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Daniel
Montero, believing himself unable to father a child, is thrilled
to learn that he has an eight year old son.
Determined to have a life with his child, Daniel goes to
Connecticut to meet the child who lives with his aunt, Kate
Foley. Kate has
been raising her sister’s son since her sister’s death
several years ago. She
loves Ben as any mother would.
When Daniel comes barging into their lives she feels
threatened, but she can’t deny that Daniel is the father.
Working
out an agreeable arrangement is vital, and with Daniel’s
pitching career and Kate’s horse farm sometimes things get a
bit tough. Especially
when Kate and Daniel start to have feelings toward one another.
Kate is naïve and for most of her life all she thought
about were horses, not boys.
What is she to make of Daniel’s feelings?
How does she know that he loves her and that it
wouldn’t be convenient for them to marry for Ben?
HIGH
MEADOW is an emotional story that is all about the characters.
Kate is dedicated Ben, her mother, and her horses.
That’s it. When
Daniel comes along her world starts changing and she doesn’t
like it. The story
goes from one character’s perspective to another character’s
perspective and sometimes can come across as meandering.
At times the internal dialogue seems monotonous and
rambling, not offering any pertinent information.
The romance was good, but I found myself more interested
in the secondary romance having to do with Kate’s mom, Molly,
and with Molly’s battle with cancer.
The
descriptive settings made the story seem to come alive, as did
the internal dialogue that I mentioned above.
I’ve talked to myself before bedtime and why
shouldn’t the characters in a book?
It was just odd to read all of the internal dialogue in a
romance, where I’m used to action instead of words.
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