Melia Ellis thought what she and Dana had was love. But must love hurt? Must fearing one's partner be part of the relationship? Enter Parker McCallam, a woman from another time--literally. She teaches Melia the meaning of true love. A tender love story weaving together elelments from today's high-tech world and the Old West.
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Anyone steeped in lesbian romances of the Naiad school will recognize at once what Beverly Shearer is up to in her debut novel, an escapist romance about a woman who loves to escape into the world of Western novels. Kindly computer programmer Melia Ellis keeps allowing her seductive but violent girlfriend Dana back into her life because she's the only person who can make Melia feel alive. We know Dana is evil when she ridicules Melia's choice in reading, and we tremble--book in hand--when Dana argues that Melia has been hiding behind books instead of releasing herself to passion. No wonder Melia is so curiously open-minded when Parker McCallem, a white-hatted, spurs-wearing butch dyke from the 1860s, drops into her office cubicle from the crawl space in the ceiling. When It's Love has all the hallmarks of both lesbian romances and pulp Westerns: predictable dialogue, thin characters, and a black-and-white moral code. But it also offers the characteristic pleasures of both genres. There is no confusing right and wrong here, the villains are strung up in the town square, and there's a happy ending for Melia. --Regina Marler
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If you're going to read fiction, you know that sometimes you have to believe in the unusual. What do you do for a kind young woman who is caught in a terrible relationship and can only escape by reading Western novels and dreaming of living in those days? Melia finds herself trapped in a world where she doesn't feel at ease and stuck with a relationship that is dangerous, but she can't seem to avoid. After she's beaten up enough times, she convinces herself that relationships are meant to be that way for her. Now, drop into her life Parker, a female outlaw from old Denver who falls through a rip in time and lands in Melia's office building. Parker hides in the walkway above the ceiling and tries to make sense out of what has happened to her. Fortunately, she chooses to hide above Melia's cubicle and, by observing her every day, comes to believe that Melia is someone she can trust to help her out of this situation. If you're Melia, what do you do when everything you've been dreaming about suddenly drops out of the ceiling after work one day and starts to tell you a fantastic story? How will they work it out? Can two worlds be brought together? And what about the brutal ex (maybe) girlfriend? If you suspend your disbelief, you'll find that you like this book. It's worth your time.
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... This novel took me a couple of days to read, instead of my usual couple of hours, and held my interest throughout. I thought the characters were interesting and well drawn, not thin at all. And the 'villains', well, actually only one character, does not have a predicatable 'ending'. I've been sorely disappointed with some purchases lately, but not this one. Highly recommended.
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