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He oozes sex appeal and has a way about him that makes you keep turning pages. Kurland leaves sex and bedroom romps to the imagination of the reader, which gives her the task of creating the chemistry, tension and sexual spark without crossing certain lines that you see in many books. I've read all of her previous books and while I loved them all I have to put this one at the top. I have read this book a dozen times since I bought it and I still love spending a few hours curled up with it.I especially love the interactions with Jamie. Patrick and Madelyn are perfect for each other, but of course they have to face many trials and hardships to figure that out. Patrick is her finest hero I believe. Patrick and Jamie are quite comical. This book has it all.
After I read this one I couldnt stop with Lynn Kurland's books although this is the best one by far. This is one of my absolute favorite books. I have read this book over and over through the years and will read it again im sure. I can absolutely lose myself in this book. Love it.
I had never even picked up a romance before I happened upon A Garden in the Rain. I then went and read every other Kurland book I could get my hands on and she NEVER dissapointed. I read the first few pages, and couldn't put it down. I have read it probably a dozen times, and never tire. It also got me into reading other romances, but I could never match my first. It's a easy read and keeps up the pace, and with the PG content, it is even a good choice for the young teen crowd.
There is never much passion in her books, with very amateur kissing scenes. It is childish to the extreme, I must say.So here goes the totally boring story - a warrior-type highlander (Patrick MacLeod) in modern day Scotland meets a virginal 30-year old lawyer (Madelyn Phillips) and an unpassionate affair starts where 80% of the time, neither can decide if they want the other. I've read a couple of books of Lynn Kurland and never really found her to my liking (the heroine is a 30 year old virgin lawyer in year 2003 - if you get my gist). - that's how tame her books are. From then, I totally lost interest in the book and could not even bring myself to finish it. While I'm not a huge fan of notorious sex in books, I do find that it is necessary to at least pen out good, sizzling kissing scenes to make a romance novel worth reading, to lose yourself in passionate love story. However, Kurland just left me feeling cold and unmoved by the totally lame kisses that a 30-year virgin and 35-year old widower share.
This is of course to bring Patrick and Madelyn together repetitively, otherwise how will the hero prove he's all-that's-macho. If not for the misleading 4.5 stars, I'd never have bothered to check out this book from the library. Then Kurland throws in a psychopathic ex-fiance (Bentley Douglas Taylor III - how pathetic a name to burden the poor guy with) of the heroine, who tries his best to cause mayhem. For Kurland, she seems to be writing adult books with an early teen audience (like 12-14 yrs.). Even YA authors nowadays, like Stephenie Meyer and Meg Cabot (my favs), can pen sizzling passion between lovers without involving actual sex. And then Patrick, Madelyn and the psycho fiance get thrown back to year 1282 or something. So get it at your own risk.snooze.zzzzzzz
I so enjoyed this book that I've ordered more. Lynn Kurland's books are romantic yet action packed. A great read
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