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Firebird is a romance with a love triangle like you've never read before. The story takes place in ranch country in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Ethan Browne, with a Ph.D. in English and a repertoire enabling him to recite great romantic literature on demand, chooses Katie Anne as his future wife. However, he doesn't love her. He just feels that it's part of his dream to have a wife, much like the chores he accomplishes on his cattle ranch. Believing that's all he needs, he sets out to win Katie Anne, and proposes marriage. Katie Anne is in love with Ethan and her love will go to any measure to keep him from being attracted to Annette, who's returned to town for her mother's funeral. Annette is a Kansas-born concert violinist in town from Paris.

This love triangle has its obstacles: Annette's aversion to the land Ethan loves, and Katie Anne's determination to hold onto Ethan though she knows he loves Annette (whose father will cast Ethan out of the ranching life if Ethan doesn't marry his daughter). Who will Ethan choose and what will his future hold?

This novel has been compared to The Horse Whisperer because it surprises readers at every turn, especially at the end. --Candy Paape -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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The Flint Hills of Kansas provide the austere and finally malevolent mise-en-scene for this high-gloss, screamingly melodramatic romance, a first novel by an undeniably talented writer. Not only does Graham write well, she cleverly exploits nearly every stereotype known to the genre and offers some truly mind-boggling plot twists. Her hero, Ethan, is a wealthy, handsome cowboy and a brilliant lawyer who loves poetry, the only culturally aware person in his tiny, mean-spirited Kansas enclave. He is expected to marry Katie Ann, the perky daughter of a rich, influential rancher. Katie Ann is much younger than Ethan, and much crasser, but their liaison seems just right for the circumstances until a neighbor dies and her beautiful and cosmopolitan daughter, Annette, arrives to attend her funeral. Annette managed to escape the incessant wind and indigenous obsession with cattle to become a world-famous concert violinist based in Paris. No one knows anything about her ghoulishly (and wildly improbable) tragic past, and only a few people, most notably Ethan, are pleased by her decision to stick around. And so the love triangle is in place: sensitive cowboy falls for gorgeous musician; fiancee goes berserk. But here's where Graham goes for broke. Determined to keep her man, Katie Ann plays the oldest trick in the book and tells him she's pregnant, then nature erupts in protest against this travesty of true love: the prairie bursts into flames; key characters die; and Graham pretends to get gothic. An unabashedly manipulative and pretentious bit of pop fiction, this is sure to thrill thousands, just as calculated. Donna Seaman -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY 26. Januar 1999

Von ctshdg@aol.com

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I cried and laughed -- it made me appreciate and be grateful for love in everyway which touches my life and how quickly it can be taken and how hard it can be to get back. I bought this in Chester England and read it in a day. Each character brought different feelings and emotion to the book. I've never been to Kansas but the description by the author I could almost see and feel the picture. Great all time love story. Since this is the author's debut novel, I can't wait for her return.

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A wonderful love story from a new author 15. Juli 2000

Von J. Lizzi

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Janice Graham is off to a great start with this enjoyable love story. If you're expecting a tale of heavy romance, deceit, murder and a multitude of convoluted sub-plots, you won't find much in this book. Instead, one man's love, almost like a prairie fire, starts in one place, is blown to another, and is rekindled in yet a third as relationships grow and transform over time.

This story shows how death can be a rebirth (remember that title), and how loving a daughter can be as profound as loving a woman. Love's complications lead to grave happenstance; then maturity, enlightenment, and ultimately a deeper love, are born from tragedy. Happens in real life, too.

I'm not the type to dwell on hidden meanings or decipher twists in the plot. So instead, I like to let myself be led wherever the story points. In that regard, this book was perfect for me. Yeah, maybe Ms. Graham isn't the world's best at epic storytelling and character development, but the people in this book are pretty strong nevertheless, with the drama really picking up toward the end. And, maybe the Kansas prairie is a little over-glamorized, but there's a great image there. These would be but minor criticisms rather than major detractors. The story flows well, is easy to read, and you'll identify with all the personalities right away. I enjoyed this book immensely, and finished it in only two days (a rare occurrence for me).

Start reading, get into the flow, and you will be moved by this story. I recommend it highly.

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Finally, Romancing the Soul - Love Never Really Dies 27. M�rz 2000

Von DustiSue

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Its surprising that some readers hated this story. What's not to like? The beginning may slowly build up speed, but deep in the plot, the reader appreciates the character development. At first Firebird appears common to other romances- Man agrees to marry under pressure; A new face in town piques his interest AFTER the engagement is announced. Then watch out - a plot twist is about to blow your mind! I didn't see it coming and couldn't believe what I had just read. From there the hits just kept on coming. The plot winds through a labirynth of twists and turns like a serpentine roller coaster ride. The reader is swept along never knowing where the next drop or derailment may be. I have searched for years to find a book I simply could not put down. Firebird was worth the wait. I read it through the first night. I simply had to know how this story could possibly find resolution. Firebird courts the heart and soul. This is Miss Graham's debut novel, hopefully the first of many to come.

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