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Beverly Jenkins Fav. I keep all her books, Once again Beverly Jenkins does an outstanding job with this historical romance, I love her writing and whenever I need a break from the paranormal, she always fits the bill, An intriguing storyteller.
This is the story of Loreli Winters and Jake Reed, Loreli is a very different kind of historical AA heroine from the origins of her birth to her occupation, however, she has a huge heart and a sassy mouth and you can't help but love her.
Jake is a hog farmer who has taken over the care of his twin nieces after his sisters death, Realizing that they need a mother, Jake sets
out to find one, however, Loreli was not in his plans, If you can, read Topaz before reading this book in order to get a background on some of the "mail order" bride dialog that goes on, however, it is not necessary.
This book stands on its own well, If you love historical romances and would enjoy it from an AA perspective, you will love this book, Any of Beverly Jenkins books will give you a great read, as well as solid historical information, Definitely recommend!! Well this book proves even an excellent author like Ms Jenkins can lose the plot in the third second act,
This book had an excellent premise our experienced heroine who is making her way West when she meets our hero and his two adorable nieces.
Loreli was a great character honestly, she was a gambler, with a touch backstory and atwas more mature than the typical ingenue that we can get in historical romance.
Plus, she is a fashion plate which brought a smile to my face,
Our hero was good too though not as great as Loreli, he was political in the best sense and passionate about his cause which I appreciated.
Ms Jenkins character work is top notch and the way she weaves real history into her stories remains excellent e, g. there was a reference to the Knights of Labour and Jayhawkers, which I didnt know anything about, As a result, I was quite enthusiastic about the romance itself and about the first half,
The plotting though was off right from the beginning the entire meetcute about a temporary marriage seemed the most stupid idea ever, It gave me pause as this is not typical from what I can tell for Ms, Jenkins. By about Chapterthough, the plot of the book had taken a side tangent into crazy town,
I was quite tired and annoyed by the time I finished the book which is not the experience I want from a romance well reading in general but especially not in romance.
In the end I average the excellent first half with the train wreck of the second and am giving this bookas a compromise.
This plot was ridiculous but I do like the couple,
Jan:
So this has a less experience hero which is a chance enough to at I am intrigued but tbh its Ms.
Jenkins. Ill probably like it if it had little green aliens and tadpoles
,
Though thinking about it green aliens sounds fun in a romance too A read this book a while ago, I loved it because it's not only GREAT romance but it's also teaches history, Two for one. ! This is mynd BJ romance and I had high hopes for this one, The world building was phenomenal but I found the male protagonist, Jake, to not really be likeable, Which was a shame since I really like Lorilei, The storyline became problematic and I just wasnt as interested in seeing what happened, This wont make the reread list, Good Read. Loreli Winters and Jake Reed were two opposites that attracted, She a gambling queen and he a hog farmer, They had a common goal to do what was best for Jake's eightyear old nieces, This book had some funny parts with the twins as well as good scenes with Jake and Loreli learning more about the other and how their past was impacting their future and relationship.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, While I enjoyed most of the story the last part wasn't a favorite of mine, But still it was a good one, . I loved the family dynamics the most and how attached the heroine got to the heros niece's and how attached they got to her, The drama got exciting and was hard to stop listening to but the last bit went down a bit, Although by the end I didn't dislike it either
I really liked the beginning of this!! I was all prepared for my virgin hero moment to come through and shine but this man was absolutely no virgin! He just was raised to assume women didnt get pleasure and that it wasnt his duty to provide it lol Idk why this is out on virgin hero lists because Ive seen it listed MANY times.
Its literally the reason I read this book,
He was cute worrying about his inexperience because while not virgin, he was inexperienced but it was more of a pride thing and it kinda got old.
He was just straight up bad at it the first time aroundthrough, It had potential for sex lessons subplot and it referenced it a few times, but it was never fully explored, Suddenly the next time penetration came around he was just a sex god,
I think I would have given this bookbased on the first half! It was good, engaging, and I liked the characters, However, afterhis character kinda got a bit more controlling and while it wasnt that offputting, I was still kinda miffed, Then, the plot just fell apart, It really REALLY felt like exactly what happened with the last third of Night Song, There was a random kidnapping and danger and it just didnt fit the bill at all, The second half of the book lost track of both the main plot direction and the romance,
I didnt care about much that happened in the second half seeing as the sex was lackluster and there was less of the two girls.
While this is still one of my favorite historical romance covers and I really wish I was smitten, it just didnt quite work for me by the end.
I quite enjoyed this one, I adored Loreli what a fun character, Absolute magic. Like a fool, I had been skirting this one because I'm not a massive fan of kids in romance but having read sitelinkAlways and Forever it became imperative to have Loreli the gambler's story.
It's a doozy, Loreli is selfmade rich, a gambler, sex positive and feminist, wellconnected by nefarious means and uses her privilege for good, doesn't give an inch, but gives everything else because she has a heart the size of a small state.
She is fantastic.
It would be impossible to match her with an equally cool and kickass partner, so Ms Bev doesn't, Instead there's Jake, a hog farmer ! with a miserable joyless religious background and a tendency to be judgy !! who has virtually no sexual experience, so their first time he just comes after thirty seconds and rolls over there are not enough exclamation marks but reader, I howled.
Jake is also a union organiser and activist, a cmmitted and decent man who will do anything for his orphaned nieces so it's not like he's a pointless reclamation project.
We can see why Loreli bothers, and it's touching how he blossoms into a someone far more capable of pleasure in life, out of his narrow miserable box, under her mindopening influence.
Plus, and here I just hold my hands up in awe, the kids are lovely and I enjoyed reading about them, It's a hugely warm and loving book and I felt infinitely better for it, Loreli and Jake. A beautiful, sassy heroine that knows how to stand up for herself, O and is a gambler and a great one at that, Heroine isHero is. Jake is raising his sister Bonnie's children, Bebe and Dede, because she died in a horse accident, The children and Loreli fall into instant love and the story goes on from there, The children are adorable. I enjoyed most of this journey, Jake's sexual experience with paid women and one married woman has him believing that women do not enjoy sex, He had also read that in books so it seems to back up what he knew about sex, Loreli, needing more finesse than he had showed him how to fulfill her needs as a part of their journey, However, some things fall apart towards the end due to the villain, in which Loreli had a sexual past with, being very over the top, Loreli choosing to leave those children without saying goodbye due to the actions of the villain did not make sense to me, Her not marrying Jake until he and the girls followed her to Philly after he found out she was pregnant with his child months later was not as romantic as I wanted it to be.
Lastly, as a reader I would like the ending to be more concrete with some minor questions answered like since she is very, very rich, Did they stay in Philly, did they go back to Kansas or decide to live all her properties Was the baby a boy or girl Trigger warning: .
This is the story of Loreli Winters and Jake Reed, Loreli is a very different kind of historical AA heroine from the origins of her birth to her occupation, however, she has a huge heart and a sassy mouth and you can't help but love her.
Jake is a hog farmer who has taken over the care of his twin nieces after his sisters death, Realizing that they need a mother, Jake sets
out to find one, however, Loreli was not in his plans, If you can, read Topaz before reading this book in order to get a background on some of the "mail order" bride dialog that goes on, however, it is not necessary.
This book stands on its own well, If you love historical romances and would enjoy it from an AA perspective, you will love this book, Any of Beverly Jenkins books will give you a great read, as well as solid historical information, Definitely recommend!! Well this book proves even an excellent author like Ms Jenkins can lose the plot in the third second act,
This book had an excellent premise our experienced heroine who is making her way West when she meets our hero and his two adorable nieces.
Loreli was a great character honestly, she was a gambler, with a touch backstory and atwas more mature than the typical ingenue that we can get in historical romance.
Plus, she is a fashion plate which brought a smile to my face,
Our hero was good too though not as great as Loreli, he was political in the best sense and passionate about his cause which I appreciated.
Ms Jenkins character work is top notch and the way she weaves real history into her stories remains excellent e, g. there was a reference to the Knights of Labour and Jayhawkers, which I didnt know anything about, As a result, I was quite enthusiastic about the romance itself and about the first half,
The plotting though was off right from the beginning the entire meetcute about a temporary marriage seemed the most stupid idea ever, It gave me pause as this is not typical from what I can tell for Ms, Jenkins. By about Chapterthough, the plot of the book had taken a side tangent into crazy town,
I was quite tired and annoyed by the time I finished the book which is not the experience I want from a romance well reading in general but especially not in romance.
In the end I average the excellent first half with the train wreck of the second and am giving this bookas a compromise.
This plot was ridiculous but I do like the couple,
Jan:
So this has a less experience hero which is a chance enough to at I am intrigued but tbh its Ms.
Jenkins. Ill probably like it if it had little green aliens and tadpoles
,
Though thinking about it green aliens sounds fun in a romance too A read this book a while ago, I loved it because it's not only GREAT romance but it's also teaches history, Two for one. ! This is mynd BJ romance and I had high hopes for this one, The world building was phenomenal but I found the male protagonist, Jake, to not really be likeable, Which was a shame since I really like Lorilei, The storyline became problematic and I just wasnt as interested in seeing what happened, This wont make the reread list, Good Read. Loreli Winters and Jake Reed were two opposites that attracted, She a gambling queen and he a hog farmer, They had a common goal to do what was best for Jake's eightyear old nieces, This book had some funny parts with the twins as well as good scenes with Jake and Loreli learning more about the other and how their past was impacting their future and relationship.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, While I enjoyed most of the story the last part wasn't a favorite of mine, But still it was a good one, . I loved the family dynamics the most and how attached the heroine got to the heros niece's and how attached they got to her, The drama got exciting and was hard to stop listening to but the last bit went down a bit, Although by the end I didn't dislike it either
Loreli Winters never imagined she'd end up a "mailorder bride" in middleofnowhere Kansas until the two adorable orphan nieces of a dusky dream named Jake Reed beg her to be their new "mama.
" And one look at the dark, devastatingly handsome man is enough to entice her to abandon her California plans and stay put for a while in this onehorse frontier town.
Strong, sensible Jake was hoping for a wife to help him raise his girls, but Loreli may be more than he can handle, He can't stop wondering what it would be like to hold the fiery enchantress close and kiss her deeply, Surely he could never compete with the sophisticated gents she has known, yet he intends to try, But will his honest passion be enough to take a chance on a longshot called love
Thank Goodness for Beverly Jenkins!! She always gets me through these reading slumps! He has in fact practiced penetration before just badlyI really liked the beginning of this!! I was all prepared for my virgin hero moment to come through and shine but this man was absolutely no virgin! He just was raised to assume women didnt get pleasure and that it wasnt his duty to provide it lol Idk why this is out on virgin hero lists because Ive seen it listed MANY times.
Its literally the reason I read this book,
He was cute worrying about his inexperience because while not virgin, he was inexperienced but it was more of a pride thing and it kinda got old.
He was just straight up bad at it the first time aroundthrough, It had potential for sex lessons subplot and it referenced it a few times, but it was never fully explored, Suddenly the next time penetration came around he was just a sex god,
I think I would have given this bookbased on the first half! It was good, engaging, and I liked the characters, However, afterhis character kinda got a bit more controlling and while it wasnt that offputting, I was still kinda miffed, Then, the plot just fell apart, It really REALLY felt like exactly what happened with the last third of Night Song, There was a random kidnapping and danger and it just didnt fit the bill at all, The second half of the book lost track of both the main plot direction and the romance,
I didnt care about much that happened in the second half seeing as the sex was lackluster and there was less of the two girls.
While this is still one of my favorite historical romance covers and I really wish I was smitten, it just didnt quite work for me by the end.
I quite enjoyed this one, I adored Loreli what a fun character, Absolute magic. Like a fool, I had been skirting this one because I'm not a massive fan of kids in romance but having read sitelinkAlways and Forever it became imperative to have Loreli the gambler's story.
It's a doozy, Loreli is selfmade rich, a gambler, sex positive and feminist, wellconnected by nefarious means and uses her privilege for good, doesn't give an inch, but gives everything else because she has a heart the size of a small state.
She is fantastic.
It would be impossible to match her with an equally cool and kickass partner, so Ms Bev doesn't, Instead there's Jake, a hog farmer ! with a miserable joyless religious background and a tendency to be judgy !! who has virtually no sexual experience, so their first time he just comes after thirty seconds and rolls over there are not enough exclamation marks but reader, I howled.
Jake is also a union organiser and activist, a cmmitted and decent man who will do anything for his orphaned nieces so it's not like he's a pointless reclamation project.
We can see why Loreli bothers, and it's touching how he blossoms into a someone far more capable of pleasure in life, out of his narrow miserable box, under her mindopening influence.
Plus, and here I just hold my hands up in awe, the kids are lovely and I enjoyed reading about them, It's a hugely warm and loving book and I felt infinitely better for it, Loreli and Jake. A beautiful, sassy heroine that knows how to stand up for herself, O and is a gambler and a great one at that, Heroine isHero is. Jake is raising his sister Bonnie's children, Bebe and Dede, because she died in a horse accident, The children and Loreli fall into instant love and the story goes on from there, The children are adorable. I enjoyed most of this journey, Jake's sexual experience with paid women and one married woman has him believing that women do not enjoy sex, He had also read that in books so it seems to back up what he knew about sex, Loreli, needing more finesse than he had showed him how to fulfill her needs as a part of their journey, However, some things fall apart towards the end due to the villain, in which Loreli had a sexual past with, being very over the top, Loreli choosing to leave those children without saying goodbye due to the actions of the villain did not make sense to me, Her not marrying Jake until he and the girls followed her to Philly after he found out she was pregnant with his child months later was not as romantic as I wanted it to be.
Lastly, as a reader I would like the ending to be more concrete with some minor questions answered like since she is very, very rich, Did they stay in Philly, did they go back to Kansas or decide to live all her properties Was the baby a boy or girl Trigger warning: .