HQN Books | June 28, 2016 | Western Romance
★★★1/2
SOURCE: TLC Book Tours
The man who shattered her trust is back to protect her… New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a breathtaking story of second-chance love.When Paul Fiore disappeared from Isabel Grayling's life, he told himself it was for all the right reasons. She was young and innocent, and he was her millionaire father's lowly employee. Three years on, Paul is the FBI agent assigned to Isabel's case. Too late, he realizes what life in her Texas mansion was really like back then—and how much damage he did when he left.Once love-struck and sheltered, Isabel has become an assistant district attorney committed to serving the law, no matter how risky it gets. But right now, the man she can't forgive is the one thing standing between her and a deadly stalker. She knows Paul won't hesitate to protect her life with his own. But if she can't trust herself to resist him, how can she trust him not to break her heart all over again?
{ about author } .
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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Diana Palmer is an author who is hit or miss for me. Sometimes, I can be so engrossed in her stories, I don't know what time of day it is. Other times, I simply have a difficult time connecting.
This go-around, I was somewhere in between. I loved the characters, I enjoyed the backstory, I just couldn't stay connected.
When Paul left, he thought he was doing Isabel good. Like most of the world, he only saw what her millionaire father showed the world -- a great house, a lot of money, and two well behaved daughters. He wasn't aware of what went on behind closed doors. When he comes back, it's those secrets that will threaten every feeling he's had -- and his protective streak will get a little bit larger, making him question his hiding of his feelings earlier.
There wasn't a characteristic thing in place that bothered me in this story. I felt that with the backstory and how the plot lined up, the feelings felt organic for the most part. For whatever reason, though, the writing style in this particular Diana Palmer story couldn't grip me to stay completely interested.
This go-around, I was somewhere in between. I loved the characters, I enjoyed the backstory, I just couldn't stay connected.
When Paul left, he thought he was doing Isabel good. Like most of the world, he only saw what her millionaire father showed the world -- a great house, a lot of money, and two well behaved daughters. He wasn't aware of what went on behind closed doors. When he comes back, it's those secrets that will threaten every feeling he's had -- and his protective streak will get a little bit larger, making him question his hiding of his feelings earlier.
There wasn't a characteristic thing in place that bothered me in this story. I felt that with the backstory and how the plot lined up, the feelings felt organic for the most part. For whatever reason, though, the writing style in this particular Diana Palmer story couldn't grip me to stay completely interested.
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