Another good one from one of my favorite authors. This book is set in a time period you don't read about often. It is a welcome change.

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In 1933 Katherine Tyler heads from her home in New York to work for her uncle as a nurse in a San Francisco hospital. However, her father's business partner William has his nephew Eddy Jacobs, boyfriend to Kate's sister Susan, abetted by two thugs (Hayden and Squirrelly) kidnap her in West Texas during a train stop. William plans to use her as a pawn to extort money and other valuables from her affluent dad John.

Kate's desperate father ignores the warnings of bringing in the law; he contacts the Texas Rangers. In turn craggy rancher Tate Castle searches for and rescues Kate. Tate is shocked by his attraction to the seemingly frail city girl; she reciprocates his deep feelings. As they flee together she proves stronger than she looks, but his handicapped daughter Emily rejects her father finding a new love; even if Katherine is willing to give up everything for a ranch life in Texas.

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I love all her books and this was no exception. It is a wonderfully romantic and suspenseful story. I hope that she comes back with more books on some of these characters.

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Very, Very good book. Keeps you guessing.

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Garlock has great stories. This one is just as good as the rest!

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With the city in the depths of the Depression, and marriage to the right blue-blood seemingly the only thing to which a rich young woman should aspire, Kate becomes a nurse and works hard and long in a clinic for the desperately poor.

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This is a great story set back in the "old days." A city girl from the East takes the train to California to a new job. She gets kidnapped, and a "cowboy" from the train enters into the story. Lots of action and a good story line. I couldn't figure out who was doing the kidnapping until almost the end of the story. Good characters that come to life as you read. Dorothy Garlock is a master writer at this type of story. If you haven't read any of her books, I highly recommend them if you like romances that take place in America.

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Very touching story. A read that will stay with you for awhile and you'll find yourself wishing it would last a little longer. No wasted time spent with these pages. Beautiful story.

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The story is set in 1933 and is about a young city woman who is kidnapped off a train in Texas. Her only hope lies with Tate Castle, a struggling rancher who tries to rescue Kate to repay a favor from a friend. With a young daughter to raise and a heartbreak in his own past, this ex-tracker isn't about to take any more risks than necessary. Kate, however, shows she has more grit than he expected. Pretty good book one of her better ones.

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This book is typical Garlock, and that's a good thing. The story takes place in 1933; and this period between the wars is rarely used as a backdrop for a story (in my experience). Kate Tyler makes a passing comment about all the folks who don't have jobs. I was surprised that the amount of print used to place Adolph Hitler and the Depression in this span of years was rather skimpy.

Wealthy New Yorker, Kate Tyler was abducted from a Texas train and held for ransom. Although warned not to go to the authorities, her father contacts a Texas Ranger and asks for help. The Ranger, in turn, goes to his friend Tate Castle. This rancher lives near the location where the young woman was abducted -- and is one of the best trackers in the area.

The language used was incredibly simplistic; usually the author is much more eloquent. There were some things that Garlock did very well in this novel. Before our time, nurses were much more subservient to the physician. The author shows that in the way Kate, a nurse, asks the doctor for directions. I'd forgotten that aspect of older times until I read this book.

The author may have used super-simple words in this book, but she sure can write action! The last 1/3 of the book was edge-of-your-seat suspenseful; I couldn't put it down.

I didn't think this tome was one of her best, but she certainly wrote realistic action scenes!
4 stars

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