Friday, April 11, 2008

The Visions of Ransom Lake by Marcia McClure


Ok, I admit that this is (CLEAN!) guilty pleasure time. This is a straight up romance novel set in the Rocky Mountains in the late 1800s. The author takes a bit of liberty with propriety, but the worst (or best depending on your opinion) scene in this book is a vaguely described make-out scene.

This book starts out a little rocky, with a description of our main character, Vaden, that makes her seem like she might be around 12 years old. In fact, the description of her at first made me very uncomfortable as she initially met our grizzled hero, Mr. Ransom Lake.

There isn't really a lot to describe. Vaden, the beautiful, spirited optimist, immediately takes to Ransom Lake, the town hermit. Ransom demonstrates himself to be strong, protective, aware, kind, courteous, attractive, and off-again, on-again shy. Ransom doesn't want to like Vaden. Vaden knows she is in love but doesn't believe its possible. The two have constant run-ins with each other and find there is definitely an attraction. Vaden dates someone else to take her mind off of Ransom and the guy is a slimeball. It is pretty typical of any romance novel, but is pleasant and enjoyable. It is a fairly quick read and definitely leaves you in a happy go-kiss-your-spouse mood and I would recommend it to fans of clean, non-Christian romance novels.

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