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She had so much spunk. Chloe was a great heroine. Great read. I really enjoyed this book. Jeb was my favorite brother from the beginning.
I enjoy Linda Lael Miller's writting. I had all the other books in this series except this one and knew all I had to do was go to Amazon.com and within one week I had the book. The book was great reading.
I have been waiting weeks for this - can't review what you can't read, can you now.
First, if I remember correctly, in Shotgun Bride, Emmeline had a miscarriage somewhere in the story, and it was devastating to both her and Rafe. And why was it that her and Jeb's divorce was going to take a year, but she divorced Jack much more quickly.All in all, however, it was a really good read and I stayed up half the night to finish it. I just love Linda Lael Miller. Who couldn't fall in love with Jeb and his carefree, reckless, wild ways. I can't imagine anyone being that brave, particularly when she knew how dangerous he was. Chloe was a perfect compliment to him and I loved the relationship between all the brothers, including Holt. It gives you such a great insight into what these characters are really like.I did, however, have just a couple problems with the storyline.
And then slept. My second problem is that, while I know Miller likes to produce brave and strong heroines, but given that Jack knew where Chloe was, and that she was living alone in a little cottage at the edge of a barren little town, and knowing that he was after her, threatening her, frightening her, it just doesn't seem conceivable that she would have stayed there alone at night.
The book started out lively, and stayed that way until the end. I thought that was just a tad callous, given what happened to Rafe and Emmeline.
For the handful of books I've read of hers that I haven't cared for, there are ones like this that more than make up for it. But yet, in Secondhand Bride, Angus keeps harping on his boys to produce grandchildren, wondering why nobody has.
Being tired at work today was worth the read. He reminded me of Jesse in the McKettrick contemporary series, and if I go back and look, it wouldn't surprise me if he's a descendant of Jeb's.
Miller has such a way of writing that makes you feel as if you're living right back in those times too, and I love some of her phrases, such as when Jack wants to bait Lizzie with a doll, and Sue Ellen tells him that would be akin to teasing a wildcat with a stick.
The only thing I'd have asked for is just a little more heat between the sheets. This book also has a well developed setting like I've come to expect from the 1800s and I felt drawn into the AZ territory. Nice plot, great flow, and well developed characters. I've been used to reading much hotter romances as of late and wanted to throw something new into the to-read pile. The romance Jeb and Chloe enjoy isn't like what I've read recently where hormones are kicking the heroine's fanny and the hero reels her in with hot sex and promises of kink. This one met up to expectations since there's so much hype about Miller (and certainly earned hype at that). The characters are still likeable, showing great appeal from the beginning.
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