LOVE
KATHERINE SMITH, GIOVANNA LAGANA, JUDITH FOX, DIANE M. WYLIE, MARSHA
BRISCOE, CRYSTAL INMAN, DANIEL WILDER, BARBARA BALDWIN, KRISTY
MCCAFFREY, JANET MILLS, BARRI BRYAN
ISBN: 1-59374-513-3
January 2006
Whiskey Creek Press
www.whiskeycreekpress.com
E-book
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260 Pages
Romance Anthology
Rating: 5 Cups

A Slender Debt By Katherine Smith

Sarah Howell has lost a husband and has managed to make it through two years without him. She learns to love again in the first story in the anthology. A Slender Debt gives us a brief and soulful glimpse into the life of a sea captain's widow who learns to love again, despite the hurt that she endured losing her first love.

Unbounded Love By Giovanna Lagana

In Unbounded Love, the tough-talking cop named Adrianne Wilcox has g iven up on love. She thinks that the man she has loved for what seems like an eternity is happily married. Little does she know, but Justin is not happily married. He's separated from his wife, and is conflicted by feelings of his own about Adrianne. This tragedy comes back to bite them when a suspect uses their intense attraction for his own gain.

Remember By Judith Fox

Penelope Burke is coming home after fleeing a romance gone wrong twenty years prior. She takes a job as a tutor for a young girl. Imagine her surprise when she finds out that her boss is none other than the man that she ran from all those years before. Penelope bravely faces her past head on, and comes to learn that our past is never something to run from, but something to embrace.

A Soldier To Love By Diane M. Wylie

Christine Lawson is determined to carve a place for herself as a soldier during the Civil War. She has next to nothing, and the enlistment fee seems too good to be true. After befriending another soldier, Private Ryan Bishop, she learns that courage comes from very unexpected places, and that she is indeed fit to be loved.

Meant To Be By Crystal Inman

Lynn is recovering from an accident that has scarred her face. Along with the physical scar is a mental one that is still bleeding- the night of the accident, she was trying to escape the fact that she had been left at the altar. She is now recuperating at Max's house, the brother of her ex-fiance. Max has developed strong feelings for Lynn, but can not seem to chip away at the wall that she has built around herself. Just when Max thinks he is making headway, his brother returns with his new wife, complicating an already complicated situation.

Of Eros And Psyche By Marsha Briscoe

This poem builds a story line much like a Greek Tragedy. Eros and Psyche just can not seem to keep their love together. After a tragic life of being kept apart, they are eventually reunited on the other side.

Effusion Of Dawn By Marsha Briscoe

A beautiful Elizabethan sonnet, this poem tells the Aurora's story as the Goddess Of The
Dawn.

The Arrangement By Crystal Inman

Brendan Wardlow is a writer who has always dreamed of writing "The Great American Novel." It seems that his prayers have been answered when a mysterious woman shows up at his door, claiming to be his personal muse. Once over the shock, he writes the story of his dreams. He also begins to fall in love with his beautiful muse, and does everything that he can to keep this beautiful woman in his life after his novel has been written.

From The Hand Of Guinevere By Daniel Wilder

A beautifully written poem about Guinevere and Lancelot, this story comes straight out of the idyllic Camelot, and tells the story of the undying love between the two. It also tells us how this love plays a very important part in the eventual dismantling of The Knights Of The Round Table as a result.

Restoration Of A Broken Heart By Barbara Baldwin

Molly Bonner is a divorced woman seeking to start a whole new life for herself. She buys a broken-down ante-bellum mansion and hires a contractor to renovate it for her. She slowly begins to rebuild her life after her divorce, and has no plans for romance. In comes Joe Austin, who teaches her that love does not have to end, nor be painful.

Echo Of The Plains By Kristy MccAffrey

Eli Ryan has been following a beautiful stallion by the name of Echo from the time that the horse ran from his family's homestead. He is determined to reign in the beautiful beast, and in the process, meets Cassie Callahan. Poor Eli has a hard time completing his self-imposed mission between the stubbornness of the stallion and Cassie.

Worthy Hearts By Janet Mills

Alicia Cortez has somewhat of a different homelife. She lives with three men who watch over her like hawks. This makes it difficult to date, to say the least. Alicia makes a date with Trey Whitlock, but poor Alicia is nervous about him meeting her family. The previous men that she has brought home were mercilessly interviewed, and never to be seen again. She knows that she could have something special with Trey, but can he make his way through the fortress of men at the Cortez homestead?

Where The Heart Is By Barri Bryan

Angela Murray left her home ten years ago, and planned to never look back. A love affair gone wrong forced her to flee Paul's Valley all those years ago, and she did not think that she'd ever come in contact with her ex-boyfriend, Dan. Her sister's death forces her to return to her home, and she is completely shocked to find that Dan had married her sister after she left. Now, poor Angela has to deal with the finality of death, and the fact that she still has feelings for a man that she worked so hard to run from that night ten years prior.

Along with the wonderfully sweet prose in this anthology, also comes beautiful poetry with three poems that have been beautifully interwoven in this collection. Ms. Marsha Briscoe contributes two of her best works to the book, along with a breathtaking ballad by Mr. Daniel Wilder. The masterfully written stories, combined with the amazing poetry, make this book a must for anyone who maintains a lifelong love affair with love. I was chained to the chair, waiting for what came next in this tearfully romantic book. All the contributors are masters of their trade and are to be commended for such a wonderful piece. Love is definitely a book to be purchased and read again and again.

Sue F.
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance