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Barclays #2
Once an Outlaw
DID HE STEAL HER HEART—OR DID SHE GIVE IT AWAY?
A newcomer to Forlorn Valley, Emily Spoon vows never to lose her family or her land again. Here is the future. Uncle Jake and the boys can go straight. She can set up her own dressmaking business. But her dreams of a fresh start turn to dust when a stranger accosts her, demanding to know the whereabouts of the Spoon gang. Heaven help her, Emily never saw a man so handsome. Only later does she learn his Clint Barclay, the sheriff who destroyed her family—and now threatens her resolute heart. . . .
Clint Barclay rides off, unable to forget the rifle-toting, icy-tongued beauty from a family of outlaws. Emily Spoon swears they’ve gone straight, but Clint knows better—he’s jailed the Spoons before and knows he’ll do it again. . . . Then one stunning, burning kiss at a dance changes everything. Suddenly Clint realizes that he’s found the only woman he’s ever really wanted—but he can’t have her . . . not unless he is willing to sleep with the enemy for the rest of his life. . . .
A newcomer to Forlorn Valley, Emily Spoon vows never to lose her family or her land again. Here is the future. Uncle Jake and the boys can go straight. She can set up her own dressmaking business. But her dreams of a fresh start turn to dust when a stranger accosts her, demanding to know the whereabouts of the Spoon gang. Heaven help her, Emily never saw a man so handsome. Only later does she learn his Clint Barclay, the sheriff who destroyed her family—and now threatens her resolute heart. . . .
Clint Barclay rides off, unable to forget the rifle-toting, icy-tongued beauty from a family of outlaws. Emily Spoon swears they’ve gone straight, but Clint knows better—he’s jailed the Spoons before and knows he’ll do it again. . . . Then one stunning, burning kiss at a dance changes everything. Suddenly Clint realizes that he’s found the only woman he’s ever really wanted—but he can’t have her . . . not unless he is willing to sleep with the enemy for the rest of his life. . . .
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Jill Gregory
63 books201 followersNew York Times and USA Today best-selling author Jill Gregory is the award-winning author of more than thirty novels. Jill has been awarded the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence and her novels NEVER LOVE A COWBOY and COLD NIGHT, WARM STRANGER were honored with back-to-back Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice awards for Best Western Historical Romance.
Jill Gregory's novels have been translated and published in Japan, Russia, Norway, France, Taiwan, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. Jill grew up in Chicago and received her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Illinois. She currently resides in Michigan with her husband.
Jill Gregory's novels have been translated and published in Japan, Russia, Norway, France, Taiwan, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. Jill grew up in Chicago and received her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Illinois. She currently resides in Michigan with her husband.
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May 13, 2013
Cute story of Emily Spoon and Sheriff Clint Barclay. She is part of the notorious Spoon family, former outlaws. It was a pretty good book, not great, something about the writing bothered me towards the end.
This is a sequel to Rough Wrangler, Tender Kisses, which I did not know, since it is not identified as part of a series on Goodreads.
I don't think the third book exists, but the book introduced the younger brother Nick, in the end.
This is a sequel to Rough Wrangler, Tender Kisses, which I did not know, since it is not identified as part of a series on Goodreads.
I don't think the third book exists, but the book introduced the younger brother Nick, in the end.
September 13, 2014
I truly enjoyed this book. I loved the setting of the old west. Clint sounded incredibly good looking and I enjoyed watching as he realized his true feelings for Emily and vice versa. They both fought their true feelings for each other for so long that I am glad someone interfered to give them the push that they needed.
January 25, 2018
I found this book to be a fast and enjoyable read. Jill has a way of getting the reader interested in the people from the start. I enjoyed how different the hero was to the heroine in thought, but opposites do attract, they say. This book left me wishing there was a story for Nick, the hero's brother. I want another book to continue.
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