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Coyote Sky

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Gerri Hill is by far my favorite romance writer, but even if she wasn't, I would have enjoyed "Coyote Sky"! In her newest book, Gerri continues to do what she does best--create characters you feel like you know and would like to have living next door. Not to mention a setting that makes you want to rush off to New Mexico and dance to the song of the coyote. You may tell yourself such an experience couldn't be possible, but Gerri certainly makes you believe.

Without giving too much of the story away, Kate Winters travels to Coyote at the invitation of her long time friend Brenda leaving behind a girlfriend and a life that is stifling her creative muse and ruining her health. She is only in Coyote a few hours when it begins to wrap its calming essence around her soul. She's sleeping better. She's smoking less and she is "itching" to grab her laptop and let the words flow. But fate has more planned than just restoring her mental/emotional well-being. Because it is in Coyote that she meets the luscious Sheriff Lee Foxx. Although she is put off by the good sheriff's string of young dalliances, Kate cannot resist the lure of Lee's charm anymore than she can resist the lure of Coyote and it's enchanting citizenry. And of course there's a few twists and bumps in the road. I highly recommend "Coyote Sky" because when it comes to lesbian romance no one creates a better story than Gerri Hill.

Gerri Hill has done it again! Coyote Sky is a truly romantic and very passionate story. It will draw you in and you will find yourself in Coyote, New Mexico. Not to mention the fact that you will fall in love with all of the characters. I loved this book and read it in one sitting. I couldn't put it down! Kate Winters is a writer with writer's block. She is a romantic at heart but, will she listen to her heart and risk it being broken? Sheriff Lee Foxx is a player who can have and does have any woman, straight or gay, that she wants. Has she met her match in Kate or is her past too much fun to give up? Then there is Brenda...Kate's best friend. Brenda and her group of eccentric friends/artists can see what the other two are trying to fight. Not to mention Robin, Kate's girlfriend that she in Dallas. Got to love the surprises that come along with her. Can love conquer all? This book is like all of Gerri's...in a very good way of course! It has a great story, wonderful characters, full of humor, true friendship, love, lust, and we can't forget great sex! This book will stay in my collection to read again! As always I look forward to her next book!

So many modern lesbian romances follow the basic formula of two women meet, one or both are anti-relationship because of a bad experience, fate intervenes and they fall deeply in love, living happily ever after. Such is the case with `Coyote Sky,' but the incredible Gerri Hill pulls this one off with such grace and class it's impossible NOT to fall in love and enjoy the ride.

Popular mystery author, Kate Winters, has writer's block. She's invited to spend the summer with her friend Brenda in beautiful Coyote, New Mexico. Brenda's friends in this town are eccentric artists and the local sheriff, Lee Foxx. Kate is currently living with, but not in love with, Robin - and feels loyal to her even though their relationship is going south. Lee sleeps with the young, blonde, early twenty-something tourists who visit the town each summer and has no intention of settling down. To make matters worse, neither woman can deny her attraction to the other and they struggle to contain their passion.

So it's pure formula. Who cares? The characters are incredibly lovable and passionate. The setting is unbelievably beautiful and idealistic. The writing is top notch and exemplifies Hill's talent. She is truly one of the best lesbian fiction authors publishing today. Very highly recommended, `Coyote Sky' is a definite must read.

I loved the way the author describes the landscape in this book. It made me want to go out to New Mexico even though I hate the heat. The characters were just as wonderful and very real even though some were kind of (in my opinon) hippies, i felt like these were people i would meet in real life. Great book. I'd read it again.

very good book. very good lesbian book. the best i've read from gerri hill so far.

Gerri Hill gets better and better with evey new novel she throws our way. I don't know why, but the little diddies on the back of the books never seem to do her stories' justice. "Coyote Sky" proves to be her best yet. I read it in one sitting, not because it was a quick read, but solely because I could not put it down. Her style of writing and her ability to develop characters is top notch, drawing the readers in and making them laugh, cry, and gripe right along with the characters. My only desire is that I'd love to see a sequel.

As usual, Gerri Hill skillfully gives us an in-depth understanding of her characters. Both Kate Winters, an author suffering from writer's block, and Lee Foxx, the local sheriff, are partially damaged human beings, and therefore all the more lovable. The reader gets to observe Kate and Lee grapple with their own hangups and their feelings for each other against a backdrop of the gorgeous high desert of New Mexico.

The author's descriptions of the area are superb. I felt like I was right there with them. The secondary characters, a unique bunch to say the least, are vividly portrayed. The only thing missing is the action/adventure of the type shown in "Hunter's Way" and "The Killing Room." I would love to see a lot more of that. I stayed up way past my bedtime and read this book in one sitting. Gerri Hill's writing always has that effect on me.

This book has a great story, great characters who find love. The author does a great job of pulling you into the story- engaging the imagination. It also deals with environmental issues that we are dealing with in real life.

I loved the book. So intense, funny, romantic and amazing. I haven't finished the book yet, I have a few chapters left but I'm telling you. It's awesome. The only thing that annoyed me is Brenda's "Darling". She says it too much it annoyed me at the beginning but then got used it because that's her character. I just thought that she could have used another word like sweetheart, dear or whatever but I'm over that now and I love the book. It's gonna stay on my shelf.

Lee's character is my favorite. The whole weird names like Simone, Sunshine, Harmony and Starlight cracks the hell out of me. It's really funny.

I generally like books that help me experience an unfamiliar setting, and introduce me to characters like I may never meet or interact with in my life, but that I can believe exist. In this book the author deftly accomplishes both things. Her descriptions of the New Mexican countryside are enchanting, the colors, the smells, the grandeur, the mystery. She takes the time to contrast the slower and quieter pace of life in Coyote with the more fast-paced, noisy urban world many of us live in.

But in addition to the setting, which is almost a character in itself, the author is able to seamlessly weave many disparate lives together. Brenda and the other secondary characters provide a good chorus to the main players in this romance, nudging our heroes along, helping them look at things from other perspectives, trying to save them from themselves.

In addition to a good use of an interesting supporting cast, the main characters are believable and sympathetic as well, though I thought things were a bit too drawn out by the end, and I began to get a touch frustrated with Kate's inability to make a decision. Fortunately, there were many clues as to her motivations, to I never lost hope as a reader, and her novel (the one she went to New Mexico to write) provided a fun parallel that also helped you understand where she was coming from and where she was going.

This book provided solid entertainment. Not the best, it wasn't quite plotted tightly enough for that, but certainly a cut above average, and worth the read. Who ever thought I'd want to vacation in the high desert?