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Kingscote (Heart of India Series #3)

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I believe this series is one of Linda Chaikin's best that she has ever written. She is great at creating complicated plots that work out smoothly to the end. Jace Buckley, a major in the British army in 1800 India is caught in intrigue that threatens his life, Gem's life and Coral's. He is on a mission to find Coral's missing adopted son but Coral's Uncle Hugo stands in the way of getting to Gem in his own quest for political gain. Coral's heart and mind is set upon building a school for the India's forgotten children, the untouchables. With the help of Dr. Ethan Boswell, she builds the school of her dreams but not without the disapproval of the natives there. Ethan is the man that her family wants Coral to marry. Will Coral find her true love? Will Jace find what his heart is longing for? Can he get to Gem in time? So much to say about this book that will certainly thrill you about the culture of India, how the British lived among the natives and the Hindu religion. Linda Chaikin weaves a great story about love, danger, betrayal and sacrifice in this final book of the HEART OF INDIA trilogy.

The fight scenes in this last installment of Chaikin's Heart of India series are as usual in Chaikin's writing quite good really. She keeps the whole thing masculine, as it should be, instead of playing things down completely for the women readers. Coral and Jace continue their love story in much the same way as in the first two books, and everything is righted in Coral's world at the end. All in all, this was a good read that the avid Chaikin reader will enjoy.

A beautiful story of romance, intrigue and silk in India. Highly reccomended! DO NOT MISS READING THIS BOOK!!!!!!!

The series of Heart of India told a great story about the lives of the charters, the history of English occupation, and about the greed that overtakes some individuals. Linda Chaikin does a super job!

I enjoyed this series by Linda Chaikin---They are the first books I've read written by her. She writes well keeping the reader entranced by her story plot. I look forward to reading more of her books.

I had another book I was reading when this one came so I have just started it. It came in great condition and so far it is very exciting as all of her books have been.

This book was really good! It held the mystery of the rest of the Heart of India Series which are Silk (Heart of India) and under Eastern Stars (Heart of India, #2). Those books were all so good, besides the fact that you have to wait to get the next one at the library they were pretty good books. They were really interesting and the mystery was always so compelling. It drew you in so well and made you feel like you were along for the ride with Jace and Coral in the adventure of figuring out what happened to Gem, Coral's adopted son who has been mysteriously murdered but Coral has reasons to beleive he is still alive somewhere.

Though it has many flaws (in terms of plot-holes and timing issues), this series is not to be missed. The story is intricate and complex, and though it is at times confusing, it's very exciting and it holds your interest.

The story of Coral and Jace is beautiful, and at times, frustrating. You simply can't wait until they're together at last! You'll laugh, you'll cheer, and yes, you'll be so frustrated that you'll throw the book across the room, but in the end, you'll be satisfied. Linda Chaikin has a way of making the romance in her books seem effortless and natural...it hardly ever seems forced or rushed, and that's very rare in Christian romance.

If you liked this series, be sure to check out Linda's other books...they don't disappoint!

Coral and Jace realize their love and Jace goes on a mission to find Gem. This book is well written and inspiring.

At it's finest. Of course, after reading the author info blurb and discovering that she is part of a "church-planting" group working in Kerala, I should have realised that the author would have a skewed view of any non-evangelical Christian religion.

As an earlier reviewer noted, the author mis-uses Hindi honorifics, and none of the Hindu/Indian characters are particularly admirable in their behavior. The only "good" Indians in the series seemed to be "Gem" the adopted child of Coral and "Jemani", Gem's mother, who had converted too Christianity.

Historical inaccuracies abound as well...the metric system wasn't adopted in France until 1795, and wasn't made compulsory in France until the 1840s. So the use of the metric units of measure by the male lead was incorrect, as the British used the Imperial standard of measure until well into the 19th and 20th century.

I had a hard time reading this book, as the opinions and the inaccuracies of the author kept pulling me out of the story.