"A terrific historical romance"
In December 1871 in New York Nicholas Lennox will do
anything including kill to insure he controls the wealth
of Rosalind Schuyler though he plans to marry her first.
A stipulation in her inheritance insists that if she
marries in the next fifteen months she loses control of
her money. To avoid that fate especially with the
dangerous Nicholas, Rosalind flees west hoping to hide
until she can claim her wealth without any proviso. To hide in plain sight, Rosalind dresses like a man, but
Nicholas seems to be closing in on her. At a poker game,
she meets Mississippi-Missouri riverboat captain Hal
Lindsey. She is attracted to him but fears revealing her
gender; he knows that "he" is a she and he needs to learn
why because he wants her too. Diane Whiteside's latest devilish tale, THE RIVER DEVIL,
is a terrific historical romance that stars two likable
lead protagonists, a vile villain, and the rivers with
their riverboats. The story line cleverly meanders like
the rivers that flow throughout the descriptive plot.
However, the cast makes this a fine novel as readers will
root for Hal and Rosalind (perfect name for a woman
disguised as a man) and appreciate the return of the stars
of THE IRISH DEVIL in a secondary role. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 28, 2005
SummaryHis desires couldn't be trusted...
Hal Lindsay is a decorated Union Navy hero and a riverboat
captain who has built an empire around his Missouri River
steamboats. Yet deep inside him lurks the pain of a dark,
vicious past—one that has him determined never to marry
and have children. It's far better to live alone, finding
carnal comfort in the arms of women who will do anything as
long as the price is right—women with nothing at stake,
like the sensual innocent currently masquerading as an
experienced gambler aboard his boat, the Cherokee Belle. For
once, Hal wants more—much more...and that is a very
dangerous thing...
Her presence was sheer temptation...
Rosalind Schuyler is appalled to be unmasked by Hal—and
frightened as well. The prominent New York railroad heiress
is in disguise and on the run to escape marriage to a man
who would kill to gain her fortune. Now it seems she's in
danger of a different kind. For Hal Lindsay is like no man
she's met before. One minute, he's kind as a brother, hiding
her from those searching night and day for her. The next,
he's a pure masculine animal, taking her to his bed and
beyond what she thought were the limits of her desire.
Everything he does, she wants more of, but what she wants
most, she knows he can never give...
Their passion was beyond control...
Now, as the Belle makes its way down a treacherously swollen
Missouri River, picking up friends and enemies along the
way, Rosalind and her River Devil are caught up in a current
of passion, desire, and danger with no way back and no way
out...
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