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Montana Mavericks: Historicals #0.5
Big Sky Grooms
Bestselling authors Susan Mallery, Bronwyn Williams and Carolyn Davidson bring you three brand-new stories about Montana's most popular family--the Kincaids, men and women who carved out lives in Big Sky Country and found true love in Whitehorn, Montana. Legendary rancher Caleb Kincaid discovers love is sweeter the second time around in the arms of an old flame. Younger brother Will woos the townspeople to his bank with the help of a sassy saloon girl who has a head for business and pleasure. Black sheep cousin James saves a schoolteacher from bandits and soon discovers she's stolen his heart!
377 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2001
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Susan Mallery
865 books15.5k followers#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery writes heartwarming and humorous novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance. She's best known for putting nuanced characters into emotionally complex, real-life situations with twists that surprise readers to laughter. Because Susan is passionate about animal welfare, pets play a big role in her books. Beloved by millions of readers worldwide, her books have been translated into 28 languages.
Critics have dubbed Mallery "the new queen of romantic fiction." (Walmart) Booklist says, "Romance novels don't get much better than Mallery's expert blend of emotional nuance, humor, and superb storytelling," and RT Book Reviews puts her "in a class by herself!" It's no wonder that her books have spent more than 200 weeks on the USA Today bestsellers list.
Although Susan majored in Accounting, she never worked as an accountant because she was published straight out of college with two books the same month. Sixteen prolific years and seventy-four books later, she hit the New York Times bestsellers list for the first time with Accidentally Yours in 2008. She made many appearances in the Top 10 before (finally) hitting #1 in 2015 with Thrill Me, the twentieth book in her most popular series, the Fool's Gold romances, and the fourth of five books released that year.
Susan lives in Washington state with her husband, two ragdoll cats, and a small poodle with delusions of grandeur. Her heart for animals has led Susan to become an active supporter of the Seattle Humane Society. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.
Critics have dubbed Mallery "the new queen of romantic fiction." (Walmart) Booklist says, "Romance novels don't get much better than Mallery's expert blend of emotional nuance, humor, and superb storytelling," and RT Book Reviews puts her "in a class by herself!" It's no wonder that her books have spent more than 200 weeks on the USA Today bestsellers list.
Although Susan majored in Accounting, she never worked as an accountant because she was published straight out of college with two books the same month. Sixteen prolific years and seventy-four books later, she hit the New York Times bestsellers list for the first time with Accidentally Yours in 2008. She made many appearances in the Top 10 before (finally) hitting #1 in 2015 with Thrill Me, the twentieth book in her most popular series, the Fool's Gold romances, and the fourth of five books released that year.
Susan lives in Washington state with her husband, two ragdoll cats, and a small poodle with delusions of grandeur. Her heart for animals has led Susan to become an active supporter of the Seattle Humane Society. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.
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May 23, 2021
There are more than 140 books in the Montana Mavericks series, spanning over 25 years. I happened to pick up this book, not realizing that I'd read it a number of years ago. This anthology is one of the few in the Montana Mavericks series that offers historical, rather than contemporary short stories.
About halfway through the first story, I realized that the characters and the plot were too familiar to be new. However, I was in the mood and decided to re-read this book.
SPIRIT OF THE WOLF (Susan Mallery) --
Widower Caleb Kincaid's son decides to run away when a new teacher is hired (he will have to go to school instead of working on the ranch). So seven-year-old Zeke runs to the Indian village not far from his father's home. Unfortunately, it is the home of the Cheyenne woman healer, Ruth Whitefeather, who refused Caleb's marriage offer nine years before. This is still an unrealistic story (from my understanding of Cheyenne culture).
AS GOOD AS GOLD (Bronwyn Williams) --
Dixie Browning writes historical romances with her sister, Mary Burris William; they use the pen name of Brownwyn Williams. This is a fairly average story of an older man rescuing a much younger woman from being the latest town prostitute. However, this story redeems itself when Lizzy takes her life into her own hands (she has a worthless brother who left her to "work off" his gambling debts).
THE GAMBLE (Carolyn Davidson) --
Since I've already read almost all of Davidson's extensive backlist, I decided to savor her style once more with this short story. James Kincaid is a drunk gambler with an eye for the ladies. The town needs a sheriff; the town fathers encourage James to take the job. However, it is the new schoolmarm who creates the change in James and he takes the job he swore he didn't want. Now, can she turn him into marriage material?
OVERALL REVIEW: Since reading this book years ago, I've learned a great deal more about history and human nature. Thus, I've demoted this book to G. I still stand by the error in the first book.
About halfway through the first story, I realized that the characters and the plot were too familiar to be new. However, I was in the mood and decided to re-read this book.
SPIRIT OF THE WOLF (Susan Mallery) --
Widower Caleb Kincaid's son decides to run away when a new teacher is hired (he will have to go to school instead of working on the ranch). So seven-year-old Zeke runs to the Indian village not far from his father's home. Unfortunately, it is the home of the Cheyenne woman healer, Ruth Whitefeather, who refused Caleb's marriage offer nine years before. This is still an unrealistic story (from my understanding of Cheyenne culture).
AS GOOD AS GOLD (Bronwyn Williams) --
Dixie Browning writes historical romances with her sister, Mary Burris William; they use the pen name of Brownwyn Williams. This is a fairly average story of an older man rescuing a much younger woman from being the latest town prostitute. However, this story redeems itself when Lizzy takes her life into her own hands (she has a worthless brother who left her to "work off" his gambling debts).
THE GAMBLE (Carolyn Davidson) --
Since I've already read almost all of Davidson's extensive backlist, I decided to savor her style once more with this short story. James Kincaid is a drunk gambler with an eye for the ladies. The town needs a sheriff; the town fathers encourage James to take the job. However, it is the new schoolmarm who creates the change in James and he takes the job he swore he didn't want. Now, can she turn him into marriage material?
OVERALL REVIEW: Since reading this book years ago, I've learned a great deal more about history and human nature. Thus, I've demoted this book to G. I still stand by the error in the first book.
July 9, 2020
Loved this one also. Not Wyoming but Montana is great too and this not only provided my Western but a good bit of American Indian customs as well.
December 4, 2023
As good as gold By Bronwyn Williamson Fabulous book. I really enjoyed it
The Gamble by Carolyn Davidson. Awesome story. I like bed it.
The Gamble by Carolyn Davidson. Awesome story. I like bed it.
March 31, 2009
I really enjoyed all 3 of these stories, all set in the 1890's in Montana. I found this book at a flea market and paid .50 cents for it. Now I have to find the rest of them for this is a series dating back to 2001
October 6, 2010
Three in one anthology. Enjoyable if not memorable.
October 25, 2012
Three stories one book. It is about the Kincaid family and set in 1890's in Montana.
My favorite one was about the school teacher being rescued..
Cute and enjoyable
My favorite one was about the school teacher being rescued..
Cute and enjoyable
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