After reading Tracy Grant’s Shores of Desire last year, I started looking for the sequel (which is surprisingly hard to find). Unfortunately, in the six months since I read the first book, I’d forgotten a lot, but I still enjoyed the sequel. (Oddly enough, this book was published first, although it clearly takes place after Shores of Desire.)
Shadows of the Heart by Tracy Grant
(1996, Regency Historical) 4/27/09
Grade: 4
After Sophie is attacked in an alley, she is rescued by Paul Lescaut. But she can’t remember who she is, or why she was attacked – or even why she’s pregnant. Paul has his own secrets, but he never imagined how closely he was bound to Sophie, and how their lives would become intertwined as they tried to escape their common enemies.
An exciting and compelling read. Although suspense and road romances aren’t my favorites (and this is a bit of both), the author keeps the book moving, and kept me turning the pages. The hero and heroine were both very well drawn and unique, and even the secondary characters stood out and weren’t just stock figures. (I was a little confused by references to the earlier book, which I read a few months ago but didn’t remember in detail, but it wasn’t a major issue.) The storyline did seem to pile one thing on top of another on top of another, and it became too convoluted near the end. But still, I kept reading because I wanted to know what would happen to Sophie and Paul. The author made me believe that these characters would work together despite their differences, even though the focus was often more on the mystery than the relationship.
What happened to Tracy Grant? She got tremendous buzz after The Daughter of the Game and the sequel, but the next two books in the series have been “coming soon” for years. Hmm, looking at her web site, it seems that she doesn’t have a contract. Sacre bleu!
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