Innocent Hearts
by Radclyffe
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Author: RadclyffeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN: 193311021X
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
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Book Review: Can't Wait for the Sequel
Summary: 5 Stars
(The second edition is extensively revised with 7500 added words.)
Throughout history the American Dream can be depicted as taking us where our hearts lead us, forging new frontiers. What we "should" do is not in the pioneer spirit. Set in the Montana territory of 1865, Innocent Hearts is the love story of Kate and Jessie, a story born of what we can do if we follow our hearts.
18 year old Kate Beecher and her parents spend months enduring the grueling travel in a wagon train from Boston to Montana to begin life in the new territory. Kate is very excited about her new home because she believes she has never fit into Boston Society. As she explores her new home-New Hope, she runs into cowboy and rancher, Jessie Forbes. Kate is intrigued by this unusual woman who owns a ranch, wears pants and a Stetson. Kate wants to get to know her better so she offers to take Jessie's photograph. As the two spend more time together, they discover feelings unlike any they have experienced before. As Jessie and Kate form a bond, they realize what is truly in their hearts. But with the cruelty and harshness of the new frontier, can a love like Jessie's and Kate's last?
As a history buff, I love great period romances, and Innocent Hearts is no exception. Radclyffe has written an uncommon love story with beautiful prose that, I believe, is true to the time period. The author has done her homework. The depictions of New Hope and the surrounding land are vivid and alive, capturing the sights, sounds and smells of the dusty and rugged Montana town. I felt I was transported back in time by the fullness of her scenes. The physical descriptions of the people, streets and stores give the reader an understanding of 1865 Montana. Unlike Radclyffe's other romances that are heavy on character growth and dialogue, she balances setting with character development and dialogue here so we can live the story along with Kate and Jessie.
The strength of this story is its timelessness. Radclyffe, through her moving text, illustrates that our struggles with acceptance of women loving women is as old as time- only the setting changes. The romance is sweet, sensual, and touching. There is a slow discovery of sexual desire, and Jessie and Kate are both confused by these stirrings. Their lovemaking is genuine with not a hint of the 21st century conveyed.
Innocent Hearts and Radclyffe have given us an enlightening history lesson. With insight into another time that exemplifies our differences as women, the story also points out our commonality in our struggles. The magic and wonder of discovering first love and the efforts we take so we can fit in are the same in 1865 as they are in 2005.
With Innocent Hearts, the reader discovers the breadth of Radclyffe's talent as a writer and storyteller. She shows us that the courage to love knows no bounds and experiences no limits.
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In 1860's Montana Territory, Kate Beecher, a young woman from Boston, faces the hardships and hard choices of life on the frontier. Just eighteen and quietly struggling against the social constraints of the era, Kate meets a woman who fires first her imagination, and then her dreams. Jessie Forbes, a fiercely independent rancher, finds in Kate the passion she never knew she had been missing. This is the story of their struggle to love in a land, and time, as cruel as it was beautiful.Lesbian Books
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