Emmaline Caruthers receives notice that her estranged father and his wife have been killed in a freak accident and what does she want to do with her little sister? When she arrives in Arizona (to collect her sister and take her back East), she gets another surprise.
Her father wrote a will wanting Emmaline to stay in Arizona and make a home with her sister and his wifes son, Matthew Gerrity, who is the foreman of the Caruthers Ranch. In other words, her estranged father wants Emmaline to marry her stepbrother!
Emmaline and Matthew have never met before and seem to be too much alike; both are stubborn and used to getting their way. I have to say that this is one of the strangest premises for a novel. However, after this low-point, the story improves considerably.
When Matthew abandons bachelorhood, someone is very upset; strange things start to happen to Emmaline. Thus, a mystery is added to this plotline.
The reader cares about these two characters, as flawed as they are. It is interesting to see these two try to find a way to adapt and accommodate each other without giving up their own free spirit.
I had a hard time getting past the bizarre plot. The characters were interesting and the author seemed to capture the small-town atmosphere. 3 stars
Her father wrote a will wanting Emmaline to stay in Arizona and make a home with her sister and his wifes son, Matthew Gerrity, who is the foreman of the Caruthers Ranch. In other words, her estranged father wants Emmaline to marry her stepbrother!
Emmaline and Matthew have never met before and seem to be too much alike; both are stubborn and used to getting their way. I have to say that this is one of the strangest premises for a novel. However, after this low-point, the story improves considerably.
When Matthew abandons bachelorhood, someone is very upset; strange things start to happen to Emmaline. Thus, a mystery is added to this plotline.
The reader cares about these two characters, as flawed as they are. It is interesting to see these two try to find a way to adapt and accommodate each other without giving up their own free spirit.
I had a hard time getting past the bizarre plot. The characters were interesting and the author seemed to capture the small-town atmosphere. 3 stars
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Her citified ways went next, along with her plans for a quiet, dignifried life. Instead, she found herself bound to a hotheaded cowboy in a most inconvenient marriage! Ranch foreman Matthew Gerrity was used to having things go his way. So why was he having so much trouble getting his Eastern beauty of a wife to accept that he was the one in charge?
Emmaline Carruthers shed more than her clothes under the brutal western sun...
Her "citified ways went next, along with her plans for a quiet, dignified life. Instead, she found herself bound to a hotheaded cowboy in a most inconvenient marriage!
Ranch foreman Matthew Gerrity was used to having things go his way. So why was he having so much trouble getting his Eastern beauty of a wife to accept that he was the one in charge?
Her "citified ways went next, along with her plans for a quiet, dignified life. Instead, she found herself bound to a hotheaded cowboy in a most inconvenient marriage!
Ranch foreman Matthew Gerrity was used to having things go his way. So why was he having so much trouble getting his Eastern beauty of a wife to accept that he was the one in charge?
