Wholesome, churchgoing Kansas Daye secretly yearned to be more than Elk Creek's favorite "spinster aunt." A tiny, naughty part of her harbored fantasies hot enough to melt the rivets off rodeo rider Lincoln Heller's skintight jeans. Lines roguish charm made Kansas feel utterly female. And his motherless son filled up something empty inside her. But could straitlaced Kansas ever be woman enough for a footloose, sweet-talking sinner like Linc?
A RANCHING FAMILY: Though scattered by years and tears, the Heller clan share mile-deep roots in one Wyoming ranch--and a singular talent for lassoing the unlikeliest hearts!
Victoria Pade is the bestselling author of numerous contemporary romances, six historical romances and two mystery novels. She began her writing career after leaving college to have her first daughter. That daughter was seven years old and there was a second daughter, before Victoria had her first book accepted for publication. That novel and the three that followed it were historical romances. But the exit of her husband and the urge to do more contemporary writing that explored the kinds of problems she was facing inspired a switch.
I’m going to have to DNF this book. I thought the setting was charming and I love a buttoned up girl and a bad boy, but the incest levels were a little too high for me. In-laws isn’t the worst, but a kid in the mix pushes this over the edge for me.