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Heart of the West/Bachelor Auction #2
Courting Callie
The lost springs ranch for troubled boys is at stake
256 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1999
About the author
Lynn Erickson
65 books30 followersAbout Lynn Erickson
Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. on January 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned from bumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old West saloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several years later that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination of their husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70s and started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, but what the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent and made a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."
They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early books were historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then they turned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our books in Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually stranger than fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We love to drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. The scenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hiking and fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - the world-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintings and sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and pottery and Navajo rugs."
Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. on January 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned from bumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old West saloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several years later that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination of their husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70s and started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, but what the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent and made a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."
They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early books were historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then they turned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our books in Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually stranger than fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We love to drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. The scenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hiking and fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - the world-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintings and sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and pottery and Navajo rugs."
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October 24, 2016
First, THANK GOD they updated the book cover. Damn, that original is really bad. Callie is awesome. Mase is kinda of an ahole. The things is, there really isn't any development between Callie and Mase. He is an Ahole throughout the book and then they end up together.
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April 8, 2020I wasn't engaged by the writing style or the plot with this one. It was a DNF for me.
May 14, 2021
Interesting premise! A cop, a single lady and his child...
March 8, 2014
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
Bachelor #2
Name: Mase LeBow, 34
Occupation: Homicide detective, Denver
Biggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescence
Widower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses…and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.
July 10, 2014
Points for writing about equine therapy.
Focused ranch owner bids on bad-boy grown up at bachelor auction.
He decides her ranch is place to hide son while he testifies in mob trial.
Ranches and trial story more believable than romance between H/H.
Focused ranch owner bids on bad-boy grown up at bachelor auction.
He decides her ranch is place to hide son while he testifies in mob trial.
Ranches and trial story more believable than romance between H/H.
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December 27, 2014Miniseries: Heart of the West
Category: Contemporary Romance
Category: Contemporary Romance
February 10, 2013
More like a 3.5 based on type, not bad but the lead had a tendency to fantasize, got a little old.
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