JOHANNA LINDSEY

|| Say You Love Me || Angel || Brave the Wild Wind ||

Last review(s) added 10/5/97

Rated 2.5
Copyright 1996
Reviewed 10/5/97 by Isolde Wehr

I love Johanna Lindsey's Malory family and I had high expectations for this book, but after reading the first 100 pages I was already disappointed. This was not a book about Kelsey and Derek (the heros) it was about all the Malory's. Ms. Lindsey repeated again and again who is who in the family, who is married with who and so on. This was really getting on my nerves.

Kelsey Langtons parents are dead. She and her sister Jean now live with her aunt and uncle. One night, Kelsey finds out that her uncle is ruined. He lost his job and is in high debt. To rescue the family Kelsey accepts being sold at an auction to the highest bidder as a mistress.

The money would be what saves her uncle because he has to pay his creditors in only three days.

At the auction is also Lord Derek Malory. He "buys" Kelsey because he doesn't want the brutal Lord Ashford to get her. Very fast Kelsey accepts her position as a mistress and falls in love with Derek. This was a part of the book I could not understand. Kelsey is a gentlewoman and from one day to another she accept to be a mistress? Sorry, I can't believe this. This was too simple.

A part of the book also tells the story about Dereks father and his mistress --- the housekeeper. And the housekeeper is also Dereks mother. Can you believe this? Sorry, I can't.

So, all-in-all, I must say this book totally disappointed me. Read rather one of her older books and I guarantee you fun.

This was a great western. I loved it. The heroine and hero were two people anyone would fall for. Another nice touch was that the author brought in, via cameo appearances and conversationally, the hero and heroine of her book Brave the Wild Wind.

Cassie Stuart is a 25 year old meddler. She can't mind her own business. This time she has really done it! She's managed to put together a couple that would be reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, however, they don't die. Instead, they each go back to their homes very upset and angry. Cassie doesn't understand. She knows they love each other she couldn't be wrong! The families are bitter enemies and live on each side of her father's house. Both families decide to make Cassie pay for what she had done to them.

Now enters Angel. A gunfighter. Sent to calm things down for Cassie as a favor for a friend. Little did Angel know what he was in for.

This is a very tender story with lots of humor. Cassie is something else and Angel has more to him then what appears on the outside. Definitely a must read.