King Arthur Movie Tristan

title: An Unlikely Place for Love

author: Ruth Ann Nordin
genre: Romantic Comedy

pages: 328

published: 2008




first line: Kate Tanner felt awkward dressed in men’s clothes, wearing the short haired black wig and black beard.

rated: 4 out of 5

When Kate Tanner witnesses the murder of her parents, the wealthy Virginia Sen. Murphy Tanner and his wife, Abigail, she knows she needs to disappear - and fast - until the killers are behind bars. So she dons what she thinks is a foolproof disguise - masculinity - calls herself Billy Ingram, and travels to the country to find work. It's her way of laying low until justice is served, but it isn't long before she's getting more than she bargained for. Now, on a North Dakota farm, this former city girl struggles to convince her employer, the handsome Chad Walker, she has what it takes to handle demanding farm chores. Meanwhile, the men who killed her parents are searching for her, a woman named Lacy Montgomery is infatuated with her, and Kate's fallen in love with Mr. Walker. Then she's seen without her disguise - and the excuses start to really make things interesting. Can Kate survive long enough for the charade to reach a happy ending? In the spirit of Shakespeare's As You Like It, Ruth Ann Nordin's An Unlikely Place for Love might just convince you the oddest circumstances make the perfect settings for Romance.

Kate Tanner saw her parents killed by two men. She is on the run now in fear of her own life. She comes from a wealthy home and her father was a politician. Kate disguises herself as a man and winds up on a country farm in North Dakota looking for work in order to blend in and hide out. She is hired by a man named Chad Walker. Chad was once an accountant, but fell in love with a country girl, moved to North Dakota and became a farmer. His wife was killed in an accident, so Chad was left to run the farm on his own with her family as hired help.



Turns out Chads late wife, Georgia, wasn't all that she pretended to be. She had many people fooled, but Chad knew her true nature. Georgia was cold hearted and cunning, and told many lies to get her way. She even tainted Chad's reputation.
Georgia's brothers now work for Chad, though they barely do any real work and think Chad is a joke. The other guys that hang out with Chad's brothers don't respect the farmer either and believe all the lies Georgia told about him.




Kate wears her disguise and goes by the name Billy, but Chad does notice something is odd about 'Billy'.
Meanwhile the townsfolk all like Billy and there is one lady, Georgia's sister Lacy, in particular that has her eye on him! Kate becomes closer to Chad, and begins to fall in love with him. Problem is, he knows her as Billy. She wants to meet Chad as her true self, not disguised as Billy. Eventually the opportunity presents itself, Kate shows herself to Chad, pretending to be Billy's sister. Chad quickly becomes smitten with Kate. And to Kates dismay, a few of the other men from town are attracted to her too. These guys will stop at nothing to win Kate and even start a bet as to who will get her.

She was surprised that she had such a profound impact on him. She couldn't help but fall in love with him. He was the first man who seemed real to her. It was ironic that such a thing would happen in the midst of her own deception. She only hoped that when the time came for her to reveal the truth, he would understand.

This was a great, entertaining read. It takes off from the start and keeps going.
Ruth Nordin's style of writing draws you in. The storyline is funny, romantic and fast paced. The characters are well written and likeable.


I liked Chad, he's just a modest farmer who wants to keep to himself. I did want him to kick Georgias brothers off his farm though, and stand up for himself more.
I liked Kate right away, she finds herself in some funny predicaments while disguised as Billy and trying to ward off advances from other ladies. I liked the one part where Billy tries to scare off Lacy, by dancing wildly and even tossing her towards a dog at one point. I was laughing out loud at that scene. Another funny thing was how Kate kept trying to play dumb in an effort to make herself less appealing to some would be suitors. She tries to act as if she doesn't know a thing about where babies come from, telling these men that she thinks the stork delivers babies. They fall for her act and offer to bring her a book so she can read about the birds and the bees. Kate tells them she can barely read! lol.




If you're in the mood for a clever plot and a sweet romance, pick up a copy of An Unlikely Place for Love. You won't be dissapointed.


Special thanks to Ruth Ann Nordin for sending me a copy of her great book to read and review.



**Stay tuned** Ruth Ann Nordin is stopping by my blog for an author interview! I will be posting that soon.