In Your Arms

12:00 pm 21 November 2013

First up, a disclosure: I am not traditionally a Romance reader, so I'm coming at this from a different angle than the target market may do. My experience with Romance, to date, has been a dabble in the Mills & Boon type, which hasn't appealed, or Diana Gabaldon's epic historic fantasy THE OUTLANDER Series, of which I really enjoyed the first few books. IN YOUR ARMS falls somewhere between the two.

One thing I must say is that the last chapter was worth the whole read. Satisfying in the extreme.

I liked that the tale explored the relationship between white folk and people of colour (particularly "Injuns") in the late 19th century US. This exploration, laced with the double standard for pre-marital sex faced by women, leant the tale a real depth that made the romance (and the sex... yep, herein lies sex) a necessary part of the theme.

Here, you'll find your favourite romance tropes: a couple who rub each other the wrong way, which eventually helps ignite the sparks that are smoldering under the surface, and the outside/social influences both for and against the couple getting together.

Christian had some great lines that had me giggling. He had a certain boyish charm that, while I didn't fall head over heels for him myself, had me finding him quite loveable.

Lily had worked hard for her reputation as a good teacher and it was frustrating (in a good way) having to watch her deal with the possibility of giving that up for the sake of following her romantic heart.

Overall, nicely written with some particularly neat narrative turns of phrase and dialogue thrown in.

I received a pre-release review copy as part of the Release Blog Tour.

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