Falling for the Rebound Bride

Wed In The West #10

by Karen Templeton

A ranch for the runaway bride Weeks before her wedding, Emily Weber walks away from her planned society shindig and her cheating fiancé-straight to her cousin's New Mexico ranch. Everyone's Emily's got to work it out of her system, and her childhood acquaintance-all six feet of dark good looks-is just the guy to help. Colin Talbot recognizes someone on the run from their life. Hell, the rootless photojournalist hasn't been on his ranch in years, till now. But he's not about to indulge in a promise of pleasure, not with a potential for disaster. Emily still wants marriage and babies; he can't wait to bolt. So he'll keep his distance before she has him wanting what he can't a family and a forever love.

Genres: Romance

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2017

About the author

As the mother of five sons, now grown, Karen loves to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. Over the past fifteen years, Karen has written nearly 50 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of her Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. In addition, her November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

She is very active on Facebook, as both Karen Templeton and her full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever she has a new release... or just feels like it. Or you can reach her via her website at www.karentempleton.com, which contains recent news as well as excerpts from both current and backlist titles.

Reviews

[Susannah Carleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story of love and loss and family and second chances, full of Ms. Templeton’s trademark humor, and with lots of kids and some hard choices.

Emily Weber is escaping from her usual routine and surroundings after discovering that her fiancé has been having an affair with an old girlfriend for more than a year. Calling off the wedding was easy; convincing her mother that the perfect groom was anything but, is not. Emily flees to her cousin’s home in New Mexico to attend a wedding, and to figure out what she wants now and in the future.

After years away, Colin Talbot returns home for his older brother’s wedding. Reconnecting with his family is easier than he expected. Figuring out how he feels about his sister-in-law’s cousin, and what to do about those feelings, is not.

Can two disillusioned people find love when they least expect it...and aren’t sure if they are willing to risk their hearts?

[Dorel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the 1st book I read by Karen Templeton. I'm sorry I stopped reading this story at chapter 2 because it didn't grab my interest.

[Rhojalia Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

She ran from her cheating ex and her parents. He ran from what he thought was an overbearing life in a small town. When they meet in an airport to discover they are both heading to the same place, what will they do? This is the fourth in this series and a great read. Check it out.

[Pili · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note de 3,75/5

[Rainbow Unicorn · Rating 2 out of 5]

A second chance at love romance

[Will Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

As romance novels go, this one was pretty solid. I always accidentally end up reading about the last brother to get married without getting the rest of the series first, and I liked that I got a peek into the other men's lives as well.
I really liked that this book went about three-quarters through without an actual sex scene -- just lust, and mutual respect. This could have been frustrating, but considering so many themes of finding a place to belong and the meaning of "home" it really worked for this pair.
Things I did NOT like: Templeton has a somewhat grating and repetitive sentence construction that I noticed like three pages in and kept recurring. There was a lot of double negative nonsense, like "Not that he wasn't happy to be home" and also a "[Sentence Fragment]. Meaning [Sentence Fragment]" type construction that bugged me a lot, but not enough to stop reading.
I'm also not a fan of the whole "abusive parent really loved their kid the whole time, and realizes everything they did wrong in a single conversation" trope. This is the second or third time that's happened in a romance novel, and it skeeves me out. Just once, I want a triumphant showdown, and then the MC gets to walk away.

Overall, this was an enjoyable and fluffy read.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Nice end to series..but I was not as drawn into this story as some of the other Talbot bros. romances.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Wed in the West