Carla Kelly is one of my favorite authors and I have read nearly all of her books. “Borrowed Light” is a historical fiction novel that takes place about 1910, centering in Salt Lake City and the wilds of Wyoming. The main character, Boston Fanny Farmer Cooking School grad Julia Darling, decides ...
I have only just finished this book, and already want to read it again. If that isn't an indication of a five-star book, I don't know what is.Oh, it has it's issues. The cover, for one - Sally is a brunette, Charles is grey-haired, and has a HOOK for a hand (one edition shows a black-haired, tw...
A modern story wearing a regency costume. The characters spoke and thought in modern phrases. Kelly spent some time unsuccessfully trying to communicate Sally's modesty and abhorrence to lewd paintings and statutes, but all I'm convinced of is the author's preoccupation with sex and pornography. ...
A chapter or two into this book and I want to meet the two lead characters. Carla Kelly has become one of my favorite historical authors because she tells a good story, charming characters you’d love to meet, situations that go beyond the foibles of the ton, and a writing style that’s both fluid...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. From a writing perspective there were some points that could have been smoother, but I was easily able to overlook these as I read late into the night. I do give Carla Kelly props for writing a truly entertaining love story that was clean and engaging. Beyond the l...
It’s not the kind of book I would say “you have to read.” But it’s nice.It’s what I expect from Harlequin. Nothing really special or unusual, but ok. I was pleased there were no contrived conflicts or stupidity.A captain falls in love with a woman while he waits for his ship to be repaired. S...
As historical romances go, this one had a fairly detailed and intriguing plotline. However, I struggled with the romance between the heroine (age 16) and the hero (age 28). He was certainly written as a 28 yr. old but her words/actions jumped up and down in age, at one moment completely 16 and ac...
I thought this book had a writing style of keeping you guessing what had happened in the past, until I realized it was a sequel and I hadn't read the first book. Whoops. Interesting story of Mormons in Wyoming dealing with prejudice. The main reason I only gave this book 2 stars was because it...
Carla Kelly's "Summer Campaign" Wonderful book. The story is about a girl who is a foundling and taken in (with her twin brother) by the vicar of the church where the babies were deposited. The vicar marries soon after taking in the 2 babies, but then he dies and his widow remarries, so the two ...
Ok I have a few books by Carla Kelly, 8 to be exact. This book however was just ok. I am an adult and when I read a romance I want an author to write for an adult. It seems to me that Ms. Kelly wrote Her Hesitant Heart for a 15 year old and not a woman with over 30 years of romance readings.I fou...