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Summary: Good Kentucky Love Story
Review: I really like Barbara Freethy's work and this is a good book, but I like some of her others better. Kat is a young woman living in California and working for her stepfather who has raised her since her mother died when she was 12. She never quite feels truly loved by him and feels a strong desire to find her own father. She has never known who he is but finds possible clues in her mother's old chest. These clues lead her to a small town in Kentucky and to men with J's in their names. She meets Zach when she almost runs into him and his horse trailer. His horse is on its way to the Kentucky Derby and Zach is trying to prove himself to the town. While waiting for the tow truck, she confides in him why she has come to this town. He believes she is just a city girl who should go back home. Kat is not deterred and proceeds to ruffle feathers of men with J's in their names.
While I guessed who her father was early on, it was entertaining to see how her appearance in town caused so much commotion. I thought the relationship between Kat and Zach was good, and his cowboy "from the wrong side of the tracks" feeling was interesting. I was a little skeptical about his spending time with Kat looking through photos just days before the Kentucky Derby a little hard to swallow, as well as what goes on at the Derby that day but it ties everything together.
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Summary: A Keeper!
Review: Katherine Whitfield never knew her father and lost her mother when she was only twelve. She longs for family ties, for roots, and most importantly for love. When she finds her mother's old trunk and discovers a letter that hints at the location of her father she drops everything and heads straight for Kentucky. Katherine is searching for a map when she nearly collides with a trailer and meets a very unfriendly Zach Taylor. Zach is furious at Katherine's reckless driving and gives her an earful. The trailer she nearly hit contains his horse, Midnight Rogue, who he believes will win the Kentucky Derby. Despite his anger he stays with her until a tow-truck arrives. Their attraction is immediate but a relationship seems to be an impossibility because Zach refuses to risk his heart after he was left at the altar by a woman he loved. He has no room in his life for a woman, he stubbornly insists. He only wants to win the Derby, own his own stud farm and live a quiet simple life without all of the complications that love is sure to bring along. Lucky for us he falls hard and fast for Katherine. I tend to favor relationship driven novels about people who genuinely care for one another as opposed to those books where the couple spend the book calling each other nasty names and then immediately hop in the sack. That's why I enjoyed "Almost Home" so much. The relationship between Zach and Katherine begins with a lusty attraction that gradually deepens into a friendship and eventually develops into love. It's clear to see that these two down-to-earth people genuinely "like" each other and aren't mistaking infatuation with love. The end result is an intensely satisfying love story. If you're in the mood for a slower-paced, feel good romance that isn't plagued by the unnecessary subplots that are far too common in contemporary romances give this one a try.
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Summary: A real feel good romance
Review: Katherine Whitfield never knew her father and lost her mother when she was only twelve. She longs for family ties, for roots, and most importantly for love. When she finds her mother's old trunk and discovers a letter that hints at the location of her father she drops everything and heads straight for Kentucky. Katherine is searching for a map when she nearly collides with a trailer and meets a very unfriendly Zach Taylor. Zach is furious at Katherine's reckless driving and gives her an earful. The trailer she nearly hit contains his horse, Midnight Rogue, who he believes will win the Kentucky Derby. Despite his anger he stays with her until a tow-truck arrives. Their attraction is immediate but a relationship seems to be an impossibility because Zach refuses to risk his heart after he was left at the altar by a woman he loved. He has no room in his life for a woman, he stubbornly insists. He only wants to win the Derby, own his own stud farm and live a quiet simple life without all of the complications that love is sure to bring along. Lucky for us he falls hard and fast for Katherine. I tend to favor relationship driven novels about people who genuinely care for one another as opposed to those books where the couple spend the book calling each other nasty names and then immediately hop in the sack. That's why I enjoyed "Almost Home" so much. The relationship between Zach and Katherine begins with a lusty attraction that gradually deepens into a friendship and eventually develops into love. It's clear to see that these two down-to-earth people genuinely "like" each other and aren't mistaking infatuation with love. The end result is an intensely satisfying love story. If you're in the mood for a slower-paced, feel good romance that isn't plagued by the unnecessary subplots that are far too common in contemporary romances give this one a try.
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Summary: This book has it all!
Review: Ms. Freethy really delivers everything in this story. Laughter, tears, and great sexual tension. It's nice to read a book that has all that, and makes you care about the characters. I plan to read more of her work.
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Summary: A Keeper!
Review: Read this book in one sitting. Just too enjoyable to put down. Zach is every woman's "well-worn-jeans-wearin'-cowboy" dream and Katherine is his perfect match. This book is the ideal combination of "real" story and romance. You'll love it.
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Summary: ALMOST HOME
Review: This is a fantastic book that I highly recommend. I loved the storyline and think its a winner for Ms. Freethy. Each book that she writes is better than the one before. It keep my interest from the first page to the last.
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Summary: ALMOST HOME
Review: This is a fantastic book that I highly recommend. I loved the storyline and think its a winner for Ms. Freethy. Each book that she writes is better than the one before. It keep my interest from the first page to the last.
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