Miriam Minger

For historical romance readers, this has everything--a strong-willed heroine, a gallant and honorable hero, strong secondary characters, a plot with twists and turns, drama, humor, and steamy love scenes. I was hooked from the beginning, and it held me captivated until the very end, even though at times I wanted to scream at Madeleine. (Sometimes the word "stubborn" is a better description of her than "strong-willed.") Minger writes a satisfying ending, and I love that she includes an show more epilogue.

However, the mistakes in the Kindle version make it a very frustrating read at times. Sometimes, letters are missing, words are repeated, etc. show less

It was an enjoyable beach read- nothing deep, but with a decent plot and good pace. The characters were mostly realistic, and it was rather obvious that the secondary characters would be getting their own stories, since they were not entirely flat.

Triona O'Toole was found as a baby in the arms of her dead mother. Although she was a hated Norman, she doesn't know this secret history, and was raised in an Irish clan. Her father indulged her, especially after the death of his only son. In a show more word, Triona was a tomboy. She could hunt and shoot with the best of them- not high praise for an Irish maiden at the time. When her father suddenly dies, he leaves Triona as ward of his godson, Ronan O'Byrne. Triona had learned to hate Ronan, and she holds him responsible for her brother's death. Almost immediately, Ronan tries to remold Triona into the proper Irish maiden, and marry her off. Triona wants nothing to do with this plan, and seeks to cause him grief at every possible turn. While sparks are flying, each hide the obvious affection while denying the other could possibly have feelings for them. And just when things look like they are finally sorted, everything goes wrong...

I liked that Triona and Ronan were both fairly well developed characters, although they come off as very childish at times. It takes Ronan a long time to get over his guilt, and it continues to come back and haunt him, coloring his actions, long after he's finally let things go. The same could be said for Triona's fears. She is very impulsive and headstrong, often endangering others without thought, almost as if she doesn't expect others to care for her (which they obviously do).

Te only major complaint I have was that it took forever for the story to end. Rather than ending at what seemed like a natural ending place for me as a reader, the author continues on with the story, dragging out some parts while setting up for the sequel. It make the ending of the story feel awkward. show less

I enjoy Miriam Minger's writing. Her books are well written and the characters are usually well developed. In this book I got tired of the arguing and fighting between Corisande and Donovan. The story line was interesting and kept you reading but the arguing got distracting and took away from the developing romance.

If Lord Donovan Trent had his way, he would spend his days carelessly wooing the women of London society. Instead, he found himself banished to the English countryside of show more Cornwall, forced by the decrees of his father's will to run his family's tin mines and find a country bride. The last thing the handsome lord needed was a local lass sticking her nose into his affairs, but that seemed to be exactly what Corisande Easton had in mind.

Corie had spent her whole life struggling to help those less fortunate than herself. When she heard that Lord Donovan had arrived in Cornwall, she seized the opportunity to confront him about his family’s mistreatment of the overworked tinners. Donovan and Corie soon found their tempers flaring while fighting to deny their fiery passions until a secret business arrangement forced them into each other's arms. show less

First let me say that this type of book is not my usual read, but I decided to give it a try. I am not at all disappointed with this book. While this book did have some bad language in it, and violence, it is very well written, action packed and pulls at the heart strings. The story is about a mother who has a son with a bad heart and without a transplant, he will die.

There is a tragic accident involving students on a school bus, and 2 little boys lose their lives. Of course the family of show more one little boy that dies donates his heart and the little boy (Tyler) that needs the heart gets it. This is when the action and more tragedy starts.

One of the little boys killed in the accident is accidentally mistaken for the other, and the wrong child’s heart is taken in the confusion. The parents of the boy that heart that was donated by accident are heart broken and furious that their son was cut open and his heart given to another. The father of that little boy happens to be a drug lord in Mexico, and the mother demands her husband get her son back, even though he is dead.

Tyler is kidnapped by the drug lord father of the little boy who’s heart he now has. He is taken to Mexico and this sets off a chain of events that carry on through the rest of the book. Tyler’s mother desperately wants her son back, so she goes to Mexico to search for her son, and is determined to not leave without him. show less