HAWK'S PURSUIT

Author: Constance O'Banyon ISBN: 0843956364 10/2006 HISTORICAL Publisher: DORCHESTER
Time Period: Texas 1865

Theirs was a tale of tragedy and Triumph Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred had divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving all their lives together in a web of lies that only time could untangle. J. L. Rebel Jena Leigh Hawk has gone by that pseudonym ever since she took up newspaper work. To her, writing the truth was more important than anything else, and she hid her femininity behind a man’s name, her beauty behind spectacles and drab clothing. But when she went to Galveston, Texas, to uncover a very personal truth, the origins of her family, her businesslike façade began to crack. Colonel Clay Madison seemed to see right through to her heart, to the yearning, vulnerable woman she was inside. And in his arms, Jena Leigh discovered the pure joy of being female.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

As the third installment featuring the Hawk orphans, HAWK'S PURSUIT is just okay. But, I am glad to give it that rating because the last one I read had one of the most annoying heroines—and that wasn't okay.

To put it in a nutshell, this story is about bringing the heroine, Jena Leigh, into Galveston to find any information regarding the whereabouts of her brothers. She finds love from an unlikely source, as well as intrigue and mayhem upon instantly setting foot in town. The enemy she encounters proves to be the basis for most of the story, which makes this plot mediocre because it's just so easy to figure out. I don't know if that is intentional on the author's part or not, but it made it a bit on the dull side for me.

This Hawk series has been slightly disappointing, but at least they get better as they go along.

Shannon Johnson