SHE STOLE HIS HEART…
On the run and in search of a hideout, Tyler had come to the isolated farmhouse expecting to find an older lady in need of a helping hand. Instead he found Debra Nightsong, an independent young woman whose exotic beauty mesmerized him. He’d vowed not to take advantage of the situation he’d placed her in, but soon found himself regretting his words….
HE STOLE HER PEACE…
An outcast from her tribe, half-breed
Debra Nightsong wanted nothing more than to be left alone to tend her farm-until she was ambushed by a mysterious stranger. Tyler said he meant her no harm, yet he unnerved her-especially with his presence in her bed. He claimed it was only to keep her from escaping him, but Debra had never expected to find pleasure in the feel of a man’s strong body against hers….
I love me some Carolyn Davidson. Some of her older Harlequin Historicals are among my faves but she hasn’t completely found her feet yet with HQN.
I thought Redemption was a good read but forgettable and
Haven had characters I never really connected with so I am really hoping Nightsong is great. And she is able to fit her storytelling into a longer length.
And I really hope HQN brings us more westerns. Of course I want all publishers to bring us more westerns but I am a nut like that.
Amazon does have a review up from Publishers Weekly and of course it is just one review. I am a fan (you may have noticed) and love westerns to bits and pieces but I would be lying if I didn’t say the bit about the separation doesn’t worry me. But I live in hope…
Davidson’s western historical, about a hunted man and the half-Indian with whom he takes refuge, is a mixed bag. Davidson’s lyrical, almost ethereal prose never quite fits the harsh western setting of 1888, in which racism has isolated Debra Nightsong from both her tribe and the world of white men. Tending to the Dakota territory farm where she lives alone, Debra is surprised one evening to find an armed man in her house: Ethan Tyler, a man on the run for reasons he won’t reveal. Though he imposes himself on her household—making Debra a virtual prisoner—he proves charming, good-hearted and a valuable worker. Davidson is at her best chronicling the day-to-day of farm living, and her prominent supporting characters—including Debra’s half-brother and the bounty hunter pursuing Ethan—give the story extra dimension. Unfortunately, those characters show little complexity, functioning more like saints than citizens of the Wild West. Frustrating matters further, Debra and Ethan are separated for a full third of the book, carrying on an epistolary romance that barely satisfies the characters, much less the reader. Though Ethan’s everyman quality and the genuine caring he and Debra share hold promise, Davidson’s muted storytelling and odd choices result in a lackluster tale. (May)
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That was my reaction to Redemption as well – good while I was reading it, but the sort of book I “forgot” the minute I finished the last page. I have Haven in the TBR – eventually I’ll get around to it, and Nightsong is on the TBB.
I won’t tell you how many Davidson HH titles are in my HH TBR. It’s scary. Really scary.
How about deluging HQN with mail asking for an HQN from me? I’d love to write for them!
I picked it up on Friday because you know I have nothing to read.
ha! I keel me.
Really Cheryl? What are the advantage of writing for HQN over HH, other than HQN does ARC’s for some of their novels. So yeah, that is a plus for me for you to write for them. LOL
But storywise, what do you think you could do there that you couldn’t do at HH. You know… if you don’t mind saying *g*.