Unexpected

by Lietha Wards

Bakersfield California 1872, after the gold rush and prior to the railroad there was a struggle for the good people of the town to keep what they worked so hard for. Butch McAllister was determined to own everything; including the town and the people in it, but most of all, he had his eyes on the beautiful Josephine Hamilton. She was within his grasp until a stranger came riding in and changed his plans. He would have his revenge and he would have Josephine.
Josephine needed a miracle. Her family was struggling to fend off the ruthless threats by a madman to take their land. He also made his intentions clear where she was concerned. Time was running out and the townsfolk was cowering under his cruelty. Then when things couldn't get any worse, her brother was almost killed. Now she had no one to help defend their property until a stranger offered to help. Trust was hard to come by during that time, but does she have faith that he can help, or is she risking everything by trusting him?

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First published March 17, 2014

Reviews

[Leesaann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!!!

Excellent!!!

I love Leitha Wards' books!!! I have every one she wrote and they are all on my re-read list. I was so excited when I saw this one and I wasn't disappointed after reading it. Great characters, great story and without ruining it....there is a twist. Excellent!!!

[Melanie Hatfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this story

I really like most of her books and this one is no exception. I hate that she hasn’t published in a long while but will continue to keep my eye out! This one is about Cogan, has a supernatural twist done well. The romance develops well, overall good story development and I liked uniqueness of setting in Wild West...wish there were more!

[Kathy Shatzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hmmmm

Not what I expected,if you want to know why read this book! Thank you ms. Wards for the delectable story!

[Dar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kept reading the blurb, then the category, and then the blurb again and couldn't figure out were the paranormal came into play. I was well into the book and I still didn't know, so I settled in and enjoyed the story. It came along, but it wasn't a huge part of the story, just more like, hey that character is a ginger type of thing

I liked the story, it is a wonderful bad guy takes over the town and persecutes everyone but the few hold outs. Of course, the hold out family has a lovely young lady in it that the bad guy really, really wants. The tall, dark and mysterious strange saves them and the town rallies behind them, finally persevering over the bad guys. The town is saved and everyone lives happily ever after.

That's it, the story was good, but the romance, eh, I didn't get the sparks between the two main characters. There was nothing and suddenly they said they were in love. Then they were getting married, but not for convenience, but forever. There really wasn't any chemistry between them

So, for the story, awesome, I liked the paranormal twist there was, and I love westerns. The romance, it is definitely secondary, though the characters are definitely interesting.

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Romantic western with a paranormal twist.


This is a romantic western with a paranormal twist, the town of Bakersfield is slowly being taken over by Butch McAllister, now Butch is not a nice man and he'll do whatever's necessary to get what he wants and at the moment the main thing he wants is the Hamilton's land and maybe even more than the land he wants Josephine Hamilton herself. Now Butch is determined and has hired himself enough men to get the job done but then a stranger rides in to town and upsets all his plans. Then to make matters worse this stranger is staying at the Hamilton ranch and doesn't seem remotely afraid or affected by Butch and his men.
I'll admit it, yes I have a weakness for Lietha Wards books, I love them and while I'm the first to admit that the writing can be simplistic and repetitive in places it generally just doesn't matter to me, I've read all her books but one which I'll be reading shortly and I love them, the characters and the story and this one I also liked but I have to say I was disappointed in the writing it was particularly hard going at times and for me I would have liked an epilogue.

[Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light weight western romance with a little supernatural flavor - I liked the characters and the story. It was reminiscent of the old Hollywood westerns. High Noon comes to mind. The story could have been fleshed out more though. I would have wished for a longer novel. The romance was fairly clean and not highly erotic.

[S. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I usually like reading Lietha Wards' books. But 25% into this one and I find it's been too hard going. I don't want to trudge on any longer. This books feels like the author watched a bad western and is writing a book in response. Or that there is a bad western movie in her head and she is simply narrating it. It's missing vital ingredients. I'll pass.

[Andrea Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

Let me say that this book was wonderful. Loved the twist and I loved the concept. This book is worth the time reading. With indie writers it gets hard finding a good read.

[Hot Reading Mom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! A little western with a little shifter