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Montana Blue
Vengeance or love?
The choice was his . . .
The cost of avenging the death of his sister was ten years in prison, but Blue Bowman willingly paid the price. Now he has one more score to settle: destroying the wealthy Montana rancher who abandoned his mother and shattered his family -- his father, Gordon Campbell.
Strange luck lands him a job at the massive Campbell spread -- and Blue finds himself back in the saddle gentling horses, especially one wild, magnificent roan whose tortured soul mirrors his own. And the quiet strength and beauty of veterinarian Andie Lee Hart, a single mother with a troubled teenage son, almost lets him forget the past.
Soon Blue will have to make a choice . . . but will it be to satisfy the demons inside him, or trust his life to the power of love?
The choice was his . . .
The cost of avenging the death of his sister was ten years in prison, but Blue Bowman willingly paid the price. Now he has one more score to settle: destroying the wealthy Montana rancher who abandoned his mother and shattered his family -- his father, Gordon Campbell.
Strange luck lands him a job at the massive Campbell spread -- and Blue finds himself back in the saddle gentling horses, especially one wild, magnificent roan whose tortured soul mirrors his own. And the quiet strength and beauty of veterinarian Andie Lee Hart, a single mother with a troubled teenage son, almost lets him forget the past.
Soon Blue will have to make a choice . . . but will it be to satisfy the demons inside him, or trust his life to the power of love?
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2005
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About the author
Genell Dellin
32 books28 followersMontana is a magical place to Genell. Late in the 1800s, Westerners called it "The Last Best Place" and to her it seems to be so still today. The enormity of the sky and the mountains, the few people with so much space and so much strength, and the land that seems to go on forever hold a powerful attraction that she loves to use for the background of her books.
Genell is also a lifelong rodeo fan. Growing up, attending the Frontier Days Celebration and Rodeo in Fort Smith was a yearly tradition of her family. She and her sisters loved the danger and the drama and the flamboyant personalities who were part of the show. They played at being trick riders and barrel racers for weeks afterward.
So, when she realized that Chase Lomax, rodeo cowboy, who was a character in her first single title romance, Montana Blue, would be the hero of her next book, Montana Gold, she felt she had been given the best of all possible worlds. What a perfect excuse for attending more rodeos and performances of the PBR, the Professional Bull Riders! What a great reason to make another trip to Montana! What a marvelous opportunity to write about two of her deepest passions!
Genell Dellin has published more than 25 novels. Her historical romances have won multiple awards from Romantic Times BOOKclub and the University of Oklahoma School of Professional Writing. She also receives hundreds of letters from readers in response to her contemporary inspirational romances written as Gena Dalton for the Steeple Hill Books imprint.
She lives with her husband in rural Oklahoma on a limestone hillside not far from a marker proclaiming the highest spot in the Cherokee Nation. Since their son has grown up and gone away to be a QuarterHorse trainer, they share their place with only four-footed family members. The bossy cat named Smokey keeps Genell company while she writes and sometimes offers her advice.
*Cherokee Warriors is Genell's second Cherokee series for Avon Books inspired by family stories about her great-grandmother, who was born on the way to Indian Territory from Georgia.
*Montana Gold is a sequel to Montana Blue.
*Montana Gold is the second in Genell's series of single title contemporary romances set in Montana. "Chase Lomax is a perfect example of what grit and daring can accomplish," she says. "I loved writing him. He inspired me."
Genell is also a lifelong rodeo fan. Growing up, attending the Frontier Days Celebration and Rodeo in Fort Smith was a yearly tradition of her family. She and her sisters loved the danger and the drama and the flamboyant personalities who were part of the show. They played at being trick riders and barrel racers for weeks afterward.
So, when she realized that Chase Lomax, rodeo cowboy, who was a character in her first single title romance, Montana Blue, would be the hero of her next book, Montana Gold, she felt she had been given the best of all possible worlds. What a perfect excuse for attending more rodeos and performances of the PBR, the Professional Bull Riders! What a great reason to make another trip to Montana! What a marvelous opportunity to write about two of her deepest passions!
Genell Dellin has published more than 25 novels. Her historical romances have won multiple awards from Romantic Times BOOKclub and the University of Oklahoma School of Professional Writing. She also receives hundreds of letters from readers in response to her contemporary inspirational romances written as Gena Dalton for the Steeple Hill Books imprint.
She lives with her husband in rural Oklahoma on a limestone hillside not far from a marker proclaiming the highest spot in the Cherokee Nation. Since their son has grown up and gone away to be a QuarterHorse trainer, they share their place with only four-footed family members. The bossy cat named Smokey keeps Genell company while she writes and sometimes offers her advice.
*Cherokee Warriors is Genell's second Cherokee series for Avon Books inspired by family stories about her great-grandmother, who was born on the way to Indian Territory from Georgia.
*Montana Gold is a sequel to Montana Blue.
*Montana Gold is the second in Genell's series of single title contemporary romances set in Montana. "Chase Lomax is a perfect example of what grit and daring can accomplish," she says. "I loved writing him. He inspired me."
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September 11, 2009
Genell Dellin is a cannot put the book down author. I look forward to reading the next book: "A Piece of the Sky". I hope to read all of her books. (This one gives a good look of prison life and what drugs do to everyone.......even those not on them or selling them.)
June 16, 2014
Really good read!! Reminds me of Dinah McCall!!
December 18, 2019
Good book
It took me a little longer than others beginning kept putting me to sleep I didnt give up once after 20 pages I couldnt put it down!!
It took me a little longer than others beginning kept putting me to sleep I didnt give up once after 20 pages I couldnt put it down!!
August 5, 2014
Nous voici en présence de Blue, qui sort de prison après 10 ans d'enfer. Il a tué un homme, et il ne sera plus jamais le même. Ces longues années de taule ont laissé en lui des marques indélébiles — physique et morale.
La seule chose à l'avoir fait tenir pendant ces 10 ans: sa vengeance.
Car il n'a pas fini. Il veut détruire celui qui est à l'origine de tout: son père.
Le personnage de Blue Bowman est stupéfiant de réalisme et de profondeur. L'auteur nous ballade à l'intérieur de son âme brisée, nous donnant envie de le pousser en avant ou de le retenir.
Ça faisait vraiment longtemps que je n'avais pas rencontré de héros aussi profondément intense.
Encore une fois, Genell Dellin nous offre une histoire hors du commun, proche de la perfection.
Avec ses mots rugueux et pénétrants, elle nous plonge dans la vie d'un homme brisé, qui ne tient encore debout que grâce à sa haine et qui n'a plus foi en l'être humain.
Ici encore, l'histoire se mêle étrangement à la vie d'un ranch, et l'auteur nous fait partager son amour des chevaux. Blue passe énormément de temps avec eux, à les soigner, à les débourrer, à les entraîner.
Tous les personnages sont intéressants, et bien campés, même ce père tyrannique qu'il déteste tant.
Ce livre est le 1° de la trilogie mais je suis contente de l'avoir lu en second. Car sinon, je n'aurais peut-être pas tant aimé L'homme du Montana.
Ce tome-ci est meilleur, nettement supérieur à l'autre du point de vue de l'intensité. Le seul ordre correct pour lire cette série "Montana" est de lire l'histoire de Lomax (Montana Blue) après celle-ci (puisque Lomax apparait dans cette histoire).
La seule chose à l'avoir fait tenir pendant ces 10 ans: sa vengeance.
Car il n'a pas fini. Il veut détruire celui qui est à l'origine de tout: son père.
Le personnage de Blue Bowman est stupéfiant de réalisme et de profondeur. L'auteur nous ballade à l'intérieur de son âme brisée, nous donnant envie de le pousser en avant ou de le retenir.
Ça faisait vraiment longtemps que je n'avais pas rencontré de héros aussi profondément intense.
Encore une fois, Genell Dellin nous offre une histoire hors du commun, proche de la perfection.
Avec ses mots rugueux et pénétrants, elle nous plonge dans la vie d'un homme brisé, qui ne tient encore debout que grâce à sa haine et qui n'a plus foi en l'être humain.
Ici encore, l'histoire se mêle étrangement à la vie d'un ranch, et l'auteur nous fait partager son amour des chevaux. Blue passe énormément de temps avec eux, à les soigner, à les débourrer, à les entraîner.
Tous les personnages sont intéressants, et bien campés, même ce père tyrannique qu'il déteste tant.
Ce livre est le 1° de la trilogie mais je suis contente de l'avoir lu en second. Car sinon, je n'aurais peut-être pas tant aimé L'homme du Montana.
Ce tome-ci est meilleur, nettement supérieur à l'autre du point de vue de l'intensité. Le seul ordre correct pour lire cette série "Montana" est de lire l'histoire de Lomax (Montana Blue) après celle-ci (puisque Lomax apparait dans cette histoire).
May 28, 2013
Did not finish
The writing was pretty bad, and the story wasn't immediately interesting. I could've put it down on the first page and not even cared. Instead, I kept going, foolishly hoping that it was going to get better. I found out Blue had been in jail for 10 years, because he had killed someone. And there didn't seem to be an ounce of guilt over that fact; I think he did something to his sister or mother, but killing is never justifiable under any circumstance.
It didn't immediately grasp my attention, and usually if I don't get immediately interested in a book, it stays that way. When whats-her-face entered the book, she was so stupid I scornfully thought "Is this what he gets with? An idiot that punches her thighs like a 5 year old having a tantrum?" How stupid. She's upset over a guy holding his girlfriend hostage, and there's like drugs and drink involved. Not my kind of people. It was highly distasteful, and when I found out it was her son that was holding the girl hostage, I threw the book down in disgust. I don't go for people having kids by someone else.
The writing was pretty bad, and the story wasn't immediately interesting. I could've put it down on the first page and not even cared. Instead, I kept going, foolishly hoping that it was going to get better. I found out Blue had been in jail for 10 years, because he had killed someone. And there didn't seem to be an ounce of guilt over that fact; I think he did something to his sister or mother, but killing is never justifiable under any circumstance.
It didn't immediately grasp my attention, and usually if I don't get immediately interested in a book, it stays that way. When whats-her-face entered the book, she was so stupid I scornfully thought "Is this what he gets with? An idiot that punches her thighs like a 5 year old having a tantrum?" How stupid. She's upset over a guy holding his girlfriend hostage, and there's like drugs and drink involved. Not my kind of people. It was highly distasteful, and when I found out it was her son that was holding the girl hostage, I threw the book down in disgust. I don't go for people having kids by someone else.
December 13, 2014
There is a lot of drama, some would think was morally wrong. I am not one to judge people. Give the book a try if you don't mind reading about fictional characters who have chaotic lives. Like most people, these "not real" people learn how to overcome the negative and enjoy the positive aspects of their lives.
July 9, 2021
It was an ok book. I usually read books about Cowboys when I spend time in Colorado. A story about honor, love, family, and revenge. I will try to read the other books in the series.
December 25, 2015
Gak. Barely got started and had to put it down. Bad writing, stupid characters, overall annoying.
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