Dreaming of a Western Christmas: His Christmas Belle / The Cowboy of Christmas Past / Snowbound with the Cowboy (Harlequin Historical, No 1251)
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Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
HIS CHRISTMAS BELLE (Lynna Banning) Brand Wyler does NOT want to go back to Oregon. He's recently had word that his sister has taken her life because of a man. He's not interested in taking a hot house plant to her betrothed in Oregon. Suzannah Cumberland isn't to pleased with her escort either. Brand is brusk, irritating and feels put upon by the colonel at the fort. He figures he can get Suzannah to cancel the trip if he makes it hard enough. To his surprise, Suzannah does not crater.
Over the weeks they are on the trail, the couple change from open dislike to grudging admiration to gentle affection. Brand starts telling Suzannah not to marry the man she is traveling to meet. At 119 pages, this is an interesting and well-fleshed out story. I think this story was the best of the bunch.
COWBOY OF CHRISTMAS PAST (Kelly Boyce) Just out of prison after 8 years, Levi just wants to see his old flame once before he goes on to Salvation Falls. Along the way, he gets too close to a bear that decides to attack Levi. It is freezing cold and Levi passes out near the steps of a small house.
Later, Levi learns that Ada married after Levi went to prison. Harlan Baxter has now died and Ada is alone with her son, Micah. This is a likable story. However, it's position after the excellent one by Lynna Banning took some of the shine off of this one.
SNOWBOUND WITH THE COWBOY (Carol Arens) This story is so wildly improbable that I hesitate to even take the time to explain it. If a man can be a 'Pollyanna' then Joe Landon is one. He decides that he wants to adopt 5 children, including one a few months old. Mary Blair just happens to be caring for the orphan children and has been worrying how to meet the Christmas wishes of the foundlings. You probably wouldn't believe the rest of the story, so I'll leave it.
It seemed a shame that the stories started great and got progressively worse. Maybe if these had been put in reverse order, they might have fared better. But Lynna Banning's story was so superior to the others, they didn't have a chance.
Over the weeks they are on the trail, the couple change from open dislike to grudging admiration to gentle affection. Brand starts telling Suzannah not to marry the man she is traveling to meet. At 119 pages, this is an interesting and well-fleshed out story. I think this story was the best of the bunch.
COWBOY OF CHRISTMAS PAST (Kelly Boyce) Just out of prison after 8 years, Levi just wants to see his old flame once before he goes on to Salvation Falls. Along the way, he gets too close to a bear that decides to attack Levi. It is freezing cold and Levi passes out near the steps of a small house.
Later, Levi learns that Ada married after Levi went to prison. Harlan Baxter has now died and Ada is alone with her son, Micah. This is a likable story. However, it's position after the excellent one by Lynna Banning took some of the shine off of this one.
SNOWBOUND WITH THE COWBOY (Carol Arens) This story is so wildly improbable that I hesitate to even take the time to explain it. If a man can be a 'Pollyanna' then Joe Landon is one. He decides that he wants to adopt 5 children, including one a few months old. Mary Blair just happens to be caring for the orphan children and has been worrying how to meet the Christmas wishes of the foundlings. You probably wouldn't believe the rest of the story, so I'll leave it.
It seemed a shame that the stories started great and got progressively worse. Maybe if these had been put in reverse order, they might have fared better. But Lynna Banning's story was so superior to the others, they didn't have a chance.
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