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Range Queen
Joanna O'Keefe never wanted an empire, but when her husband is murdered in the midst of pursuing his dream, nothing will stop her from carrying it out-even if it means she has to drive 1000 head of cattle across the Mojave Desert in partnership with a blue-eyed Scot.
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First published March 4, 2011
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March 15, 2011
Imagine selling your family farm to move west and join your husband on the new ranch he’s homesteading with a partner only to find he’s dead when you get there…
This story is set in early western days in ranch country near the Mexican border. Ms. Coleman does a nice job of expressing the turmoil between Indians, Mexicans, white man, nature, and the land. Building a ranch on a desert is a hard backbreaking job and there is danger everywhere.
Her two main characters are strong, stubborn individuals with their own goals and beliefs. He’s Scottish, she’s the bereaved wife. It doesn’t take long before you are sympathizing with both of them. Life is tough, they are being proper, and the lady has brains. Before long, she has the men on the ranch going on a cattle drive – and she insists on going along! Back in that day, such a thing was unheard of. But she owned part of the ranch, so she had a say. And she got ranch staff support, too.
Cattle drives were a common way to get cattle to market without paying for train transportation. Magdalena, New Mexico was the railroad hub for a long time in New Mexico. Ms. Coleman has researched it well enough to write an authentic account of how it worked and the troubles encountered on the drive. With such realism, it makes you feel like you are personally there with them.
The author also does a good job of showing how all the personalities interact. As usual in a large group there are the good and the bad. Out on the range, someone with evil intent can be even more dangerous.
This story flows well, keeps your interest and the budding romance between Joanna and Angus makes it even more interesting.
I really enjoyed this read and will be looking for more books by this author. Good historical romance is a fun read, and this was good historical romance.
Originally posted at http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.c...
This story is set in early western days in ranch country near the Mexican border. Ms. Coleman does a nice job of expressing the turmoil between Indians, Mexicans, white man, nature, and the land. Building a ranch on a desert is a hard backbreaking job and there is danger everywhere.
Her two main characters are strong, stubborn individuals with their own goals and beliefs. He’s Scottish, she’s the bereaved wife. It doesn’t take long before you are sympathizing with both of them. Life is tough, they are being proper, and the lady has brains. Before long, she has the men on the ranch going on a cattle drive – and she insists on going along! Back in that day, such a thing was unheard of. But she owned part of the ranch, so she had a say. And she got ranch staff support, too.
Cattle drives were a common way to get cattle to market without paying for train transportation. Magdalena, New Mexico was the railroad hub for a long time in New Mexico. Ms. Coleman has researched it well enough to write an authentic account of how it worked and the troubles encountered on the drive. With such realism, it makes you feel like you are personally there with them.
The author also does a good job of showing how all the personalities interact. As usual in a large group there are the good and the bad. Out on the range, someone with evil intent can be even more dangerous.
This story flows well, keeps your interest and the budding romance between Joanna and Angus makes it even more interesting.
I really enjoyed this read and will be looking for more books by this author. Good historical romance is a fun read, and this was good historical romance.
Originally posted at http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.c...
Displaying 1 of 1 review