Moon Racer

Rating:
Summary: Best of the best
Review: Constance O'Banyon never fails to amaze me. She just keeps getting better and better. Abby and Jonah's story is a strong one, well plotted and well written. I always feel like I am there with them. Jonah is a Major who has trouble of his own, but he has even more when spunky Abby gets tangled in his life. I did not want this book to end. I would like to see a second book on Abby and Jonah. Is that possible, Mrs. O'Banyon?

I loved it, loved it!

Rating:
Summary: Jonah and Abby
Review: Favorite scene with Abby-
Her final battle with Edmund.

Favorite scene with Jonah-
Patricia showing him that Abby was meant for him.

Together-
Their first meeting, Abby making him fall from his horse. :)

What did you like about Abby-
Her stubborness and feistiness. Her love for everyone around her. Her toughness.

What didn't you like about Abby-
She was going to do whatever she wanted. And when it came to crucial things, like
Edmund's threats, she was going to keep them to herself.

What did you like about Jonah-
His strength, thinking he had to do the right thing where Patricia and Abby were
concerned and his dedication to his work.

What didn't you like about Jonah-
That he was still willing to marry Patricia, even after being with Abby. He didn't
realize that that would hurt both women. Also, the bitterness towards his dad. He
wasn't such a bad dude. And being jealous of any man around Abby.

Rating:
Summary: I am not surprised!
Review: I have been reading O'banyon's books for years and i love them. all of them. O'banyon understands what reader's want.

Abby and Jonah touched my heart in the way they came together in the novel. It was as though something stronger compelled them to one another.

My only complaint is when am i going to see the next book O'banyon writes?

Rating:
Summary: Best of the best
Review: In 1870, eight-year-old Abigail Hunter feels her life is over as they bury her mother who apparently killed by her father and is incarcerated for murder. Her three older brothers try to help her cope, but the tragedy seem too much for them as it is for her. One by-product of no longer having a mom is Abby was raised as a rancher on the Hill Country, Texas Half-Moon Ranch rather than as a lady.

Ten years later, Abby still struggles with the pivotal tragedies as her father is released from prison. When she meets Major Jonah Tremain when he seeks a horse tamer, she falls in love. However, he wants a real lady as a wife and not a tomboy who happens to be the trainer of the horses he needs. Jonah never reckoned with a Texas tornado like Abby who goes after him with a vengeance.

The key to MOON RACER, book three of the Half-Moon Ranch romances (see HUNTER'S MOON by Bobbi Smith and RENEGADE MOON by Elaine Barbieri) is Constance O'Banyon's skill to further the mystery of ten years ago without giving away the secret. The lead couple is a solid pair as Abby goes out of her way to prove to the obstinate cavalry officer that it is not petticoats it is the heart. The strong story line adds depth to the Hunters while entertaining readers with a fine Texas romance. Anyone who reads this novel and its predecessors (sequential order is the best approach, but each tale can stand-alone) will die waiting for the finale DARK MOON by Evelyn Rogers to learn what really happened a decade ago).

Harriet Klausner