Publisher: Berkley
Published: June
4, 2019
ISBN: 978-0440000648
Genre: Western
Historical Romance
Format: Print from
Publisher
FIVE HEARTS
Roen Shepard was the odd duck in his family. Hailing from New York, he appreciated his sculptor,
musical and artist siblings and tried to emulate their talents, it just wasn’t
for him. He was the fifth child in a
very gifted and wealthy family he found a career that suited him just fine – a surveyor. While He’s done fine for himself working for
the railroads, which has led him to Frost Falls, Colorado.
Lily Salt is a life long resident of Frost Falls. Cared for, if not loved by her fellow
residents, Lily has made a life for herself and her four children. When her first husband died, the town rallied
to support her. Now with Roen’s interest
in the young widow they again are ready to step in to protect her. Her children, however, have something else in
mind for Roen and Lily. Still protective of their mother, their instincts about
Roen prove to be the best. Things seem
to moving along nicely…slowly, but nicely until Roen’s past begins to catch up
with him. That past would be a woman he
courted who then turned on him and tried to kill him. Knowing what Victorine, the purported jilted
lover, wants, Roen poses a solution to Lily—marry him.
Can what starts out as a marriage of convenience turn to a
forever love match?
As I said when I read the first book of Jo Goodman’s Cowboys of
Colorado series, A Touch of Frost, it had been far too long since I read
her. Once again, even though it has been
only a year since I read her, it has been too long. In a reading world that has gone to falling
in lust rather than love, but calling it love, of who can write the most erotic
scenes, Goodman’s writing takes us back to the days of our characters falling
in love with romance that gives you a smile.
There is sex in her books, but she takes to reader to the brink and lets
him or her decide just where the physical aspects will go.
Her characters are fully developed with multiple layers. They have good points and bad points. They come across as human, as someone you
would know. Even the children in her
books and particularly in her current release, A TOUCH OF FOREVER, are written
as individuals. Each unique in his or
her own way. Secondary characters like
Hitch and Fedora are also complete in their own development – not merely there
to bolster the main characters. Each
character has his or her own role.
Victorine and Mr. Cabot as despicable. I couldn’t wait for them to get their just
desserts and really enjoyed reading it when the time came. Maybe that’s just wrong when it came to
Victorine, but you’ll need to read A TOUCH OF FOREVER to see what I’m talking
about.
While part of a series, (this is book 3), and readers catch up
with characters from the earlier books, each is able to stand on its own. Goodman tells a complete story, building in
small parts on the prior story, but each can be read alone and in any order. As
well, you do not have to be a fan of historical romance or western romance to
enjoy A TOUCH OF FOREVER. You just have
to want to read a really good romance.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
<iframe style="width:120px;height:240px;"
marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"
frameborder="0"
src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=regatayl-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=0440000645&asins=0440000645&linkId=bb21d0a2d91b58d10e1a8f6dee9fe17c&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true"></iframe>
