Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Dear Ms Crigger,

After I read your book “The Prince’s Cousin,” I thought it more like a fantasy with romance than a true fantasy romance book and I feel the same way (though now speaking of Westerns) about this one. And as with that book, I feel that men would probably enjoy this book as well since it’s not loaded with “gushy stuff.” I’ve taken the liberty to rephrase this book description posted at Amber Quill Press slightly to try and avoid spoilers.

Young Gincy Tate’s father is murdered before he can fulfill a contract to supply the Army with remounts. In order to pay his debts and save the ranch, she must make the sale in his place. Afraid the lien-holder, whom she suspects of being the murderer, will foreclose before June 7, 1883, she tells no one Morris Tate is dead. Instead, she says he is here, there, or elsewhere.

Gincy hires two cowboys to help trail the herd to Fort Spokane. One is an unknown entity, but Sawyer Kennett hires on because he has decided Gincy is the woman for him. With an old Indian, who is …

Dear Ms. Crigger,

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from “The Prince’s Cousin” but the description of an intelligent heroine caught my attention. Usually when reading an action/adventure type story, the poor heroine gets turned into some TSTL character so that the hero can “save” her. What a relief to finally find a book which really does feature a woman using her smarts to help solve her problems.

Tomasella Icassian is the daughter of a retired mercenary, the niece of the reigning Queen of the Inner Islands and the nursemaid for the six year old Prince Rhian. She’s slightly bored while waiting for things to get started at the Prince’s sixth birthday party. After hired mercenaries strike, killing the Royal Guards and abducting both the Prince and her, she’s not so bored anymore. The nasty, aristocratic thug behind all this readily admits his plan to force the widowed Queen to marry him by holding her son captive. He also quickly informs Tomasella that he remembers killing her father and raping her five years ago and that he intends to enjoy himself with her on the trek to his stronghold. Oh, and the evil wizard …