Surrender a Dream [Paperback]

Both Addie and Montana move onto the farm, she into the house and he camping outside in the grounds, figuring that possession is 9 points of the law. Both decide that they want to keep the farm and concocts up ideas to annoy and drive away the other. Addie refuses Montana use of her water pumps to water his horse, Jericho. Montana points a gun at her, until she calls his bluff. He then goes onto to frighten her by letting his horse into her bedroom, knowing that she has a fear for horses. Failing to drive her away, he tries to intimidate her through his amourous intentions, only for her to fall into his arms and in love with him as he tries his best not to do the same whilst she feeds him with awful food such as biscuits made part from plaster of paris! After all a way to a man's heart is through his stomach!

Oh, this was a wonderful book, full of so much humour, witty dialogue and funny situations. It was so much fun to watch Montana and Addie wind each other up and then falling deeply in love. The book starts on a serious note and ends in the same fashion but the middle is mainly full of Jill Barnett's trademark humour. I have read nearly all of the novels written by Jill Barnett and have enjoyed every single one of them. I don't even have to read the back cover to know that it's going to great read.

Lealing

Normally, I don't get into historicals set in the old West. But this book has quickly become one of my favorites, and definitely one of Jill Barnett's best. The battle of wills between these two characters leads to some hilarious moments. A funny and touching feel-good book. There is an accident, which occurs toward the end, that changes the overall feel of the story from sweet and funny back to more serious (the very beginning is also serious). But the changes in mood are well done and we still get the ultimate ending we're all looking for.

I've read most of Ms. Barnett's work and have yet to find a novel of hers I didn't like. You just can't go wrong with her!

They both take measures to get the other to abandon his/her dream of getting the land. Their plotting and baiting of each other is very amusing especially when their emotions get invovled in the battle. Somehow Ms. Barnett manages to convey a brave, intellegent heroine that is also funny. I say somehow only because some of her other heroines can easily be described as beginning brainless. Ms Barnett can even take an issue of vulnerablity and make it humorous aka, the heroine's fear of horses, particularly the hero's.

Yet regardless of which book of hers you may decide to pick up, you'll find humor, passion, sweetness and characters full of depth which I know for a fact, touch me at least. Even if the characters are a little bird-brained, or in this case, steller, odds are, even if you don't like her often interesting plots, you'll see how good a writer, or at least a comedian she is.