Merrie (Sunfire, #25)
Merrie, a feisty heroine during the time of the Mayflower landing at Plymouth, has two handsome boys to choose from. Schurfranz offers lots of preposterous plot contrivances, melodrama, and plenty of gloppy dialogue (``The salt spray agrees with you. Your hair is like a golden cloud''). The pace is relentless; the historical aspect has been well researched; there's a sense of place; and, most important, there's lots of romance. After all, young teens don't sigh over these books for the description of the Thanksgiving menu.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.