Janet Dailey

 

Bed of Grass

Author: Janet Dailey

Series Connection: Americana Series

ASIN: B0011N2P2G

ISBN: 0-7592-0093-9

Genre: Romance

Publisher: Harlequin

 

While redecorating my house last week I was cleaning a dusty bookshelf when I came across an old series that I once spent months trying to find all the copies. Way back in 1976 Janet Dailey was first starting her career and had the chance to sell Harlequin a series that encompassed all 50 states. She wrote a book that themed around each of the states.

 

While in some of the books Janet Dailey went into descriptive detail about some feature in the state, in Bed of Grass it was a little more difficult. She describe the horse farms Maryland is famous for rather than an attraction or national landmark.

 

Those who have only been reading modern romance will probably be a little taken back when they read romances from the late 70's. The style is much different as it features the more rigid values of the the time period. Although I will say the story line in Bed of Grass is much the same as in some current day Harlequin romance books.

 

In Bed of Grass, Valerie is a young girl when she meets and falls in love with Judd. She gives him her virginity, but it winds up that he only sees her as just a woman who is willing to go to bed with him. When Valerie realizes she isn't going to mean anything more to him then a good time in bed, she leaves him. Later she finds out she's pregnant. When her grandfather, whom she lives with, finds out he kicks her out of the house.

 

Valerie has too much pride then to go to Judd and tell him, so she takes off and makes a life with her baby elsewhere. When her grandfather dies, she goes back to Maryland to pay her respects only to see Judd again.

 

This book was re-released several times over the years and it isn't too hard to find a copy of the book. It isn't a bad read for someone who like the Harlequin style and a happy ending.

 

Description:

Her wild youth was a thing of the past

 

Valerie Wentworth had paid dearly for the mistakes she'd made as a passionate girl. Turned out of her grandfather's house, she had raised Tadd, her son, all alone.

 

Now, after seven years, she had returned home for her grandfather's funeral--even though it meant confronting Judd Prescott again. Judd. . . who didn't know he was Tadd's father.

 

The man was more compellingly attractive than ever--but if Valerie had learned one thing it was to stay away from Judd Prescott. If only Judd would stay away from her!

 

Calder Promise

ISBN: 0-7582-0780-8

Publisher: Kensington

 

5 Stars

 

Description:

All Laura Calder Wants Is EverythingÉ

 

Young and beautiful, Laura Calder isn't content to live on a Montana ranch. Touring Europe with her "Aunt" Tara brings her into contact with the sophisticated world she's cravedÉand with the two men—and ultimate rivals—who will lay claim to her heart. Boone Rutledge is the son of a Texas billionaire and used to getting what he wants. He wants Laura. . .and so does Sebastian Dunshill, Earl of Crawford, a handsome, sexy

 

Londoner with a few secrets he can't share.

Caught up in a whirlwind courtship with both men that will take her from the nightclubs of Rome to the manor houses of England, across the dusty flatlands of Texas and finally home to the Triple C Ranch, Laura is determined to make her choice on her own terms. But Calder pride will lead Laura into a danger for which her sheltered background has never prepared her. . .and to a man who is a threat to the family she loves more than she knows. . .