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A Cowboy Christmas
by Janette Kenny
Ellie Jo Cade arrives in Maverick, Wyoming straight
from the Denver Academy for Young Ladies to be a hpusekeeper at the
Crown Seven Ranch. She has every intention of making this
Christmas as special as they come, even if her culinary skills are not
quite as advertised but trouble follows her, even as far as Wyoming.
First there is the sexy cowboy who means to show her the difference
between what is proper and what is pleasurable. As if that were
not enough trouble, a simplewish to spend Christams with her father
leads to a dangerous game. Wanted far and wide for murder. Ellie
Jo's father must protect his new identity. Will she be able to
see her father without tipping off the Marshall? Will those
around her see through her clever disguise?
Reid Barclay has more serious things on his mind than the festivities
of the holiday and cannot afford to be distracted by the beautiful
newcomer. Not only must he protect his prize thoroughbreds
from thieves but he means to track down the outlaw who ruined his life
and bring him to justice --- dead or alive. From the first moment
he saw her, Reid was taken by Ellie Jo, but something just doesn't
match up. Why has such a proper lady come to the Crown Seven
Ranch? As trouble at the Crown Seven escalates, Reid and Ellie Jo
will come head to head. Will the growing love between them set
the past right and help them seek the truth behind those events of the
past? Will Ellie Jo and Reid discover the magic of Christmas, a
magic that transforms hearts and puts things right?
From the very first pages, Janette Kenny's western historical romance A COWBOY CHRISTMAS takes the reader
into the heart of the west and her characters. Set in a period
right after Wyoming was admitted to the Union as the first state that
allowed women to vote and Colorado's men just voted to give women the
vote, A COWBOY CHRISTMAS
paints a portrait of a woman not quite at ease with the suffragette
moement, but nevertheless, a woman with grit despite the proper image
she projects. In dialogue and description, the conflict creates a
wonderful tension as Ellie Jo and Reid encounter one another. The
characters just leap off the page. The chemistry between them
sizzles while the past threatens to unravel the love developing between
them. Ellie Jo steals the heart, for her sometimes humorous
cooking adventures and also for her warmth, intelligence and
determination. Reid is a man determimed to make his way in the
world, a man loyal to friends, and a man set on avenging the wrong done
to him. Ellie Jo is just the woman Reid needs to temper Reid, to
confront him and teach him so that the past can truly be set right.
A COWBOY CHRISTMAS
is a perfect romance to start the Christmas reading season. A COWBOY CHRISTMAS combines action
and suspenseful western drama with a heart-warming romance that sets
the past right, transforming the characters into a new future beyond
their wildest hopes. Janette Kenny knows how to create nasty
villains to keep a reader on the edge of his/her seat as Ellie Jo and
Reid seek to unravel the trouble ahead. Janette Kenny brings the
19th western Christmas alive with holiday smells and tastes.
Without resorting to simplistic holiday sappiness, A COWBOY CHRISTMAS adds just the
right holiday atmosphere to move the heart, while also adding just
enough western intrigue to keep the pages flying. In A COWBOY CHRISTMAS, Janette Kenny
brings the magic of Christmas and romance to two delightful characters
for whom impossibilities become transformed into possibilities.
Publisher: Kensington
Zebra (October 2009)
Reviewed by Merrimon,
Merrimon Book Reviews
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