Mississippi Flame

by Cheryl Biggs

SHE VOWED NEVER TO GIVE HER HEARTMen! Furious at being betrayed by her fickle fiance only hours before the wedding, Elizabeth Devlin packed her portmanteau and fled her Mississippi hometown in a flurry of wounded pride. But the pampered blond beauty got no further than the wharf --- where she was accosted by a gunslinger stranger ... with the most seductive smile she'd ever seen! And though she'd sworn never to look at, let alone trust, another man as long as she lived, Elizabeth found it well-nigh impossible to resist this virile scoundrel --- and his arousing kisses that sent her senses spinning and her body begging for more!HE SWORE TO WIN HER LOVEWith his Colt revolver riding low on his muscular thigh and his broad-rimmed Stetson shading his rugged face, Grayson Cantrelle was a match for any man --- or woman. But damn if Elizabeth Devlin wasn't the most hellraising handful he'd ever come across! And now Fate had seen fit to throw them together on a ship bound west for his native Texas. Which suited him just fine. He'd have his way with the voluptuous vixen, then bid her a fond farewell. Yet once their lips had joined in fiery union, the aroused rancher couldn't get enough of her wild sweet loving ... and nothing, not even a storm at sea, could tear him from the ecstasy-filled embrace of his ... Mississippi Flame

432 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

When she was a child, Cheryl Biggs spent hours watching cowboy series on television and going to see Westerns at the movies. Actually, she still loves them and views them whenever she has the chance. Cheryl is not quite sure why she has this passion. Maybe it is because she is one of those rare people—a native of California, where so many of these shows have been filmed. Whatever the cause, it provided the impetus to learn to ride horses, and at one time she owned two. Besides the West, Cheryl has wide ranging interests, which she has used to develop new books for her loyal readers. Ms. Biggs lives at the foot of Mt. Diablo, with her husband, five cats, Dooby, Dusty, Dolly, Mikey, and Lil' Girl, and a blue-eyes dog, lady.

Reviews

[Cass · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book on a shelf and decidied to read it and then I couldn't stop. It was just so horribly bad. This book goes through just about every, and I do mean every romance novel cliche there is, right down to the attempted rape, the refused marriage offer, "velvet sheathes" and "throbbing manhoods" aplenty, and the "I love you, I hate you," dynamic. Books like this are why most people think that romance novels are a terrible blight on modern literature. And in the case of this one, I'm inclined to agree with them.

One thing I will say in this book's favor is that it is so ludicriously awful that I kept going out of a mixture of disbelief and curiosity. A four page hand holding scene?! Double exploding riverboat boilers? Read this if you want a really good laugh while wincing the entire time. And read it at your own risk.

Also, just for the record, the man on the cover of this thing totally has a mullet.

[Marina P · Rating 2 out of 5]

OMG I can’t believe I made it to the last page!

The two main characters were just annoying- a hate/love relationship!- sooo ridiculous and unbelievable. Both were too moody and hot-tempered.

I think I have seen a movie from the 1950’s once just like this book‘s plot. In the movie the main characters were charming and witty, but here they only annoyed and irritated.

Read at your own risk!