Beckets of Romney Marsh

     I gobbled up the four earlier published Beckets of Romney Marsh stories; Kasey Michaels has long been a favourite (and autobuy) author.  But it took me quite awhile to get into the last three.  Partly because I knew that, as difficult as circumstances had been for this amazing family, they were definitely about to get worse.  I also wanted to wait until I had them all together ~ but that was accomplished, or at least could have been ~ in November of 2007.  But I set up a challenge for myself for the month of July to read the books that are part of series' that I've been following for some time.  I'm very glad that I did, because reading Fanny's story wasn't *quite* as hard as I thought it would be.  It was emotional enough, but Valentine Clement was the perfect hero for our reckless beauty!  VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

     Harlequin July Mini Challenge:  I got the email from Lorie talking about a "Harlequin moment" while I was reading this book and the timing was Excellent!  On page 281 of Kasey Michaels' A Reckless Beauty Odette, voodoo priestess and the Becket's longtime housekeeper (and more) was saying to Fanny ~ our reckless heroine ~ words that I thought were very REAL... words that people should consider:

"Didn't I teach you better than that, child? No matter
how fast or far you run, you've still got all of yourself
stuck to you when you stand still again."

  Just something to think about.  Anyway, that was one of my moments!

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent+ ~ 4.5 stars
Steaminess: Sensual