cover image A Willing Spirit

A Willing Spirit

Deb Stover. Pinnacle Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7860-0334-1

Newly divorced Winnie Sinclair finds herself in a rather sensitive situation when she agrees to decorate a houseboat that belongs to Paul Weathers, the gorgeous but unscrupulous lawyer whom her ex-husband had hired to minimize her property settlement. When the handsome attorney arrives unexpectedly at the houseboat in the middle of a freak storm, the sparks fly. The next morning, however, both are mysteriously pitched overboard and when they resurface they find themselves in Oklahoma Indian territory--100 years earlier. Stover is clever and delivers an original if somewhat contorted plot designed to fascinate her fans, and, for the most part, she succeeds. Although the time-travel gambit shows a lack of imagination, Stover makes up for it with thoughtful, quick-witted dialogue between the strong-willed Paul and an equally bull-headed rival for Winnie's affection--his great-great-grandfather, Sam. (Oct.)