Colby Hodge

I had read this before but had forgotten almost all of it. A very nice story of a pilot who crashes his space ship on a primitive planet while searching for his brother. He is looked after by a slave woman and her son. This story takes place mostly on the planet so the world building aspect is more important that the gritty space tech aspect. But that part is at least addressed and the space flight details have been thought out.

The story involves drug runners and a race of mind controlling witches that have been in other books in the series. I like the details of the space faring civilizations that have been thought out and set up. Then different stories in the story arc can be told within the framework.

The romance between the pilot and the slave woman was very sweet. Heat level was very low. But the romance was complete and believable.

The plot made sense and the writing is well done. The story moved right along and did not have any dragging parts.

Recommended to SFR lovers.… (meer)

The old maxim that you can run but you can’t hide is the premise to Holby’s new series. A bitter, self-deprecating hired gun with a heart of gold takes the identity of a preacher traveling to his new congregation because the dying preacher tells him to “Feed my sheep.” Since the outlaw has been shot and is being chased by hard-core killers, he can’t decide if this is God giving him another chance or laughing at him again.

When Cade Gentry reaches Angel’s End in the middle of a blizzard and falls off his horse at the foot of the marble angel standing in the center of town, he is rescued by widow Leah Findley, whose sheriff husband was killed in the line of duty.

Since Leah and her son Banks have spare room in their home, the town is paying them to house the new preacher. With her job at the town eatery and revenue from the room, Leah and Banks are barely making enough to live. Since Cade, wearing the preacher’s long coat, has the search committee’s welcoming letter in his pocket, he’s packed off to Leah’s, much to the disgust of rancher Jake Reece who loves her.

But as Cade recovers from his gunshot wound during the blizzard, Leah begins to have doubts that he’s really a preacher. In fact, he swears an awful lot when he’s in pain, seems to have violent dreams, and doesn’t say grace before meals, although he often quotes Bible verses.

When Leah comes down with measles and another snow storm threatens, Cade, who’s had the disease, nurses her while Banks is packed off to live with a neighbor until his mother recovers.

As Leah has her doubts about Cade’s calling, Cade realizes he’s going to have to run from the community because he isn’t the new pastor and can’t be. He also knows the men who were trying to kill him will be looking for him and he doesn’t want to bring trouble to Angel’s End in general and Leah and Banks in particular.

Read the rest of my review at AAR: http://www.likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=9057… (meer)