High Meadow

By Joan Wolf

Book Overview

Joan Wolf's contemporary romance HIGH MEADOW offers Daniel Montero, a heartthrob with good looks, old-world charm, and a winning record as a baseball pitcher. He has everything a single guy could ever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446610437
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Forever
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.9" x 4.7"

Customer Reviews

Touches heart!

Ms. Wolf's story is not a formula romance novel with long"underline worthy" passages of stabbing sex. This is a hearttouching story of two people who just never seem to hit iteasy, hitting it right when random moments bring them together. And then a new situation brings them a better shot...Our office moochers, my family and myself enjoyed it sufficient to purchase a replacement copy when the first vanished along the way.

Good, but not her best

This is the 2nd contemporary romance Joan Wolf has written. I liked it, but I don't think it was as well written or cohesive as her Regency romances. The plot wasn't as engaging and the characters weren't as detailed as her characters usually are. Perhaps Wolf's greatest strength is her simple language that allows her to tell the reader many things without seeming to get bogged down in detail. This allows her to bring to life her characters. I just don't think she was as successful with these characters as she has been in the past. Daniel and Kate seemed to be other characters she had done before rather than new and individual. With any one else, I would call this a very good book, but I expect the extraordinary from Joan Wolf because she usually delivers. The plot revolves around Daniel, a pro baseball player, realizing he has a son who is being raised by an aunt, Kate. As Daniel attempts to become a part of his son's life, he also discovers he wants to become a part of Kate's life as well. This is a nice sweet story about love and hope that Wolf fans will like. But for a book you can love, check out her backlist!

delightful contemporary romance

In Glendale, Connecticut, when her sister Colleen died, Kate Foley became the mother to her nephew Ben. Having no idea whom was Ben's father, Kate and her mother tell the lad that his dad died too. At the same time, Kate works hard to turn around the family horse farm.A former boy friend of Colleen, Marty Lockwood visits the Foley residence when he recognizes Ben as the son of NY Yankee pitching great Daniel Montero. Marty tries to blackmail Daniel, who tells the odious man to get lost or face jail time because he plans to recognize his son if the lad proves to be his. Two years ago, Daniel suffered from the mumps leaving him unable to sire children so he feels Ben is a miracle. Daniel visits Ben and Kate, but though she is hostile towards his arrival, he falls in love with her. He wonders how he will persuade her that they belong together raising Ben as a family.Fans of contemporary romance will enjoy Joan Wolf's delightful tale. Colleen and Daniel are superb lead characters who work hard to do the right thing for loved ones. Some readers will relish their efforts while others will feel they are too perfect. However, it is in their nurturing lies the dilemma as both want to be full time in Ben's life yet not hurt the lad. Ms. Wolf provides a charmer for her myriad of fans.Harriet Klausner

sweet but uninspired romance

This is a sweet story about a single mom (Kate, actually she's an aunt) whose responsibilities have left her insulated and unattached and her son (Ben) who yearns for a father. The father arrives in the form of star pitcher for the World Champion NY Yankees. Daniel Montero is gorgeous, thoughtful and enamored of both mother and son. Kate is afraid of Daniel's intentions and of her attraction to this rich and famous ballplayer who may just be too good to be true. The story is too predictable to be great, but is a quick and satisfying read.

All about Love, Faith and Personal Triumph

This is only Joan Wolf's second book in the Contemporary Romance genre and she is definately getting the hang of it. Story.... Beautiful woman raising her sister's orphaned son. Son's previously unknown Father discovers that he has a son and turn's up out of the blue demanding to be part of childs life. Father is famous baseball player. Beautiful woman hardworking, proud and resentful of sharing child. Will these two people find a way to come together that will give this child the family he desperately wants? Throw in a Grandmother who discovers she has major health problems to complicate things.Ms. Wolf has taken a rather basic romance genre story premise and come up with an intelligent, well written, story about love, faith and personal triumph. While the romance is a subtle, sweet and passionate, the sex scenes are not written as a "how to" manual or a lesson in Anatomy 101 and I appreciate that. But it is not the "average" romance in that every thing is always bright and cheery. Hard-hitting issues such as grief, loss and life-threatening illness are addressed realistically.I give this book only a B. Joan Wolf has written a couple of books in the past that have knocked my socks off. My standards for her books are higher than for average romance authors. Otherwise I would have given it an A.