What do you think?
Rate this book
Way Out West #2
Lone Wolf's Lady
WAY OUT WEST
THE BADDEST MAN IN TEXAS?
A quarter-breed cowboy like Luke McClendon had no business wooing golden girl Deanna Atchley. So when Luke was sent to prison for the murder of Deanna's father, it came as no surprise. Everyone in Stone Creek, Texas, knew Luke was just no good.
Now Deanna was back in Luke's life, determined to clear his name. But the hard-hearted loner wasn't looking for redemption—only revenge. And as soon as he seduced the sweet beauty, he'd have it. But once Deanna was in his arms again, Luke wondered if the time had finally come to claim the bride who was rightfully his….
Because there's nothing like a cowboy.
THE BADDEST MAN IN TEXAS?
A quarter-breed cowboy like Luke McClendon had no business wooing golden girl Deanna Atchley. So when Luke was sent to prison for the murder of Deanna's father, it came as no surprise. Everyone in Stone Creek, Texas, knew Luke was just no good.
Now Deanna was back in Luke's life, determined to clear his name. But the hard-hearted loner wasn't looking for redemption—only revenge. And as soon as he seduced the sweet beauty, he'd have it. But once Deanna was in his arms again, Luke wondered if the time had finally come to claim the bride who was rightfully his….
Because there's nothing like a cowboy.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1998
4 people are currently reading
96 people want to read
About the author
Beverly Barton
298 books709 followersBeverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
September 29, 2012
You know I generally like Beverly Barton books even if they are second chance books but this one was filled with so many problems, I hated the hero and his actions. He had valid reasons for his anger, he went to jail when the heroine testified against him and she was pregnant with his baby. He spent five years in jail and that hardened him further, a process which had been started in his childhood. The heroine was the only one who he had opened up with and when she betrayed him, he became a cold hearted ba*tard.
The heroine comes back after fifteen years, she is messed up, she never did remember what happened the day her father was murdered and when she was forced in her broken state to say what her mother told her to, her mind couldn't take it and she had a mental breakdown and the five years he spent in jail was the five years she spent in a mental institution. When she did regain her mind, she remembered she lost her baby and what she did to the hero and she knew she couldn't go back.
The heroine had been young and pampered and when her baby's life was threatened she did a bad thing. She comes back ready to face the truth but her family does not want that and she needs the hero loves, he acts like a total jerk. He sexually humiliates the heroine and insults her at every turn and she takes it because she feel she deserves it.
He does try to make up for it but I never warmed up to it and all the other drama.
The heroine comes back after fifteen years, she is messed up, she never did remember what happened the day her father was murdered and when she was forced in her broken state to say what her mother told her to, her mind couldn't take it and she had a mental breakdown and the five years he spent in jail was the five years she spent in a mental institution. When she did regain her mind, she remembered she lost her baby and what she did to the hero and she knew she couldn't go back.
The heroine had been young and pampered and when her baby's life was threatened she did a bad thing. She comes back ready to face the truth but her family does not want that and she needs the hero loves, he acts like a total jerk. He sexually humiliates the heroine and insults her at every turn and she takes it because she feel she deserves it.
He does try to make up for it but I never warmed up to it and all the other drama.
October 11, 2024
I really felt for the two heroes. How they suffered. How they were wronged.
I could understand his anger and hatred. I loved her resilience and strength. Of course I would have wished another cover.
I could understand his anger and hatred. I loved her resilience and strength. Of course I would have wished another cover.
May 11, 2019
I didn't care much for writing style. Too cheesy, childish dialogues between supposedly mature people,
writing reads like a screenplay in parts too.
writing reads like a screenplay in parts too.
July 5, 2009
I don't usually read these kinds of books because they don't have any meat to them. However, if this book had any more meat to it, I would have been a puddle of mush by the time it ended. What a sad, sad, heartbreaking tale. As sad as this was, it was an amazing story. Well written and heart-wrenching. Caution: read with a box of tissues at your side.
Rich girls falls for half-breed cowboy and her family doesn't approve and does whatever is necessary to stop the relationship. The coverup ofthe death of her father was the last straw for all of them.
Rich girls falls for half-breed cowboy and her family doesn't approve and does whatever is necessary to stop the relationship. The coverup ofthe death of her father was the last straw for all of them.
December 18, 2012
Good - a little predictable.
July 1, 2012
Titre vf : Désir sur contrat
April 21, 2017
IM877 1998 Luke McClendon went to prison for the murder of Deanna Atchley's father. It was Atchley's son who killed his abusive father, their mother and ranch manager set Luke up. Deanna was sent to asylum and miscarried Luke and her baby. I just couldn't get into the story, the prison sentence for Luke just didn't make sense with the forensic evidence that would have been available.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews