Customer Reviews

Only In My Arms

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I started this series backwards, by reading this book first. Wild Sweet Extacy is the first book and you should start there. I'm reviewing this one because I loved this most most. What kind of man would cause a nun to turn her back on the cloth?? I call that some kind of man.

Jo Goodman is truly gifted. I LOVE her heroines -- they're strong, often outspoken, intelligent, independent, capable and competent. I'm a die-hard fan of contemporary romance but Ms. Goodman has turned me into a lover of historicals. If you start the series, I promise you won't rest until you've read the first four.

This was a great read. Although my favorite was Wild Sweet Ectasy (the first in the series), this tied up the loose ends perfectly. I felt Mary needed a special person in her life and Ryder fit the bill. A great romance and storyline between the two. It's hard to beat Jo Goodman's writing.

I love Jo Goodman's books. Her steadfast heart/reckless heart triology is absolutely the best of the best. Perhaps I expected too much. At any rate this wasn't vintage Goodman. The characters
of "mary" and "ryder" are likeable enough as are the surrounding characters but the story line is dull and way over the top in descriptiveness. There's no reason for Ryder's behaviour (keeping mary in a cave/ marrying her, etc.......). I think it was just a quick attempt to finish the series off. The writer herself says she hadn't planned on a story about this sister. Hope you enjoy it more than I did.......

This bored me half to tears. I really hope all of Jo Goodman's books aren't like this. I'd like to buy a few more from her that I read summaries for and wanted to try out.

Where was the plot in this book? I had no idea what was even going on, or why. Why was he kidnapping her? What was happening with his family? Or was it hers? Who was the guy that died toward the end? Nothing was really explained well at all.