The Mackenzies: Luke

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Summary: Enjoyable...
Review: I enjoyed this book. Luke & Honey were very likable as well as Josh & the dog. This is the first book I've read by Ana Leigh & it was a change for most of the historical romances that I read. Ana Leigh is more descriptive in romance scenes then most & I found that she was quite different then some other authors I've read when it comes to the "historical" setting. I felt like the time line was off a little. A small example would be that in most books the women are always making apple pie because there wasn't much options back then but there was a Chocolate Cake at the beginning of this book. I just found that along with many other things kind of odd. Regardless of my little nit picking I thought this was a good book & would recommend it to anybody that like romance books.

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Summary: Wonderful characters, great story line. A don't miss bk!
Review: I found this book in a box in the back shed, and didn't even know I ever owned it! I had bought Jared and Zach and read them first! But the second I read the first line I was content and read 17 chapters of LUKE straight through when I went to bed and finished it the next day!

Honey Behr was scamming men out of money on a passanger ship cruising down the Missouri River, when she witnesses a murder on the ship. Scared to death that the murderer saw her, she ran off the ship and into a storm.

She meets up with a woman who has had second thoughts on being a mail order bride. The woman suggests Honey take her place -- Honey's chance to get as far away from the murderer as possible!

Shifting to Luke...Luke, a Stockton town Sheriff, is waiting in Sacremento for his mail order bride. Being a widower, all he wanted was someone fit enough to take care of his son Josh, and draw him out of his shell. Josh hasn't talked to anyone in 2 years!

When Honey Behr shows up though, she tries to scam him from the beginning. First she has three different name changes in two days. Luke would rather put her back on the Stage Coach, but makes a deal with her. If she comes back to Stockton, and stays 90 days taking care of his son until he finds someone else, she's free to go. Honey reluctantly agrees.

In Stockton though, very few people are actually friendly to her. She moves into Luke's home and teaches and cares for Josh, successfully getting him to talk when no one else could, including Luke. And because of their shared love for Josh, they found love for each other.

I'm just giving you a synopsis, I hope you like it enough to want to read Luke, because this novel is way to wonderful to pass up. It will get you hooked on the MacKenzie clan!

Ana Leigh is a superb writer. She writes believable characters in believeable situations. It has a strong plot that carries through the book, without being too wordy in descriptions. No one writes like Ana Leigh!

I LOVE Luke. Being the eldest of the three MacKenzie Brothers, (Flint and Cleve have their own books respectively), Luke was such a wonderful opener to the MacKenzie series! I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the MacKenzie books!

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Summary: The MacKenzies: Luke
Review: I found this book in a box in the back shed, and didn't even know I ever owned it! I had bought Jared and Zach and read them first! But the second I read the first line I was content and read 17 chapters of LUKE straight through when I went to bed and finished it the next day!

Honey Behr was scamming men out of money on a passanger ship cruising down the Missouri River, when she witnesses a murder on the ship. Scared to death that the murderer saw her, she ran off the ship and into a storm.

She meets up with a woman who has had second thoughts on being a mail order bride. The woman suggests Honey take her place -- Honey's chance to get as far away from the murderer as possible!

Shifting to Luke...Luke, a Stockton town Sheriff, is waiting in Sacremento for his mail order bride. Being a widower, all he wanted was someone fit enough to take care of his son Josh, and draw him out of his shell. Josh hasn't talked to anyone in 2 years!

When Honey Behr shows up though, she tries to scam him from the beginning. First she has three different name changes in two days. Luke would rather put her back on the Stage Coach, but makes a deal with her. If she comes back to Stockton, and stays 90 days taking care of his son until he finds someone else, she's free to go. Honey reluctantly agrees.

In Stockton though, very few people are actually friendly to her. She moves into Luke's home and teaches and cares for Josh, successfully getting him to talk when no one else could, including Luke. And because of their shared love for Josh, they found love for each other.

I'm just giving you a synopsis, I hope you like it enough to want to read Luke, because this novel is way to wonderful to pass up. It will get you hooked on the MacKenzie clan!

Ana Leigh is a superb writer. She writes believable characters in believeable situations. It has a strong plot that carries through the book, without being too wordy in descriptions. No one writes like Ana Leigh!

I LOVE Luke. Being the eldest of the three MacKenzie Brothers, (Flint and Cleve have their own books respectively), Luke was such a wonderful opener to the MacKenzie series! I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the MacKenzie books!

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Summary: great story
Review: I love this book..... Honey, Luke and Josh (Luke's son) are very charming. I found myself fall in love immediately with those 3. Very recommended.... Now I cant wait to read the rest of MacKenzies book... =)) And waiting for the newest one on March 2002 =)

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Summary: must read book
Review: i thought that this book was great. i read it in one day. i thought that the story between honey and luke was both rmantic and at sometimes very poignant. at some points it made me want to cry especially the parts with honey and luke's son josh. i think that this was a great opener to a great new series and i hope that her other books on the mackenzie brothers are just as good.

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Summary: Wonderful characters, great story line. A don't miss bk!
Review: The plot is reviewed thoroughly and very well above. It's a book where you find yourself smiling a lot......not much angst, but enough hardship to make it interesting. I only gave it a 4 because the love scenes between luke and Honey are not only few but over quickly. Getting together has taken such emotional thoughts, etc.. I thought their time together should be more tender and meaningful. Also there were a few things that I thought weren't quite believable. I loved the interaction with little Josh and the dog and the "family" stuff, and Dr. Doug should have a book of his own. Anyhow, read it, you'll enjoy it. AB

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Summary: This book is Awesome
Review: You would think the title Historical Romance would mean all the book would have is mush. But this novel had a really good plot and It had me on the edge of my seat through almost the whole novel. The ending really suprized me because I was so into the book I didn't notice how close I was to the end.