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5.0 out of 5 stars
Something for everyone..., Jun 28 2005
By Helen R. Myers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
I adored reading Linda Broday's REDEMPTION and believe it's her best work to date. The characters leave the reader feeling like they're visiting with family, the period is fascinating, the action gripping, and the romantic triangle will have the reader rooting for all three involved. I'm aware Ms. Broday researches and visits the locations of her books and I thought she captured the flavor of East Texas and bayou-like Jefferson well. This is a page-turner written with intelligence and heart and offers something for everyone.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and heartfelt story of the Old West, Jun 10 2005
By Sharon Galligar Chance - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
Author Linda Broday has always had a fascination with the American West, and she brings that interest to her writings as a talented romance author. In her third western-themed romance, "Redemption," Broday once again brings her readers an entertaining and heartfelt story of passion in the old West. A gifted storyteller, Broday draws her audience into the past when love was something rare and worth hanging onto when found.
On the edge of the Big Cypress Swamp in far East Texas is a town named Redemption. The very name would seem to offer a place of refuge, a place to start over again, and place to make amends with the past. Brodie Yates hoped to find those qualities as he returned to the town he also called home. After years of fighting in the Civil War and even more years of riding the West, Brodie was ready to settle down for a while, get reacquainted with his past and look for possible new beginnings. But when he walked into the small café and looked into the lavender eyes that he knew so well, the past came back to bite him in the proverbial behind.
Laurel James had come to Redemption looking for a new start. When her friend Ollie offered her a new beginning working in her small café, Laurel jumped at the chance to leave her nightmarish past behind. She was betrothed to banker Murphy Yates and life seemed to be on the upswing, when a tall, handsome stranger from her past walked back into her life. When she discovers the man she knew as Shenandoah is really her fiancé's brother Brodie, Laurel knew the life she had imagined for her future would probably not become a reality after all.
Two men, one lovely young woman, all three with pasts that haunt them, uncover passions that had been tapped down for years, and soon come to grips with the realities that life hands them. What seems to have been certain becomes fuzzy as circumstances and conditions twist and turn. But true love prevails, and with all good romances, the hero gets the girl. Only in this story, which brother is the hero?
"Redemption" will coax a smile, invite a tear or two, and warm hearts of readers everywhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW!!! Ms. Broday does it again!!!, Jun 19 2005
By Karen Kelley "Karen Kelley" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Redemption (Leisure Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
Ms. Broday's skill at drawing the reader into the past is exceptional. I felt as if I were back in time, in a place where people struggled just to survive. This is a heartfelt book that I absolutely could not put down. Ms. Broday's characters made me laugh, made me cry and made me sigh with regret when I closed the last page. Ms. Broday truly has a remarkable talent. I look forward to future books!!!