THE ENCHANTED LAND is a strong and powerful love story with a bit of history of how people traveled out to the West in the Gold Rush days. Living out west is very harsh, but the temptation of gold is too strong.

Morgan Wakefeild's is in a bind, her rich father who recently passed away has left everything to her. There is however, one condition. She must marry a man and live in New Mexico for one year, but Morgan has problems with that for she's lived most of her life with her mother in a home with no contact to the outside world. When her mom passes away, Morgan goes to live with her Uncle who is a very greedy man and when he hears about the will, he tries to prevent Morgan from marrying any man. He hides her beauty by making her wear baggy, dull clothes and keeps her hidden from society.

Morgan is allowed to attend a ball, held shortly before she is to leave for Europe. Her uncle has planned the trip as a way of preventing her from marrying. Morgan decides that she must ask a man to marry her, while at the ball she over hears that Seth Coulter owns a ranch in New Mexico. She approaches Seth and offers him twenty five thousand dollars to marry her. Seth finds this amusing, but he is also attracted to this girl of mystery. He decides to accept her offer and the two journey on to New Mexico.

Seth and Morgan fall in love with each other on their way to New Mexico, but fate deals them a deck of evil doings. They must fight for their love. Lies, jealousy, and fate makes them turn against each other. What will be their destiny in this harsh land, but enchanted land? If you love stories of the old west, THE ENCHANTED LAND is a must read. Even if you don't, it's a hot read!

Morgan is a lovely heroine. I loved the fact that she is beautiful, but it's not rubbed into readers' face. It's more of a decision that the reader has to make for themself. Seth is the guy that you want to knock out, he's actually frustrating at times, but that makes the read all that more interesting as the story travels on.

New Mexico is such an interesting setting, and Jude Deveraux makes it come alive for readers. I could feel the heat, and I was caught up in the world she wrote for us. Morgan and Seth do separate for some time due to Seth's wild imagination and distrust of Morgan, but there's another good looking man waiting in the wings for Morgan. Does she go back to Seth or start anew with another man? You must read THE ENCHANTED LAND to find out for yourself.

Jude Deveraux is one of my fav authors of Historical Romance. THE ENCHANTED LAND just like all of her books kept my attention and I am moved by her writing skills.