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Marriage at Circle M
by Donna Alward
Heart to
heart love!
Marriage
At Circle M is a short tender romance set in ranching country
between a hero and heroine who have known each other for a long time
but who discover each other anew as they reveal their secrets and
vulnerabilities in heart-to-heart exchanges. These conversations vary
from tender to dynamic and fiery.
Grace Lundquist
returns home, determined to hide her pain and her
past. She is a hard worker, always there for everyone. The town loves
her but what about her childhood sweetheart who upped and left when
things got to serious? Of all the people to show up back in her life,
Grace just has to encounter Mike Gardner, the man behind all her pain,
the man she never really stopped loving! Grace and Mike know each other
down to the very soul, but that certainly doesn't mean things will be
easy. Knowing someone intimately isn't quite the same as loving
someone. Can their heart-to-heart conversations lead to love or will
Grace's secret be more than either of them can handle?
The title of
the mini-series Heart to Heart
is perfect for this
romance! Donna Alward narrows the plot action down to specific moments
and focuses instead on the interrelation between the hero and heroine.
It works well in this romance. The reader see both the intimacy and the
distance between the hero and heroine in their heart-to-heart
conversations. These two really do know each other at heart but also,
as they share, that knowledge becomes more intimate. The reader feels
the love growing between Grace and Mike as they begin to share their
vulnerabilities. Marriage At Circle M
shows how intimate talks are
wonderful but don't exactly equate to romance itself. Dating a good
conversationalist is easy but love takes more than just a good
heart-to-heart talk. As the reader hears Grace and Mike talk ---
including their mistakes with one another ---- the happily ever after
of this romance has more power than just a good talk. Mike and Grace
find a certain intimacy and understanding of one another's hearts that
will sustain them long after the book's ending. Nice!
As a reader, I
particularly appreciate a romances that have
heroines who represent women in all our variety. In Marriage At Circle M, Donna Alward
goes beyond a stereotype of the traditional romance
woman in her creation of the heroine. A nice twist in Grace's character!
From the back
cover:
Secrets are hard to keep in a small
town…
But Grace
Lundquist is determined to hide her pain. Hardworking and always
cheerful, she's the town's sweetheart. Everybody loves her.…
Grace knows
that one man isn't fooled. When Mike Gardner looks at her, she feels he
can see right into her soul. But, try as she might to keep the strong,
gorgeous cowboy out of her business, Grace can't douse the spark
between them.…
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