Review: Exciting and Entertaining
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Title: No Gentleman is HeAuthors: Carley Bauer and Lynette WillowsGenre: Historical Fiction RomanceReview Rating: Four StarsReviewer: Linda Hays-GibbsI was given this book for a fair and unbiased review.Exciting and EntertainingCassandra Courtney Brooks is an Aristocratic English Lady, who eloped withSeth Brooks, a stable hand  into the new American colonies. Shortly upon theirarrival in 1775 Virginia, Seth dies. To survive Cassandra works at a tavernwhere she can also stable the horses they were breeding before Seth's death. Shewas a very exceptional woman for that time period to be surviving aloneespecially for a gently bred lady.Casey is also a determined woman with exceptional horse flesh and breedingplans. A mare of hers is folding and in danger of dying.  She confides herproblem while waiting on two customers. These two customers, Jackson Lee andColton Rolfe offer to help her mare fold.Colton Rolfe is a man of infinite passions. He is part Native American andtreated poorly by his father and stepmother after his mom died. Despite thislife that hardened Colton he is a determined horse breeder and rich man as theowner of Varina Farms. He sees the superior horse flesh in Cassandra's horsewhile helping the birth of her colt. He covets her horse and already feels adesire for Cassandra.Jackson Lee, a close friend and competitor of Colton, owns another horseranch but has more refined horses. He also recognizes Cassandra's exceptionalhorse flesh. He witnesses that Colton and Cassandra are already drawn to eachother.  He thinks it grand for he worried his friend would never find anyone tomanage his terrible temper and rudeness.Colton offers Cassandra a position on his ranch as steward and housekeeper.It is a grand place for her horses that he plans to keep. He thinks she willfail, give up and leave her horses with him when she returns to England. Hedoesn't realize what a remarkable woman she is.Cassandra surprises everyone with her intelligence, strength and integrity.She is stubborn and determined. She finds abuses by his past steward and savesColton money and horses.The American revolution is getting underway. Jackson and Colton werediscussing new intelligence. Their plans were overheard by Cassandra so theyfear her an English spy. They take her with them to Concord. Along the wayColton falls more and more in love with Cassandra.It is a love hate relationship with a fire so intense you can feel the heatof it coming off the page. I was very impressed by the weave of history in thismost erotic love story. The first battle with the British was accurate and sointeresting you felt the urgency.The characters were in four dimensions. You could feel the pull between themain characters and you felt for their problems.Their personalities were firmly set in your mind and you flowed with themthrough their troubles.I really enjoyed this historical fiction and the romance between Colton andCassandra that's was so  heated and erotic. It fairly sizzled. I gave it FourStars with an A plus on the side.Just a note to the authors, I had a little problem with historical accuracy.I think the Waltz was not done in America until around 1812 to 1815 when it wasintroduced to Regency England and Almacks.Also the wilderness of Virginia was referred to as 'The Bush' on oneoccasion. I believe that term is from Australia and not used in America. Thewilderness is simply, the forest, wilds or wilderness.  I have never heard thatused in North America.The rest of the history involved in the book is very accurate and sointeresting I felt compelled to tell of those two inaccuracies in hopes thatthey could be corrected. That was not intended to say that I didn't totally andhappily enjoy this wonderful book. I highly recommend this wonderful tale andapplaud both authors for their hard  and ingenious work. I look forward to morein the future.Sincerely,Linda Hays-Gibbs