Heating up Alaskan nights

REVIEWS BY SANDY HUSEBY

Two lost souls entwine in Nora Roberts' Northern Lights. New Chief of Police Nate Burke is a wounded man whose burdens drove him from Baltimore to tiny Lunacy, Alaska, while thorny, independent bush pilot Meg Galloway is haunted by a past of her own, troubled by her father Patrick's supposed abandonment years earlier. After three mountain climbers find Patrick's body frozen in a cave, Nate works to help Meg find her father's killer before death stalks her. His sad eyes, steady compassion and obvious attraction to Meg soften her steely control, and she longs to free Nate of the secrets that torment him. Their search for the truth is fraught with romantic tension as well as danger. Northern Lights is as vivid and compelling as the bold dance of the aurora borealis—an evocative page-turner with the irresistible magic of winter snows.


Chronicles of love inspiring

Oh, to be 30 without a care in the world. But Whitney Blake seems to have all sorts of cares piled on her unmarried, diet-challenged, quest-for-personal-salvation shoulders in Judy Baer's light-hearted inspirational romance with a kick, The Whitney Chronicles. Her best friend, Kim, gives her a journal to record her dreams and goals. Whitney makes the most of it, keeping track of every facet of life and work and play. In the process, she discovers you might have to kiss a lot of Chia pets before finding your prince. When the prince is right there in the middle of your life, as Chase is, it might be easy at first to overlook him. And when he's involved in a relationship of his own, it might seem impossible to overcome the obstacles. But just as Whitney is running out of writing room, her goal seems in reach. Baer deftly knits together fundamental spiritual truths with the zing-went-the-strings of love story. This is a warm-hearted, smile-laden tale of knowing oneself and finding one's best lifemate.


Swordplay and scintillating repartee

Destitution has a high price, but it's a price worth paying, Helena Nash discovers, when it leads her to a man from her past who has everything she desires for her future in Connie Brockway's captivating historical treat, My Pleasure. The deaths of her parents force Helena to work as personal assistant to odious Lady Tilpot. Helena's tender romantic heart compels her to secretly aid Lady Tilpot's niece, Flora, and her love, the impoverished Oswald. The clandestine life leads Helena to the scandalous Lovers' Walk and into the arms of a man from her past, the consummate swordsman Ramsey Munro. Only this multitalented Scotsman can heal her lonely heart and lead her into the eternal duel of lovers well met. A bountiful feast of storytelling.


The saga continues

Through the fascinating lives of the Lytton family, the saga of the 20th century plays out in Penny Vincenzi's new epic, Something Dangerous. Reared in the power and grandeur of the Lytton publishing business, identical twins Adele and Venetia launch into a world that starts to spin out of control as World War II approaches. Pampered through their luxurious upbringing, the cold world now invades their lives. Nazi power is rising in Europe, threatening the ordered aristocratic ease they'd taken as their due. While politics and war swirl around the Lytton generations, schisms develop between the New York and United Kingdom branches of the family that threaten the very existence of the publishing empire. Through the lives of this unforgettable, indomitable family, Penny Vincenzi brings to vibrant and compelling reality the forces, epic and intimate, that shook the world during these dark times.


Sandy Huseby writes and reviews from her homes in Fargo, North Dakota, and lakeside in northern Minnesota.

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