Boone's Bounty

Three Cowboys & A Baby #3

by Vicki Lewis Thompson

The Blacksmith
Boone Connor liked being a loner, plain and simple. In his estimation, women just got a guy into trouble. And he had enough of that already...

His Woman
Shelby McFarland and her young nephew were on the run. When a freak snowstorm left them stranded, she though the game was over—until a strong sexy cowboy came to their rescue...

His Baby?
Boone couldn't resist helping a lady in distress, any more than he could help falling for her—hard and fast! Shelby's lips tempted him, teased him, and her gorgeous body pushed him beyond reason. But as good as they were together, Boone couldn't make Shelby any promises. Because he'd just discovered he had a baby girl...

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Category Romance, Westerns, Contemporary Romance

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestseller Vicki Lewis Thompson believes love makes the world go around and laughter makes the trip worth taking. The recipient of RWA’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award and the author of more than ninety books, Vicki pioneered a new kind of romance hero with Nerd in Shining Armor. Following the success of her nerd stories, Vicki launched a boisterous paranormal series featuring a matchmaking witch and wizard, an ADD dragon named George, and a black cat inspired by her own precocious feline, Eve.

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boone Connor is on his way to Colorado to meet his four-month-old daughter who he just found out about. When a snowstorm keeps him from crossing the mountains, he takes refuge at a motel. There he meets Shelby McFarland and her three-year-old nephew Josh. Since he took the last room at the hotel, he offers his room to her and agrees to sleep in the all-night diner. Late at night a man arrives at the diner looking for Shelby and Josh. Boone doesn't like the look of him and isn't about to let him know that Shelby is staying there. He decides to take her under his protection and make sure she gets to her destination without the man harassing her.

This is the third book in Thompson's Three Cowboys and a baby series. I loved the first half of the book. Shelby has had custody of her nephew since her sister's death. Now that Josh's father has found out about his inheritance, he wants custody of the boy. Shelby is determined to take care of Josh which is why she is taking him across the country. When she is stuck at a motel with Josh's father hot on her trail, she meets Boone who offers her a place to stay.

In the second half of the book, we are back to the baby dilemma, which is what the series is based on. Three friends (one of them is Boone) are convinced that they are the father of a baby that their friend dropped off, asking them to take care of her. It's a ridiculous plot. As with the other books, the hero must overcome what he considers his obligation to marry the mother of his child and actually marry the woman he loves. It doesn't take his guy too long to see the light. My rating: 4 Stars.

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the characters: cowboy Boone, Shelby the love interest, and by far my favourite character is Josh, a very funny 3 year old - he's sooo cute! Josh did make me laugh. A nice easy read. 4☆

[Macarena Cassano (Libros del mundo) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Como en las anteriores, la lectura es tan ligera que te lo terminás en un par de horas.
Esta vez, al encanto de la bebé, se le suma el encanto de Josh (un nene de tres años cuyo padre es el malo de esta historia).
De todas, la historia de Boone y Shelby es la que más me gusta, ya que aporta la frescura de la inocencia de un infante que se maravilla por todo y, a pesar de la historia que carga, no deja su inocencia.
Ademas de que el nene es súper leal a la bebé...

[Pamela Dopp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. Great Story.

I was on pins and needles waiting for the conclusion of the story but OMG we have to read the last book in the series to get our questions answered. I'm positive Vicki won't fail to keep us glued to each and every page.

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Skipped through most of this .. not very good.

[Tatiana · Rating 5 out of 5]

una storia molto bella; letta tutta d'un fiato

[Keriboo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cutest kid ever elevates this to 4 stars

[Kelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Vicki Lewis Thompson is constantly hitting home runs for me. I have a running joke with a friend of mine that's more like a theory: Vicki picks a cliche` like cowboys and babies and she rolls them together and when she's finished it's not a cliche` at all - almost like she's showing us how it's really done. I love her for that.
I love Boone. I love everything about him. I have yet to read a hero since that has made me fall in love with him like Vicki made me fall for Boone.
I got goosebumps everytime Shelby did. My heart flipped everytime hers did. I cried (embarrassingly this is completely true) when they made love. I literally was falling in love with Boone right along with her. It is one of my absolute favorite books. I picked this book up expecting to be pleased because lets get real it's Vicki and she has never ever let me down, but I was blown away.
Vicki is the magnifying glass that I hold my own writing up against, although this is probably unhealthy and I never quite match up, I try. I really don't know where I would be as a writer if Vicki had never penned a novel. I don't know where I'd be as a reader if I'd never fallen in love with Boone.

[Cara · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the sweetest books ever by Vicki Lewis Thompson, probably mostly due to a devastatingly cute 3 year old boy who stole every one of his scenes. Of course, an earnest, decent and very hot cowboy who rescues the boy and his aunt adds to this story too. Thompson's trademark humor and appealing beta males are out in full force here, and I was surprised just how much I loved this old paperback that I found on a clearance rack. Thompson got me hooked with her "Nerd" series, and she never disappoints.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars