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Passion Flower

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Actually 4 1/2 stars!

The story is about Jenny, a 23 year old woman, who is hired to play housekeeper/typist to a 35 year old ranch man in Texas named Everett. Everett hates city women because he was disillusioned by a past love, but he falls for Jenny. Unknowingly to Everett, Jenny used to be a New York City top interior designer before coming to Texas and embodies everything which he despises in a woman. Diana Palmer's writing style is well-rounded and flowing. I never felt lost or bored. The story is funny, sentimental, and the situations are real life ones.

But sometimes some of the lines were a little corny. I also think that Everett crossed the line to the point of being cruel and hateful. In a way, I understand why he would feel anger towards her. I applauded Jenny for taking a stand against him and making him grovel at her feet. I think it would have been better if the story had been longer only so that Everett would have had enough time to make it up to Jenny for his stupidity.

I love stories of Texas ranches and strong men and women. I highly recommend this book and definitely look forward to reading more of Diana Palmer's books, eagerly.

I am a big fan of Diana Palmer. This was a pretty good book though I think not one of her best. I completely respected the strength of the main character, Jennifer, as she strived to get back on her feet again and become the career woman she once was. And at the beginng, I loved Rett, the main male chracter, but as the story went on, I start to disrespect Rett because he was self centered and almost cruel. By the end, however, watching him grovel was fabulous. The book itself seemed to be missing something, though, as if the author was side tracked or in a hurry or something. I dunno. I guess I was a little disappointed in Rett. However, this book was still a nice, relaxing novel with spirited characters.

My mother told me how bad this book was, but I just couldn't imagine...it's Diana Palmer, so what did she mean??? I picked it up and at first...not bad...not great...but not awful as she deemed it. Then about 30 or so pages in, wow...it was awful and I wasn't even into half the book.
It went from 'okay' to downright stupid. The characters were so off the wall I had a hard time believing it was the same book. Unreal situations and off the wall fights and arguments brought the story to a new low.

New York Interior Designer Jennifer King moves out to GA after an illness leaves her incapable of going back to her former job. There she meets a cowboy who offers her a job in Texas on his ranch after doing some temp secretary work for him.
She was warned about Rett Culhane, with good cause. He was big and strong and very intimidating. And not to mention very ornery...very orney.(not so much ornery but a jackass IMO)
Being such a soft hearted person, jenny knows there has to be a reason he is such a miserable person. He must have a secret. She becomes determined to find out but to hide what she used to be from him since she is everything he despises.(you know, an independent woman with a college education)

Sorry to be so blunt, but that is the gist of it. He hates her for being educated and having a job and life before moving out there. It makes no sense. They fight and leave one another and they just seem to go about their lives and then come back together and she doesnt really think much of his weird reaction. The fights come clearly out of nowhere and I found it amazing that she was even interested in him. He is a brute and I was confused because this was supposed to be in the 80's. Well past women's lib.

Tracy Talley~@

I really liked this story. If you like Diana Palmer books, you'll love it. Jenny and Rett have problems (of course) because his ranch isn't doing very well and then he finds out she is a big city woman who can make a lot more money than him. But it all works out in the end (of course)!