Cara Colter

Need a tropical getaway but can't quite afford it? 

Pick up Cara Colter's latest and let yourself be swept away to the tiny tropical island kingdom of B'Ranasha where Princess Shoshauna narrowly escapes an unwanted marriage only to find herself trapped on an island hideaway with the handsome, mysterious soldier, Jake Ronan who's been hired to protect her. 

     Oh I do love this story!  It's the same kind of gentle romance that i enjoyed the first time that I read one of Cara Colter's books ~ Their Christmas Wish Come True.  She has a way of bringing to life characters that are caught up in loss and pain, so much so that they are either blocking themselves off from life by building walls, or running so fast in the hope that they can outrun what they're feeling.  Neither way works, of course, and it's not until they meet someone else who is also feeling a world of hurt, someone that calls to their heart that they realize just what they're doing.  Cara Colter's stories and characters are magic; they bring to life hope, love and what it means to live, rather than just exist.  Fabulous!
VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent to Outstanding ~ 4.5 stars
Steaminess: Romantic

Katie Pritchard owns the The Flower Girl, a flower shop in Hillsboro, Ontario, Canada.

H E R  R O Y A L  W E D D I N G  W I S H  by Ms.Cara Colter

Princess Shoshauna of B'Ranasha has followed royal convention all her life.  Her greatest wish is freedom -- and to marry for love, not duty.

130. The Playboy’s Plain Jane – Cara Colter, Harlequin Romance #4005, February 2008, ISBN: 9780373174959, 185p.

Featuring: Dylan McKinnon and Katie Pritchard (Katie, my lady)

Wow!

Score: 4.5

Dylan goes through women at the rate of 1 per month.  Katie should know; she is his florist and she has his 4 bouquet pattern down to a science.  One is new relationship, two first night together; three is "sorry I forgot" and four is "it's been fun but..".  Katie uses the hidden language of flowers to add to the arrangements message.

Brody Taggert is struggling with Christmas seven years after his brother's death, but is forced to confront the cheerless season when newcomer Lila Grainger thrusts it upon him. Bitter and jaded Tag learns to deal with loss, and learns to love again in this sweet, small-town tale. Coming to Mills & Boon, October 2008. 

Who know the meaning of the flowers you receive?  Florist Katie Pritchard does.  Katie thinks ex-pro baseball player Dylan McKinnon is a womanizer-Katie knows about his love life from the flower orders he places.  What will happen when Dylan asks her out?

This was a very cute little story that had several elements I really liked.  The author used some fresh, vivid images and the ending had a little unexpected twist.  The pacing was good, but i could have used maybe a little mroe romantic tension.