In February of 1990, Captain Lawton Kane is a Special Forces Army Ranger. His assignment is to kill a drug lord. What he finds is a kidnapped little girl. As the drug lord is dying, he promises revenge and that Lawton will die. Eleven years have passed since that day. He is now a Rancher and participates in Western reenactments in Graveyard Gulch, a partly restored frontier mining camp. That's when he first sees her. The group is called the Gulch Gang and they consider him a bit of a loner, a lone wolf. The group is amazed when they see him dancing with Melissa.

Melissa Anne Hartford is visiting her stepsister and best friend, Jo, in Arizona. Jo persuades Melissa to go to Graveyard Gulch with her. She sees him during the show, when a knife lands on the ground at her feet and he comes to retrieve it. She finds herself entrapped by the strangest and fiercest eyes she's ever seen. They are a pale silvery-gray, hard and pure as the desert sun's light. Time stops as she turns and freezes. Her head spins and her knees threaten to buckle, but she cannot look away nor escape the impaling intensity of those incredible eyes. Jo is trying to find a way to distract Melissa from her grief for her father and fiancé, who her father handpicked for her and she really didn't want to marry. She now feels responsible since she was wishing for a way to get out of marrying him, and whatever she wishes for sometimes comes true. Her father had always controlled her life and made all the decisions. After a group of sick kids come to visit Graveyard Gulch, she now knows what she wants to do with the rest of her life, work with sick children and be with Lawton. Will her next wish be granted?

From the moment they look into each other's eyes, they both know something is there. Lawton is afraid to get close to anyone due to the promise of revenge and the fact that his wife's car was tampered with, causing her death. So he tries to keep his distance from Melissa, but the attraction is getting difficult to resist. Especially when she joins the group, and she is wishing to get to know Lawton Kane. She feels they have something in common, always on the outside looking in. When she first asks him to dance, she feels the electricity between them. Lawton is used to watching his back, but when Melissa starts getting threatening phone calls and someone tries to blow up her car, his military training kicks in to protect her. He invites her to come and stay with him at his ranch where he can protect her better. When she is at Jo's, packing some of her things, Jo takes a few minutes to fill in Lawton on Melissa's background, including being kidnapped as a child and the Rangers finding her. Lawton has already realized that Melissa is that child he carried out of the forest 11 years earlier. And he tells Jo it was he who found her. Jo also tells Lawton that Melissa's father had her hypnotized to forget the kidnapping. Lawton then realizes who tried to kill her, The stepbrother of the man he killed, Santiago. Will he be able to protect her from Santiago's henchmen while he fights his own demons of wanting to take her into his arms and make her his?

I really enjoyed this book. Once I started it, I couldn't stop reading. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will happen next. It has suspense and romance and is definitely worth reading. As the old saying says, "Be careful of what you wish for, you might get it."

As a student of physiotherapy I don't have much time, so I am greatful when I find a book like this that gives me so much information in so little time. It was fun to read and is also a very good refrence guide.

As a feminist, I am most definitely not a fan of Marabel Morgan (to put it VERY mildly). Nevertheless, I must concede that that gal can REALLY cook. I got several of my most favorite recipes from this book. Although I can't remember them all off-hand, I know that the peach pie was one of them -- and, IMHO, that one, alone, was well worth the cost of the hardcover book.

I also remember a humorous passage about substituting leaves from a backyard tree for grape leaves in a Greek recipe -- and eating peanut butter that night .

HIGHLY recommended for the recipes, albeit not the politics. (Ms. Morgan is committed to monogamous marriages, as am I. However, although a Christian who puts Jesus at the head of my home, I, myself, just can't condone expecting women to put themselves aside and always put their husbands first. Nevertheless, if you can skim over those passages, you'll find some mighty fine eating -- and, actually, there are a large number of helpful hints for a happy marriage as well. I just wasn't thrilled to find them in a cookbook, and couldn't stomach the "Hubby is first; I am a lowly second" attitude. But the recipes were worth it -- delectable and easy to prepard.

Based on twelve years of research involving 20,000 American subjects, Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their Elders by Carol M. Morgan and Doran J. Levy, is an informative and practical guide to reaching out to the 40 and older demographic, using psychographics and other marketing techniques. Individual chapters offer advice on adjusting a marketing strategy toward specific "segments" of the boomer population, characterized by specific personality traits, including optimistic vs. disillusioned, proactive, or "faithful patient" segments of the health-care market. Marketing to the Mindset of Boomers and Their Elders is an unusually insightful and useful look into the mental workings of human demographics and highly recommended reading for anyone charged with marketing services or products to the older segments of the American consumer markets.

Despite the math phobia that afflicts so much of the population, it is limited in extent. All but the most committed hater of mathematics understands how valuable it is and respects those who can use math. This book is a catalog of questions submitted to a call-in show, which is certainly one of the most unusual ways to solicit mathematics problems. The world seems to be overpopulated with call-in shows, some of which get downright weird. To many people, discussing personal problems over the airwaves is the preferred way to deal with them. This is clearly a case of a call-in show that adds something to society rather than airing some of the ills that afflict it.
The problems presented in the book are fascinating, in that they start with simple ideas concerning how the world works. My two favorites are "Do Airplanes Get Lighter as Passengers Eat Lunch?" and "Can a Computer Have Free Will?" These are the type of problems that kindle the interest of lay people. Interesting, sometimes profound questions where the answers require a bit of deep thought. Some of the best brain teaser problems with simple solutions that you will ever find are in this collection. I have used a few of them as test problems to try the patience of my students.
It is gratifying to see such an endeavor succeed. Mathematics has so much to offer our society, but like artisans throughout history it is truly the society in general that supports the practitioners. Programs like this convince us all that, despite the occasional spouting of math phobia, our society does indeed respect mathematics as a pillar of human achievement.

The Chaseman really writes good math problems. I especially liked that the quizzes are on the right-hand side, and the answers are on the next page. Convenient, so I don't have to keep flipping to the back of the book, but still out of sight, so I'm not tempted to look at the answers. Good practice for anyone who is serious about improving their math score, and has already worked through Cracking the SAT-II Math.

my son (5yrs) just loves this book!

My 4 year old son adores the 'Matthew' series. These books are an absolute must for any kid, especially young boys.

All of these books feature a boy who goes to sleep only to be 'awakened' by a midnight visitor of whatever kind the book is about. They go off and have great adventures together, then every morning at about six he goes into his mother's room and wakes her up to tell her about it.

Great sense of humour, and beautifully illustrated. Anyone who likes Munsch will love these books too.

These brief devotionals are an excellent source of encouragement and refreshment for busy moms. Guilt over not being the "perfect" mom is replaced by affirmation, weariness by renewed strength, and chaos by peace when just a few moments are spent being reminded that God loves and guides "those who are with young."

Alice Walker called this book "a a rare and precious tale," and was she ever right! Full of glory, delight, and wonder, for children and adults both. A new classic, a joy.