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Slater Brothers #3
Apache Summer
This month brings the unforgettable conclusion to the epic saga in which the indomitable Slater brothers discover the importance of family ties, loyalty and love amidst the conflict and despair of the Civil War.
Jamie Slater had survived the Civil War, but he'd never outlive his reputation with a gun . . .
THEY WERE WILDER THAN THE WEST . . .
Born and raised in frontier Texas, beautiful Tess Stuart needed a hired gun to avenge her uncle's murder. But the only one willing to help was the infuriating, irresistible Lieutenant Jamie Slater -- the man whose passion set her aflame.
Jamie knew no woman could match Tess's lust for life. But one man could -- and he would have her, even if he had to fight his way through a hundred crooked lawmen and Indian massacres. For Tess had a spirit that matched his own . . . as wild and strong as the land they both loved.
Jamie Slater had survived the Civil War, but he'd never outlive his reputation with a gun . . .
THEY WERE WILDER THAN THE WEST . . .
Born and raised in frontier Texas, beautiful Tess Stuart needed a hired gun to avenge her uncle's murder. But the only one willing to help was the infuriating, irresistible Lieutenant Jamie Slater -- the man whose passion set her aflame.
Jamie knew no woman could match Tess's lust for life. But one man could -- and he would have her, even if he had to fight his way through a hundred crooked lawmen and Indian massacres. For Tess had a spirit that matched his own . . . as wild and strong as the land they both loved.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 22, 1989
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Heather Graham Pozzessere
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aka Heather Graham, Shannon Drake
Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.
Today, this author's success is reflected not just by reader response and the over 20 million copies of her books in print, but in many other ways. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Heather has received numerous awards for her novels, including over 20 trade awards from magazines such as Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur, bestseller awards from B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and BookRak, and several Reviewers' Choice and People's Choice awards.
Heather has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, Romantically Speaking, a TV talk show that aired nationwide on the Romance Classics cable channel, and CBS Sunday News. She has been quoted in People and USA Today, been profiled in The Nation, and featured in Good Housekeeping. Her books have been selections for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. She has been published across the world in more than 15 languages and has published over 70 titles, including anthologies and short stories.
Now, she had five children. Somehow, this prolific author manages to juggle it all - family, career, and marriage - while reaching a level of success to which few can aspire.
aka Heather Graham, Shannon Drake
Heather Graham was born on March 15, 1953 and grew up in Dade County, Florida, and attended the University of South Florida at Tampa, majoring in theater arts and touring Europe and parts of Asia and Africa as part of her studies. After college, she acted in dinner theaters, modeled, waitressed, and tended bar. She married Hershey Dennis Possezzere, and after the birth of her third child, she was determined to devote her efforts to her writing: her dream. She sold her first book in 1982.
Today, this author's success is reflected not just by reader response and the over 20 million copies of her books in print, but in many other ways. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Heather has received numerous awards for her novels, including over 20 trade awards from magazines such as Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur, bestseller awards from B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, and BookRak, and several Reviewers' Choice and People's Choice awards.
Heather has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, Romantically Speaking, a TV talk show that aired nationwide on the Romance Classics cable channel, and CBS Sunday News. She has been quoted in People and USA Today, been profiled in The Nation, and featured in Good Housekeeping. Her books have been selections for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. She has been published across the world in more than 15 languages and has published over 70 titles, including anthologies and short stories.
Now, she had five children. Somehow, this prolific author manages to juggle it all - family, career, and marriage - while reaching a level of success to which few can aspire.
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November 5, 2022
Rating: 3.4 / 5
Take it all in all, a pretty standard historical romance.
You've got an enemy-to-lovers romance in the first half, in which both the hero and heroine are being mean to each other in order to resist the attraction between them.
Then, in the second half, after they've finally given in to their feelings of attraction, you have the "heroine gets kidnapped, hero goes to rescue her from all kinds of peril" plot.
Standard stuff, all in all. Not bad in any way, but there's nothing to make it stand out, either.
Take it all in all, a pretty standard historical romance.
You've got an enemy-to-lovers romance in the first half, in which both the hero and heroine are being mean to each other in order to resist the attraction between them.
Then, in the second half, after they've finally given in to their feelings of attraction, you have the "heroine gets kidnapped, hero goes to rescue her from all kinds of peril" plot.
Standard stuff, all in all. Not bad in any way, but there's nothing to make it stand out, either.
August 6, 2018
*3'5*
#RitaGraham #RetoRita2
Ha estado entretenido como los anteriores el ritmo es constante y no dejan de suceder cosas. Que si ataque a una caravana, que si incendios, secuestros, indios, comancheros...
La diferencia con los anteriores es que la guerra hace años que ha terminado.
Los personajes secundarios como Jon y Nalte me gustaron mucho dieorn mucho juego, me hubiera gustado que ya puestos les hubiera dedicado una historia a cada uno en una novella pero bueno así se han quedado las cosas.
Esta serie no es que sean los libros del siglo pero me gustaron bastante, estuve pegada a sus páginas hasta terminarlos y eso para mi es algo importante.
#RitaGraham #RetoRita2
Ha estado entretenido como los anteriores el ritmo es constante y no dejan de suceder cosas. Que si ataque a una caravana, que si incendios, secuestros, indios, comancheros...
La diferencia con los anteriores es que la guerra hace años que ha terminado.
Los personajes secundarios como Jon y Nalte me gustaron mucho dieorn mucho juego, me hubiera gustado que ya puestos les hubiera dedicado una historia a cada uno en una novella pero bueno así se han quedado las cosas.
Esta serie no es que sean los libros del siglo pero me gustaron bastante, estuve pegada a sus páginas hasta terminarlos y eso para mi es algo importante.
April 25, 2013
And he had liked the life in the saddle on the plains, dealing with the Indians, far better than he had liked to see what had become of the South.
This book is about Jamie, the youngest of the Slater brothers. Few years has passed since the last book. The war is over and Jamie prefered to wear the US uniform and enlist in the cavalry rather than witness what was happening to the South during the reconstruction.
He and his regiment are back from a mission when they fall upon the remains of an attack of a wagon. Tess Stuart is the only survivor and she insists that the attack is Indians staged by white men and that she knows the instigator.
Was he judging her? Trying to decide if she was crazy or if she was having female whimsies?
They take her to the fort and there Tess asks Jamie to escort her to her ranch and stay to help her defeat von Heusen.
Like in her other books on the subject I loved how Heather Graham handled the political matter (here Indians and Whites). Like in the second book there is a lot of action and unlike in the second book the heroine isn’t too stupid to live, also like in the second book I enjoyed Jamie/Tess relationship.
Smiles for him, and taunts for me! And still, Miss Stuart, we are irrevocably bound, aren’t we?
That war taught me a great deal. You can’t always wait to seize what you want. Life is too short, too quickly severed.
This book is a good end to a really good series but my fav remains The McKenzie - Old Florida Civil War series. I really can’t get enough of it *Le sigh*.
August 21, 2022
Tess Stuart
Beautiful - light brown hair - violet eyes - young - fearless - strong - 24 years old
Jamie Slater
Tall - handsome - grey eyes - a soldier - a gentleman - an excellent shooter
Honestly, I did not enjoy this as much as I did with the first 2 installments. It was a bit flat, with not much angst. I almost put down the book, but then decided, I just needed to give it another chance.
Like I said, the chemistry between the main characters was not that palpable. The whole story felt rather monotonous. A bit tedious.
Beautiful - light brown hair - violet eyes - young - fearless - strong - 24 years old
Jamie Slater
Tall - handsome - grey eyes - a soldier - a gentleman - an excellent shooter
Honestly, I did not enjoy this as much as I did with the first 2 installments. It was a bit flat, with not much angst. I almost put down the book, but then decided, I just needed to give it another chance.
Like I said, the chemistry between the main characters was not that palpable. The whole story felt rather monotonous. A bit tedious.
November 19, 2024
Livro com sinopse enganadora, é a história de Jamie, o terceiro irmão Slater e se passa já depois do final da Guerra Civil. O cenário dessa vez é o Texas e o herói deve ajudar a heroína, Tess, em um disputa de terras.
A parte referente ao sequestro é bem pequena na história, a maior parte de desenvolve antes deles chegarem a cidade dela e durante a estadia dele lá, não achei que a história tivesse elementos o bastante para prender a minha atenção e só terminei a leitura porque era um livro pequeno e só faltava ele para finalizar a série.
A parte referente ao sequestro é bem pequena na história, a maior parte de desenvolve antes deles chegarem a cidade dela e durante a estadia dele lá, não achei que a história tivesse elementos o bastante para prender a minha atenção e só terminei a leitura porque era um livro pequeno e só faltava ele para finalizar a série.
May 21, 2019
This is the last of the Slater brother trilogy and it was full of action. Tess Stuart needs to hire a gunslinger to help her fight an unscrupulous land-grabber in Wiltshire, Texas.
Jamie Slater gets involved when he saves Tess' life after an assault on her wagon train (all the men were killed, including Tess' uncle).
Read the books in order.
Slater Brothers of Virginia Trilogy:
1) DARK STRANGER (Cole),
2) RIDES A HERO (Malachi) and
3) APACHE SUMMER (Jamie).
Jamie Slater gets involved when he saves Tess' life after an assault on her wagon train (all the men were killed, including Tess' uncle).
Read the books in order.
Slater Brothers of Virginia Trilogy:
1) DARK STRANGER (Cole),
2) RIDES A HERO (Malachi) and
3) APACHE SUMMER (Jamie).
January 16, 2014
Não conhecendo nada da autora mas sabendo ser um livro publicado pela Harlequin, sabia, à partida, que seria um romance fácil e agradável de se ler. Na realidade até fui surpreendida por encontrar um livro passado no faroeste, em 1870, entre índios e cowboys, entre tribos, lutas com armas e viagens em carroças.
Há um tiroteio e Tess é a única sobrevivente que é depois resgatada pelo tenente Jamie. Ambos partem em busca do verdadeiro culpado do massacre, uma vez que Tess quer vingar a morte do tio que se encontrava no meio dos mortos.
Claro que o romance vai existir mas não gostei muito da forma como a autora o desenvolveu e não gosto da forma forçada com que ela o faz. Acho que aquela embirrância toda um com o outro não precisava de ser tão exagerada porque está demasiado exposto aquilo que vai acontecer ali.
Descubro facilmente que o faraoeste não é um tema do meu agrado como pano de fundo para um romance. Achei toda a história envolvente dos índios e as tribos aborrecida e faz esquecer um bocadinho a parte gira do livro: o envolvimento da Tess com o Jamie.
Há um tiroteio e Tess é a única sobrevivente que é depois resgatada pelo tenente Jamie. Ambos partem em busca do verdadeiro culpado do massacre, uma vez que Tess quer vingar a morte do tio que se encontrava no meio dos mortos.
Claro que o romance vai existir mas não gostei muito da forma como a autora o desenvolveu e não gosto da forma forçada com que ela o faz. Acho que aquela embirrância toda um com o outro não precisava de ser tão exagerada porque está demasiado exposto aquilo que vai acontecer ali.
Descubro facilmente que o faraoeste não é um tema do meu agrado como pano de fundo para um romance. Achei toda a história envolvente dos índios e as tribos aborrecida e faz esquecer um bocadinho a parte gira do livro: o envolvimento da Tess com o Jamie.
August 6, 2011
Jamie Slater, the third Slater brother, is an ex-Confederate turned Indian fighter. On the plains of Texas, he comes up on a wagon train, everyone seemingly slaughtered. While searching one of the wagons, he finds Tess Stuart, beautiful and tramatized from what she's witnessed. With her uncle dead, Tess has no choice but to follow the calvary back to the fort. Upon witnessing Jamie's skill with a gun, she decides that she must to anything to hire him and bring him back to her ranch to stop an old enemy that's trying to destroy her. Jamie agrees upon the condition that she gives him half of her ranch. Seeing no other way, she agrees. What Jamie didn't count on was falling in love with the self-proclaimed old maid (she's 24). It's that love that distracts him one day and Tess is stolen by the enemy and taken to Mexicans and then sold to the Apache. Jamie will do anything to get her back, even if it means dying for her.
December 2, 2014
Irmãos Slater 03.
Filha do Sol
Heather Graham Pozzessere
Irmãos Slater 03
Nova Cultura
1990
Esses irmãos Slater são completamente masoquistas, pois se interessam por mulheres totalmente sem noção do perigo, são femininas, mas completamente maluquete!
Tess Stuart é uma figura, que tem a maior sorte do mundo, passa por diversas situações horrorosas, sempre se metendo nas maiores confusões que se possa imaginar e mesmo assim consegue sair ilesa e para piorar não tem desconfiômetro, não sabe à hora de fechar a boca.
Quer ler a resenha completa e muito mais, visite o blog Momentos da Fogui:
http://foguiii.blogspot.com.br/2014/1...
Filha do Sol
Heather Graham Pozzessere
Irmãos Slater 03
Nova Cultura
1990
Esses irmãos Slater são completamente masoquistas, pois se interessam por mulheres totalmente sem noção do perigo, são femininas, mas completamente maluquete!
Tess Stuart é uma figura, que tem a maior sorte do mundo, passa por diversas situações horrorosas, sempre se metendo nas maiores confusões que se possa imaginar e mesmo assim consegue sair ilesa e para piorar não tem desconfiômetro, não sabe à hora de fechar a boca.
Quer ler a resenha completa e muito mais, visite o blog Momentos da Fogui:
http://foguiii.blogspot.com.br/2014/1...
March 29, 2013
Bastante flojito, a diferencia del libro anterior de esta saga, la protagonista no tiene un gran caracter ni demasiadas luces, y el protagonista masculino tampoco, es más sensible y menos guerrero, supongo que eso será porque ya terminó la guerra y tuvieron su juicio.
April 29, 2011
Poor Jamie got hi jacked. After fairly decent stories for Cole and Malachai it was disappointing to see the pitiful tale for Jamie. Not impressed. I found book 2 to be the best of the series.
January 21, 2012
Best of 3 in series, good chrctrs all
December 27, 2012
Una estupenda novela del oeste con una protagonista que es una auténtica fiera.
July 15, 2016
Review to come
September 4, 2016
Good book. Lots of action and excitement.
July 27, 2016
Tiene algunas escenas interesantes y otras un poco surrealistas, es una novela ligera que transcurre en el oeste y se queda en historia entretenida.
January 3, 2026
tengo un amor odio con jamie
August 10, 2017
¡Vaya libro!...no me ha dejado nada.
Aunque Apache Summer ha sido un libro muy intenso e interesante desde el inicio, no puedo quitarme de la mente el giro sexual que le da la autora, en un momento estás leyendo acerca de como una joven escapo de un tiroteo y al otro segundo ya estás leyendo acerca de la típica "perfecta" pueblerina texana, lo cual es una desgracia porque jamás se dan a conocer otras cualidades y tiene una personalidad muy simple.
Es un libro sencillo para llevar en un viaje... ¿memorable? no lo creo, no es algo que te deje un mensaje o que transmita algún sentimiento como una "resaca" de la trama, simplemente es otro libro que te regalaron, que compraste o lo que sea, uno más del montón que llega a entretener, pero de manera superficial. No sientes esas ansias cuando un personaje emite un diálogo... un temblor cuando pelean o mariposas en el estómago cuando tienes que separarte de el, es como si leyeras páginas blancas que simplemente te entretienen y no te marcan.
Sin embargo, es una lectura provocativa para un día, de ahí no atrapa como para releer.
Aunque Apache Summer ha sido un libro muy intenso e interesante desde el inicio, no puedo quitarme de la mente el giro sexual que le da la autora, en un momento estás leyendo acerca de como una joven escapo de un tiroteo y al otro segundo ya estás leyendo acerca de la típica "perfecta" pueblerina texana, lo cual es una desgracia porque jamás se dan a conocer otras cualidades y tiene una personalidad muy simple.
Es un libro sencillo para llevar en un viaje... ¿memorable? no lo creo, no es algo que te deje un mensaje o que transmita algún sentimiento como una "resaca" de la trama, simplemente es otro libro que te regalaron, que compraste o lo que sea, uno más del montón que llega a entretener, pero de manera superficial. No sientes esas ansias cuando un personaje emite un diálogo... un temblor cuando pelean o mariposas en el estómago cuando tienes que separarte de el, es como si leyeras páginas blancas que simplemente te entretienen y no te marcan.
Sin embargo, es una lectura provocativa para un día, de ahí no atrapa como para releer.
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