Runaway

by Bobbi Smith

Posing as a mail-order bride to escape her lecherous stepfather, Destiny Sterling arrives in Texas to marry Lane Madison, the owner of the Sundown Ranch, who, unbeknownst to her, is an undercover Texas Ranger. 300,000 first printing. Original.

Genres: Historical Romance, Westerns, Romance, Western Historical Romance, Western Romance, Marriage Of Convenience, Historical

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

After working as a department manager for Famous-Barr, and briefly as a clerk at a bookstore, Bobbi Smith gave up on career security and began writing. She sold her first book to Zebra in 1982. Since then, Bobbi has written over 40 books and several short stories. To date, there are more than five million of her novels in print. She has been awarded the prestigious Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year Award and two Career Achievement Awards. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists. When she's not working on her novels, she is frequently a guest speaker for writer's groups. Bobbi is mother of two sons and resides in St. Charles, Missouri with her husband and three dogs.

Reviews

[SheLove2Read · Rating 2 out of 5]

CONCEPT of the story was great: heroine running away from evil stepfather, changes her name and poses as mail order bride, marries hunky Texas Ranger who is also posing as someone else in an attempt to catch an outlaw - they fall in love, happily ever after.

Loved the hero. Absolutely adored him. Alpha male, dedicated and honest and didn't take any crap from anyone.

I'm on the fence about the heroine. I can understand her running and changing her name, no problem with that. But she goes from virgin on her wedding night to wanting to have sex multiple times a day, right away. Just seemed kind of odd.

The writing was horrible. Stilted and choppy, almost seemed like a first effort but I know this author has many published works. If this is an indication of her style, will not be reading anything else by her.

[Lynn Put · Rating 2 out of 5]

How this book has gotten so many great reviews is beyond me. There was no character development; two days and the male and female characters were in love? The female character had next to no apprehension about marrying a man she just met. The whole thing played out like a melodrama.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really hate giving 1 star reviews, but this was so bad. I feel like I got cheated with all the 5 star reviews.

So the blurb sounded interested but there was literally no romance. The characters met, and they were in love. There was no development or situations where there would be tension between them or anything like that.

They got together, two days later they were in love and that was it. 😭 whatttt…

The side story and “the action” - not really action but the melodramatics, I guess, is what took most of the book.

One review mentioned that this unfolded like a soap opera and I could not agree more. This was very disappointing.

[Katherine (GoldMidnight) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Barely anything happens in this book lol, there was so much potential. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it!
I'm also thankful that the author stopped calling women *females* like in a couple other books of hers. That was disturbing.

[Linda Godwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful

I read it in one day….and awesome love story with lots of twists and turns, but she makes it easy to keep up with all the many characters. Love the way she winds all their lives together. First book by Bobbi Smith, certainly not the last.

[kattie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Runaway

I loved this story, l recommend every one to read her books, I look forward to reading more of her books. KATTIE.

[Sharon Stephens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review

The characters were all very interesting and the twists and turns exciting. Resupply enjoyed all oil f the book and so will.you

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old style western

[Arines · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 really. The premise was pretty good, but everything went way too easy, too easy :/

[Beverly Kee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love a good western like this one!

A great story with good action and romance! Very good storyline too! Loved the scene at the pond! Can't wait to read more from this author!

[Lois Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Read

I love that this book didn’t linger and got right to the point. Wish it had a little bit more sex scenes than what it did, but it was still a great read.

[Kathleen Lanman]

Great plot idea, terrrrrrrible writing.

[Mom23greatboys · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this through Kindle Unlimited. I really debated between 4 and 4.5 stars. I loved this story. A women threatened with a forced marriage takes the place of a mail order bride to get out of town fast. Unbeknownst to her, the man who contracted for the bride is an outlaw who is basically using it and the ranch as a cover for hiding more outlaws. Luckily for her, the outlaw is stopped on his way to the ranch and when she gets there she meets the Texas ranger posing as the outlaw. This a well written historical western with wonderful characters and great story telling. The heat level was a 6 (1=Christian, 5= fade to black, 10= erotica). I've been reading Bobbi Smith for years and I love they are now available on kindle.

[Sharon Sherman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story line.

[Greeneyes Belle28 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good so far

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this book up at the train depot at the book exchange. Enjoyed reading it while riding for 5 hours. Good western love story.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was cheesy and predictable but it was a cute story. I just love them Rangers :D