Cherokee Thunder

Conard County #2

by Rachel Lee

TWO LIVES DEPENDED ON HIM

Micah Parish: Deputy Sheriff.
Six feet, four inches of solid muscle. Half-Cherokee. Tough, proud, a loner.

Faith Williams: Mother-to-be.
Fragile-looking blonde running for her life. Quiet, scared of her own shadow.

Protecting the people of Conard County was deputy sheriff Micah Parish's job, but protecting Faith Williams was about to become his life's work. Pregnant, alone and stalked by her abusive ex-husband, Faith needed more than a place to hide and a strong shoulder to lean on. She needed someone to end her nightmare. And Micah needed someone to start his dream.

CONARD COUNTY: Where the Wyoming sky spreads bold and blue above men and women who draw their strength from the land -- and from the bonds of love they share.

Genres: Romance, Category Romance, Harlequin, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1992

About the author

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Rachel Lee is a New York Times best-selling author and the winner of Six Romantic Times magazine Reviewers' Choice Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a five-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America's RITA® Award. She has penned a wide variety of novels in several genres including fantasy, romantic suspense, and romantic comedy. She resides in Tampa, Florida.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fairly decent category that didn't reinvent the wheel. Our hero is ex-Special forces and now a Deputy Sherrif who also happens to be half-Indian. Hero enjoys his solitary life when in walks the heroine into his life. He knew the heroine when she was 6 and he 18 and hasn't seen her in years. Our heroine is preggers and on the run from an abusive ex-husband who made her life hell for four years. The h/H don't have an easy time of it as heroine has many triggers that make her flashback to what she underwent. Hero is only having her stay with him till her ex is caught but obviously we have the whole your baby is also now mine and HEA.

[Rhapsody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Faith, 30 years old, divorced, and pregnant, flees to her late father's ranch in Wyoming when her abusive ex-husband escapes custody. There she encounters Micah, a childhood friend she lost touch with when he went to Vietnam. He's now a local cop. They meet when her car slips on the road and goes into a ditch near his house. Because she hasn't taken any steps to ready her new home, like arranging for electricity, she ends up staying at his place. The arrangement suits both of them, but Faith is determined to be independent and Micah is attached to his solitude.

It was just too over-the-top for me. Every other line is about how scared she is or how intimidating he is or what her husband did to her, etc. I like that formula, but there should be more to the book than JUST that. I found myself groaning or rolling my eyes almost every page. I like a little humor in these books, but it was really all just melodrama. I had trouble getting into either character. There wasn't much to Faith, other than her vulnerability, and I get tired of these scenes where the timid heroine is depicted as brave for doing something little, like talking back to the hero. I'm not saying that isn't a big step in the healing process, I'm just saying I'm no longer moved by it after having read so many romance novels. Then with Micah, he's the typical dominant male who doesn't want to make himself vulnerable to anyone and is happy being a loner but who deep down is lonely, miserable, and longing for a gentle touch. Gaaah!!!

[Fran (with the book addiction) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a bit of a gamble for me and didn’t pay off. I just found it ridiculous and repetitive. “Well hell” and “oh Micah” comprising most of the words in the book. Repetitively.
I didn’t loathe it so it gets 2 stars.

[Val · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! I didn't want to stop reading for even a minute!

[Drae · Rating 5 out of 5]

my FAVORITE!!!!

[Rita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m still wishing for epilogues in these stories. They end so abruptly. I guess that’s partly due to the Silhouette format. I’m also noticing a pattern in this author’s books. Her heroes so far have all been to Vietnam, and are suffering from that. They’re all older than the heroines by a chunk. They’re all a bit commitment phobic because of past losses. Her heroines are mostly innocent damsels in distress. Hoping for a break in the pattern soon, so the stories don’t become repetitive.

[Erotic Horizon]

Cherokee Thunder (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 463) by Rachel Lee (1992)

[Julie Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Micah is a fabulous hero. Loved him!

[Genie McFate]

One of my favorites in the series.