Return To Me

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Summary: deep Americana historical romance
Review: At the beginning of the American Civil War, Jackson Logan met and married Mississippian Cameron. They relocate to the DC area, but he serves as a Union spy so is rarely home.

With the war finally over, Cameron looks forward to seeing her spouse and informing him that he will soon be a father for the first time. However, though the formal hostilities ended, Secretary of State Seward, recovering from the bullet he took during the Lincoln assassination, believes otherwise. Seward assigns Jackson to end the horror of Thompson's Raiders causing death and havoc in the south. Cameron is upset that her beloved will continue to be away for extended stretches, but even more disconcerting is the debate over where to live. He wants to remain by the Chesapeake while she wants to go home to Mississippi. Unable to compromise, Cameron leaves so that her child can be born on southern soil. A worried Jackson gives chase, but may arrive too late to keep his spouse safe from terrorists including the man Seward wants him to stop.

Though there is some initial confusion over when Jackson last came home, fans will appreciate this deep Americana historical romance. The story line is very powerful as the horrors of war are brought home to the audience through the innocent eyes of a stunned Cameron. Though her naivety in what Sherman and his troops did to her old south seems odd, Cameron is a steel magnolia, an essence that Jackson recognizes almost too late in the woman he cherishes above all else, even more than Seward's orders. Rosemary Roger's refreshing read will please sub-genre fans enormously.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: A Painful Read
Review: I am a fan of Rosemary Rogers. However, Cameron has got to be the most self centered, bratty character, she has ever created. I couldn't stand her and plodded through the first novel. I misplaced this novel and was in no big hurry to find it. A better heroine would have been Taye. Let Taye be the main character and Cameron be in the periphery. All the drama really centered on Taye anyway in both books. I don't demand to like everything about my heroines. However, I never really got to appreciate anything about Cameron. I did not see her suffering like her poor sister. There is nothing heroic about Cameron except providing jobs for workers. Taye is the real heroine. If there is another book about this family, let it be about Taye and Falcon.

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Summary: A little long for such a trite book.
Review: I couldn't decide if this was a book which reminded me of Gone With the Wind or not. There is the same selfish but likeable woman character and the mysterious but heroic man she is in love with all centered around her desperation to return to her southern home after the Civil War. Yet, the main characters did not inspire me to feel sorry for them because they didn't have the same kind of hardship that the other characters had to face. So, although I enjoyed the book and thought the subplots were interesting and well-written I cannot give this book more than 3 stars.

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Summary: Better Than Gone With The Wind.
Review: I have been a fan of Rosemary Rodgers's books for many years. I collect them, in hard copy when I can find them. I was so excited when I read "An Honorable Man", Cameron and Jackson's story. It was better than "Gone With The Wind". I loved the relationship between Cameron and her bi-racial half-sister. I do hope that Ms Rodgers will write Taye's story. I want to know what happened to her. When I read "An Honorable Man" I felt that the characters were alive. Jackson is so male! Cameron was stubborn, but had a good heart, and I knew they'd come to appreciate each other. I didn't want to see the story end, so when I received "Return to Me" as a Christmas gift from my personal hero and husband of nearly 40 years, I was delighted. Often sequels are a disappointment. "Return to Me" was fantastic, even better than the first. Ms Rogers touches the hearts of readers better than most of the newer writers. She obviously knows the south and knows southerners, something so many of those who write about the Civil War fail at. I laughed and I cried. No one who loves romance should miss "Return to Me". I hope her next book comes out soon. I intend to reread, "An Honorable Man" starting today.
A Sincere Romance Reader From Maryland

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Summary: A little long for such a trite book.
Review: I loved the first Jackson/Cameron book "An Honorable Man". And I really like this book, but I feel like we missed alot with the war years. Did I miss a second book? What occured in the years before the war was over? When did Jackson first become involved with the spy lady? I just thought I missed too much. I have looked for another book, but found nothing.

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Summary: Very disappointing sequel.
Review: I try to review every book I read because I find reviews so helpful when I'm contemplating buying a book. I love civil war era books and read "An honorable man" several months ago. It was well done and certainly enjoyable but there is no way I would compare it to GWTW! There is only one scarlet and one rhett!! I rated "honorable man" a reluctant 4 * and it is one I would reread again (which is my 4 rating.) That book ends in the early war years so the middle years are missed (unless there's a bk we all overlooked after cam and jackson marry) and this bk starts when he returns from the civil war. Actually it starts out really cute, their reunion is romantic and spicy. But the rest of the book drags. It's a book that you want to finish BUT you want to finish it soon. Jackson is the quintessimal stud/hero/man to die for. He is patriotic to his country and so takes on one last mission. Cameron is still the southern belle spoiled brat. I don't know why jackson puts up with her nasty moods. In fact cam's hot tempered and high maintainence personality even tired me out. The better part of the book was the relationship between Taye (Cam's biracial sister), her fiance (who's not all she thinks he is) and Falcon, Jackson's partner in spying. Falcon, a "halfbreed" understands Taye's life as it is and truly loves her. A sequel about their relationship
would be wonderful. Taye actually has more depth to her than the illustrious camerson. There are wonderful love scenes which compensate for story flaws.

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Summary: There is a prequel.
Review: In response to Michelle, there is a prequel. It's called "An Honorable Man".

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Summary: Where's the Prequel?
Review: This story is really very good. It kept be hooked from the beginning but I couldn't help but think the ending was rushed. The book is filled with lots of love scenes. The characters are all likeable. Can't quite understand why the whole book is about Cameron wanting to restore Elmwood, her family's home in Mississippi, and then within the last chapter she just changes her mind and gives it away. Also, many times while reading this book I kept thinking that Ms. Rogers should've written a book that discribed Cameron & Jackson's story before the war. I would've like to know her father & brother ect and to see their love affair & wedding. Also would've like to know Taye & Sukey before Cameron's father died. A good read but I would suggest taking it out of the library instead of investing the $7.