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David promises her refuge, safety, and  even friendship, but he makes it clear that love  will not enter into the bargain. Theirs is a  marriage of  convenience only....A "convenience"  that becomes less than convenient when Leslie  begins to fall in love. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***</div> <div> Modean does it again. What can I say? She writes an engaging, engrossing romance with sensitivity and style. If you haven't tried her books yet, this would be a good place to start. But a word of warning:  you'll want to go back and pick up all the others, afterward. (Bet you can't read just one!)</div> <div>      -Melisa Michaels, Executive Editor, Embiid Books</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ******</div> <div> A few links of relevance to the location and the story:</div> <bR> <div> When Leslie first came to this part of the country, it was all an alien landscape to her: the scenery, the people, the attitudes. For those of you who have explored the links to the Pitchlyn County books, this will seem familiar terrain, but for those of you who haven't, you may be surprised at what landscape Oklahoma really has:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.poteau.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.poteau.org/"><U>A look at the prototype</U></A> - (Well, yes, it's a real estate/chamber of commerce type site, but just look at the scenery!)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.heavener.k12.ok.us/community/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.heavener.k12.ok.us/community/"><U>Still more!</U></A> This is a site maintained by the Heavener Schools. They've been an active presence on the web since before the county seat, to the north, even got internet access. The photographs of the scenery are courtesy of (and copyrighted by) one of the local bankers. The historical photographs on the museum page were gathered in the preparation of a memorial book the town of Heavener published a few years ago.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.casc.cc.ok.us/community/about_poteau.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.casc.cc.ok.us/community/about"><U>And more yet!</U></A> These from a page within Carl Albert State College's community pages for the county-seat town of Poteau, a French name meaning post, or outpost, but which some of the young people translate as "Sticks."</div> <bR> <div> Leslie placed her ads in magazines like</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.westernhorseman.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.westernhorseman.com/"><U>The Western Horseman</U></A>  and</div> <div> <A HREF="http://progressivefarmer.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://progressivefarmer.com/"><U>The Progressive Farmer</U></A> .</div> <div> It seems only fair to provide links to their web sites.</div> <bR> <div> Leslie came to this isolated area from Paterson, New Jersey. Contrast the activity of <A HREF="http://www.patersonnj.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.patersonnj.com/"><U>Paterson</U></A> in the busy industrial north with that of <A HREF="http://www.odoc.state.ok.us/oknet/commprof.nsf/a7b7c2a75c7c0820862563220067d287/c6534afcc8e011b886255f95004fcf3c?OpenDocument" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.odoc.state.ok.us/oknet/commpr"><U>Heavener, OK</U></A>, a very real town that resembles some of the fictional sites I use. Or better still, explore the site of the <A HREF="http://www.heavener.k12.ok.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.heavener.k12.ok.us/"><U>Heavener Schools</U></A>, which hosts much more than the photography section featured in a link above.</div> <bR> <div> Oh my gosh! I just found a web page for <A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~bigcedar/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.earthlink.net/~bigcedar/"><U>Big Cedar, Oklahoma.</U></A> This is in the Ouachita Mountains, in a site very much like that surrounding David's ranch. Its moment of fame came when President John F. Kennedy visited to open the Talimena Trail scenic highway. It very well could have been the "For the Birds Cafe" where David insisted certain folks meet them for coffee.</div> <bR> <div> Reference to the Talimena Trail calls up memories of the <A HREF="http://www.shopoklahoma.com/Talimena.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shopoklahoma.com/Talimena.htm"><U>Talimena State Park</U></A> (along the trail) and <A HREF="http://www.yournet.com/queen.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.yournet.com/queen.html"><U>Wilhelmena State Park</U></A> (at the eastern end of the Trail).</div> <bR> <div> And of course, any reference to President Kennedy leads me to Senator Robert S. Kerr, a moving force in this part of the world (and in the entire United States) for many years. His <A HREF="http://www.galen-frysinger.org/elderhostel_at_kerr_mansion.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.galen-frysinger.org/elderhost"><U>house</U></A> is now a Bed and Breakfast Inn and Conference Center owned by the State Regents for Higher Education (a gift from the Kerr family, not a purchase) and a training ground for the Hotel and Restaurant Management program from nearby Carl Albert State College.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> FROM MY BACKLIST:</div> <div> <I>IN NAME ONLY  </I></div> <div> ISBN 0-425-10048-0 </div> <div> 1987 - Berkley Second Chance w/a Mary Modean  </div> <bR> <div> Rave Reviews  </div> <div> Waldenbooks List of Best Sellers </div> <div> Affaire de Coeur Rated 5 </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="In Name Only"><U><IMG SRC="0cf281b0.gif" border=0 width="40" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/innameonly.htm?000000" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>