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Summary: Refreshingly Different
Review: Amanda Davenport has missed her ride home, and is struggling to feed herself as she awaits another ship bound for England. As time passes her funds run low and she is forced to take the job as a governess for three wild children who want nothing to do with another governess. Amanda's hate for Australia doesn't help matters any, especially since she soons finds herself falling in love with her employer, one Mr. O'Riley who is far from the man she thought she would one day find and love.This is a wonderful book. It is refreshing in the fact that is a historical romance that is set in Australia which is a place that I have seldom encountered in novels. I was amazed at Ms. Procter's ability to describe the landscape well enough for me to picture it, and of course her romances are noever lacking excitment, strong personal conflict or passion.
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Summary: Refreshingly Different
Review: Amanda Davenport has missed her ride home, and is struggling to feed herself as she awaits another ship bound for England. As time passes her funds run low and she is forced to take the job as a governess for three wild children who want nothing to do with another governess. Amanda's hate for Australia doesn't help matters any, especially since she soons finds herself falling in love with her employer, one Mr. O'Riley who is far from the man she thought she would one day find and love. This is a wonderful book. It is refreshing in the fact that is a historical romance that is set in Australia which is a place that I have seldom encountered in novels. I was amazed at Ms. Procter's ability to describe the landscape well enough for me to picture it, and of course her romances are noever lacking excitment, strong personal conflict or passion.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Review: As a very avid reader of romance books I am always on the lookout for something different. I found this book to be unique in it's setting (the outback of Australia) and the situation of the characters. Amanda Davenport is a secretary whose employer dies, leaving her with no money and no way to return to England. Patrick O'Reilly is a sheep farmer whose English wife has left him and their 3 children. Amanda accepts the job as their governess in order to make enough money to return home. I thought the relationships were wonderfully drawn - between Amanda and Patrick and their relationship with the children. After his wives desertion O'Reilly is, of course, wary of Amanda's claim that she plans to stay. I found the attraction between them to be very believable. Their love scence were very sensual and tender at the same time. The children were a little bratty at first, but not so much so that you didn't grow to love them too! I would definetly recommend this book and am going to look up her others for myself.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Review: As a very avid reader of romance books I am always on the lookout for something different. I found this book to be unique in it's setting (the outback of Australia) and the situation of the characters. Amanda Davenport is a secretary whose employer dies, leaving her with no money and no way to return to England. Patrick O'Reilly is a sheep farmer whose English wife has left him and their 3 children. Amanda accepts the job as their governess in order to make enough money to return home. I thought the relationships were wonderfully drawn - between Amanda and Patrick and their relationship with the children. After his wives desertion O'Reilly is, of course, wary of Amanda's claim that she plans to stay. I found the attraction between them to be very believable. Their love scence were very sensual and tender at the same time. The children were a little bratty at first, but not so much so that you didn't grow to love them too! I would definetly recommend this book and am going to look up her others for myself.
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Summary: Praise
Review: As an Australian, I think it's wonderful to read not only a story set in my country, but one that is authentically set. The descriptions of the outback are so real that I can smell the dust. Ms Proctor is a wonderful writer and something that is even more rare, sensitive to the way we thin-skinned Aussies view others writing about our country. Add to that vivid characters, a believable plot, and you have a very, very fine story. I can't recommend this author highly enough.
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Summary: Could not put it down!
Review: As in her first novel "Night in Eden" I was totally engrossed in the story and characters.I began reading in the morning and read all through the night. My life was put on hold until I could find out how the lives of Amanda and Patrick would come together. Candice Proctor is definitely a first class writer who can weave a spell on you with her vivid places and unforgettable characters.The last time I responded with such emotion was when I read "Keeper of the Dream" by her sister Penelope Williamson. Such wonderful talent from one family!
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Summary: A Wonderful Book!!!
Review: I came across this book by chance, and am so grateful to have found this writer! Ms. Proctor has created a lovely, engrossing story with vivid characters. The writing is excellent! I could almost feel the dust and heat of the outback. I can't wait to read her other books!
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Summary: Sizzling Chemistry
Review: I love books set in Australia and this one does not disappoint. With a rugged and sensual leading man and a feisty yet irresistable female lead, this novel packs some intense chemistry. The sexual tension was palpable as two wonderful characters come together in a fabulous story that puts author Candice Proctor at the top of my list of favorites. If you like Brenda Joyce or Shannon Drake, try one of Ms. Proctor's novels. I can't wait until she comes out with her next one!
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Summary: Sizzling Chemistry
Review: I love books set in Australia and this one does not disappoint. With a rugged and sensual leading man and a feisty yet irresistable female lead, this novel packs some intense chemistry. The sexual tension was palpable as two wonderful characters come together in a fabulous story that puts author Candice Proctor at the top of my list of favorites. If you like Brenda Joyce or Shannon Drake, try one of Ms. Proctor's novels. I can't wait until she comes out with her next one!
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Summary: A dud
Review: I loved Whispers of Heaven, but this book is a dud. An English governess in Australia falls in love with her Australian employer. What's so interesting about that? There isn't much of a plot, unless you count a drought that kills some sheep. The dialogue is atrocious. The supposedly tough Australian has a tendency to sound like a licensed therapist, counseling the uptight (on the outside, of course) governess to "be the woman she really wants to be, the woman she is on the inside." The heroine is also a therapist, and in just a few short weeks has diagnosed the dysfunctions of O'Reilly's family and devised various healing recipes for his relationship with his children. We are supposed to believe that our heroine, who began the book longing for her home in England, gradually discovers that she is a wild Australian at heart and at the same time wins the respect of O'Reilly and his family by proving that she's tough enough to "take anything this land throws at her." As far as I can tell, she did nothing whatsoever to prove herself, nor could I find any particular reason for O'Reilly to love her. Other than O'Reilly's frequently bare chest, I'm not even sure what she saw in him. But it was a romance novel, so they fell in love and whispered all the appropriate (and often out of character) sweet nothings to each other and then dutifully lived happily ever after. Overall, it was just weak.
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