the logic. I hate the morality in this book. The only thing that I liked was when Kate reasoned the whole 30th birthday is technically the start of your 31st year, and that will be the only logic I stand by.
Overall, I will pretend that this book doesn't exist. If you want to read about quirky old ladies trying to get two queer women together, read Alexander Robin's books. In fact, I'll read one of her books next to cleanse my mind. Even if you don't want the quirky old ladies, most of her romance books are good-feeling and funny.
July 15, 2020
Gerri Hill has written another fantastic novel! I absolutely loved this book. It was a bit reminiscent of "After the Summer Rain" with a twist.
If you're a Gerri Hill fan, you will love this book; I highly recommend it.
If you're a Gerri Hill fan, you will love this book; I highly recommend it.
April 20, 2022
I loved this book as I have all the others by Gerri Hill. The story follows Kate a struggling writer on a journey of self-discovery. She moves to the mountains to stay with her friend. Along comes Sherrif Lee who is everything Kate hates; promiscuous, dangerous and not willing to commit to anyone. The story follows both of them in such a way that I felt they were my friends, I wanted them to be my friends. Both never having felt love they are shocked at how they make one another feel.
It is a rare find an lgbtq author who doesn’t just focus on sex scenes. Yes there were some but they were part of the story and not how the book is defined. Loved every bit.
It is a rare find an lgbtq author who doesn’t just focus on sex scenes. Yes there were some but they were part of the story and not how the book is defined. Loved every bit.
March 18, 2020
Meh...not one of Hill's best I'm afraid. A bit too angry and I didn't like the moral get out clause of the end. I didn't like Kate either...what an annoying cow. If I invited her to my house and she carried on the way she did casting judgement all over the place I'd ask her to go home. So I guess I didn't see why Foxx could have the hots for Kate because I wouldn't have touched her with a ten four barge pole. This felt like a bit of fluff Hill just threw out there because she could. I don't regret reading it but it's not on my favourite list.
February 13, 2021
Mystery writer Kate Winters is blocked and has a deadline. Her friend invites her to a small mountain town near Santa Fe, NM. There she meets and becomes friends with sheriff Lee Foxx. Lee is known for dating young things and not having relationships. The story is quick and the friendship felt real. But the characters were less interesting to me. Also I marked down a star for cheating. It did however make me want to visit the art galleries in Santa Fe and see where Georgia O'Keeffe got so much inspiration. Oddly my library has this labeled as a mystery.
March 15, 2024
I'm on a Gerri Hill Kick right now. She really knows how to write romance.
Kate and Lee meet, but both are quick to judge the other. What starts as an unlikely friendship becomes something more real quick, but both try to fight it - until they can't. Kate has a girlfriend, Lee loves playing the field... when it becomes obvious that they have feelings for each other, the only ones who complicate things are Kate and Lee themselves!
Like all of Hill's other stories, this one is cute, fun, and romantic.
Kate and Lee meet, but both are quick to judge the other. What starts as an unlikely friendship becomes something more real quick, but both try to fight it - until they can't. Kate has a girlfriend, Lee loves playing the field... when it becomes obvious that they have feelings for each other, the only ones who complicate things are Kate and Lee themselves!
Like all of Hill's other stories, this one is cute, fun, and romantic.
September 27, 2019
The Author and the Sheriff
Mystery author, Kate Winters, has writer’s block and her friend, Brenda, invited her to visit Coyote, New Mexico to help her move beyond it. There she meets quirky artists who believe in meditation and crystals to tune their passion and soul. Then she meets the local sheriff and the attraction is immediate. A wonderful story and characters. Recommend author.
Mystery author, Kate Winters, has writer’s block and her friend, Brenda, invited her to visit Coyote, New Mexico to help her move beyond it. There she meets quirky artists who believe in meditation and crystals to tune their passion and soul. Then she meets the local sheriff and the attraction is immediate. A wonderful story and characters. Recommend author.
September 13, 2021
The best romance ever!!
I have read this book no less than 20 times. The character development and interaction create an epic romance. I fall in love again with love, life, and romance every time I read this book. I think, “so that’s how it feels to fall deeply in love,”. It reminds of the innocence of my first time. I have fallen in love since but nothing compares to how if feels when it happens for the first time!
I have read this book no less than 20 times. The character development and interaction create an epic romance. I fall in love again with love, life, and romance every time I read this book. I think, “so that’s how it feels to fall deeply in love,”. It reminds of the innocence of my first time. I have fallen in love since but nothing compares to how if feels when it happens for the first time!
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