Two! in one night

Crap – I should be getting ready for the weekend. I have sleeping bags to air out, a house to clean – but having been tagged by Nath for the most recent meme going ‘round, I rather do it than the other stuff.

I can’t quite figure out how many little known books we are supposed to come up with so I’ll just go until I stop.

Since Ames enjoyed an oldie but goodie so much, I think I’ll go back into the vault and pick some older books that have stood the test of time

Outlaw Hearts by Rosanne Bittner.

Published 1993

I’ve mentioned this one before and I’m not going to say much about it at the moment because I’m rereading it right now and plan on doing a review – enough to say it’s so beyond good.

Letters From A Stranger by Connie Rinehold (aka Eve Byron)

Published 1993

This is a story of a beautiful former child beauty contest and a series of letters she exchanges with a Major in the US Army who is stationed in Germany. They fall in love through letters, but when they meet each other in real life, things aren’t quite the same. They both have major hurdles to overcome before they get their HEA. I loved the ‘realness’ of this story. The characters were far from perfect and their first love scene was uncharacteristically fraught with the normal problems many of us suffer in real life.

Love Alter’s Not by Patricia Veryan

Published 1989

This is the 4^th book in a series. Although the whole series is wonderful, this one is just a little bit better than some of the others. First off, I adore the cover. Can’t say enough good things about it.

Anthony Farrar is about to be arrested for desertion during the battle of Culloden. He was seriously injured and doesn’t remember what exactly happened. Dimity Cranford is involved in a plot to return missing treasure and happens across Anthony’s estate. This book is wickedly funny in spots and heartbreakingly tragic in others. The author manages to combine the two into an extremely wonderful story. Anthony remains, even after all these years, one of the most noble heroe’s I’ve ever read. And Dimity Cranford one of my favourite heroines.

Absolute Trouble by Michelle Jerrot

Published 1998

This was her first book and it was gooooooddddddd. The hero of this one Julien Langlois is posing as a male stripper in order to track down to extract revenge on the criminal who was responsible for his younger brother’s death. He’s found by the police and put into protective custody with Dulcie Quinn, a former cop who was hurt so bad she was forced into retirement by the very same criminal. Julien is one VERY HOT hero.

I just recently heard that this book is or at least was available free in e-book form once the rights reverted back to the author – now writing as Michelle Albert

Notorious by Patricia Potter

Published 1993

I love Patricia Potters Westerns. Love them, love them, love them. I reread this one about a year ago and not only did it stand the test of time, I loved it even more.

Cat Hilliard owns a very successful, very upscale saloon. She will do just about anything to stay on top. Marsh Canton wins the saloon next door in a card game and had decided to give up his former occupation as a hired gun.

Cat is willing to pull out all the stops in order to stop Marsh from success and he is willing to try just about anything to stop her. Their game of one-upmanship is very funny but underneath it, Cat is a woman with secrets. She is a fabulously strong heroine and if you’re a lover of the Western, this is one you really should read! Heck, even if you’re not a Western lover, this is still a Very Good Book.

Tagging - anyone who wants to do this because we all love to share those hidden treasures!

'til later