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A Taste of Fire

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Antonie Ramirez is an orphaned white woman raised by a legendary mexican bandit, Juan Ramirez. She has been taught to best any man not only with her weapons but with her wit. The love between adopted daughter and father is extraordinary. When she was still young, she and her father met Royal Bancroft, who saves them from a bullet. Juan vows to return the favor. Years later, on his deathbed, Juan asks Antonie to help Royal defend his ranch against an unknown foe. It is up to her fulfill his vow. She is immediately attracted to Royal, but although she falls in love with him, she knows she will never be what his world demands, a lady.

Royal Bancroft, a man hardened by war but determined to live in peace on his ranch, has never forgotten the wild young Antoine. Now that she is a woman grown, he can't stop himself from wanting her. Unfortunately, she was raised by a bandit, outside of the rules of polite society. He is torn between his desire for her and his yearning for a respectable wife.

Royal and Antoine, no matter how much they try not to, surrender to their unspoken love and spark an unquenchable fire. When Antoine becomes pregnant, they marry. Their fears and doubts leads to many misunderstandings between them, but they're determined to make their marriage work. Their future is threatened, however, by an evil foe determined to destroy them both. Can Antonie and Royal survive this threat? Will they be able to finally reveal their love for one another?

A TASTE OF FIRE is a story filled with tension, suspense, passion and love. It is an interesting read that you will enjoy.

I love Hannah Howell. I go to used book stores just to hunt up old books by this gifted writer. She writes the best Highland stories that are funny,romantic and erotic. Every now and then she writes a western like " A taste of fire " that kept me "hooked" all the way to the end. I have read every book that Ms. Howell has written and loved all of them. I don't understand why there aren't more raved reviews for her work. Believe me, you won't be disappointed.

This was the best book I have read by Hannah Howell. I have enjoyed all her books. This one just grabed me from the start to the end.

This book is full of action around every corner. I love the books where women are able to defend themselves, yet still be a woman. This book created this image wonderfully.

This book was great - fast paced, amusing with good action and not alot of misunderstanding between the main characters(and the ones that came up were resolved in a good amount of time and were not dragged on through the whole book)
Antonie Ramirez is one of those women who are stong and brave and knows how to protect herself and the ones she loves
very good at speaking what's on her mind, funny and charming and very good with a gun and a knife (wish there were more women like her in books)
and Royal was hot and though he was a strong man and felt protective of Antonie he did not feel less of a man just because she was a strong independent type(didn't feel the need to inforce his will on her, treated her like an equal and valued her opinions) .

The twins that ride with Antonie were very amusing, and Royals brothers also stood out (hope the HH writes there story because they are the kind of secondary characters that leave you wondering what became of them) expecially the irish doctor (wish I knew his story)

I admit I am not a real Hannah Howell fan. Too many of her books are held together with sex and not a lot of plot. But I did like this book, I liked the heroine Antonie, she had passion and a strong personality. And I liked Tomas and Oro, who actually had more strength of character and love for Antonie, than the hero did.
The Hero Royal(was not Royal at all), I felt he was 'weak' in character and command and I was disappointed in him, I thought she deserved a stronger more passionate and sincere lover. I would like to see Hannah Howell do a rewrite of this book and make a stonger more passionate hero for Antonie.

This is the first book by HH I have read and if it is a true sample of her work it will be the last.

Although the story line was adventureous and compelling the main character, Royal was not the "man of honor" and "gentleman" the author touted him to be. This is a classic story of a man who can't commit. Royal hardly knew is own mind, let alone had the ability to make decisions that affected the lives of everyone on his ranch. I couldn't finish it because I couldn't respect such a moral and emotional coward.