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Born to Love

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In 1867, Holt Price plans to never work as a doctor again as he lives the horror of butcher assembly line surgical conditions caused by the Civil War bloodbath. All he wants is to forget the atrocities and medicine, and find his beloved and marry her. However, he cannot ignore his need for vengeance against the traitor who sold out his unit, leading to a slaughter.

In Galveston, Holt gets involved in the surgery of an accident victim with a spoke stuck through his leg. The town physician Dr. Moore never worked this type of accident besides which he is drunk. At Moore's office, Holt meets his medical peer's daughter Felicity, who helps. They are attracted to one another, but she fears he will expose her father as an alcoholic and he fears getting entangled with her as his own father was a drunk.

This fine post Civil War romance emphasizes the traumas and healing of people trying to regain equilibrium after the world went berserk for a few years. Trying to cope with alcoholism is brilliantly handled though why Felicity thinks no one knows her dad is a drunk seems like too much rationalizing. Leigh Greenwood continues to write some of the strongest historical romances of the past decade; BORN TO LOVE is further proof of this.

Harriet Klausner

I love Leigh Greenwood stories. This one was great that it followed the Night Riders series, as I love the romance books that have more than one story like his cowboy series. Little predicitable but what romance isn't. It kept me entertained and like the way he writes. Good book!

Not a bad romance though I found it way to predictable. I am used to being able to predict stories but this one I saw everything coming to the point that I found it boring.

It did do a good job dealing with Alcoholism and co-dependency though which I thought was interesting in a romance story.

I guess my biggest disappointment is that I usually like romance stories to also make me laugh and enjoy the writing.

Another well written book by Leigh Greenwood to add to the Night Riders series. Knowing the characters and history from the first two books helped ease into the story-line. Leigh has a way of creating characters you can relate with and also give you a solid story-line to enjoy.
"Born to Love" is a captivating book that was hard to put down. Will the main character get the woman? Will the woman learn to love? Will the story end here?
Great read.

I loved this book and the other NIGHT RIDERS books. I can't wait for the rest of the Night riders to get a book to go along with the first three. Leigh Greenwood's series are wonderful to read and I am now currently collecting the COWBOYS series and love them too.

easy and fast read, just the thing to have while waiting at the doctor's office.

Favorite scene with Felicity-
Telling her father to help Holt, or she'll never speak to him again.

Favorite scene with Holt-
Spying on the bad dudes to find the traitor.

Together-
Felicity's made to listen to Holt tell her how much he loves her after he's shot.