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Tucker Family #2
Keep a Little Secret
The novel from the New York Times bestselling author follows Charlotte Tucker, the young girl from Garlock's most recent novel, Stay A Little Longer , into adulthood.
As a child, Charlotte Tucker was raised in small town Minnesota where the only real company was the people who came to her aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later, Charlotte is a young woman and thirsty to get out of her hometown and see the world. When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, she jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer, a small town to the north, to begin her new career.
She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. As the summer heats up and a brutal storm wreaks havoc on the town, a secret is revealed that threatens to change Charlotte's life -- and her new friends -- forever.
As a child, Charlotte Tucker was raised in small town Minnesota where the only real company was the people who came to her aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later, Charlotte is a young woman and thirsty to get out of her hometown and see the world. When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, she jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer, a small town to the north, to begin her new career.
She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. As the summer heats up and a brutal storm wreaks havoc on the town, a secret is revealed that threatens to change Charlotte's life -- and her new friends -- forever.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
About the author
Dorothy Garlock
79 books396 followersDorothy Garlock was a best-selling American author of over 60 historical romance novels, most of them set in the American West. More than 20 million copies of her books are in print, in 18 languages. Her books have been on the New York Times best seller list seven times. She was named one of the 10 most popular writers of women's fiction four years in a row, from 1985-1988. In 1997, she was awarded the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award. Garlock is also a member of the Romance Writers Hall of Fame.
Garlock worked as an editor, agent and publicist for most of her writing career. She was a native of Texas who grew up in Oklahoma then married and moved to Iowa. Garlock donated many of her manuscripts and other unpublished writings to the University of Iowa libraries.
Pen names include:
Johanna Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Glenn
Garlock worked as an editor, agent and publicist for most of her writing career. She was a native of Texas who grew up in Oklahoma then married and moved to Iowa. Garlock donated many of her manuscripts and other unpublished writings to the University of Iowa libraries.
Pen names include:
Johanna Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Glenn
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June 10, 2011
I can't remember why I picked this up. It was okay. There was a tornado.
October 12, 2011
This was a good book. Charlotte is a young woman, just starting her first job as a schoolteacher in the 1930's. She is away from her family and the town she grew up in for the first time. She has a fiesty personality, and that both helps and hinders her as she gets used to life on the Oklahoma ranch where she is living. As a series of suspicious events unfolds on the ranch, Charlotte gets drawn into the drama as well. I liked the plot and most of the characters in the story. I did think there tended to be mostly male main characters in the book, and with the exception of Charlotte the other female characters tended to be mainly peripheral. I wish there had been some other strong female characters in the book as well. I liked Charlotte at times, but at other times I found her hotheadedness and pushy ways a little much. She certainly was no shrinking violet, that's for sure! Overall, a good, quick read.
January 5, 2020
1939 school teacher comes to OK & lives on ranch amid fires, sabotage, twisters & falls for cowboy with twin sister & mysterious Past.
November 13, 2017
I was surprised by this book and I didn't even think to pick it up - it was just the next book on the shelf of audiobooks at my library. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. Just when you think you know who did what, there's another twist. And it's so logical and fun! I would be driving around on a bright sunny day, but this story would be so detailed that I would be turning my head to find the tornado that is most certainly on it's way to me! The downside, is I felt like the write thought we would forget things, as I was constantly reminded of who Charlotte's father was and how she found him and when. How many times do you have to tell us that story? Meh - great book!
January 14, 2018
2 stars
I"m slowing making my way thru Dorothy Garlocks books.
while reading it, I could tell that there was a prequel & a sequel involved. I had to look it up to see if it was a series. It was the 2nd book in the series.
since i didn't know, i honestly didn't feel lost b/c i hadn't read them. She did a good job of summing up the previous story in a paragraph or two.
I didn't find the romance b/w Owen & Charlotte as interesting as the 2 subplots.
I was busy trying to figure out who the saboteur was & also interested in the pregnant teen girl.
it was ok.
I"m slowing making my way thru Dorothy Garlocks books.
while reading it, I could tell that there was a prequel & a sequel involved. I had to look it up to see if it was a series. It was the 2nd book in the series.
since i didn't know, i honestly didn't feel lost b/c i hadn't read them. She did a good job of summing up the previous story in a paragraph or two.
I didn't find the romance b/w Owen & Charlotte as interesting as the 2 subplots.
I was busy trying to figure out who the saboteur was & also interested in the pregnant teen girl.
it was ok.
November 24, 2020
This is the 2nd book in this trilogy. It was good, but it did take me a few days to read, as I wasn't drawn into the story as much as I could have been. I liked seeing what happened to Charlotte now that she was older, but I swear her aged changed from the first book. She seems to have become a few years younger. I liked that Owen was wrong about his dad, and I'm glad that he never took his intended revenge and got in trouble for it.
July 15, 2025
Good Story Line
Character’s believable and engaging. Plot twists and turns. Easy reading. Short mildly explicit love scene. Probably won’t read another by this author because of it, even though the main characters express faith.
Hypocrisy on the part of the main character as he seeks revenge for his mothers pregnancy out of wedlock, then puts the woman he loves in the same danger.
Character’s believable and engaging. Plot twists and turns. Easy reading. Short mildly explicit love scene. Probably won’t read another by this author because of it, even though the main characters express faith.
Hypocrisy on the part of the main character as he seeks revenge for his mothers pregnancy out of wedlock, then puts the woman he loves in the same danger.
May 16, 2017
Barbara, my volunteer at the Pantry, loaned me this book. It is a good reminder of why I don't like most romances. I managed to work my way through the whole thing, feeling the disappointment of wasted time at the end. The plot was predictable and contrived. I do not like the push-pull of most romances and this one is classic.
March 31, 2019
I liked this book. I gave 3 stars because of how it abruptly ended.
The slow romance between the main characters was sweet and fit the era of the book. The secrets they all kept were entwined in most of the characters. Each touched the other. As love also gathers them together to form a new family.
The slow romance between the main characters was sweet and fit the era of the book. The secrets they all kept were entwined in most of the characters. Each touched the other. As love also gathers them together to form a new family.
September 25, 2025
This was not Garlock's best. Charlotte Tucker is all grown up and set to be a teacher in Oklahoma. She will be living on a ranch with a side tutoring job that is a scandal. Owen and Hannah are twins and have come to find their father, but the clues are leading them directly toward John Grant. In the meantime there is sabotage at the ranch and Owen is the leading suspect.
June 8, 2017
Wow. It's bad. But it's bad in the way that you need something to read that asks nothing of you, including remembering a plot line or characters. You can put it down for a few days and come back when you have a minute or an hour, and that's what I need at the moment. So does that make it good?
October 19, 2017
Sweet, very sweet.
June 26, 2020
Sweet, easy read.
July 6, 2020
An easy quick read. Listened to it in a half a day while doing other things...sometimes that's my favourite kind of audio book...will continue with the series.
August 5, 2020
Didn't really "see thee tie" with Tucker Family # 1.
August 1, 2021
A great book
April 21, 2024
It was good. Read it in a few hours. Kept me interested.
July 5, 2025
Predictible but entertaining. Twins head to Colorado for revenge and a woman comes there to be a teacher.
January 25, 2026
A book I couldn’t put down and finished in a day. Very suspenseful and kept you guessing.
September 17, 2011
This is the newest offering from a NY Times Bestselling author who has written almost fifty books offering mystery, seduction, and the most beautiful romances to be put on paper since Jane Austen unleashed her talent on the world. So it comes as no surprise that this latest story by Ms. Garlock was a "must-read" from page one.
Readers begin briefly in Colorado in the year 1938 sitting by the side of a woman who has lived a life full of happiness and joy, yet has kept a secret buried deep inside her heart. Once upon a time this woman became impregnated by a man whose identity she has never revealed to her twins - Owen and Hannah. Now that she is at the end of her days her son, Owen, wants nothing more than to find out the name of the man who left his mother with two children to raise, no financial help, and a stigma attached to her that made the townspeople have nothing to do with her because she was an unmarried woman. When she passes on, Owen goes to work overturning the house and rifling through his mother's things in order to find out the identity of this man who he's going to find...and destroy.
In 1939, Charlotte Tucker is a young woman who is just about to set out for her new life. She’s been stuck in her small town life, but has just received a letter asking her to become the schoolteacher in Sawyer, Oklahoma. She can barely contain her excitement as she boards a train and leaves the "green, lush world" behind and travels for miles staring out the window and watching the mighty oaks and elms turn into tumbleweeds, and the green grass turn to shades of red and brown in the dry, hot landscape.
When she's met by John Grant, Charlotte is even more excited. While in Sawyer she'll be boarding with John and his wife on a huge horse ranch that looks like a mansion oasis in the clouds of bright red dust that swirl around her. John is a lovely man and wants nothing more from her than to do him a favor - offer an education to a young girl who is pregnant with child whose man is no longer by her side.
When Charlotte attends her first dinner at the ranch, surrounded by the many hired hands that work on John's ranch, she meets a wonderfully kind, HUGE man by the name of Hale. Hale McCoy is one of those lions with the heart of a lamb who is head over heels for another young woman who has recently come to town - Hannah Williams. Hannah works at the local barrister's office and she and her brother, Owen, reached Sawyer just a short time before Charlotte arrived.
When Charlotte first stares into the eyes of Hannah's surly brother, she is struck by the fact that she's absolutely and completely attracted to him. Even as time goes on and Owen decides to call her Charlie, and be short and abrupt with her at every turn, Charlotte can feel something hidden behind the mask of anger he shows to the rest of the world.
As secrets are uncovered and Charlotte begins to understand the issues that are at stake on Mr. Grant's ranch, she finds herself falling deeply in love with Owen - but wanting to defend her employer against the allegations that Owen truly believes. Owen knows in his heart that John Grant is the man who long ago hurt his mother and will do anything to make sure that the man - and all he's worked for - is destroyed. Add in a slime by the name of Carter Herrick, who also holds a secret that will alter Owen's world, and strange, funny characters like the owner of the local funeral home who does nothing but stop people in the street to talk about their future deaths, and this book has something for every reader of every genre.
Ms. Garlock has once again proven that she knows exactly what to write, and this story is one that you won't want to put down. The romance between Owen and Charlotte; the courtship of Hannah and the large Hale McCoy; the back story of the villain Carter Herrick; and the debts that have to be paid by many all come together to make sure that the action in this novel never stops. Enjoy!
Readers begin briefly in Colorado in the year 1938 sitting by the side of a woman who has lived a life full of happiness and joy, yet has kept a secret buried deep inside her heart. Once upon a time this woman became impregnated by a man whose identity she has never revealed to her twins - Owen and Hannah. Now that she is at the end of her days her son, Owen, wants nothing more than to find out the name of the man who left his mother with two children to raise, no financial help, and a stigma attached to her that made the townspeople have nothing to do with her because she was an unmarried woman. When she passes on, Owen goes to work overturning the house and rifling through his mother's things in order to find out the identity of this man who he's going to find...and destroy.
In 1939, Charlotte Tucker is a young woman who is just about to set out for her new life. She’s been stuck in her small town life, but has just received a letter asking her to become the schoolteacher in Sawyer, Oklahoma. She can barely contain her excitement as she boards a train and leaves the "green, lush world" behind and travels for miles staring out the window and watching the mighty oaks and elms turn into tumbleweeds, and the green grass turn to shades of red and brown in the dry, hot landscape.
When she's met by John Grant, Charlotte is even more excited. While in Sawyer she'll be boarding with John and his wife on a huge horse ranch that looks like a mansion oasis in the clouds of bright red dust that swirl around her. John is a lovely man and wants nothing more from her than to do him a favor - offer an education to a young girl who is pregnant with child whose man is no longer by her side.
When Charlotte attends her first dinner at the ranch, surrounded by the many hired hands that work on John's ranch, she meets a wonderfully kind, HUGE man by the name of Hale. Hale McCoy is one of those lions with the heart of a lamb who is head over heels for another young woman who has recently come to town - Hannah Williams. Hannah works at the local barrister's office and she and her brother, Owen, reached Sawyer just a short time before Charlotte arrived.
When Charlotte first stares into the eyes of Hannah's surly brother, she is struck by the fact that she's absolutely and completely attracted to him. Even as time goes on and Owen decides to call her Charlie, and be short and abrupt with her at every turn, Charlotte can feel something hidden behind the mask of anger he shows to the rest of the world.
As secrets are uncovered and Charlotte begins to understand the issues that are at stake on Mr. Grant's ranch, she finds herself falling deeply in love with Owen - but wanting to defend her employer against the allegations that Owen truly believes. Owen knows in his heart that John Grant is the man who long ago hurt his mother and will do anything to make sure that the man - and all he's worked for - is destroyed. Add in a slime by the name of Carter Herrick, who also holds a secret that will alter Owen's world, and strange, funny characters like the owner of the local funeral home who does nothing but stop people in the street to talk about their future deaths, and this book has something for every reader of every genre.
Ms. Garlock has once again proven that she knows exactly what to write, and this story is one that you won't want to put down. The romance between Owen and Charlotte; the courtship of Hannah and the large Hale McCoy; the back story of the villain Carter Herrick; and the debts that have to be paid by many all come together to make sure that the action in this novel never stops. Enjoy!
April 9, 2012
I liked the book well enough. I would like to read Stay a Little Longer which is about Charlotte's Father and Aunt/Stepmother and the follow up book Come a Little Closer which is about Charlotte's half sister Christina.
Characters - I liked Owen and Charlotte but I wasn't drawn to them. I can honestly say that I liked some of the secondary characters more. I liked Hale the best followed by Hannah and John.(1/2 star)
Plot - The story was good but there were a few things that just didn't sit right with me. There seemed very little romance between Charlotte and Owen but then they're sleeping together in the barn. I didn't like how Charlotte was portrayed as trusting everyone but then doesn't tell who she saw start he stampede because now she doesn't know who she can trust because of Owen. The tornado seemed forced, like it was time to wrap up the book so the storm will force everyone together and they'll all just tell their secrets. (1/2 star)
Setting - ( loved the setting of this book. I haven't read too many books that take place in the 1930's but this was a treat. I love the description of the rollerskating rink and the scene of them skating.(1 star)
Genre - This book was in the romance section which was why it was picked for out book club, but after reading a few chapters I realized it wasn't really a romance. That being said, it was great for what it was, a light fiction book. (1 star)
Extra - This book had a little extra in the romance of Hale and Hannah. I loved Hale!(1/2 star)
Characters - I liked Owen and Charlotte but I wasn't drawn to them. I can honestly say that I liked some of the secondary characters more. I liked Hale the best followed by Hannah and John.(1/2 star)
Plot - The story was good but there were a few things that just didn't sit right with me. There seemed very little romance between Charlotte and Owen but then they're sleeping together in the barn. I didn't like how Charlotte was portrayed as trusting everyone but then doesn't tell who she saw start he stampede because now she doesn't know who she can trust because of Owen. The tornado seemed forced, like it was time to wrap up the book so the storm will force everyone together and they'll all just tell their secrets. (1/2 star)
Setting - ( loved the setting of this book. I haven't read too many books that take place in the 1930's but this was a treat. I love the description of the rollerskating rink and the scene of them skating.(1 star)
Genre - This book was in the romance section which was why it was picked for out book club, but after reading a few chapters I realized it wasn't really a romance. That being said, it was great for what it was, a light fiction book. (1 star)
Extra - This book had a little extra in the romance of Hale and Hannah. I loved Hale!(1/2 star)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 22, 2011
Charlotte left her home behind to come teach in Sawyer, Oklahoma. She is put up at a ranch near town owned by John Grant. While living on the ranch she meets Owen and Hannah who have come to Sawyer to get revenge on their father, who left their mother while she was pregnant.
Strange accidents then start happening at the ranch, and people's lives get put in danger. It seems like everyone suspects Owen. Charlotte begins to realize her feelings towards him and becomes determined to clear his name, and get to the bottom of things. I won't say anymore because I don't want to spoil anything, but it is pretty interesting how the plot unfolds. :)
The story is pretty solid, and I enjoyed the character of Charlotte. She seemed kind and helpful, but also knew when things weren't right and would try and get things sorted out. Owen was ok, but really angry. Some of it I could understand given the circumstances, but I think his anger could almost be a bit scary at time. Hale is sweet! I thought he was so loveable.
The author obviously has quite some knowledge of ranch life and describes it well. It reminds me of when I heard my grandparents talk about what life was like on the farms they lived on in their youth. I really enjoyed being immersed in the story and lifestyle of the characters.
Overall, this was a quick read, and an enjoyable one. I would recommend it for people who like romances.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Thank you!
Strange accidents then start happening at the ranch, and people's lives get put in danger. It seems like everyone suspects Owen. Charlotte begins to realize her feelings towards him and becomes determined to clear his name, and get to the bottom of things. I won't say anymore because I don't want to spoil anything, but it is pretty interesting how the plot unfolds. :)
The story is pretty solid, and I enjoyed the character of Charlotte. She seemed kind and helpful, but also knew when things weren't right and would try and get things sorted out. Owen was ok, but really angry. Some of it I could understand given the circumstances, but I think his anger could almost be a bit scary at time. Hale is sweet! I thought he was so loveable.
The author obviously has quite some knowledge of ranch life and describes it well. It reminds me of when I heard my grandparents talk about what life was like on the farms they lived on in their youth. I really enjoyed being immersed in the story and lifestyle of the characters.
Overall, this was a quick read, and an enjoyable one. I would recommend it for people who like romances.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Thank you!
October 26, 2011
I nabbed this book off the "New Books" section of the library since the teaser looked great, but I'd never heard of the author, and I'm always a little wary of secular romance, so I ventured into it skeptically. And a chapter or two in, I discovered that this is actually the second in a series. I dutifully stopped to research the first... but after reading about that one decided it wasn't even worth it and broke my own rule, jumping into the series.
To Ms. Garlock's credit, I did actually enjoy the first half of the book. It was simple, a bit shallow and pieced together, but a mildly amusing story, nonetheless. Then came the scene I was waiting for, the one that had to get sexually explicit. Seriously, though, I wouldn't have minded it at all if it actually had added something to the story! Alas, it was thrown in like a last ditch effort to impress or entice the reader, since the rushed and convoluted plot didn't seem to be getting the job done! I'm all for some passion in a story, but it has to further the story in at least some small way, and be tastefully done.
Oh well, my theory is there's something to take from whatever you read, even if it's a cereal box. I'm just still trying to look for something to take from this one...
To Ms. Garlock's credit, I did actually enjoy the first half of the book. It was simple, a bit shallow and pieced together, but a mildly amusing story, nonetheless. Then came the scene I was waiting for, the one that had to get sexually explicit. Seriously, though, I wouldn't have minded it at all if it actually had added something to the story! Alas, it was thrown in like a last ditch effort to impress or entice the reader, since the rushed and convoluted plot didn't seem to be getting the job done! I'm all for some passion in a story, but it has to further the story in at least some small way, and be tastefully done.
Oh well, my theory is there's something to take from whatever you read, even if it's a cereal box. I'm just still trying to look for something to take from this one...
August 28, 2011
I've read a few other books by Ms. Garlock, and this historical romance novel was a treat, with strong characters and Ms. Garlock's old-fashioned, no-nonsense storytelling.
It is 1939. The Depression is finally ending and everyone faces new challenges with renewed can-do-spirit. Charlotte Tucker is no exception. She has always followed her heart, and now it leads her to Oklahoma's biggest ranch where she can teach in her very own schoolhouse.
When suspicious accidents put the ranch and lives in jeopardy, Charlotte believes in the one man, Owen Wallace, no one else trusts and asks him to help her uncover the truth.
There's bad blood between the ranch owner and Owen, but Owen is as brave as he is caring, risking even his own dangerous secret to keep Charlotte safe.
With a tornado and a vengeful enemy fast closing in, Charlotte and Owen must muster every ounce of courage to make things right, and claim their dreams together.
This book is part of my personal library, and I enjoyed it enough to award it 4 stars.
It is 1939. The Depression is finally ending and everyone faces new challenges with renewed can-do-spirit. Charlotte Tucker is no exception. She has always followed her heart, and now it leads her to Oklahoma's biggest ranch where she can teach in her very own schoolhouse.
When suspicious accidents put the ranch and lives in jeopardy, Charlotte believes in the one man, Owen Wallace, no one else trusts and asks him to help her uncover the truth.
There's bad blood between the ranch owner and Owen, but Owen is as brave as he is caring, risking even his own dangerous secret to keep Charlotte safe.
With a tornado and a vengeful enemy fast closing in, Charlotte and Owen must muster every ounce of courage to make things right, and claim their dreams together.
This book is part of my personal library, and I enjoyed it enough to award it 4 stars.
July 8, 2012
As a child, Charlotte Tucker was raised in small town Minnesota where the only real company was the people who came to her aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later, Charlotte is a young woman and thirsty to get out of her hometown and see the world. When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, she jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer, a small town to the north, to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. As the summer heats up and a brutal storm wreaks havoc on the town, a secret is revealed that threatens to change Charlotte's life -- and her new friends -- forever
May 14, 2011
Keep A Little Secret by Dorothy Garlock is about secrets, revenge and romance. Charlotte leaves her home in Minnesota to teach in Oklahoma and lives on John Grant’s ranch. John Grant is a target of two people holding grudges against him.Owen and his twin sister leave Colorado in search of their father to get revenge but find love instead. There are several calamities that make this an interesting read.
I was attracted to the cover and when I saw it was by Dorothy Garlock, I had to get it. This is a fun read with a some mystery, action and romance. I liked the teasing between the couples and between the brother and sister. The wildfire, stampede and tornado all made for exciting reading.
I was attracted to the cover and when I saw it was by Dorothy Garlock, I had to get it. This is a fun read with a some mystery, action and romance. I liked the teasing between the couples and between the brother and sister. The wildfire, stampede and tornado all made for exciting reading.
May 21, 2012
Set in 1939, this book revolves around adult twins Owen and Hannah, who are trying to find the man who abandoned their mother before they were born. They follow a lead found in a letter their mother wrote and end up on a farm in Okalhoma, where they meet Charlotte, a newly minted teacher. The rest of the plot revolves around romances between the main characters and resolution of the mystery of their father's identity. Since this was set on a farm, there isn't as much written about what life was like in the late 1930s than there might have been if it had been set in a city (which I personally would have enjoyed more). The story is also rather predictable but pleasant enough. OK for a beach read but I wouldn't seek it out.
October 11, 2012
I couldn't stand Charlotte, who meant well but always got underfoot and was too strong minded for her own good, carelessly and dangerously so. I thought it odd she would offer herself so lightly to a guy she hardly knew while knowing exactly the ruin that having an out of wedlock baby would bring. He hadn't even told her he loved her at this point. The baddies are waay bad, the goodies are waay good, it all gets resolved a bit too neatly at the end with no drama. The best characters were the secondary ones of Hale and Hannah, who herself was a little presumptuous about Hale. Alan was annoyingly and suddenly surprisingly heroic. The only constant about it was the feeling of the western oldie romance, which Garlock does so well. Skip it!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 24, 2011
Nice cover; don't let that fool you. Poorly written dialogue is just the first, perhaps most obvious fault in this book. The characters are not only unlikeable and cliched, I couldn't understand exactly what the author was trying to accomplish in attempting to tell this train-wreck of a story. There was simply no compelling plot, no real theme, nothing to convince me to take the book seriously, and it was so excruciatingly dull and then over-dramatic by turns that if the author's intention was to entertain, she failed miserably. This is a book that made me shake my head and wonder, just exactly *how* did this get published by a major imprint? Was it a joke?
December 1, 2016
It sounded good and at first it seemed like it might be, but then the repetition began and kept on. I hate reading the same thing over and over throughout different chapters. After the first explanation I've got why the character feels or thinks or acts the way they do. Thank you, I don't need to have it explained to me again and again. This takes up way too much ink and paper and makes me want to scream! Unfortunately many historical romance authors do this to fill the pages, which is probably a big reason why I've stopped reading this genre. This book was a good reminder. The story line was good, but the delivery was lame.
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