Throwback Thursday August 16th 2012
It's the nature of book blogging to focus mainly on new releases, but there are thousands of great books out there that haven't seen the "New Releases" shelf in years. We hope to be able to bring attention to some older titles that may or not be at the top of the current bestseller list, but still deserve a spot in your To-Be-Read pile.
You don't have to be a book blogger to participate! You can put up a Throwback Thursday post on your non-bookish blog; or if you don't have a blog at all you can use the comments to tell us about a book your remember fondly.
The other day I was sorting out my book shelves to see what I still have to read and came across a stack of my favorite Harlequin books and since they are all short I decided to pick a few for this week.
Dare To Kiss A Cowboy by Renee by Renee Roszel
Published May 1st 1994
Goodreads & Amazon (have to buy used not in ebook form yet)
Synopsis
Bent River Ranch, Near Tulsa, Oklahoma
Anna Andrews - A woman who's trying to make it in a man's world. Thanks to her brother's foolishness, she finds herself begging Dusty Dare to hire her.
Dusty Dare - Half-Cherokee and proud of it. Owner of one of the most successful cutting-horse ranches in Oklahoma. When his stable manager runs off, he's forced to hire Anna, but he isn't thrilled about it.
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Anna knows that training horses for this man, no matter how good he looks in chaps and a cowboy hat-or traditional Cherokee dress-won't be easy. Especially when Dusty Dare thinks she's wrong for the job. The wrong sex, that is!
Some Like it Hotter by Roz Denny
Published October 1st 1994
Goodreads & Amazon
Synopsis
Love is like Texas chili -- the hotter, the better.
Chino Delgado is the Chili Man--and he knows how to turn up the heat! Chino's not only a chili professional--he runs a chain of chili restaurants--but a veteran of more cook-offs than you can count.
Hallie Bergstrom, on the other hand, is new to the world of chili, with its secret ingredients, odd alliances and funny names. Her alias is Classy Lassie, and she's involved in all this because of a bet-with Chino. If her chili can beat his on the cook-off circuit, he won't turn The Cellar--Cedarville's historic coffeehouse--into just another link in his chili chain.
But watch out! When a sexy Texan and Classy Lassie get together, more than the chili sizzles!
A Match For Sister Maggy By Betty Neels
Published January 1st 1970
Goodreads & Amazon
Synopsis
Sister Maggy MacFergus was tall, and she had discovered that most men found this off-putting…but not Dr. Paul Doelsma. So when the doctor offered Maggy a nursing job in Holland, she took it. There was something special about him, and it wasn't just his height!
Dare To Kiss A Cowboy by Renee by Renee Roszel
Published May 1st 1994
Goodreads & Amazon (have to buy used not in ebook form yet)
Synopsis
Bent River Ranch, Near Tulsa, Oklahoma
Anna Andrews - A woman who's trying to make it in a man's world. Thanks to her brother's foolishness, she finds herself begging Dusty Dare to hire her.
Dusty Dare - Half-Cherokee and proud of it. Owner of one of the most successful cutting-horse ranches in Oklahoma. When his stable manager runs off, he's forced to hire Anna, but he isn't thrilled about it.
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Anna knows that training horses for this man, no matter how good he looks in chaps and a cowboy hat-or traditional Cherokee dress-won't be easy. Especially when Dusty Dare thinks she's wrong for the job. The wrong sex, that is!Some Like it Hotter by Roz Denny
Published October 1st 1994
Goodreads & Amazon
Synopsis
Love is like Texas chili -- the hotter, the better.
Chino Delgado is the Chili Man--and he knows how to turn up the heat! Chino's not only a chili professional--he runs a chain of chili restaurants--but a veteran of more cook-offs than you can count.
Hallie Bergstrom, on the other hand, is new to the world of chili, with its secret ingredients, odd alliances and funny names. Her alias is Classy Lassie, and she's involved in all this because of a bet-with Chino. If her chili can beat his on the cook-off circuit, he won't turn The Cellar--Cedarville's historic coffeehouse--into just another link in his chili chain.
But watch out! When a sexy Texan and Classy Lassie get together, more than the chili sizzles!
A Match For Sister Maggy By Betty NeelsPublished January 1st 1970
Goodreads & Amazon
Synopsis
Sister Maggy MacFergus was tall, and she had discovered that most men found this off-putting…but not Dr. Paul Doelsma. So when the doctor offered Maggy a nursing job in Holland, she took it. There was something special about him, and it wasn't just his height!
Yet she was sensible enough to realize that he would never return her feelings—after all, Paul had said he'd already chosen himself a wonderful wife. But who was the lucky girl?
I've always been a sucker for Harlequins, because both of my grandma's read them, and received I want a say a weekly shipment. When I moved about 3 years ago from Idaho to California somehow and we still don't know if my old room hid them or what but I lost all my books. Since then I'm slowly starting to add to the bookshelf these two are the first ones I purchased because I have such fond memories of staying up late reading them. My grandmother hooked me on Betty Neels when she passed away I received all of her old books including all of Betty Neels. Since I lost them all in the move I've been picking them up in ebook form but I think I'm going to start hunting them down in paperback. I didn't review them because it's been a while, and decided I'm going to read and review them properly next month.
What's your Throwback this week?
I am going through the same thing! Except I willingly let my parents give away most of my childhood books when I moved out, thinking "I probably won't want to read these again." Yeah, that was stupid. Slowly trying to rebuild my collection now.
ReplyDeleteI've never been big into harlequins, but these sound fun :-)