Review: Sweet and Good-Natured. Loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2013
I don't read many historical romance books these days. In my late teens and early twenties - well before I reached the point of being slightly jaded about real-life romance - they were a staple in my library. Then life happened in the form of devastating break-ups and abuse of my trusting nature, and I set historical romance books aside.I'm still slightly jaded, but now I view historical romance books in a different way. Instead of wishing for that hero to sweep me off my feet, I've discovered that they're a great way to relive the innocence of my youth when life was always an adventure and love was grand and always just around the corner.I thank author Beth Trissel for that. Beth and I met online some years ago - I don't remember how or why - but it was Beth who re-introduced me to historical romance. So when I had a chance to review her new novella, A Warrior for Christmas, I jumped at the chance.A Warrior for Christmas centers around a romance between Dimity - the deaf ward of Randolph Whitfield - and Corwin Whitfield - the nephew of the aforementioned Mr. Whitfield who has returned from a childhood living with Native Americans. He's understandably unsure about being re-introduced to a life of privilege and isn't sure he'll like it at all, much less want to stay as his uncle expects.Then he meets Dimity and, as happens in romance novels, Corwin begins to question who he is and what he wants. And when a rival shows up... well, that helps sort things out.What I love most about Beth's writing is the innocence of her stories. While I'm not opposed to graphic sex scenes, I don't want to read them all the time. Sometimes I want something that's sweet and good-natured and that lets my imagination wander to all the right places.  With so much going on in my real life these days, getting to read A Warrior for Christmas was exactly what I needed.