Review: Sweet and Simple Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2012
Hopefully you caught my review of Terry Irene Blain's Colorado Silver, Colorado Gold earlier this week. Well my dears, she has done is again with the delicious romance novel, Kentucky Green.Set about a century before Colorado, Kentucky Green takes place in the 1790s. The story follows the lives of strong willed, widow, April and fronterisman Daniel.Beginning in Philadelphia, the two meet when April requests passage on his wagon train to the property she has inherited in the Kentucky Territory.A military contractor for General Wayne, Daniel is in charge of bringing supplies to Wayne's Army to continue to fight against the British-backed Indians for control of the Western territories.Having lived in the frontier his entire life, Daniel has grown up in the wilds of Kentucky. He knows the land, the danger and the risk like the back of his hand. Though he is immediately drawn to Miss April, he fears bringing her along. However, his hand is forced when General Wayne requests that Daniel give her passage.Along the journey, the sparks continue to fly, but the budding couple faces some real adversary. First, Daniel's heritage could pose a serious problem. His is the son of a half-Indian, and April fears the Indians, as an Indian attack on her childhood home killed her father.Secondly, Daniel's endeavors and standing with the Army are being threatened by an old nemisis. It begins with hiring thugs to cause damage to his wagons and continues throughout the book.But, the roadblocks in their way only make April and Daniel's story more intriguing. Blain focuses on real emotions in real-life (albeit, historical) situations. Romance novels tend to be formulatic, and Blain's work only has minor touches of that. Her strong points are creating this strong-willed characters with believable problems.As I mentioned with Colorado, her work comes across as listening to an elderly couple tell you about their love story. It organic, real and oh, so sweet. Overall, her work is a kind of like ice cream on a hot summer's day, the perfect treat.Disclaimer: I was gifted a copy of this book for review. All opinons are my own.