"Quietly Touching Story!"

Eadie has been in love with her boss Hoyt for more than five years. She's trying with everything she's got, to make her ranch survive. In order to keep up with expenses, she had taken a part-time job with Hoyt Donovan. His huge ranch has been successful for many generations. As far as romance goes, Eadie has been the one who sends his string of women good-bye gifts. Diamonds. Emeralds. Pearls. She knows he's a confirmed bachelor and fickle at that.

Hoyt experiences a close call with his farming equipment and then realizes he needs children to carrying on the tradition. Eadie is his target.

Though Eadie has been in love with Hoyt ever since the day he saved her from rape, she never reveals her true feelings. Instead, she works as his loyal and competent employee.

Out-of-the-blue, Hoyt proposes to Eadie. Eadie is totally thrown by his offer of marriage. Will she accept his proposal? Can she save her ranch? Could a man like Hoyt, so used to beautifully made-up women, accept her as a wife? You can only find out if you read this delightful tale of two people who have been in love from the minute they met but have been denying it the entire time.

This story is truly a treat. Susan Fox has an easy writing style that makes for fast reading. So fast, that when it is done you wish the story wasn't over. The hero and heroine have an emotional depth that makes you really understand what they are feeling. As far as Hoyt's bachelor status -- well that just adds a whole lot of fun, though the heroine might not agree. And the fact that she hasn't been with another man.... Well that's another story. One that makes Hoyt extremely possessive. I highly recommend this story for fans of a romantic novel that is on the sweet side. I loved this story and hope you will, too, if you give it a try.

Reviewed by Kelly McDonough
Posted July 18, 2005