"Charmed" is probably the sorriest excuse for a novel I have ever read. I liked Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", so the time-travel-meets-romance formula is not the problem. "Charmed" is poorly written, badly concieved, not true to history, not consistent (the magic Indian can turn the bedroom into a romantic glade with flowers and butterflies but he can't heal his wife's sprained ankle) and the dialog is painfully stupid. Example: Nikki has traveled back in time to the Shawnee tribal lands and is attending a festival with Silver Thorn. He has painted his body with blue paint for the ceremony and she says "Omigod! You look like a cross between a Mighty Power Ranger and a giant Smurf!" In spite of the fact that she speaks in modern slang, the Indians of 1812 have no problem accepting her. They like her Bic lighter!! A total waste of time - you will lose brain cells as you read.

You'll thank me.

This book was one of the worst I have ever seen! Whenever I'm depressed about my own writing, I take this one off the shelf and it makes me feel better--THATS HOW BAD IT IS.

The characters in this are extremely one-dimensional. Nikki is apparently descended from a seafaring family, as she swears more than any sailor I've ever ran across (in real life or in a book). Silver Thorn must be descended from cardboard--he has zero personality and is just there to coo at Nikki.

Time travel is a fairly popular genre but this one doesn't even do it justice. Nikki is given the Shawnee name of "Wild Goose" or something like that, because her shoes say "Nike" and Silver Thorn (brainiac that he is) thinks this must be short for the Shawnee word of neeake (Wild Goose--get it?). Nikki also seems to have gone back in time with an endless bag of goodies. She amazes the indian tribe with her bic lighter (but she doesn't smoke). She shares her makeup with the tribe's women. She snaps Polaroids of everyone with a seemingly endless amount of film.

Silver Thorn is no better than Nikki and her bag of tricks. He is a shaman and a triplet to a rather famous pair of Indians (I won't spoil it for you) and uses his magic for useful things such as rockslides, charming necklaces, and drawing a tattoo on Nikki's belly so she will believe him when she gets pregnant (I'm not spoiling the story, she gets knocked up about 5 pages into the book).

I read a book to suspend reality. I just couldn't with this one. It was laughably bad. Please please, I encourage you not to pick up this book. If you want to read time travel, go with Constance O'Day Flannery or Jude Deveraux. If you want romance with a Native American man, pick up Sara Donati's "Into the Wilderness". The hero is not 100% Native but you'll love the book regardless.

This was such a wonderful book. I think that Silver Thorn and Nikki were so good together. I couldn't stop laughing at something of the things Nikki would say or do. She is one sassy lady. Now Thorn was not to bad himself, he could give as good as he got. I like how Ms. Hart mix old magick with today. I wonder if she could make another book at of these characters. I just wanted too say to Ms. Hart that its a sign of a really good author if you can make people feel what the characters are feeling. Thanks!

"Fire and Ice" tells an exciting story about love, revenge and piracy in the early nineteenth century. Ms. Hart researched the time period well, making her descriptions credible and interesting. The details about square-rigged ships are especially impressive. The story, centering around a young Irish lady and her forced marriage, was enjoyable and exciting; there are swordfights and battle scenes to complement the torrid romance between Reed and Kathleen. I loved this book. The characters are strong and the story exciting. I've already read it three times! The only thing holding back the novel is the sometimes poor writing of Ms. Hart. She tells a great story, but some of the dialogue is inappropriate. In spite of this, "Fire and Ice" is a great read. There is also a fabulous squel, "Ashes and Ecstacy" that is simply heart wrenching. I strongly recommend both books.

This was my third Catherine Hart book and as usual I couldn't put it down. I loved the story between the dashing Captain Reed Taylor and the spirited Kathleen. I loved their fiery and exciting relationship. The relationship between Reed and "Emerald" also added a thrilling twist to the story. However, I was disturbed after Reed's night of passion with Emerald. As always it all worked out in the end. Now it's time to read the sequel, Ashes and Ecstacy.

This was a powerful book with everything....a thrilling read! I loved the characters of Reed and Kat. They were meant to be together! I did find it disturbing that he had a "fling" with Emerald and I am not sure I bought it that he could not tell it was Kathleen! Also, althought Reed took a lot of guff from Kat, he had a lot to answer for and I am not sure she deserved the spanking he gave her! Also, I would rather he had not left right afterwards. However, I highly recommend this book as a very entertaining read and also the sequal.

Oh my God! I read Summer Storm years ago and I loved it. I read the book so many times it started to fall apart. Eventually I lost it but now I just ordered another copy. Read this book! If you love Native American romances this is for you. As a child Summer embraces her Cheyenne heritage but when she is forced to live as white she eventually comes to feel shamed about her past. Still she is promised to a Cheyenne brave and when the time comes for her to wed him she is not happy! But Windrider refuses to accept anything but a completely willing bride. With love and passion he eventually makes her love and want him like no other. The surprise ending is one you don't want to miss. Catherine Hart is a wonderful author. I love the way she makes Summer Storm strong yet still willing to give her man her all. READ THIS BOOK!

I highly recommend this book...you will not be able to put it down. Seriously in order to read this book properly you will need a box of Klinex tissue and a quite place with no interuptions. Summer Storm is one of the best romance novels EVER written...Catherine Hart really outdid herself with the sequil to Silken Savage

Absolutely wonderful! I fell in love with Windrider. He showed a man can be feared by many, but so gentle with the one he loves. I wish more men loved their wives that way. The best read yet for Ms. Hart

The story of Charity and Luke is very touching.

Charity is a young woman who looses everything on one night on a road from Dodge City. Her husband is killed and she is brutally raped by six men. In the attack Charity looses the baby that she is carrying. Wishing that she had died with her Johnny on that retched night Charity goes about the business of living life. She has vowed to revenge the death of her husband and unborn baby. She goes and askes Luke to help her, train her to be a gunfighter so she can kill her rapists.

Luke is a gunfighter and has had a rough life. He trusts no woman and no man. He makes his life by the gun. Left at the age of 4 by his mother he is doing the only thing he can to survive. Luke thinks that Charity is crazy to want to undertake such an activity such as murder.

Fate throws them together and together they learn how to heal, trust and to love. From pain and terror a tempest is born.

This is a good story and worth the effort to track a copy of this book down.

I liked this book because of its damzle in destress out look, although she needed big strong Luke to help her find her attackers she still had her own mind and knew how to speak it. She wasn't just a blonde who needed a big protector. I love the books that have the meak and mild women who need the big strong guys protect them but I still think they should have their own minds and not have to hang all over their guys. I definitely recommend this book to you, it is well worth it. I also reommend "Fallen Angel" that is about a semi-nun who comes home because of her mother sick from a house fire, Jake her step brother a gunslinger falls for the nun Tori and wants to marry her ather dying mothers request, she says yes only to find the fire was not an accedent, now having the ranch where they live being attacked they must find whos doing at and why before they are killed. Fallen Angel is my favorite Catherine Hart book I hope you read it and agree.

Charity and her husband are attacked by several men while going home one evening, and her life is changed forever. Her husband was killed, and she was left for dead, the victim of a brutal rape. Not only does she have to deal with the emotional and phyical trauma, but the scorn of the town. When she recovers, her heart is full of vengeance, and she hires Luke, a reputed gunslinger, to help her track down the men who robbed her of happiness. Luke reluctantly agrees, and begins teaching Charity the art of self-defense. It is when they are on their way to hunting down the villians that Luke's hardened heart begins to soften towards Charity, and she begins to understand, with Luke's help, that she can love again. I felt Charity's rage and pain at having lost her husband and being raped. Catherine Hart addressed the seesaw of emotions a woman goes through after having survived an attack. She also makes it easy to fall in love with Luke because he's so patient with Charity. There's a bit of the supernatural in this story as a friend who saved Charity's life, helps her cross over to the other side through some kind of indian magic. In her dreams, she sees gets that chance to talk to her husband and the unborn child she lost. Charity also dreams of how each of the men she seeks vengeance upon will die. I wish she'd do a sequel. A very good read.

After the opening, this book goes nowhere and fast. It was predictable. The robbery investigation was so lengthy and boring that it bordered on becoming soap opera. The only thing that saves this book is the sassiness of the characters and some amusing situations that spring up.

This book was pure fun. I loved the one liners both Morgan and Heather throw at each other. It made me laugh. It was a good coming of age book too. I think as a youth we all have peceptions of the way our world is, in this book Heather finds her world upside-down, but Hart uses humor and romanace to help Heather grow up. I found it delightful.

The story starts during Medievel times and ending in the present day. All the stories revolve around this one book, a love story written when books were rare and costly. This book brings couples together...they love the love story. Some of the stories don't flow as well as others. hence only the four stars. Overall a really wonderful book, makes you laugh and it makes you cry.

Jess and Tyler's relationship was comical, but it the football lingo got a little extreme. If somebody is completely dumb about the football terms, you'll feel a little lost. Some of the things are a little too far-retched to seem even close to realistic for my taste. The scene in the observitory was really sweet. I liked this book, it wasnt very memorable, but a cute read.

I love this book. It was funny and the characters were wonderful. I had first read this book years ago and loved it. I wanted to purchase it but a couldn't remember the author's name. A week ago while purchasing an other book one of the reviews recommended a book by Catherine Hart called Impulsive and I knew I had found my book. Impulsive makes you laugh and is full of fun incidents with the chararcters. Ending long before you are ready. I only have one complaint, she leaves out two scenes I would have wanted to read. This book is for everyone whether you enjoy football or not. The story is full of quick clever banter and word play.

I really enjoyed this book - couldn't put it down. The heroine is always getting in trouble. Jessica is a realistic person with realistic looks - not one of your beautacious and buxom characters. Ty is a great leading character. At first he seems your average good looking, football jock. But there is a lot more to him. He is a sweet, romantic soul. I love the play on words that the author incorporates into the story. Her use of creative acronyms keeps you guessing throughout the whole book.

Kathleen O'Reilly Haley Taylor is back for more hot nookie and swordplay on the high seas. Like the first book, there's not exactly anything shocking or surprising here: just from reading the back cover teaser you can easily (and correctly) surmise that Captain Reed is not dead and has taken on a lover in his wife's year-long absence from his life. Truthfully, I found the story from the point Reed and Kathleen are reunited to be a little more than boring: it's a rehash of the first book. He's a total *** and slowly comes to the realization that he loves Kathleen more than anything. This ephiphany apparently neatly wraps up over 100 pages of acrimony in about 5 pages.

Still, the book was engrossing enough to finish. I think the first book is better, though.

I can't how much I enjoyed this book. It was just great. Catherine Hart takes you in from the 1st page. The love that Kat & Reed is so strong. When she learns he died, the pain she has so gut renching I cried with her. The pain she goes thru when she finds out he's alive and the Reed treats her after their return home is more then the average women would take. But Kat is not your average women and takes it for the love she has for Reed. This story is a true love story and the love scenes great. My advise is have a box of tissues handy because you'll need them....GREAT STORY...Keep them coming Ms. Hart

This is one of the most amazing books, I have read it over and over again. I try to read it once every two months. With Reed dead Kat is now faced with the possibility of a new love, Jean, There has been something there since they first meet, but They both loved Reed. Now they are free to love each other. It is amazing

I enjoyed this book. Set in the late 1800's in Kentucky it tells about a lady gambler who wins a horse farm on the riverboat she works on. Of course, she doesn't know until she reaches the farm that she has only won half. The other half is owned by the unlucky gambler's older, gruff brother. He thinks she has cheated her brother and treats her terribly. I would have given this book 4 stars except for the fact that I never forgave Grant for his awful behavior towards Amanda. He treats her shabbily even after taking her virginity which proved she wasn't the tramp he believed her to be. The story line was fresh, I had never read about Kentucy horse farms before and learned a lot. I liked Amanda, but Grant I could never forgive.

I loved this book because it was a great story. The stories where the girl goes to live with the guy in a big house is my favorite. The only thing i didn't like about this book was that it was slow at times. But it always caught up. Other than that it was amazing.I couldn't put it down!!

I really enjoyed reading Amanda and Grant's story. The plot was solid, and the writing style was delightful to get engrossed in. I liked the way Ms. Hart set the whole story up, and especially how she portrayed Amanda's character. What really is a "lady"? I did think that Grant was a bit too set in his ways, not bending at all in his beliefs about Amanda. Just when I thought he was beginning to see the light, he reverted to his earlier prejudices.

I only have a few little problems with the story. It is set in post Civil War America, but I never got that feeling. There was no mention of the War's effect on the area. I know horse racing picked up at that time, and Ms. Hart showed this rise well. It just seemed like everyone was fine and dandy, full families, no hardships, etc. I know Kentucky is not Virginia, but the War must have effected there as well. The neighborhood did not even sport one grieving widow. I also thought that Grant and Amanda were a little dense when it came to figuring out who was sabbotaging the farm. For two smart people they were pretty dumb in this instance.

The secondary characters added just the right amount of spice to keep this story fresh. Tad, Macy, the senator and his wife, Betsy, so many others who just came together splendidly to fill the plot. Read this one if you can (even though its out of print).

It was an ok read, but Megan was annoying. She acted much like a spoiled brat and she didn't make herself very likeable. The male character was much better, but the story didn;t do him justice in my opinion. Blake holds up a stage carrying Megan and carries her off to a romote cabin and holds her for ransom. Soon things get messed up and things don't go as they are planned and the two find themselves in love. ...