By Caroline Clemmons
SLEIGHT OF HEART by Jacquie Rogers is one of my favorite books. If you have read her Hearts of Owyhee series or her Honey Beaulieu series, you
already know what a fun, fast-paced western historical romance Ms Rogers
writes. In fact, Jacquie Rogers is one of my favorite authors, and the 1880’s
are my favorite historical period in the Old West.
Lexie and Helen are in exile, so to speak, because Helen
committed a social faux pas and embarrassed her parents and friends. Since she
can’t be sent alone from Washington DC, Lexie has to put aside her dream to
become a math professor to accompany Helen to a Colorado mine in which the
family owns a share. The young women have to remain there until Helen’s blunder
becomes old news. They’ve been in Silverton, Colorado a year and the mine
barely makes enough money to pay the miners and expenses.
The story opens with Alexandra “Lexie” Campbell shooting at
Burke O’Shaughnessy. But her anger is misdirected. She mistakes Burke for his
younger brother Patrick, who has Lexie’s sister Helen in the family way and has
taken the sisters’ five thousand dollars to buy mining equipment. Lexie
believes Patrick is a con man and the money Helen gave him is lost.
Lexie and Burke take the train to look for Patrick.
Actually, Lexie forces Burke onto the train. The tables soon turn, however.
Lexie has an extraordinary mind for numbers—including cards. Burke is a gambler,
the son of riverboat gamblers who trained him well. Ms Rogers’ excellent
writing blends in historical details with a fast paced romance. In addition to
a really good story, she throws in subtle humor and suspense filled with twists
and subplots that all tie up in a happily ever after.
I highly recommend SLEIGHT OF HEART to anyone who enjoys
western historical romance with a dash of suspense and humor. I give this book
a ♥♥♥♥♥ rating.
Buy SLEIGHT
OF HEART at http://www.amazon.com/Sleight-Heart-High-Stakes-Heroes-ebook/dp/B00FMZYP5Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381116619&sr=1-1&keywords=jacquie+rogers+sleight+of+heart .
Jacquie Rogers' latest is her Honey Beaulieu series, HOT WORK IN FRY PAN GULCH and SIDETRACKED IN SILVER CITY.
Don’t miss
her Hearts of Owyhee series: MUCH ADO ABOUT MARSHALS, MUCH ADO ABOUT MADAMS,
MUCH ADO ABOUT MAVERICKS, MUCH ADO ABOUT MINERS. She is also contributing to
the Western Fictioneers anthologies, including HELL ON THE PRAIRIE, and Prairie
Rose Publishing anthologies.
She
also wrote a duet with me titled MAIL-ORDER TANGLE.
Thanks so much, Caroline! ♥
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