Shanna

Love, love, love this book! It’s a long story and at the end of it, I wished it was longer still. There’s so many plots and twists; I, like many others, couldn’t put it down.

Just read it!!!!

Love this book, my sister named her oldest daughter Shanna. Read Petals on the River, I think in that one they are neighbors of Roark's family. I also think this should be made into a movie or miniseries.

This book ruined me 38 years ago and have read it several times over the years. Still looking for Ruark :) What a wonderful book. You get lost in the spell that Kathleen Woodiwiss weaves. I'm now in my 60's and I become young again with Shanna. I wonder if Ruark has an older older brother :)

Every historical romance reader will love this book! It's romance and history the way it should be. No cutting corners like New York does not to get shorter books. If you love historicals, you'll love Shanna. A friend of mine loaned it to me years ago and I instantly fell in love with historicals. I quickly returned her book and bought my own copy. A purchase I've never regretted.

I am dumbfounded at the poor reviews of this book. For a few moments I also hesitated to read it because it seemed "so long", but once I threw myself into it, I couldn't put it down. It's not so much the romance portion that drew me back to it, but the never-ending patience of the hero with the heroine. How many men do any of us know that would stick around more than a week if we acted like Shanna? If you want a story where the hero and heroine act the way YOU want them to, then don't read this book. This book is for the hopeless romantic that believes love is forgiving and endures all, which I can personally attest really exists.

The reason I first read a book by Kathleen Woodiwiss, the book was sitting in the library with my same first name, Kathleen. When I opened the book, the first chapter captured my imagination. I took it home and never let it down until it was completed...about 5:30 a.m. in the morning and I had to be to work at 8 a.m. I love Kathleen Woodiwiss books as she transports you to another place that is believable. I love history and Kathleen is historically correct. The costumes and places are wonderful. My daughter Holli has read all her books too and we both agree that Kathleen Woodiwiss is fantastic. Shanna is a character that both Holli and I would like to be like. She is so free to do what she wants to do with such vigar for life. Her husband is too good to be true and everyone would love to have a husband like him. I recently went to a sugar cane plantation and visited the area where Shanna was in the book. When I was in the Bahamas and visited the different islands, the book became even more real. The flowers, the trees, the ocean, and the sea breeze all were so real in the book and even more real once I visited the area. I have read 100's of books and can quickly assume the story in the first few pages. However, in Shanna each chapter has a new twist and no one could imagine the outcome until you read the entire book. Some scenes are quite explicit and I'd never read such a book yet the heroine is married. These scenes fit the character of Shanna. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mystery, romance and wants to be transported to a wonderful world outside the hectic pace of life.

In the 7 time that I have read this book, I still am enjoying it. It is such a warm, funny and loving story. This is definatly Kathleen Woodiwiss at her very best. Shanna is a spoiled brat that is taught a lesson by the man she marries. A definate twist of fate. And Rourk is so devastatingly handsome and cool headed, he makes Shanna's head swim. Then! Finally love. This is a wonderful book that anyone could fall for. My husband has read this wonderful book and feels the same as I do. He thinks it fun, loving and sexy. Man-O-Man!!! Rourk does have sex appeal. Hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I have and still am.

I must have read this book over 20 years ago and after reading all these review I have decided to re-read it. I bet I love it as much this time as the last time, since it was a story that stayed in my thoughts all of this time.