Why this one: It's a reread of an oldie but goodie
Steam Level: very nice indeed
My Thoughts:
I’ve
noticed that more and more older books are being rereleased as ebooks and I am
loving this. I’m rediscovering authors
I’ve lost track of. My latest ebook glom
is Alexis Harrington. This works out
well as I’m also in a Western Frame of Mind at the moment.
The
first one up is Homeward Hearts. Ms.
Harrington tends to write poignant tales about people battered by life and this
one is a good example. Chloe Maitland is
a bossy young woman who has to fend for herself in a dying town named
Misfortune after her blacksmith alcoholic father drinks himself to death. He was the only family she had and with the
mortgage coming due soon, she is in a difficult situation. She places and add for a blacksmith but can
only provide room and board, no real wages until after the amount needed for
the mortgage is earned. She is being courted by the local teacher, a bland
useless kind of man. She’s not really
keen on him, but she’s lonely. Because
of her bossy ways, though with a tender heart, she has no real friends.
Travis
McGuire answers her add, but before he can start, he needs to be tended to as
he walked a long ways to Misfortune in the boiling sun and is now suffering
from a bad case of heat stroke.
Chloe
and Travis clash from almost the beginning.
A lot of times I don’t really like bickering protagonists, but in
Homeward Hearts, it was their way of bonding and getting to know each
other. Travis had his own issues. He’d spent a number of years in jail for
murdering his adulterous wife but he was innocent. Because of this and the fact that he is being
hunted by a bounty hunter bound to take him back to jail. He has no family left either and I loved this
story of two lonely people finding each other .
It’s
been a number of years since I’d read any books by Alexis Harrington though not
long ago I purchased one as an ebook. I
checked to see which one while I was reading this one and did a quick little
happy dance when I realized it was a sequel to this book; the bounty hunter’s
story. I started reading it last night
right after I finished this book and I’ve also purchased 3 more by this author
I first read years ago.
I really
hope a whole new generation of readers who enjoy Westerns discover this author
and maybe some older authors rediscover her.
She really is good
Grade: 4.5 out of 5
'til later
4 comments:
I agree with you...I love the older books are get re published into e book format...so fun to see. and I just might have to look this one up, I do love westerns.
This is truly good news--it would seem Ms Harrington got her rights back, as the digital book is sold by amazon digital services.
And it's a Western...well, then!
It's going on the list.
Renee, I finished the sequel to Homeward Hearts, Desperate Hearts and liked it even a little bit better, review to follow very soon. This book & the one I just finished and the one I'm reading now, 'cause I just can't seem to quit her *chuckle* are excellent examples of why I love Westerns so very much.
AL, I also looked some very much older Lorraine Heath books and totally different story. They are charging over $9 for an ebook that probably cost me about $6 back a number of years ago when I first read it.
But YES says I to getting a western by Alexis.
Kristie, I think the Lorraine Heath titles issued in digital are sold by her original publisher, and these days, traditional publishers are making a royal mess of pricing digital editions. Seriously, those people don't have a clue what they are doing.
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