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The Spark of Love | Short Review

Posted April 5, 2022 by Christine in 3/5, review, short reviews / 0 Comments /

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The Spark of Love | Short Review
The Spark of Love Published by Flemming H. Revell Company Also in this series: Out of the Embers
by Amanda Cabot
Series: Mesquite Springs #3
on March 1, 2022
Genres: Christian, Mystery, Romance, Western, Historical
Pages: 352
Source: Publisher
Format: Paperback
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Also by this author: Out of the Embers
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ISBN: 0800735374
Rating:3 Stars

When a spurned suitor threatens her, heiress Alexandra Tarkington flees New York for Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country, where her father is building a hotel. But the happy reunion she envisions is not to be as her father insists she return to New York. Instead, Alexandra carves out a niche for herself in town, teaching schoolchildren to paint and enjoying the company of Gabe Seymour, a delightful man she met on the stagecoach.
But all is not as it seems. Two men, each with his own agenda, have followed her to Mesquite Springs. And Gabe is an investigator, searching for proof that her father is a swindler. When a series of apparent accidents threaten her life, Alexandra and Gabe will have to work together to discover the truth. And perhaps along the way they will discover that the sparks of attraction they've felt from the beginning are more than sparks--they're love.
Bestselling author Amanda Cabot invites you back to 1850s Texas for this exciting and heartwarming tale of treachery, love, and learning to trust.

This book, while a sweet romance, wasn’t my favorite in this series.

When Alexandra gets threatened by a would-be suitor, she flees for Texas–and her father. She meets Gabe along the way and they strike an instant friendship. What Alexandra doesn’t know is that Gabe has been hired to find and investigate her father for fraud.

Sadly, I feel like I enjoyed the side characters more than the main characters in this one. While nothing negative can be said for Alexandra and Gabe, I also didn’t feel that instant connection with the both of them.

And, while not really negative, I felt like Alexandra may have been a little too–proper–for a realistic heroine.

However, the town of Mesquite Springs was just a joy to read about. And I’m looking forward to hearing from more of its citizens in future installments.

 

 

About Amanda Cabot

With both parents avid readers, it's no surprise that Amanda Cabot learned to read at an early age. From there it was only a small step to deciding to become a writer. Of course, deciding and becoming are two different things, as she soon discovered. Fortunately for the world, her first attempts at fiction were not published, but she did meet her goal of selling a novel by her thirtieth birthday. Since then she’s sold more than thirty-five novels. When she’s not writing, Amanda enjoys sewing, cooking and – of course – reading.

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