This author has done it again! Such insight on complicated human behaviour & a good reminder to avoid the 'leeches' of society.

This novel has some very dark and disturbing themes as each character descends into the realm of despair and madness and then rises up ever so slightly to a place of survival. I thought is was well written and worth reading.

I really am glad that I stumbled upon this author. Very strange writing but intriguing just the same. I really enjoyed this story..... I read his other 2 and I felt the same way with them also. Thanks for the good read Mr. Goolrick!!

This wasn't what I thought it was going to be and definitely not something I would normally say that I would like, but I did like it. The twists and turns were surprising and I had a hard time putting it down. Good thing I was traveling with a long lay over so that I could finish this one quickly.

The plot twists in this book kept me reading; the characters did not. I couldn't find one to root for. This book is a grocery-store-shelf romance novel disguised as a historical novel. I also felt as if there were holes in the plot and inconsistencies throughout. Nor was there enough explanation about life in northern Wisconsin and what St. Louis was like in its heyday.

This book started out well, with a couple of twists that made it interesting. Unfortunately as the book progressed every character revealed unsavory characteristics that repelled the reader. The ending was not only unsatisfactory but unbelievable. Hopefully the next book by this talented author will stay on track.

Different, but I didn't align myself with any of the characters. Thought the plot and the idea was good, but the characters and their behaviour was very unrealistic; perhaps that's why I couldn't identify with any of them. Definitely lots of lust, but when that's all that the character's relationships are based on, the rest of the story seems rather empty.

I loved this story and felt the characters. He is a great story teller and it would make a great movie!

I really liked this book, there was just so much sex! Not the act, but the thoughts about it. I realize guys think about it "all the time", but I'm just not sure it was a book I could recommend to my mom!

A terrifically lyrical & sensual read, with a solid story premise... Ralph Truitt is a wealthy, repressed Wisconsin landowner in need of a wife. He places an advert, and the beautiful Catherine Land (a former lady of the night), responds. The first half of the novels seems much stronger than the second, with the richness of the language & the complex plot threads often making it perhaps more convoluted than necessary. Still, a rewarding read, and in places, quite a page turner.