Slow Dance with a Cowboy (Harlequin Superromance No. 1062) [Paperback]

Linda Style (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373710623
• ISBN-13: 978-0373710621
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,822,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Style was born and raised in Minnesota, where she spent many long, cold winters making up stories in her head. She attended the University of Minnesota, studying behavioral science, married and had a family. But the dream of writing persisted, and after moving to Arizona, she earned a degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Jouralism at Arizona State University. She's worked in many jobs from social services to magazine editor, and, now, with 14 novels under her belt, her books are sold worldwide and in many different languages. In addition to penning her novels of romance, adventure and intrigue, she also teaches novel writing at Bootcamp for Novelists Online. Since her first sale to Harlequin Enterprises in 1999, her novels have won several contests and awards, including the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award. When not writing, or teaching, Linda indulges her passions for travel, photography, hiking in the Arizona mountains, and enjoying her family. Visit Linda's Website and read a few excerpts at www.LindaStyle.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful treatment of mental illness -- Very highly recommen, June 8, 2002

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow Dance with a Cowboy (Harlequin Superromance No. 1062) (Paperback)

Schoolteacher Nicole Weston profoundly understands what it means to be ostracized by everyone around her. Her mother's mental illness resulted in tremendous instability during her childhood. Consequently, Nicole is a lioness when it comes to protecting those in her care for a program for teens at risk, providing the last chance they have for graduating from high school. When her classroom is vandalized, her troubled students are the first to be suspected of the crime. She just as fiercely rises to the cause of the underdogs in her elementary classes. Then one of Nicole's students most in need turns out to be the son of her old flame.

Ex-cowboy Cameron Colter has given up a lot of dreams over the years, leaving behind his family's ranch to establish his own construction company. Anger at his brothers has separated him from his family, but now he has new family to care for when his son sudden comes to live with him. Cam intends to form a strong working relationship with Michael's teacher in hopes of calming behavioral issues. Then the substitute for the remained of the year turns out to be the woman he wanted to marry ten years ago. He never understood why Nicole ended their relationship, and it does not take long in her company for him to long to rekindle old flames.

Author Linda Style boldly incorporates the theme of mental illness in SLOW DANCE WITH A COWBOY. My own mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia twenty years ago, and I cannot help but be impressed with Style's enactment of the nightmare such a diagnosis brings. Nicole faces issues regarding long term care of her mentally ill parent, including the financial ramifications as well as the questioning of her own mental health and that of her future children. Only a child when her mother was hospitalized, Nicole learned to accept the necessary changes to her own life that schizophrenia brings about regarding one's hopes and dreams. As any person would, Nicole once longed to hide her mother's illness, desperately wanting to be normal instead of being ostracized because of her mother. Cam's response to Nicole's mother is marvelous, and he demonstrates tremendous forethought as he thinks through the ramifications of a relationship with Nicole, who is at risk for schizophrenia as well. Indeed, themes of honesty with self and others make this a story that touches the heart as well as providing food for reflection. Very highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Powerful Novel with Real Life Situations, July 11, 2002

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S. Barrett (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow Dance with a Cowboy (Harlequin Superromance No. 1062) (Paperback)

Slow Dance with a Cowboy is an intense, gritty story that isn't afraid to deal with real life situations. Linda Style's able handling of mental illness and prejudice adds depth to this wonderful story. Peopled with protagonists you care about, as well as some of the best secondary characters you're likely to see, Linda's book carries the reader on an emotional journey with a truly satisfying outcome. I predict Ms. Style is headed for a stellar career.