Protecting the Colton Bride / Colton's Cowboy Code

by Elle James, Melissa Cutler

Two stories of danger and romance from the Coltons of Oklahoma miniseries

Protecting the Colton Bride
by Elle James

With his ranch in financial trouble, cowboy Daniel Colton makes the perfect proposal to Megan Talbot--a marriage of convenience to save his business and ensure she receives her inheritance. But when a killer targets his new bride, vying for her estate, he must race against the clock to track down the culprit and protect the wife who's starting to be so much more to him than just a business partner.

Colton's Cowboy Code
by Melissa Cutler

Cowboy Brett Colton has reformed his bad-boy ways. And he has ambitious plans to transform the Lucky C ranch. Then he discovers that his one passion-filled night with gorgeous Hannah Grayson resulted in pregnancy. Though excited by the prospect of fatherhood, Brett puts the brakes on romance. But he doesn't anticipate the strong feelings he develops for Hannah...or that he is putting her in danger. Because a vengeful phantom is targeting the Coltons...

544 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2019

About the author

Award-winning author Elle James grew up as an air force military brat. She received her work ethic from her rock-solid father, her creative streak from her artistic mother and inspiration from her writing partner and sister, Delilah Devlin. As a former member of the army reserves and a current member of the air force reserves, she's traveled across the United States and to Germany, managed a full-time job, and raised three wonderful children. She and her husband have even tried their hands at ranching exotic birds (ostriches, emus and rheas) in the Texas hill country. Ask her, and she'll tell you what it's like to go toe-to-toe with an angry three-hundred-and-fifty-pound bird and live to tell about it!

Her adventures in the army and air force reserves, and the wild antics of her life on a small ranch in Texas give her fodder for mystery, suspense and humor in her writing. Elle writes gothic, paranormal mystery for the Harlequin Intrigue line and paranormal romantic comedy for Dorchester Publishing. A former manager of computer programming and project management professionals, Elle is happy she now has the opportunity to pursue her writing full time.

Reviews

[Susan Ross · Rating 2 out of 5]

The main reason I gave this book two stars was because both stories had bizarre logic of why the hero and/or heroine did not want to have sex. This theme continued throughout both stories and was ridiculous, especially in the second one where the heroine was already pregnant and the hero wanted her and the baby in his life. When these couples finally start having sex it is very steamy.

Note when reading, that the second story is actually the first of the two and is out of sequence.
These stories are part of a series so not all the mysteries are solved.