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Southern Knights #5
The Taming of Reid Donovan
Southern Knights
Trouble with a capital T…
THE ORIGINAL BAD BOY
Reid Donovan had heard himself described that way so many times that it was impossible to think of himself as anything but. Then he met Cassie Wade—a woman who believed in him, and whose love made him almost believe in himself. Everything he had never dared to dream of was within reach. And then he was asked to walk away from it all….
Should he do it? Could he do it? Did he even have a choice? And when it was all over, would he have Cassie to go back to? Or would he once again find himself on the outside looking in?
Southern Knights. James, Reid and Nicholas: They came home expecting to find danger—but love took them by surprise!
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1997
About the author
Marilyn Pappano
195 books125 followersAward-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
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July 31, 2011
Rating 3.5
I really enjoyed The Taming of Reid Donovan, another Southern Knight book based on Serenity Street.
Reid Donovan has had a bad life, a mother who mistreated him and then abandoned him, a father who didn't care enough to try, so he found his place with the people who were alone like him even though what they did wasn't legal. He's been in trouble but minor ones and now he's trying to change with the help of his step-mother Karen, civility with his dad, a normal job. Cassie the new teacher scares him, she's all things good which he isn't sure he deserves.
Cassie(Jolie's sister) has had a good life, loving parents, good job and now she wants to live and work on Serenity. Reid is someone who interests her, since she sees past his anger and bitterness and how hard he is trying in life despite not being provided the love in life.
For the most part the book was about Cassie making Reid believe that he could have anything, love, her, a family and the rest a bit different which I didn't enjoy as much. I felt bad for Reid for what he had been through in life and Cassie was good for him.
I really enjoyed The Taming of Reid Donovan, another Southern Knight book based on Serenity Street.
Reid Donovan has had a bad life, a mother who mistreated him and then abandoned him, a father who didn't care enough to try, so he found his place with the people who were alone like him even though what they did wasn't legal. He's been in trouble but minor ones and now he's trying to change with the help of his step-mother Karen, civility with his dad, a normal job. Cassie the new teacher scares him, she's all things good which he isn't sure he deserves.
Cassie(Jolie's sister) has had a good life, loving parents, good job and now she wants to live and work on Serenity. Reid is someone who interests her, since she sees past his anger and bitterness and how hard he is trying in life despite not being provided the love in life.
For the most part the book was about Cassie making Reid believe that he could have anything, love, her, a family and the rest a bit different which I didn't enjoy as much. I felt bad for Reid for what he had been through in life and Cassie was good for him.
March 13, 2008
Not finished yet. Lost interest.
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