A Wanted Man

Morgan Brothers #2

by Nancy J. Parra

Brianna McGraw ventures out West to find and rescue her brother from bandits who will sell him illegally to the highest bidder. Separated after they were orphaned a few years ago, Brianna has worked hard as a librarian to save money for the trip. But when she arrives, she realizes she has to somehow come up with a thousand dollars to buy him back. She then sees a wanted poster with a sufficient reward and decides to become a bounty hunter, accomplishing two good deeds at once - bringing a criminal to justice and saving her brother. Trey Morgan's renegade days are long over. He is at home on his ranch, tending to his cattle, when Brianna appears and arrests him. He is more amused than concerned, wondering how she thinks she's going to drag him 900 miles through the mountains. To his surprise, Brianna proves over and over again that she is intelligent and strong enough to make the long and grueling trip. While he quietly observes his beautiful captor, his discomfort grows when she begins to win more and more of his respect and admiration. Soon, the threat his beautiful captor holds over him is not so much in the pistol she wields, but the lasso she has firmly fastened over his heart.

Genres: Romance, Westerns, Clean Romance, Fiction, Historical, Historical Romance, Adult

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

About the author

Best known for writing plucky heroines, USA Today Bestselling Author, Nancy J. Parra has 30 books published-
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Most recently Nancy has five cozy mystery book series going.

All Fudged Up, To Fudge or Not To Fudge, All You Need is Fudge, Oh Say Can You Fudge, All I want For Christmas is Fudge, Oh Fudge, Forever Fudge, Fudge Bites and Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas are part of the USA Today Bestselling Candy-Coated Mystery series (Kensington) -which Nancy writes as Nancy Coco.

Also from Nancy Coco, the Oregon Honeycomb Series which includes: Death Bee Comes Her and a Matter of Hive and Death.


Writing as Nell Hampton, Kale to the Queen is the debut in the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery series.


A Case of Syrah, Syrah and Seven Deadly Zins are part of the Wine Country Tours mystery series.

Gluten for Punishment, Murder Gone A-Rye and Flourless to Stop Him are both part of the Gluten Free Baker's Treat Mystery series. (Berkley Prime Crime)
Then there is Engaged in Murder, Bodice of Evidence and Newlywed Dead, the Perfect Proposal series from Berkley Prime Crime.

Reviews

[Kathy * Bookworm Nation · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parra certainly creates some very likable characters. Brianna was a hoot, I liked her right from the start. Her interactions with Trey were fun and left a smile on my face. I’m not sure about the historical aspects of the story, but she finds herself in a tough situation and really takes her problems head on. With all of the Parra novels I’ve read so far she takes these interesting plot ideas and makes them very believable. I thought Trey was great, I loved that he just “gives up” right at the beginning because he is so curious about what this “little chit” was up to. The more time they spend together they more they fall for one another, and it was fun to be along for the ride. Again, like her other books, I wish it had been a little longer. It kind of feels like things get wrapped up a little too quickly and I would have liked a few more chapters, at least. I still really enjoyed the story and would definitely recommend it.

[Brianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, so, I’ll admit this one is definitely a straight guilty pleasure.

It’s about as cheesy a romance as you can get, but it was so good. I didn’t want it to end, really. It’s one I’ll laugh about, but also get warm fuzzies from.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very enjoyable read! It is fairly short so I thought it would feel lacking something, but it really didn't. I enjoyed the banter between the two and the humor throughout. Even as the story was coming to it's conclusion, I began to enjoy it even more! I find that as a story is wrapping up, I'm not enjoying it as much, but I just loved this from beginning to end!

[Alana · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really enjoyed this one. i loved the bickering between trey and bri. the situation was very entertaining. can't wait for the next one.

[Sandie Mixa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't put this one down. A great combination of adventure and romance - very sensual romance that still remains clean. A heroine to be admired and a hero that makes your heart skip a beat.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Self-proclaimed Brianna McGraw has set her cap for the outlaw Trey Morgan. She's read the books, bought the horses and supplies, and will actually round up her catch. Trey is more than curious about this woman who has him shackled and tied, but because the bounty was paid long ago (a bogus attempt by his brothers to get him to return home). They naturally fall in love, save the orphans, go back to the ranch where they marry, and run off to Trey's wedding present.

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick, fun, light read. I enjoyed the idea of it...a young woman decides to hunt down a man on a wanted poster so she can get the money to save her little brother from slave-traders. A creative idea...a couple of parts were a little repetitive. Overall, I enjoyed taking a break from my kids today to read it. ;)

[Lisa (Bookworm Lisa) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bri is on a mission. Her younger brother was taken from an orphan train by miners who have him as slave labor.

On order to free him she must come up with a thousand dollars. She embarks upon a plan to bring in a wanted man and collect the bounty on his head.

She doesn't count on him being handsome and a gentleman to boot. A great adventure with romance .

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fluffy, silly, hokey.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the characters!!! Such a courageous woman with so much determination! And Bri and Trey together... priceless! Such a fun read!

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing! It had funny moments, I knew the relationship between her and Trey would get better sooner or later, you could just tell! :D

[Richard Millsap · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice bit of writing; an agreeable way to pass the time reading a Western of a style I appreciate.

[Alexandra Isobel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brianna was so delightful. Spunky girl. I knew she'd make things turn out right!

[Cici · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was delicious. I loved it. the premise was interesting. the chemistry between the two of them was great and clean!

[Kathleen Metcalf · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice read.


An easy and quick read .some sad things but a lot of funny things too. To me that makes for a really good story.

[Shelane Logan]

Avid reader

I really liked this book, the story made me wish that I lived back in the day. One of her better books!

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book!

[Dréya · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me so long to find this book. This is my second time reading it. It's an easy read about a new female bounty hunter needing money to save her brother. It's a bit of a love story and I promise you won't want to put the book down. Enjoy!

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very plausible, but a fun read none the less. I have a soft spot for librarians with answers so I really enjoyed the heroine.

[Ashley Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute! I was worried about it being clean when I started it from a few passages but it ended up a nice little PG rating.

[Rababe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great love story with a totally different angle. Not many characters, but not many needed. The dynamic between the two mains is enough. Thoroughly enjoyable read!

[Pam A · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cute story of sister turned bounty hunter to try and earn money to buy her brothers freedom . Except - this seemed like a trite story, naive and unrealistic - mixed in with fantasy teenage sex.

[Kati Driban · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard to choose

It is always nice when it is hard to choose a favorite book in a series. I have enjoyed getting to know the Morgan brothers and look forward to finishing the series.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just the same as the first book of the series, this one was clean, short and sweet. The premise of this story was a little sadder and not as fluffy as the first. The MCs were a little underdeveloped, the plot was a little too simple, and the resolution a little too easy, but it was overall an easy read.

[Audra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have been better without grammar and spelling mistakes

[Paula Bothwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

PG - adult subject matter (child slavery), no swearing, some kissing, no sex
Morgan Brothers Book 2 (Bk 1 is *Saving Samantha*) - novella-sized (under 200 pages)
I really liked this book, even more than I liked the first one in the series. I think the H and h were more interesting to me: the H is basically a wild and heart wounded man, and the h is a butt-whoopin' librarian! So, the chemistry was off the charts and still a CLEAN read. I'm looking forward to reading about the next two Morgan Brothers. Thanks, again, Ms Parra, for the lovely afternoon!

(I would definitely suggest going back over this one [Kindle version, read on my iPhone] with an editor. There were whole paragraphs that were repeated pages later. Pretty distracting.)

[DiamondJaneBrady · Rating 2 out of 5]

Contentwise there was a scene where the guy strips naked to bathe and the girl has no problem checking him out.
Ending-wise, it was very stupid. they end up adopting all the dozens of orphans from the mining town, which while was sweet of the characters, but storywise it was dumb of the aurthor (not the characters) to put such circumstances into the book when she, as its creater, could had done something different<\spoiler>

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story which was appropriately clean for a story set in this era. The characters and the story line were interesting.