Friday, December 4, 2009

Pieces Of Sky-Kaki Warner

Pieces Of Sky
Kaki Warner
Berkley, Jan 2010, $15.00
ISBN: 9780425232149

In 1869, humiliated pregnant heiress Jessica Thornton decides to leave England after being raped by her brother-in-law John Crawford. She heads to the home of her brother George Adrian in the New Mexico Territory fearing it may cost her property she owns in Northumberland to abusive John, but staying might mean her life. However, the coach she rides crashes.

Brady Wilkins joins the coach, which soon afterward crashes. He gets help and soon takes the English runaway and the other stranded people to his nearby ranch RosaRoja. As she heals and stays behind after the others leave, they fall in love in spite of her delicate condition. However, she fears John will come and harm her host; and he has his own trepidations involving his brothers and the ranch. Their pasts will give them no choice but to bond in love

This is an exciting western romance that will be on the short list of fans as one of the sub-genre’s best books of the year due to the dark grittiness of the plot. The lead couple is a wonderful pairing of “Her Ladyship” and a rancher with both having issues to face. Those issues arrive to haunt each of them and intrude on their growing love for one another. The first of the tales of three brothers, Pieces of Sky is a winner.

Harriet Klausner

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