The Promise of Summer

by Barbara Faith

CHARMED LIVES . . .She was April Juneau. One day spent watching the parade of light and shadow, the glory of the Spanish bullring, would change her life forever.He was Alejandro Cervantes, a matador, a man who wore the suit of lights and danced away unscathed from the horns of the charging bull.Though tradition said the bullfighters wife was a woman with tears in her eyes, they would fight to break tradition...

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Barbara Faith de Covarrubias was born in Cleveland, raised in Detroit, and lived in Miami for fifteen years. While in Florida, she took night courses in Spanish and writing.

She worked for several years in public relations and wrote fiction in her spare time. Finally the desire to spend time in Mexico won out. On arriving there, she was instantly charmed by the country and planned to be very serious about completing her first novel. To Barbara Faith this included no dating.

However, the nexy day she was introduced to Alfonso Covarrubias, a retired matador. She couldn't pronounce his namd and she didn't know anything about bullfighthing, but she did know she was in love.

They married and lived for several years in Mexico before moving to Chula Vista, California. Barbara credits her husband for giving her the courage to continue writing. Her novels, The Moonkissed and The Sun DAncers, have been popularly received. She has written more than 40 romance novels as Barbara Faith (her maiden name) from 1978 until the day of her death. She won a RITA Award in 1982.

Reviews

[Michelle Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not read many of these type of romances but I remember this one. It was so great to me then( I was a teenager). I still remember loving the hero and the way he behaved toward the heroine. I'd read it again today, if I could find it, just to see if it was still as good as I remember.