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Branded
A blistering tale of passion and intrigue set in the American "The excitement never lessens" in this "thrilling story" (Rendezvous).
El Paso, Texas. 1895. Five years ago, life as Jacy Kimble knew it came to an end. Her brother Hunter and his best friend Trevor Fallon were sent to Yuma Prison for murder. The scandal cost her family their Arizona ranch, ruined her father's political career, and even took his sanity.
Once the belle of Arizona society, Jacy was haughty and flirtatious, especially with Trevor Fallon. But she can't believe her eyes when the handsome cowhand shows up at her door with an incredible He was freed in the middle of the night with orders--to clear her brother's name and keep him from hanging.
For five years she has hated Trevor, blaming him for her brother's fate. Should she believe him now? It's a hard choice for trust the man who ruined her life, or throw away any hope for her family's future. Complicating everything, she feels her powerful attraction for Trevor returning. How can she put herself in harm's way again? How can she not?
El Paso, Texas. 1895. Five years ago, life as Jacy Kimble knew it came to an end. Her brother Hunter and his best friend Trevor Fallon were sent to Yuma Prison for murder. The scandal cost her family their Arizona ranch, ruined her father's political career, and even took his sanity.
Once the belle of Arizona society, Jacy was haughty and flirtatious, especially with Trevor Fallon. But she can't believe her eyes when the handsome cowhand shows up at her door with an incredible He was freed in the middle of the night with orders--to clear her brother's name and keep him from hanging.
For five years she has hated Trevor, blaming him for her brother's fate. Should she believe him now? It's a hard choice for trust the man who ruined her life, or throw away any hope for her family's future. Complicating everything, she feels her powerful attraction for Trevor returning. How can she put herself in harm's way again? How can she not?
382 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1997
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Vivian Vaughan
27 books23 followersVivian Vaughan is the granddaughter of Texas ranchers and Texas Rangers. She grew up on the western edge of the Edwards Plateau, where there has always been a scarcity of water and grass – and an abundance of self-reliance, a place where people don’t take themselves too seriously and laughter comes naturally. Vaughan’s books reflect her love of the land, the people and their stories. Vivian lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband of fifty-four years, a retired NASA engineer. Their two sons, two lovely daughters-in-law (one from England; the other Mexico) and five of their 6 grandchildren live nearby.
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February 28, 2014
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Branded is boring and repetitive and boring. The word "insidious" appears thirty times in the first thirty-seven pages, worming its way in between the tortured similes like a weed in a garden full of different weeds. The heroine is constantly referred to as "Miss Fancy Pants." It's also boring and repetitive. I gave up halfway through.
I eventually went back to this book, but I never enjoyed it. The characters were just dreadful people, and idiots besides. It was set up to be a murder mystery, sort of, but it was all extremely unsatisfying and obvious. Zebra romances have been uniformly mockable, but this one was a special category of badly written.
Also, it's called "Branded" because the hero, Trevor is...not branded. He has a T-shaped scar on his forehead, supposedly caused by the woman he allegedly murdered slapping him with a bracelet.
The heroine is absolutely fixated on that scar, and more than once thinks, "T for Trevor. T for Trouble."
T for throw it across the room.
-Mercury
Branded is boring and repetitive and boring. The word "insidious" appears thirty times in the first thirty-seven pages, worming its way in between the tortured similes like a weed in a garden full of different weeds. The heroine is constantly referred to as "Miss Fancy Pants." It's also boring and repetitive. I gave up halfway through.
I eventually went back to this book, but I never enjoyed it. The characters were just dreadful people, and idiots besides. It was set up to be a murder mystery, sort of, but it was all extremely unsatisfying and obvious. Zebra romances have been uniformly mockable, but this one was a special category of badly written.
Also, it's called "Branded" because the hero, Trevor is...not branded. He has a T-shaped scar on his forehead, supposedly caused by the woman he allegedly murdered slapping him with a bracelet.
The heroine is absolutely fixated on that scar, and more than once thinks, "T for Trevor. T for Trouble."
T for throw it across the room.
-Mercury
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