BLOGWORDS – Tuesday 4 June 2024 – TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – SHOOT AT THE SUNSET by KATHLEEN DENLY

BLOGWORDS – Tuesday 4 June 2024 – TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – SHOOT AT THE SUNSET by KATHLEEN DENLY

TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – SHOOT AT THE SUNSET by KATHLEEN DENLY THE BOOK

THE BLURB

Will love survive when truth takes aim at their secrets?

Sharpshooter Preston Baker has spent a lifetime confronting danger head-on. So when a heartfelt letter arrives from his big sister asking for help, he doesn’t hesitate to put his traveling show career on hold and journey to her remote desert ranch, determined to make amends for past failures. What he doesn’t expect is to discover his long-lost little sister and her best friend, Lucy, are both hard at work on the ranch.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Lucy Arlidge’s decision to travel to a remote desert ranch was born as much from desperation as friendship. Fleeing San Francisco may have saved Lucy’s life, but the decision left others in danger. To thwart the evil plans of those who pursue her and her family, Lucy must keep her new gem-mining operation concealed and her secrets safe.

Preston is drawn to the mysterious woman, despite her plans to marry the neighboring rancher. Lucy’s quiet strength and undeniable beauty beckon him like a campfire in the wilderness, offering light amidst the dark memories and deepest fears resurrected by the presence of his sisters. But as danger closes in, Preston and Lucy must confront their pasts to save not only their own futures, but the lives of everyone they love.

THE AUTHOR

Kathleen Denly lives in sunny Southern California with her loving husband, four young children, and two cats. As a member of the adoption and foster community, children in need are a cause dear to her heart and she finds they make frequent appearances in her stories. When she isn’t writing, researching, or caring for children, Kathleen spends her time reading, visiting historical sites, hiking, and crafting.

Kathleen is the award-winning author of Chaparral Hearts, a three-book series of stand-alone novels set in nineteenth century Southern California (plus a prequel novella available exclusively to her newsletter subscribers).

Kathleen would love it if you visited her website at KathleenDenly.com.

You can also connect with her on social media:

Instagram & Twitter @KathleenDenly

Facebook Author Page: KathleenDenly.author

FB Group: Armchair Adventure Krew

To see photos that inspired her novels, follow her on Pinterest.

MY REVIEW

Ms. Denly sure knows her setting! Even if it is over a hundred years ago in the wild west! I’ve read each of the books in this series and it didn’t take long for me to feel like I was right there on the Lupine Valley Ranch, smack in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.

I see it all the time in fiction, and it’s true in life as well—keeping secrets from those you love is never a good idea; “truth will always out.” And somebody always gets hurt when it does.

I felt for Lucy, evading confession and trying to amend a bad choice and [SPOILER.] Preston was hiding from his past, and living large in the traveling show. But was it really his dream?

When love twines her fingers into their lives, can they really stay the same? And can they really continue to keep their secrets?

This author conveys true emotions in her characters, twisting their situations and circumstances to the limit, wringing the poor characters to the end of their wits. Hanging on for the hoped for ‘happily ever after’ this reader turned page after page, finding ‘just one more’ twist, ‘just one’ other unexpected turn.

Does the happily ever after ever show up? I’ll never tell…

ROBIN’S FEATHERS

FOUR FEATHERS

I purchased this book and offer my review of my own free will. The opinions expressed in my review are my own honest thoughts and reaction to this book.

 

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