Title: Harbinger of the Rose
Author: Bonita Clifton
Date: 2023
Publisher: Cozy Corner
Quote: "You plan on dressing up and scaring...the kids this year?"
The character to whom this question is addressed is one of those people who grow up not fitting the names they were given as children. He's called Colt, but he's a big man who needs only the fur suit to play "Smokey the Bear." But no, at the Halloween party where two of his friends fall in love, he doesn't need to dress up. Campfire stories are told, and then the happy campers slip into a time-travel adventure--or was it only a dream? Did they all dream about the same thing?--in which a folk hero scolds someone for telling his story wrong and an historical escaped convict threatens the single woman, whom the single man can conveniently rescue.
It's a fantasy, part of an interlinked series of fantasies about the same characters. I didn't get into it. Some people probably do. The romance is tasteful, with some kissing. The book is short, a possible choice for those who need to read something in time to write a last-minute book report.
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