by Candice Proctor
08/31/2013 --Overall Rating = 5 Stars **considered a classic**Book Cover / Book Blurb / Book Title = 5 / 5 / 3 = 4.5 StarsWriter’s Voice = 4 StarsCharacter Development = 4 StarsStory Appreciation = 4 StarsWorth the Chili = 5 Stars -- [a classic]I started reading romance novels when I was a young gir...
This is such an excellent novel. The love story and attraction is compelling and real. The history and detail of the setting excellent. The characters are so richly drawn. I have reread it several times and just completed another reread. I can't recommend finding a copy of this book and rereading ...
3,5I like the novel's historical accuracy, but I dislike the not so unexpected twist in the end,and the deus ex machina used to resolve it.
This book was too depressing for me. It seemed like things got worse and worse. I started to think, "How much can one woman suffer, and when is it going to get better" as I read. Not a good sign. It was such a downer for me, I started skimming, and while the writing is good, it's just too dark (in ...
Night In Eden, by Candice Proctor★★★★★ Five full stars! An exceptional book; one of the best I’ve read so far this year.A realistic look at life in 1808, New South Wales and the struggle to carve out a life in a strange, forbidding land. Within just a few pages I was enthralled with the story! Th...
A rather misleading title for this book - there was nothing remotely like Eden to be found in the English colony at New South Wales, Australia, in 1809. The heroine has been convicted of killing her husband and transported to Australia, leaving a 3-year-old daughter behind in England and giving birt...