For three long years, Ti Bennett had followed her father's orders. She'd run the ranch and cared for her two sisters. Then she received a letter from General Bennett. Now she was to give the herd to a stranger, Arren Barkley. He would drive them to California and she would join her father back in Philadelphia. But Ti didn't trust Arren, not his good looks, nor his kind ... more »manner. She would match her will against his, her heart against his passion.
Monica Barrie is a multi-published author of contemporary and historical romances. Beside writing, Monica is also geriatric social worker, wife, and mother. She lives in New York with her husband David Wind, a multi published author himself.
Monica is re-releasing many of her Contemporary and Historical romance novels in eBook format. These novels were originally published by Silhouette, Tapestry & Dell.
The girl: Ti Bennett and her two younger sisters have been minding the Texas ranch whilst their father is off serving as a General in the Union army. The Bennett family is originally from Philadelphia, I can't recollect if it was explained how this Yankee family ended up in Texas. Anywho, before General Bennett went off to war, he taught his girls how to shoot and fight and be real soldiers so's they could protect the homestead from those nasty Confederates.
The guy: Arren Barkley, is a Union soldier who comes to the ranch with a letter from the General telling the girls he's to drive the cattle to California for the troops there. Don't ask me to explain why, because I can't - it's just what it is. Arren's immediately drawn to the lovely Ti (oh, and see if you can guess what her real name is), but things get complicated when she's convinced he's a traitor and spy in cahoots with the Confederates - and she'll just have to follow on the trail behind him (all by herself!).
Only recommended for readers who are fans of wallpaper romances with a heroine who takes baths twice a day, swears like a sailor and has explosive sex with her hero anywhere and everywhere without an eyebrow being raised by anyone.
This was a beautiful love story that kept you guessing what was going to happen next. The epilogue was good but I kept wondering what happened to Kay and Jenna. I felt they both needed their own story.