The Traveling Kind

Janet Dailey

Apr 2014 · The Americana Series Book 12 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Love shines bright in this sweet Western romance set in Idaho—another classic entry in the New York Times–bestselling author’s Americana series.
 
Girls may be made of sugar, spice, and everything nice, but Charley Collins was brought up to be a slightly different kind of lady. Working on her family’s cattle ranch, she’s used to taking care of herself. But when her brother is laid up with a broken leg, she finds she needs a little bit of help to get by. She just doesn’t expect that help to be in the form of a mysterious stranger who’s appealing in more ways than one.
 
Shad Russell never puts down roots. Roaming from place to place, taking work where he can get it, he’s the kind of man who prefers to be on his own and as unconnected as possible. He knows getting close to Charley can only mean trouble for them both. But that doesn’t mean he can control his attraction to her—or keep them both from losing their hearts somewhere down the road.
 

Ratings and reviews

I am reviewing the cover art for Janet Dailey's "The Traveling Kind." I assume the main male character in the book is not a person of color. I believe what the model on the cover of the book is attempting to pull off (with the most extreme fake tan I've ever seen) is supposed to be a rugged, outdoorsy look, but fails and falls more in the territory of "cultural appropriation." Next time, advise the "traveling kind" to ask for better directions. I suppose bringing up one physical trait for criticism when this whole genre of fiction overflows with examples of fetish worship is nitpicky. But it is also glaringly obvious and, since it's racist, oh so timely. And even the fact that the character is not African American but just portrayed by a tanned model, who appears to have fallen asleep in a tanning bed for a month, does not negate the covert color bias being played into. Would be less problematic if an interracial theme was portrayed outright, but again subtle messaging in an attempt to appeal to prurient interests is just beyond poor taste. But I'm sure the accompanying story is lovely.

Thankyou for great books

About the author

Janet Dailey, who passed away in 2013, was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska, before meeting her husband, Bill. The two worked together in construction and land development until they “retired” to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Dailey to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was No Quarter Asked. She went on to write approximately ninety novels, twenty-one of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in nineteen different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Dailey, visit www.janetdailey.com.