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Morrow Creek #2
The Scoundrel
Schooling the scoundrel...
Brawny blacksmith Daniel McCabe is not the marrying kind. He likes his freedom just fine, and no Morrow Creek lady is going to change that! But an unexpected delivery makes the bachelor rethink his roguish ways.
Daniel suddenly needs a wife—and longtime friend Sarah Crabtree is quick to oblige. After all, she's been sweet on Daniel for years. But then Sarah's dream turns into a nightmare. Her love match is nothing but a marriage of convenience! Now, Sarah has to convince the biggest scoundrel in Arizona Territory to let her into his bed—and his heart...
Brawny blacksmith Daniel McCabe is not the marrying kind. He likes his freedom just fine, and no Morrow Creek lady is going to change that! But an unexpected delivery makes the bachelor rethink his roguish ways.
Daniel suddenly needs a wife—and longtime friend Sarah Crabtree is quick to oblige. After all, she's been sweet on Daniel for years. But then Sarah's dream turns into a nightmare. Her love match is nothing but a marriage of convenience! Now, Sarah has to convince the biggest scoundrel in Arizona Territory to let her into his bed—and his heart...
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Lisa Plumley
63 books152 followersBest-selling author Lisa Plumley has delighted readers worldwide with more than three dozen popular novels. Her work has been translated multiple languages and editions, and includes contemporary romances, historical romances, paranormal romances, and a variety of stories in romance anthologies.
Her fresh, funny style has been likened to such reader favorites as Rachel Gibson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, LaVyrle Spencer, and Jennifer Crusie, but her unique characterization is all her own.
Lisa’s alter ego is cozy mystery writer Colette London, whose Chocolate Whisperer mystery series featuring globe-trotting chocolatier (and amateur sleuth!) Hayden Mundy Moore includes Criminal Confections, Dangerously Dark, and The Semi-Sweet Hereafter. It will continue with Dead and Ganache in October 2017 (all from Kensington Books).
Her fresh, funny style has been likened to such reader favorites as Rachel Gibson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, LaVyrle Spencer, and Jennifer Crusie, but her unique characterization is all her own.
Lisa’s alter ego is cozy mystery writer Colette London, whose Chocolate Whisperer mystery series featuring globe-trotting chocolatier (and amateur sleuth!) Hayden Mundy Moore includes Criminal Confections, Dangerously Dark, and The Semi-Sweet Hereafter. It will continue with Dead and Ganache in October 2017 (all from Kensington Books).
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October 31, 2022
It was OK. The couple in this one play so many convoluted reverse psychology mind games on each other I found myself getting tied in knots. The h was also cringeingly thirsty for a H who spends 99% of the book loudly telling her 'get it into your head I'm not in to you' and after a while her relentless desperation to win his love is just... well... sad and creepy.
September 7, 2023
Daniel McCabe, playboy, and Sarah Crabtree, teacher have a marriage of convenience and spend most of the book trying to outiwit each other over having sex or not, even though they both want it. Enjoyed the humor at the spelling bee.
February 4, 2018
HH #797 = 2.5+ stars
November 21, 2014
Review revisited - Originally reviewed and posted at Romance Junkies on Feb 1, 2006.
Blacksmith Daniel McCabe is a self-professed bachelor with an eye for the ladies. Never without one or two on his arm, Daniel can't imagine sticking with just one woman. Imbibing a bit at the saloon and charming a couple of the dance troupe is more his style. One special delivery by train changes his future.
Expecting a package, Daniel is overwhelmed with the small boy who latches himself to him as if he's Daniel's long lost friend. Swearing this messy urchin isn't his and hoping someone will take him back, Daniel faces his fate when he reads the letter from the boy's mother. What can Daniel do when the boy entrusted to him is a handful of trouble to boot? Find a wife - and find her fast!
Sarah Crabtree is the schoolteacher in Morrow Creek and her childhood friend, Daniel, needs her help. Attempting to school Daniel in methods to control his wayward nephew, she's shocked to hear Daniel say he needs a wife. The relationship between them has always been open, even if it has also been light and jovial, so she does her best to humor this renowned bachelor.
Trying to convince Daniel he needs to choose a wife in a different manner than convenience alone, she's stunned beyond belief when he picks her. Can a schoolteacher marry the only man she's ever loved and survive a marriage of convenience? Will a scoundrel survive marriage to a woman who's determined to make him love her?
Lisa Plumley's ability to take mundane everyday tasks and make them wickedly funny had me glued to the pages. Sarah is absolutely adorable in her innocence and her methods for controlling Daniel's lusty advances, not to mention Daniel's reaction to her antics, had me in stitches.
What I loved most about THE SCOUNDREL is that it completely and utterly entertained me. All the characters are unpredictable and charming, with fun peculiar behavior. The banter between Daniel and Sarah is hilarious in one moment, or sweet and engaging in the next. Filled with laugh aloud scenarios and a tender love affair between best friends, THE SCOUNDREL will remind you of your first kiss, plus melt your heart. Lisa Plumley's style is the cure all for a bad day and I dare you not to laugh, and maybe shed a tear as well.
Reviewed by Dorine, courtesy of Romance Junkies Feb 1, 2006.
Blacksmith Daniel McCabe is a self-professed bachelor with an eye for the ladies. Never without one or two on his arm, Daniel can't imagine sticking with just one woman. Imbibing a bit at the saloon and charming a couple of the dance troupe is more his style. One special delivery by train changes his future.
Expecting a package, Daniel is overwhelmed with the small boy who latches himself to him as if he's Daniel's long lost friend. Swearing this messy urchin isn't his and hoping someone will take him back, Daniel faces his fate when he reads the letter from the boy's mother. What can Daniel do when the boy entrusted to him is a handful of trouble to boot? Find a wife - and find her fast!
Sarah Crabtree is the schoolteacher in Morrow Creek and her childhood friend, Daniel, needs her help. Attempting to school Daniel in methods to control his wayward nephew, she's shocked to hear Daniel say he needs a wife. The relationship between them has always been open, even if it has also been light and jovial, so she does her best to humor this renowned bachelor.
Trying to convince Daniel he needs to choose a wife in a different manner than convenience alone, she's stunned beyond belief when he picks her. Can a schoolteacher marry the only man she's ever loved and survive a marriage of convenience? Will a scoundrel survive marriage to a woman who's determined to make him love her?
Lisa Plumley's ability to take mundane everyday tasks and make them wickedly funny had me glued to the pages. Sarah is absolutely adorable in her innocence and her methods for controlling Daniel's lusty advances, not to mention Daniel's reaction to her antics, had me in stitches.
What I loved most about THE SCOUNDREL is that it completely and utterly entertained me. All the characters are unpredictable and charming, with fun peculiar behavior. The banter between Daniel and Sarah is hilarious in one moment, or sweet and engaging in the next. Filled with laugh aloud scenarios and a tender love affair between best friends, THE SCOUNDREL will remind you of your first kiss, plus melt your heart. Lisa Plumley's style is the cure all for a bad day and I dare you not to laugh, and maybe shed a tear as well.
Reviewed by Dorine, courtesy of Romance Junkies Feb 1, 2006.
June 11, 2011
kind of exciting...a little sweet and romantic...
...but the plot could have been a little exciting....
..the ending was so sweet though...
...but the plot could have been a little exciting....
..the ending was so sweet though...
February 5, 2014
Daniel, the blacksmith. Sarah, schoolteacher. Marriage of convenience. Western territory
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