Reckless Heart

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Summary: A wonderful historical romance for teens.
Review: Azalee La Fontaine is sixteen years old. But by the strict rules of Creole society in 1814 New Orleans, she is still considered a child, not even permitted to join the dancing at parties. Rebelling against the rules, she dances with Lieutenant Johnny Trent, a handsome young American soldier. But when she breaks the rules one too many times, putting herself and others in danger, Azalee's father and grandmother decide to banish her to her aunt's remote plantation. But the journey turns dangerous when the British capture her. Will anyone come to rescue her in time? And will Johnny ever see her as more than a spoiled girl who he believes led him on? I highly recommend this historical romance to teenage girls. It's really too bad that it's out of print and hard to find.

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Summary: Excellent story, totally over shadowed by unimportant detail
Review: I believe the very best Indian romance novels are those that are based upon true historical fact. However, this book was fact overkill. The book is 476 pages, but it would have been much better with about 200 of those pages cut out. Way too much time is spent upon describing every single character in the story, including characters whom have nothing to do with the actual story line. Page upon page of details about what the women's lives were like, what the children did with their days, how the men spent their time, blah, blah, blah...... I skimmed through A LOT of these pages just so that I could finally get back to the actual story.
Another thing that bothered me was that, while the main couple (Hannah & Shadow)were separated, they each were with other people. Also, I could not get comfortable reading the story, because it is written in the first person. (From the point of view of the leading lady, Hannah.) This especially made the love scenes awkward, even though the loves scenes only consisted of a couple of sentences each.
When you skim past all of the wasted pages, and overlook the writing style, the core story is excellent. It is very believe and realistic to the way of life of the time. Madelinde Baker takes you on a journey that includes the battle of Little Big Horn, Rosebud River, and more. Everything is not flowery and beautiful. There are hard times a plenty. However, there are also happy times. The love scenes were brief and held no detail, but the passion between the couple was great. I like the leading lady, who has guts and even takes to fighting along side her Cheyenne husband. I loved the ending, as well.
All told, it was way longer than it should have been. Beautiful and haunting story. Too many wasted pages.

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Summary: Great Way to Escape!
Review: I loved this book! It's a great way to escape from personal problems and stresses. There is plenty of action, adventure and romance in this novel. I've read it at least 5 time since I got it! It is definately a great "bath tub" book.

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Summary: The best love story I've ever read!
Review: If you like historical romance novels, you will definitely love this one. I read this novel over ten years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. It is a bittersweet tale of two lovers who caught between two worlds that are at war with each other. As children they played together and lived in innocent harmony. They are separated for awhile, but meet again after they have matured into adults. They fall in love, but hteir love is doomed because their people are at war with each other. It's a riveting tale that will stir a passion inside you that you won't forget.

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Summary: This is NOT a romance book!!!
Review: This book was awful. I couldn't finish it, it made me sodisgusted. A woman in an agonizing, no win love affair with a violentman who makes continous bad choices. How could this woman love this man and give up everything for him? His stupidity brought her much pain and despair. It's a story of pain and suffering and I lost all respect for the warrior whose thirst for blood seemed to be more dominating than his love of this poor girl. There is no happiness in this book. None. Yuck Yuck Yuck.