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Interview with Kate Pearce (Three Cowboys series)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Three Cowboy series by Kate Pearce are westerns with three heroes who are former Marines that have PTSD and are now cowboys, working on the ranch. The characters are enthralling and likeable with plots that are riveting and engrossing. Three Cowboys and a Baby is inspired by the 1980’s classic hit, Three Men and a Baby. The book has an old military buddy turning up at the ranch with his child and asking …

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Interview with Amy Vastine (His Texas Runaway Bride)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper His Texas Runaway Bride by Amy Vastine is the last in the Stop the Wedding series. It seems the author saved the best for last. This story opens with the heroine, Willow Sanderson, about to walk down the alter when she realizes she does not want to be a Dallas trophy wife. She leaves and flees to the small town of Maple Grove Texas where she lucks out and finds a job as the …

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Elise’s Review – Reluctant Bride by Beth White

Book Review by Elise Cooper Reluctant Belle by Beth White has a love triangle, assassinations, and the upheaval that occurred during the Reconstruction Era in the US. Readers are transported to the time period. Through the character’s banter and dialogue White is able to lighten the somber and disturbing events. Showing the injustice, the story delves into how freed slaves struggled to negotiate their new lives. Those that supported them in the white community had to face bitterness, resentment, and …

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The Scot’s Bride by Paula Quinn

Title: The Scot’s Bride Author: Paula Quinn Series: Highland Heirs #6 Great characters in a messy plot I would like to thank Paula Quinn, Forever/Hachette Book Group, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Charlie Cunningham has one goal: find a cure for her sister’s affliction and get the heck out of Pinwherry. She can barely stand to look upon her father and brothers since the day they murdered the boy she …

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Blackthorne’s Bride by Joan Johnston

Title: Blackthorne’s Bride Author: Joan Johnston Series: Mail-Order Brides/Bitter Creek Historical #4 Flawed upon closer inspection…only a fraction of a larger world I would like to thank Joan Johnston, Dell at Penguin Random House, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Josephine Wentworth despises the Duke of Blackthorne. He’d saved her life, nursed her back to health, and promised to return her to her family—then shut her up in one of his …

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His Make-Believe Bride by Martha Hix

Title: His Make-Believe Bride Author: Martha Hix Series: Texan Brides #1 Cute but shallow I would like to thank Martha Hix, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corporation for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Linnea Powell is looking to escape the scandal of her past and scavenge what she can of a good life. As she flees west, she makes the acquaintance of Ermentrude Flanders, who was headed west herself to marry Samson Kincaid, …

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The Untamed Bride by Stephanie Laurens

Title: The Untamed Bride Author: Stephanie Laurens Series: Black Cobra Quartet #1 Thoroughly confused by what Laurens was trying to do here First I’ll say that I’m not a regular Stephanie Laurens reader. While I’ve read a few, though I don’t remember which, she never caught my attention enough to find a spot on my keeper shelves. But my library’s digital selection is limited, and this happened to be available. It was not a wise choice. I was both intrigued …

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