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Brenda Joyce is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fourty-nine novels and five novellas. There are over fourteen million copies of her novels in print and she is published in over a dozen foreign countries. A native New Yorker, she now lives in southern Arizona with her son, dogs and numerous Arabian and Half-Arabian reining horses. Brenda divides her time between her twin passions' writing powerful love stories and her quest to become a nationally ranked Top Ten equestrian. For more information about Brenda and her upcoming novels, please visit her websites: www.brendajoyce.com, www.francescacahillseries.com www.thedewarennedynasty.com and www.mastersoftimebooks.com.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful!, February 20, 2001

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This review is from: Violet Fire (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book! It is my favorite by Brenda Joyce. A sequel to Firestorm...it is the story of Rathe and Grace and has a lot of humor, hot love scenes and a really good story line. Grace gets under Rathe's skin like no other woman has been able to do before. Read it..you won't be disappointed!

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2.0 out of 5 stars way too alpha for me..., May 11, 2006

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This review is from: Violet Fire (Mass Market Paperback)

this historical romance, set in post Civil War Mississippi, was written in 1989-and it shows.

Brenda Joyce is a talented writer-but in this novel she had both hero and heroine doing stupid, dangerous, implausible things.

The hero is VERY Alpha male-to the point of grabbing, throwing the heroine about-constantly thinking about his lust for the heroine, but not really caring about anything she believes in-doing things that ruin her reputation, make her lose TWO jobs and become a outcast-but doesn't understand why she doesn't want to be with him?

Sadly-the heroine is even worse. For someone who is supposed to be a strong, intelligent neo-feminist/suffragette-Grace comes across and a mean, mealy mouthed,insipid, just plain stupid-even the dreaded "too stupid to live".

One wonders why the hero would want to be with her-she is hateful to him and accuses him of bigotry, womanizing, and a host of other sins simply because he's a Southerner. She spends the entire book getting herself into one perilous situation after another-and Rathe must come save her every time-real independant, huh?

Also-I understand this is a post civil war book-but the author paints a simply terrible picture of all Southerners. The women are stupid and all the men vicious "Dark Riders"(klan) who seem to go around all day raping, killing and torturing former slaves, being ignorant and turning a blind eye to everything. Not one Southern character is shown in a positive light-enough to throw me off this book for sure.
It is a testimony to Miss Joyce's writing style that I actually stuck around for about 250 pages before I gave up in disgust!

If you like intelligent, loving characters-then definately SKIP this book.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good story, June 2, 2008

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This novel was very sensual and you could feel the connection between the two character I only wish it was longer and more historically involved as her other novels are

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4.0 out of 5 stars Post Civil War Romance A Good Installment in the Series
This 3rd in the Bragg saga (see list below), takes an interesting turn as Rathe Bragg, the youngest of the three Bragg siblings, travels to the post Civil War south. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Regan

4.0 out of 5 stars Why can't I find a Rathe of my own?

Brenda Joyce knows how to write love scenes for sure. That is truly her talent. I loved Rathe's character, but not so much Graces's. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Whizzy10

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will haunt you for a long time afterwards...
'Violet Fire' is one of those books that I come back to, years after having read it. Grace and Rathe are characters that stick out in your mind who you go back to visit every now... Read more

Published 18 months ago by Aynee

2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't love it.
This story of Grace O'Rourke and Rathe Bragg was my second-least favorite book of the very talented Brenda Joyce. Read more

Published on March 2, 2009 by AmusingMadWoman

4.0 out of 5 stars A little to much...
There was a little to much back and forth for my taste, but overall it was a great story =)

Published on October 10, 2008 by babs

5.0 out of 5 stars Suffragette meets rake
This is a reissue of a Brenda Joyce book first published in 1989 but unlike many reissues this book doesn't feel dated. Read more

Published on May 22, 2008 by Helen Hancox

4.0 out of 5 stars You'll love Rathe and Grace
Violet Fire gets better every time I read it. Grace and Rathe are two of my favorite characters of all time. Read more

Published on September 17, 2004 by loonigrrl

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Southern Romances!
I've read my share of romance novels and many of them are predictable, hackneyed, and extremely lacking in plot. Read more

Published on May 28, 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Excitment
This book was nonstop action and romance in one I could not put it down Rathe and Grace are awesome. Read more

Published on June 13, 2002 by Shan

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast moving and fun
This was good enough to spur me to read the rest of the series. Wonderful read!

Published on May 16, 2002

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Grace O'Rourke sat perfectly erect, shoulders stiff and squared, gloved hands clasped primly in her lap. Read the first page

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night riders, new governess

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New York, Miss O'Rourke, Margaret Anne, Mary Louise, Rathe Bragg, Sheriff Ford, Grace O'Rourke, Silver Street, Louisa Barclay, Black Heel, Miz Grace, Sarah Bellsley, Allen Kennedy, New Orleans, Silver Lady Hotel, Harriet Gold, Martha Grimes, Able Smith, Sam Patterson, George Farris, Mayor Sheinreich, Mistah Rathe, Miz O'Rourke, Mississippi Queen, Mister Bragg

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