Customer Reviews

Daniel's Bride

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is the best story I have read of Miller's so far!
What a challenging way to save a person and gain a bride.

Even though Daniel Beckham refuses to love Jolie McKibben, he is willing to save her from the hangman's noose and gain a housekeeper and bed partner, also a cook. Wow! what a man. [grin]

Jolie gained a humorous friend and protecter in the lad called Deuter, the young man working for Daniel.

The unexpected arrival of the youngsters, Gemma and her brother Hank threw a monkey wrench into Daniel's plan of remaining emotionally uninvolved. And of course finding out that Jolie had not known any man physically brought confusion to Daniel's preconcieved ideas of who and what Jolie was.

Finding out about Pilar, Daniel's sometime lover, did upset Jolie a trifle. But Pilar was not going to get her husband.
Nan and Joe Culley became very valued and accepted friends of Jolie and I cried with her. And then to have Nan take up with Ira January. Ugh!

I couldn't believe that Blake Kingston could even imagine himself in love with Jolie. [the rat] and she had a few close calls with the return of Blake and his partner, Rowdy, a killer with no conscience.

I was so afraid that Daniel might finally send Jolie and the kids packing before he would realize that he needed them to love and to be loved by them.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED with no reservations -- wonderful -- sexy -- and liberating -- We need more like this.

Jolie and Daniel are able to create an inner peace inside of themselves. Linda Lael Miller knew what she was doing when she placed these two charactors together. The story line was easy to follow, the emotions were expressed fully, and the feeling of complete happiness just followed after reading this book. Thank you Ms. Miller for creating such an awesome book that allowed me to release my inner turmoils. Reading is my forte, and it is great to have your books around to increase my enjoyment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

This was my first LLM book and I have been reading LLM books ever since. The story was definitely good. I loved the book from the beginning to the end. This is a keeper.

Narrowly excaping the hangman's noose, Jolie marries Daniel to save her own life. She figures she can always excape when the coast is clear, but the one thing Jolie did not count on is falling in love with this highly respected Widower Rancher. Miller's Daniel's Bride is another Romantic classic with adventure, intrigue, and mystery. Her characters are real, and easily understood, and her plot is extraordinary.

I've read many romance novels where sex is all two people in a marriage of convenience have in common, but this book is special. LLM instills a level of tenderness in this relationship that is missing from so many novels, and makes the reader ache for both the hero who still mourns his dead wife and the heroine who is trying her best to connect with him. The conflict of wanting someone and yet not really trusting them is so sharp in this story, yet the reader always has a sense of hope for this special couple and it is very realistic when the walls finally come down. This book is a keeper for LLM fans or those new to her work.

This book is so well written you will personally feel Jolie's every emotion as she deals with her husband Daniel. Her hopes for the marriage are comlicated by her past and reluctance to initially be upfront with Daniel in an effort to protect him from the bad guys. Daniel is so responsible and capable you find yourself urging Jolie to tell him everything. Unforgettable storyline!

This is a wonderful, sexy and charming book. The characters are well written and the story is unique. If you like this sort of book, this is a must read.

This was my first Linda Lael Miller and I found it , wonderfully romantic, spicy, and highly enoyable. How often do you read a historical romance that surprises you with its plot developments? There are a couple of stock characters--the "bad guys"--but all in all, nicely rounded and unique characterizations, a plot that advances well, good attention to detail, and a good dose of realism without sacrificing the romantic mood add up to a page-turner. A keeper. And by the way, for the reader who objected to it, a cousin of mine who lived in the South called her husband "Mr." their entire married life (1906-1957). It was a very different time.

I liked Jolie's character, and the story for the most part. The story would have been much better if Daniel wasn't such a tortured man. He was really such a jerk most of the time, even though his character was quite sexy. I just wanted to shake him!

I was glad to read this as a free download. Had I had to buy it I wouldn't have felt comfortable spending more than $3 for it. I've read many of LLM books and the delivery in this one was lacking but the plot had great potential hence my 3 star rating.

I didn't much care for the hero he treated the heroine horribly till almost the very last page. I wanted her to throw something at him or refuse his orders but she just went along passively with whatever he wanted. I gave up on having any respect for the heroine since she was highly driven by her sexual side and never refused him no matter how rude he treated her. I wish just once I'd read a story where the female would say no and stick to her guns.

I'm all for those amorous scenes but there were just too many detailed sexual encounters for my taste in this one. I started skipping through those just to get on with the story.

I will continue to read LLM books and hope the next one outshines this one. Happy reading, Enjoy.