Written in the Stars [Mass Market Paperback]

Nan Ryan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2003

In her attempt to salvage her grandparents' faltering Wild West Show, Diane Buchannan performs bareback-riding feats and catches the eye of a captured native American known as ""The Redman of the Rockies.""

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Disillusioned and restless in the stifling society of late-1800s Washington, D.C., Diane Buchannan has ditched her prestigious job as a senator's aide to head west and join up with her grandfather's ailing Wild-West show. There she meets Ben Star, forced into captivity and billed as "the Redman of the Rockies." Calling on her earlier training as a stunt rider, Diane becomes one of the show's main attractions. Though she's warned against having contact with Ben, Diane finds herself immediately attracted to him and can't resist the temptation to visit his cage whenever she gets a chance. As the rejuvenated show begins to rake in profits, Diane's disgust at the abuse that is meted out to the captive surmounts her happiness in her grandfather's success, and she plans to set Ben free. Though formulaic and dogged by a running log of rippling muscles and flowing tresses and the obvious fact that Ben and Diane are destined to get together, Ryan's ( The Legend of Love ) historical tale, carefully written and flavored with captivating images of the West near the turn of the century, ultimately delivers satisfaction.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 436 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505525100
• ISBN-13: 978-0505525109
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,934,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars westernized Beauty and the Beast, February 15, 2003

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This review is from: Written in the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1895, Benjamin Star leaves San Francisco for Denver at about the same time that Diane Buchannan leaves DC for the Mile High City. Benjamin was raised by the Shoshoni who rescued him from a fire as an infant, travels like a native; Diane rides the train to join her grandparents who raised her when her parents died. Diane plans to help her beloved family with the financially failing "Colonel Buck Buchannan's Wild West Show" as a trick rider and lariat artist.

Employees of the show led by the Cherokee Kid bring in a savage dubbed "the Redman of the Rockies". Though afraid of him, Diane feels sorry for the captive. Unable to ignore the ignorant brute, she frees him, but he abducts her. On their trek she pleads with the "Beast" to free her when he suddenly speaks perfect English because he is Benjamin. After overcoming the shock that he is not some feral savage, Diane frees the attraction she hid from herself and soon she and Benjamin fall in love. However, the nasty Cherokee Kid wants Diane for himself and he will not stop until he kills the Beast and takes the Beauty his style.

Indian romance readers will gain much pleasure from Nan Ryan's latest tale, WRITTEN IN THE STARS that is more of a westernized Beauty and the Beast. The action-packed story line never slows down even before the abduction. The lead couple is a delight and most of the support cast provides depth to their personalities. However, the Cherokee Kid is so nasty he subtracts from a powerful historical romance.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL! THE PLOT IS EXCEPTIONAL!, July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Written in the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)

Like the other reader before me stated in his review, the story started out a little slow...But that all changed as soon as the Redman of the Rockies came into the Wild West Show, and Diane finds herself helplessly compelled to the man. A MUST READ! This has to be one of the best romances I have ever read!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best!, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Written in the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)

The beginning of the story was a little slow, however, things soon picked up and ended with a bang! Great, great romance scenes!