Until Tomorrow

Rating:
Summary: Very - Very Good -M
Review: Dake Reed and Cara James become well rounded characters and develope well with their efforts to save the baby, Clay.

Now, be realistic and admit that there were good and bad on both sides, not north and south, just humans and their failings.

Minna certainly gets what she deserves. The little schemer.
Inez knew more than most and especially about little Clay's parentage and why his grandmother would lay not claim to him.

Riverglen draws Dake back and is the background to much schemeing and discord --

Definitely recommended -- You will really like it.

Rating:
Summary: What was the author thinking?
Review: Having never given a book a one-star rating, I paused before doing so - but not for very long. I thought that if I could find any redeeming value in the book, I could at least give it two stars. My aunt had recommended this author, so I was eager to try one of her books. Must have picked up the wrong one. The story is about Dake, a native of Alabama, who fights for the Union during the war and then begins back home for the south after the war is over. On the way, he finds the bodies of three people who were ambushed on a Kansas trail. One of the victims is a white southern lady who is relieved because someone is there to save her newborn baby boy. She tells him who she is and where she is from - Alabama. After the woman dies, Dake gathers up a quilt and the woman's bracelet so he'll have proof of the baby's identity. He now is left with the arduous task of caring for a newborn and vows to return him to his family in Alabama. Dake travels to the nearest cabin and ends up hiring its occupant, Cara, to travel with him to Alabama and take care of the baby. With this premise, the story had a lot of promise. But as soon as they arrive back in the south it becomes predictible and often insulting - the southerners are mean, evil and immoral and in need of Yanks to save them. I struggled through the book hoping that I would find some of the excitement I had felt when I first began the book. The characters never had a "spark" and a lot of the plot seemed contrived.

Rating:
Summary: Not a keeper for me.
Review: The story is outlined in depth by another reader and it's a good plot/story line actually. My problem is that I really liked the second half of the book when the plot thickened and characters became real but I hated the first half. The "heroine" starts off as a real turn off with her backwoodsy, live in a cave, dirty feet, etc...unreality. By the middle of the book she gets cleaned up some and becomes more appealing. I liked the hero from the beginning so I stayed with it until it got better but I wouldn't read it a second time.

Rating:
Summary: What I think of this wonderful book, Until Tomorrow!
Review: This book is written in such detail it is like you are the charaters! It is a non-stop, heart throbbing historical romance that makes you want to cry and jump for joy at the same time. If you love romances with a magical, unexpected ending, this is the book for you

Rating:
Summary: What was the author thinking?
Review: What a wonderful book! I have been so disappointed lately with the quality of the historical romances I've read lately, and this was a nice surprise. It was well written and believable. Jill Marie Landis is a talented author, and I will read more of her work.

Rating:
Summary: Finally, a talented romance author!
Review: What a wonderful book! I have been so disappointed lately with the quality of the historical romances I've read lately, and this was a nice surprise. It was well written and believable. Jill Marie Landis is a talented author, and I will read more of her work.