Chasing Rainbows

Since the back cover description is already given on this page, I'll skip straight to my review: This book was very enjoyable. It was my first try of Victoria Lynne's writing, and I was impressed. I like western romances, but there are just sooo many of them out there that they start to all sound the same. Not so with CHASING RAINBOWS. Victoria Lynne has breathed new life into what could have been a tired plotline with her wonderful characters. The character were what made this story so good. I thought that they would be cliched. After all, we have the woman who dresses like man, as well as being able to ride and shoot as well as one. We have the gunslinging gambling hero who can outdraw anyone in the west. But they were all so much more than that. Lynne's characters quickly became real people as the book progressed. They were flawed, but not so overly flawed as to be unlikeable. That's a difficult feat for an author to achieve, and I applaud Lynne for a job well done. She also gave a very good feel of frontier history without having it ever feel like a textbook. Her historical background was just that--the background. The main focus of this book was always the romance, which is just as it should be. I also liked that lust wasn't the only thing that was drawing the hero and heroine together. Oh, they were sexually attracted to each other, all right, but there was so much more than that. They didn't just rush into bed together. They changed from adversaries to lovers so subtly that it was pure magic for the reader to watch it happen. And while there started out as adversaries, there was none of that "I hate you, come here so I can boink your brains out" nonsense that I find so distasteful in so many historical romances. The only drawbacks to this story was that the "I love you"s were a very, very, loooooong time in coming. Instead, the author used a Big Misunderstanding to keep them apart. I generally don't like this plot device, but Lynne handled it so well that it was only a minor complaint. I am a VERY picky reader (see my other reviews if you don't believe me), but I had no trouble finishing this book. I will be on the lookout for other books by Lynne. While I don't think CHASING RAINBOWS is a keeper book, it's still a very enjoyable read, and I do recommend it.

One of those better historical romance novels that keep the pages turning. It's my first book from Victoria Lynne. I was craving for more but she wrote so few novels.

After the 2 previous reviews, I'm not going to elaborate on this. I just want to say that recently I bought a batch of books which all received glowing 5-stars reviews but this is the only one that lives up to expectation. After so many romances and historicals, I find the plots are hackneyed and overused but it is the writing skills of the writers which make the difference between good and bad, corny or refreshing. Victoria Lynne is a terrific story-teller. It is such pleasure to read this fast-moving, funny and captivating romance.

Read this book and learn about yourself, 'nuff said.

If you loved the ONLY series by Elizabeth Lowell, LAST TRUE COWBOY by Kathleen Eagle and the WEDDING RAFFLE by Geralyn Dawson, you'll love Victoria Lynne's CHASING RAINBOWS. Jake Moran, a gorgeous gambler wanted out East for murder, agrees to escort Outlaw Annie to a town where he's sure he can clear his name. Annie has never trusted men too much and at first the two of them circle each other like a pair of wrestlers. But soon the trust starts - the LUST starts long before that! Annie is innocent in the ways of love but brave and fearless otherwise. Jake just never knows what hit him - he's nuts about Annie even before he can admit it to himself. I really, really enjoyed this book. If you love Romance set in the Wild, wild West - this story is for you!