High Meadow [Mass Market Paperback]

Joan Wolf (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2003

Kate Foley was only 21 when her wild sister Colleen died, leaving behind an infant son. Forced to drop out of college and raise her nephew, Ben, as her own, Kate tries to protect him from a possibly sadder truth by telling him that his absent father is dead.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Kate Foley leads a quiet, hard-working life on her family's Connecticut horse farm, where she lives with her widowed mother and seven-year-old adopted son, Ben. With a heart hardened by distrust of men as well as an all-encompassing drive to care for her beloved family, Kate has little time or interest for romance. When Ben's father, a world-famous pitcher for the New York Yankees, makes a sudden and somewhat unlikely entrance into their lives, Kate greets this intrusion with grave suspicion. Daniel Montero is charming, handsome, and worldly, a Colombian with strong feelings for his family and his country. His love for his newly met son is matched only by his interest in beautiful, honest, and straightforward Kate. While Ben and Daniel launch a relationship, strong-willed Kate begins to open her heart. With a picturesque setting, well-developed and likable characters, and an engaging story line, Wolf's latest should be popular with readers who enjoy old-fashioned romance with a little contemporary spice. Catherine Sias
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Review

"...an intensely emotional story..." -- Rendezvous, 1/03

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Forever (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446610437
• ISBN-13: 978-0446610438
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,429,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Wolf is a USA TODAY bestselling American writer, whose acclaimed Regency romances have earned her national recognition as a master of the genre. Her many historical and contemporary romances, some of which have been chosen as Literary Guild selections, have been highly praised by reviewers and authors alike.

Joan was born in 1951 and she grew up in the Bronx, New York. A former English teacher, she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mercy College and Master in English and Comparative Literature at Hunter College. An avid rider and horse owner, Joan lives in Connecticut with her husband Joe and two grown children, Jay and Pam.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars what was she thinking?, July 21, 2004

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Mkath - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Meadow (Mass Market Paperback)

How to take a good basic plot and destroy it 1) add in a shrill, annoying heroine, 2) add a beta male who is too nice 3) add a too grown/mature 7 year old child 4) add no mystery and weak villian 5) throw in an obvious ending - mix together, gouge customer with price and voila! Don't get me wrong, I love her historicals, but maybe she should stay away from contemporary novels.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Emotionally flat & somewhat annoying, March 29, 2003

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Nancy (Wallingford, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Meadow (Mass Market Paperback)

Joan Wolf has written some wonderful romances, but this isn't one of them. There are a lot of elements that could have been powerful and emotional - an unknown child, a mother's cancer, a kidnapping, the death of a best friend, the possible loss of a career - but except the cancer side story, all of the other elements are looked at impassionately and discarded in a few pages.

I actually found this book rather annoying because of Kate, the unbelievably clueless heroine, and the long conversations that have nothing to do with the story. This book seems to ramble on about nothing. Not one of Joan Wolf's best efforts.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I normally love Joan Wolf but..., February 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: High Meadow (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a rehash of Beloved Stranger, which she published in '84 (iirc). The names have been changed, but that's about the only thing. Ms. Wolf should go back to writing regencies, where she excels, and stop rewriting her old books.