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Big Spur, Texas #2
Passion Flower
Working for the Circle C Ranch is a far cry from the very smart, very successful New York design firm Jenny had been with--but it's a job.
She's been warned about rancher Rett Culhane, and with good cause. Because if Rett really knew her, he'd discover she's everything he doesn't want in a woman. But Jenny knows that Rett is everything she wants in a man.
She's been warned about rancher Rett Culhane, and with good cause. Because if Rett really knew her, he'd discover she's everything he doesn't want in a woman. But Jenny knows that Rett is everything she wants in a man.
251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1984
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Diana Palmer
1,039 books3,097 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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September 17, 2018
Harlequin book, 3 hours read :) Love those kind of books, you don't even have to get up, you can finish at one go
October 30, 2013
Finally. One of my favorite Diana Palmer. It's been a while since I read one satisfying book of Diana Palmer. This one's good and I loved it.
I like Rett, despite his ugly demeanor. Even though he's slightly annoying, he worked his way back to his girl and that's amazing. I liked it.
Good one, Diana Palmer. :)
I like Rett, despite his ugly demeanor. Even though he's slightly annoying, he worked his way back to his girl and that's amazing. I liked it.
Good one, Diana Palmer. :)
February 13, 2016
Rate: 3.5 stars.
January 8, 2020
Passion Flower
An older re-release of one of Diana Palmer 's romances. She writes with great passion and always makes her hero a big tough strong silent man and her heroines young, naive and innocent. The formula works. I have read all of her books, I think and have lived them all.
An older re-release of one of Diana Palmer 's romances. She writes with great passion and always makes her hero a big tough strong silent man and her heroines young, naive and innocent. The formula works. I have read all of her books, I think and have lived them all.
March 22, 2021
This was a really nice book, I was surprised. Usually when DP’s heroes are nice, the book is boring. This one was not. I mean, it is not terribly exciting, but not boring either. A nice H, he is described as having a mean temper but he is very nice with the h and they develop a friendship. She wants more and when it finally happens, she is happy and sees a future with him. But he is in financial trouble and she offers him money to help, which hurts his feelings. He realizes that she can make more money than him, humiliates her and tells her to leave. So she does. She makes a life in the city working as an interior designer and tries to get over him. He of course realizes what he lost, does what is necessary to make money and goes about making her come back. She doesn’t want to even talk to him so he blackmails her to come work on his house, and the seduction game begins. He really works for it and even apologises for what he said back then, unheard of with some of DP’s heroes. In the end she tells him what she feels and ask for just a little bit in return, which is the H’s cue to tell her that he loves her. Because of course the H cannot admit his feelings before the h does. I enjoyed this one.
December 22, 2020
Jennifer, recovering from pneumonia, is offered a job on Everett Culhane's ranch. She takes it as she is in a dead-end job and is enamored with Texas. When Everett discovers Jennifer's past, he cruelly drives her away. But neither is able to get past their relationship.
I enjoyed this story. It is an alpha/ingenue story but well done. Everett knows he has to make amends while controlling his alpha tendencies. Both need to learn how to forgive and push pass their pride. When they are together they are dynamite. I also liked how Everett's employees let Jennifer know what Everett has done when she was gone. Jennifer was able to put him in his place and hold her own against him.
This is a sweet read. I love reading Diana Palmer.
I enjoyed this story. It is an alpha/ingenue story but well done. Everett knows he has to make amends while controlling his alpha tendencies. Both need to learn how to forgive and push pass their pride. When they are together they are dynamite. I also liked how Everett's employees let Jennifer know what Everett has done when she was gone. Jennifer was able to put him in his place and hold her own against him.
This is a sweet read. I love reading Diana Palmer.
February 6, 2023
Rett and Jenny
I liked it. I liked that the heroine wasn't a doormat and once hero treated her badly she left and it took a lot of work for him to win her back. I liked that there wasn't another woman (hero did pretend to date someone to make heroine jealous, but that woman was engaged).
I liked that the hero wasn't as mean as other D. Palmer heroes and he even brought the heroine flowers once. He did have the one incident that he talked to heroine like she was a hooker (find out later he loved her already at that point and he did it deliberately to push her away).
I didn't like that it was mainly from heroine's POV and didn't know what the hero was thinking most of the time. Np.
I liked it. I liked that the heroine wasn't a doormat and once hero treated her badly she left and it took a lot of work for him to win her back. I liked that there wasn't another woman (hero did pretend to date someone to make heroine jealous, but that woman was engaged).
I liked that the hero wasn't as mean as other D. Palmer heroes and he even brought the heroine flowers once. He did have the one incident that he talked to heroine like she was a hooker (find out later he loved her already at that point and he did it deliberately to push her away).
I didn't like that it was mainly from heroine's POV and didn't know what the hero was thinking most of the time. Np.
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March 19, 2024
A typical Diana Palmer book with a cowboy you love and would like to throw over a fence too. Everett (Rhett) Culhane is exactly what Jenny Wren wants in a man but she is what he hates, a City girl. He was burned by a city girl once and wants nothing to do with one. She does not hide this from him intentionally but things she doesn't tell him to clear up who she is cause a big problem. They can't seem to stay away from each other until things are said one night that send her back to the city.
Good read and worth the time.
Good read and worth the time.
April 30, 2024
Haven't read this since I was a kid and snuck this off my mother's shelf. Granted, this is certainly a product of its time, 1984, so the lead characters aren't exactly breaking new ground in equality. However, keeping all that in mind, this was still an enjoyable read. Simple, clean cut, and a touch predictable. It didn't give me the same thrill as it did when I was young and thought I was getting away with reading something adult, but I'd have to say having read a good portion of Diana Palmer's books, this is one of the sweeter ones.
I'd read it again in a couple of years.
I'd read it again in a couple of years.
September 8, 2025
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy book Passion Flower, Big Spur, Texas Book 2 by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
A series of unfortunate and sad events is combined with hope and strong personalities in this steamy romance featuring the family-less former New York interior designer, the virginal Jennifer King, turned struggling Atlanta, Georgia, temporary secretary, who follows the promise of renewed health and fulfilled dreams to Texas, where she meets the struggling, embittered, and grieving rancher Everett Culhane.
18+ for steamy scenes
I purchased a copy of the steamy book Passion Flower, Big Spur, Texas Book 2 by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
A series of unfortunate and sad events is combined with hope and strong personalities in this steamy romance featuring the family-less former New York interior designer, the virginal Jennifer King, turned struggling Atlanta, Georgia, temporary secretary, who follows the promise of renewed health and fulfilled dreams to Texas, where she meets the struggling, embittered, and grieving rancher Everett Culhane.
18+ for steamy scenes
May 18, 2022
In my opinion, so much better than her other writing, Tough to Tame - by leagues! I was so disappointed by that book, I was nervous to read this one. I'm happy I did. Well written, good flow, good detailing. I didn't appreciate some of the S.A. so if you have a history of ab*se, this may be triggering. In the end it all comes together well.
September 12, 2022
This was just meh. That was the perfect description of this book.
There's no chemistry between the main characters, no angst, no tension; nothing.
I don't see any tension building up other than the fact the Hero would get angry with the heroine for working too hard. I'm putting the book down nicely so I can continue to look for better ones.
There's no chemistry between the main characters, no angst, no tension; nothing.
I don't see any tension building up other than the fact the Hero would get angry with the heroine for working too hard. I'm putting the book down nicely so I can continue to look for better ones.
May 12, 2017
4 stars.
August 6, 2018
Jennifer and Everett (aka Rett). Not a fan of Everett's at all.
March 28, 2019
Second time around
I have read this book in and once or twice on kindle I'm not much for reviewing but I like this book.
I have read this book in and once or twice on kindle I'm not much for reviewing but I like this book.
September 6, 2019
Good Read
As always Diana Palmer delivers a really good funny romantic story.One that will have you laughing until there are 😢in your eye's.
As always Diana Palmer delivers a really good funny romantic story.One that will have you laughing until there are 😢in your eye's.
December 23, 2020
This Palmer’s heroine breaks the mold in a way—she has spunk! And, honestly? The hero isn’t as toxic either. Palmer uses scenes and other key elements in remembrance of Gone With The Wind, also.
April 12, 2023
Short and sweet? Idk of it was a toxic relationship or not
November 11, 2023
2nd story in combo. Too unbelievable 4 this reader.
c1984.
c1984.
May 3, 2024
Aw sweet, although these two are dumb as rocks.
September 28, 2018
E' un libro degli anni 80 e si sentono tutti... Harmony vecchio stile, trasformato in e-lit, ma lontano anni luce dai libri in giro adesso.
Stavolta la Palmer ha toppato
Stavolta la Palmer ha toppato
January 30, 2009
Yang menarik dari buku ini adalah pengorbanan tokoh utama cowok yang gak biasa..
Rett yang cinta banget ma peternakannya sampai rela menjual hak eksploitasi tanahnya supaya bisa ngejar sang tokoh utama cewek, Jenny.
Seru banget ngeliat perjuangan Rett mati2an berusaha mendapatkan hati Jenny kembali, kita jadi bisa menikmati "menyiksa" tokoh utama cowok yg biasanya selalu digambarkan super cool n gak pernah nunjukkin perasaannya..tp disini berbalik, jadi gak bosan baca buku ini karena tema yg rasanya sudah biasa, tentang wanita karier turn to be some ordinary employee yg jatuh cinta pada lelaki bujang kaya raya..her boz.
Rett yang cinta banget ma peternakannya sampai rela menjual hak eksploitasi tanahnya supaya bisa ngejar sang tokoh utama cewek, Jenny.
Seru banget ngeliat perjuangan Rett mati2an berusaha mendapatkan hati Jenny kembali, kita jadi bisa menikmati "menyiksa" tokoh utama cowok yg biasanya selalu digambarkan super cool n gak pernah nunjukkin perasaannya..tp disini berbalik, jadi gak bosan baca buku ini karena tema yg rasanya sudah biasa, tentang wanita karier turn to be some ordinary employee yg jatuh cinta pada lelaki bujang kaya raya..her boz.
October 22, 2016
I have an old paperback of Passion Flower and I was thrilled to find in on Kindle. I have loved Diana Palmer books for many years, and this is one of my favorites. The moment Jenny meets Everett, the man is rough and unfriendly, but he sees that Jenny is in need of a sanctuary and he offers her a place on his ranch. The love between the two takes a while to develop and because of this, the ending is sweet and perfect. I love this book!!
July 3, 2007
Nice Stories....sweet
May 12, 2014
have reread this many times -- great escapism reading
October 6, 2009
I always like Diana Palmer.
April 12, 2009
if you are looking for a light and quick read this book is good for that. no real depth just old fashioned love story, woman mets man and falls in love
April 12, 2010
Judul bahasa Indonesianya....enggak banget....hahahaha
March 29, 2011
i forgot what this novel about, read it long long long time ago..
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