Forces of Nature

The book started out well with the Crystal fighting to save her farm; but the love story between Crystal and Douglas was dull. I was going to return this book to library without finishing it but decided to push through because I do not like starting things but not finishing them. Recipe for Desire i......more

I listened to the audiobook version of this novel. Shari Peele does a good job b presenting a complicated family saga sort of story. I read this for a book club meeting, chosen from a list, and it didn’t really fit the criteria for the meeting. I listened to the all of it anyway. It was a little dat......more

I liked the storyline and the characters! However, the author didn’t focus much on the Starlight House or the farm rather than writing numerous sex scenes between the two main characters. Her sex scene descriptions didn’t come across as realistic to me.......more

Forces of Nature is the tale of two families each trying to defend their legacy for different reasons. We have Crystal Hughes who has been handed the Hughes Farm. She will fight with everything in her to maintain the farm from outside developers. Then we have the sexy, powerful Douglas Wellington, I......more

This took it back to the old school when romances were sweet, the heroines were clumsy but endearing, the heroes were sure-footed and classically handsome, the villains were just...misunderstandings. Overall, an ok read. I gave this writer two tries (this one and Recipe for Desire). Her books are pl......more