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The Wild Women #1
Untamed
Whisked off to a remote mountain cabin to tend house for Daniel McCord, a half-Cheyenne martinet who expects her to cater to his every whim, Josie Baum refuses to spend her days as an unpaid servant, despite her growing feelings for her impossible master.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Sharon Ihle
18 books26 followersPseudonyms: June Cameron, Sharon MacIver.
Sharon Ihle is the best-selling author of more than a dozen award-winning historical romances set in the American West. She lived in San Diego County until 2000. She then left the sunny beaches of California and moved to the frozen plains of North Dakota.
Sharon Ihle is the best-selling author of more than a dozen award-winning historical romances set in the American West. She lived in San Diego County until 2000. She then left the sunny beaches of California and moved to the frozen plains of North Dakota.
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June 13, 2012
Josie has been taking care of her father and acting as a mother to her fifteen brothers since she was a little girl until the day her father kicks her out and leaves her at The Pleasure Palace. It gets worse when a indian comes in takes her to a remote cabin to take care of his friend, a half-breed named Daniel. She becomes resentful and is ready to gain some freedom no matter at what cost.
Untamed was a great read. Josie is a little hot-head and has a chip on her shoulder the size of Texas and Daniel is very compassionate and doesn't know how to deal with that sassy temper of Josie so together they make quite the humorous pair. Josie in my opinion was also too hateful which is why I gave this book only 4 stars.
Untamed was a great read. Josie is a little hot-head and has a chip on her shoulder the size of Texas and Daniel is very compassionate and doesn't know how to deal with that sassy temper of Josie so together they make quite the humorous pair. Josie in my opinion was also too hateful which is why I gave this book only 4 stars.
August 5, 2012
The description sounded like this book contained a really cute story, but I really did not like this book and found it a rather unpleasant read. I forced myself through it (what a mistake!) and it seemed like forever before it was finished. The heroine was so petty, selfish, nasty, and coarse. I think we were supposed to feel sorry for her but the only pity I felt was for all the other characters around her--and for myself, of course. Now I will derive the only pleasure this book is going to give me--deleting it from my kindle.
February 4, 2015
This book has the least appealing heroine I've ever come across in a romance novel. I expect the author wanted to portray a stubborn and selfish female, and then have her learn her lesson in the course of the story.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work. She does not come across as just stubborn and selfish, but self-absorbed, lying, cheating, manipulative, and a whole bunch of unpleasant qualities.
I kept skimming in order to find what happens to Sissy, the heroine of the secondary plotline. I would have liked to see Josie die in the early chapters and be done with.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work. She does not come across as just stubborn and selfish, but self-absorbed, lying, cheating, manipulative, and a whole bunch of unpleasant qualities.
I kept skimming in order to find what happens to Sissy, the heroine of the secondary plotline. I would have liked to see Josie die in the early chapters and be done with.
June 7, 2012
meh. the story was ok, but about 2x as long as I thought it should be and not as engaging as it could have been.
July 28, 2021
So, I picked up this book after having read Ihle's The Bride Wore Spurs. That one, I liked. This one . . . not so much.
It seemed promising at first. Josie Baum is whisked away from her job as laundress at a saloon to care for a half-Cherokee man struggling with a broken leg in the mountains. But Josie wants freedom. She's already helped her mother deliver fourteen sons and had acted as surrogate mother to most of them. She wants to ranch and be outdoors, not to cook and clean ever again. But Daniel is drawn to her, even though he thinks she is diseased from "working" at the saloon.
Through a series of events, they end up married and their truths come out--Josie is bitter about her mother's past and never worked at the saloon as she led on, while Daniel owns up that he has twin sons on the reservation for her to help care for.
But even after they marry, they still don't get each other. In fact, while Daniel comes across as practical (he agreed to marry her for her help on the ranch, so of course he expects her to help raise his sons), Josie manages to come across as mostly selfish. She's got this one-track mindset that she ONLY will do ranching farm work, automatically excluding anything in the house. This didn't sit well with me. I am all for equality between men and women and definitely don't mean to say Josie should be stuck in the kitchen. Daniel definitely makes enough mistakes himself. But my issue with Josie is that she really seems to lack any sort of empathy for anyone since she's so consumed with herself and what she thinks she needs. Everyone else tries to see things from others' POVs at least a few times, while Josie constantly gets stuck on her own wants. I kept waiting for her and Daniel to truly SHARE all the chores--in the house and on the ranch.
She does redeem herself a little in my books by the end when she welcomes her own son into the world and finally seems to think about another human being's welfare, but a little more empathy from her would have helped me enjoy this book a lot more.
Overall, it's fine. But I'd rather reread The Bride Wore Spurs instead.
It seemed promising at first. Josie Baum is whisked away from her job as laundress at a saloon to care for a half-Cherokee man struggling with a broken leg in the mountains. But Josie wants freedom. She's already helped her mother deliver fourteen sons and had acted as surrogate mother to most of them. She wants to ranch and be outdoors, not to cook and clean ever again. But Daniel is drawn to her, even though he thinks she is diseased from "working" at the saloon.
Through a series of events, they end up married and their truths come out--Josie is bitter about her mother's past and never worked at the saloon as she led on, while Daniel owns up that he has twin sons on the reservation for her to help care for.
But even after they marry, they still don't get each other. In fact, while Daniel comes across as practical (he agreed to marry her for her help on the ranch, so of course he expects her to help raise his sons), Josie manages to come across as mostly selfish. She's got this one-track mindset that she ONLY will do ranching farm work, automatically excluding anything in the house. This didn't sit well with me. I am all for equality between men and women and definitely don't mean to say Josie should be stuck in the kitchen. Daniel definitely makes enough mistakes himself. But my issue with Josie is that she really seems to lack any sort of empathy for anyone since she's so consumed with herself and what she thinks she needs. Everyone else tries to see things from others' POVs at least a few times, while Josie constantly gets stuck on her own wants. I kept waiting for her and Daniel to truly SHARE all the chores--in the house and on the ranch.
She does redeem herself a little in my books by the end when she welcomes her own son into the world and finally seems to think about another human being's welfare, but a little more empathy from her would have helped me enjoy this book a lot more.
Overall, it's fine. But I'd rather reread The Bride Wore Spurs instead.
May 27, 2019
This is a rather strange story; the heroine is carted off to a brothel because she was caught (by her step-father) doing some serious kissing and groping with a local boy. Josie is the house-slave for her step-father and 14 brothers (Mom is deceased).
She was doing cooking and laundry at the brothel when a Cheyenne warrior abducts Josie and Sissy (a black prostitute) . Long Belly gets Sissy for himself and Josie to take care of his brother's needs (Daniel Mc Cord) – he'd recently broken his leg. Josie has been taking care of the men in her family since she was 5 and she had no intention of taking care of Daniel.
Josie was thoroughly unlikable; she was cruel to Daniel's twins, argumentative and selfish. Daniel kept talking about how much he loved her; he did many of the housekeeping tasks and still, Josie was unhappy. I couldn't understand why Daniel loved her.
Josie did grow during the story because she came to realize that the buffalo was more important to a race of people than to her dream of a ranch. However, it wasn't enough to redeem Josie's meanness.
She was doing cooking and laundry at the brothel when a Cheyenne warrior abducts Josie and Sissy (a black prostitute) . Long Belly gets Sissy for himself and Josie to take care of his brother's needs (Daniel Mc Cord) – he'd recently broken his leg. Josie has been taking care of the men in her family since she was 5 and she had no intention of taking care of Daniel.
Josie was thoroughly unlikable; she was cruel to Daniel's twins, argumentative and selfish. Daniel kept talking about how much he loved her; he did many of the housekeeping tasks and still, Josie was unhappy. I couldn't understand why Daniel loved her.
Josie did grow during the story because she came to realize that the buffalo was more important to a race of people than to her dream of a ranch. However, it wasn't enough to redeem Josie's meanness.
March 20, 2021
I feel like…I’m always dragging the slice of life books, the ‘normal’ ones, the ones that aren’t paranormal or spooky or anything. That’s because all the ones I’ve been reading have not been up to par. Well, I finally found one that I actually liked and…does it say anything about me that I like these trashy romances? You know the ones, the ones we all made fun of as a kid because the moms read them.
I don’t care though, I apparently really enjoy these trashy romances, the ones written in the 90’s and I think it’s because they don’t focus on the surface level of things. I’m getting emotion from all parties involved, I’m invested in these characters.
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I don’t care though, I apparently really enjoy these trashy romances, the ones written in the 90’s and I think it’s because they don’t focus on the surface level of things. I’m getting emotion from all parties involved, I’m invested in these characters.
If you'd like to read the rest of my review, please visit my blog!
May 24, 2018
I really didn't like the female MC so this dragged something fierce sometimes. I did finish it and I did enjoy parts of the story. But there was so much that annoyed me I couldn't look past it.
June 4, 2012
I got the book from Amazon for free, and I was a bit skeptical being normally I don't read new authors for historical romances BUT I can say I was extremely happy I decided to get it and read it.. It was one of the FUNNIEST, books I have ever read perhaps its because of my dry humor....but I don't think I laughed so much at a book. Sharon is such a great author tht I have no problems saying I will be purchasing more of her books in the near future.
June 27, 2012
This was a delightful story with unexpected twists to the plot.
It portrays the duel personality that is in many of us because of life's scars. This is a great romance with intrigue and many human emotions and need of understanding.
It would have been perfect if it had not held profanity and a few sex scenes with too much detail
Many of us would be so grateful if talented writers would eliminate unnecessary offensive words and sexual detail.
It portrays the duel personality that is in many of us because of life's scars. This is a great romance with intrigue and many human emotions and need of understanding.
It would have been perfect if it had not held profanity and a few sex scenes with too much detail
Many of us would be so grateful if talented writers would eliminate unnecessary offensive words and sexual detail.
March 3, 2013
Very original story. Daniel & Josie were good together. As Long Belly & Sissi were. Had the rest of the cast and it was one damn good book. A story that keeps you reading till 6 in the morning and as soon as you get up you want to dive right back into.
March 6, 2013
This was a hilarious book. A look through the eyes of a frontier daughter/sister/wife who just wants to own her own ranch and never have to do cooking, cleaning and take care of children. What we take for granted now, this author really has a flair for telling it like it is. I give it 5 stars.
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May 30, 2012Kindle Freebie 5/29/12
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May 31, 2012Downloaded free on Kindle.
Got through 25% before I got bored and gave up.
Since I did not finish- I will not rate it.
Got through 25% before I got bored and gave up.
Since I did not finish- I will not rate it.
May 31, 2012
I liked the characters and the story was pretty good. Free download from Amazon so the price was right. The word editing was bad in a few places but nothing that could not be figured out.
June 1, 2012
I loved the characters of this book. Josephine and Daniel's romance was meant to be.
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April 28, 2016DNF. Very telling first few chapters. Could not get into the story enough to see if that would change into some showing...
June 28, 2013
This was a good book. I enjoyed it.
June 30, 2013
I could not finish it. Josie's character is selfish and petty. At some point she needed to make the most of her situation and help out. I don't think she was ever going to change.
July 14, 2013
this story line was different but I enjoyed it.
July 17, 2013
Is a great book to read
July 20, 2014
Not my normal genre - but I loved the story. It was so fun to read.
June 8, 2016
3 stars. Different from the genre I normally read but an nice change of pace. Not much substance but a quick read.
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November 28, 2015Horrible.
March 6, 2016
Good story with nice, solid characters. Editing of this e-book was TERRIBLE!
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May 24, 2012Free on Amazon 05/23/2012.
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