CREOLE FIRES [Paperback]

KAT MARTIN (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc. (2004)
• ASIN: B000RLLGXC
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Currently living in Missoula, Montana, Kat Martin is the bestselling author of over fifty Historical and Contemporary Romance novels. Before she started writing in 1985, Kat was a real estate broker. During that time, she met her husband, Larry Jay Martin, also an author. Kat is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she majored in Anthropology and also studied History. "I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."

To date, Kat has over twelve million copies of her books in print. She is published in twenty foreign countries, including Germany, Norway, Sweden, China, Korea, Bulgaria, Russia, England, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Japan and Greece.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Romance!, March 12, 2006

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Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creole Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

"Creole Fires" is a classic Martin romance. This read offers it all for the fan of historical romance fiction.

Alex Du Villier has returned to Louisiana after being abroad in France for several years. Before his departure for France, he rescued a young lady of good breeding from certain harm. He walks away from her but she never leaves his mind. Three years later he returns to New Orleans and is on his way to a meeting with friends when he is compelled to enter an auction for indentured servants. He can't explain it but he purchases a slight young girl with the eyes the color of the girl he'd saved. He has no idea that both girls are one and the same, and that he has unwittingly taken a step towards his future. But will he allow his heart to release the one thing that brings him joy in order secure the families sugar plantation with a marriage that will be no more then a business arrangement?

Nicole has lost all. Her father and mother are dead and she is now not a gently breed young lady...she is now a bond servant. When she is put on the auction block she has no idea who the handsome man is that has purchased her...until she comes face to face with her hero from her childhood. He has no idea who she is and accepts the fact that she is no more then she appears. A thief and servant. But, his gentle nature and attention speaks to Nicki and she begins to wish for that which she can't have...that is until his grandmother returns from France and recognizes who Nicki is. Will Alex and Nicki be able to put their feelings aside for a fortune, or will love be stronger then either of them ever realized it could be?

This is one of my favorite romances by Ms. Martin. She has taken great care in building the relationship between her two main characters and as a result the reader will be drawn into the drama and firmly entertained until the final page. This is one romance I highly recommend!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romance, Suspense, Great Emotions - It's All Here!, January 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Creole Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

Once again, Kat Martin has gone to the heart of romance. Through detailed character emotional descriptions, the reader becomes involved in the lives of Alexander and Nicole, and their struggles against and then toward each other. Nicole is a wonderful character brought through innocence to wisdom, and Alexander is the tender, yet strong hero, ever responsible for those around him, to the point of exchanging his own happiness for others'. I love this book, and author! Kat Martin brings the reader right into the time period - I was lost in history, and the lives of the two characters. Anyone who likes historical romances, especially the French or Creole culture, should definitely read this novel!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ IT AND FALL IN LOVE!, May 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Creole Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

I LOVED AND I STILL LOVE THIS BOOK! NICOLE IS SO WONDERFUL AS THE STUBBORN, BUT LOVABLE HEROINE. ALEX IS THE STRONG, SILENT TYPE WITH A BIG HEART. THE STORY CONTAINS SO MANY THEMES THAT IT DOESN'T GET BORING NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I READ IT. I STILL OWN A COPY AND IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME! A BIG SALUTE TO THE WOMAN OF THE ROMANCE HOUR, KAT MARTIN!