The Heavenly Surrender by Marcia Lynn McClure

Yes, I read another one.  In this story Genieva has agreed by mail to marry Breven McLean.  When she arrives at the train station, Breven is needless to say a little upset with how young, pretty, and small Genieva is.  He needs a hard worker to help him with his farm.  They marry and she finds herself for the first time in the country learning how to milk cows.  I love this book since it has so many different things going on.  You have a neighboring family trying to take the McLean's land with their son trying to take Genieva.  Then you have Genieva's family who shows up and then the town that talks about how Breven fathered a young girl's child, which is not true.  For some reason my favorite part is when Breven gets hurt and is out for a couple of days when their corn needs to be planted.  Genieva plants the corn all by herself and then carries water from the river to the corn all day since the corn needs water.  Breven wakes up to Genieva asleep at the table and takes her to bed to notice that her feet and hands are terribly blistered.  It is just an awesome part since she works despite the pain knowing the work has to be done and doing it for her husband who she loves, but believes he will never love her in return.  Great story of trust and work.

Desert Fire by Marcia Lynn McClure

Who can resist a good Marcia Lynn McClure book?  Not I.  I started to read "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and decided I needed something more lighthearted and fun to read.  I'm not saying Dorian Gray is not a bad book, I've read it before and enjoyed the overall story, it just is not a quick, easy read and I struggle with those at times.  So when in doubt, turn to Marica.  I admit at first I was not a fan of her books and found them somewhat simple and predictable, but there are times when I crave reading her books.  I have never had that from an author so Marcia has risen to the top of my list of great romance authors.  I am a little embarrassed to admit that I even e-mailed her with a cute, romantic idea for a book.  Who knows, she may actually use it, which would be totally awesome.

Back to "Desert Fire."  I have read all of Marica's books, just not posted all of them since there are so many.  It took me some research to finally find this book since I knew I was in the mood to read the story where the girl is found in the desert and can not remember who she is.  Yes, the young lady in this story finds herself rescued by a very handsome McCall boy and taken to his family's ranch.  She can not remember who she is and stays with the family.  She slowly remembers who she is throughout the book and falls in love with her rescuer.  It is a fun read with a classic love story that everyone can love.