Tomorrow the Glory

Once I read one of this author's books, I had to read all the rest!!! Could not put this book down!

I know many people who did, in fact, read this book will be quite miffed at my stereotypical view, and I can already tell those readers that I excitedly hope to be proven wrong. However, the cover illustration to the book seems . . . well, very VERY tacky. I've yet to see any other romance novel featuring a cover picture featuring the author and her husband as the hero and heroine . . . as Shannon Drake, aka Heather Grahm has done with "Tomorrow the Glory." I realize the cherished family ideals behind the stunt, but I do feel that I have lost some respect for Mrs. Grahm for so cleary "Mary Sue"-ing in the initial illustration the book features. "Mary Sue" is a term coined in slang for a ficticious character based solely on the author, used to make the author sound better than perfect and have everything go according to their wishes in their own literary fantasyland. True, every reader usually find some inexpicable kinmanship with a particular character in a book which creates a more empathetic reading that cherishes the story as something you connect with and feel special about. Putting yourself in such a "Mary Sue" position as Ms. Grahm has done is something that has initially turned me off from reading this book. I like cover illustrations to be idealistic fantasy creations that personify the characters in the book, just to give an initial mental picture before reading. Now that I have Ms. Grahm and her husband penetrating my mind as utterly REAL models, I have lost my taste for the imagining of characters, and will sadly only visualize a pretentious author with an overflated ego and her husband instead of the actual characters.

I am an avid historical romance reader. Out of all of the books I have read (and there have been a lot) this is by far the best one yet! While reading this book I laughed out loud numerous times and even shed a tear or two. Most historical romances frustrate me because they are always based on some stupid secret, that if told, there probably would not have been any problems in the relationships in the first place. This book isn't like that. The problem is laid out in the beginning of the book and the secret is out. The rest of the book is about the love the main characters share and thier struggle to be together. Many obstacles attempt to come between the two lovers but in the end, their love wins out. Again this is one of the best books I have ever read and I STRONGLY recommend it to EVERYBODY!

This was the first Civil War romance that I read. I was very impressed. You can't help but fall for Brent and hope for a love that was destined to be. Finally, two lovers who don't constantly fight their passions!