Warriors Heart

Jake Lone Wolf has come back to Capston, Oklahoma, after being away for years. He lost his freedom and his daughter when he went to prison, making his enemy, Richard Culvers, able to adopt his baby daughter Audrey. Jake doesn't want to be attracted to Vicki Culvers, but he is Vicki is raising Audrey alone since her husband Richard's death. Vicki has her hands full with a little girl and trying to turn the Cato Creek Ranch into a thriving ostrich farm. The last thing she needs is to get involved with Jake Lone Wolf, her new hired hand. With their new relationship changing, what will happen when Vicki finds out what landed Jake in prison and also that he plans on taking his daughter away from her? In Warrior's Heart, Vicki and Jake find long sought happiness in each other's arms. Their plight is precarious, while their romance is heartwarming. Warrior's Heart is a good story with likeable characters. Nannette Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Jackie Kramer is a talented author who's been missing from the romance scene too long. WARRIOR'S HEART is a wonderful book -- its Oklahoma setting made me feel like I was home again. I loved the story, the characters (especially the kid!), and recommend this book to everyone!

After spending five years in prison due to the machinations of his brother-in-law, a Suffolk County judge at the time, Jake Lone Wolf returns to Capston, Oklahoma to retrieve his daughter Audrey. His wife and his nemesis are dead, but the judge's spouse Vicki Culver has custody of his six years old child; the girl has her surname not his. Jake learns that Vicki runs an ostrich ranch in Capston. He obtains a job there, but gives his real name, which shockingly his boss does not recognize. As he works to save her ranch, Jake and Vicki fall in love, but though they realize the other is much different than the initial image their respective minds held, their shared past makes it unlikely any relationship can form although his daughter and her septuagenarian Australian partner encourage that to happen. WARRIORS HEART is an enjoyable contemporary ranch romance starring two people who have in common a love for a six year old and a hate for a dead man. The story line character driven as Jake waits for the executioner's ax once Vicki learns who he is. Vicki is a courageous female lead trying to make a life for herself and her adopted child. The Aussie Toby Marshall provides an interesting spin to what is happening between the lead couple at this station. Though deaths of spouses facilitates relationships to easily, readers will receive plenty of pleasure with love blossoming as Jake and Vicki try to hide in the dirt from their feelings. Harriet Klausner