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Captured by a Cowboy
Was it impulse, instinct, or intuition that made Raquel surrender to a total stranger? By morning she was no longer a waitress at a Chicago truck stop but a woman on her way to an isolated Wyoming ranch with Holt Tyler, the man who knew all her secrets. His touch had made her suddenly wanton. His kisses drove her wild. Was he kidnapping her or saving her from herself? Did he want to protect her or ravish her again and again? Had she fled her wealthy, powerful, overprotective father only to fall into the arms of another passionate tyrant? And did she want to escape...or had her heart been captured by a cowboy?
158 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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Becky Barker
40 books74 followersBecky Barker is an Amazon bestselling, award-winning romance author whose books have been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages, published in large print library editions and in many electronic formats. She makes her home in central Ohio where she's surrounded by a big, close-knit family.
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May 20, 2021
Captured By A Cowboy was originally published in 1987. It has aged very well! The story is still relevant. It’s sweet, emotional, hot, and entertaining. It is fast paced and would be more so if it weren’t for all the errors. I loved the characters, Raquel’s growth, and Holt’s decision to let her go find her independence, trusting that she would return.
Unfortunately, this has clearly been digitized using text recognition, and it has not been proofread since. If you’ve been reading my reviews, you know that my brain edits what I read even when I’m only trying to read for pleasure. There was hardly a page that I did not make a correction on, and many needed several corrections. I love that we can get old books as ebooks now. But if you are going to charge for it, you must engage the services of a proofreader. And it clearly needed a better editor to begin with as all the errors cannot be blamed on a computer!
3rd person past tense. It has a head-hopping problem, jumping from Raquel to Holt and even to some secondary characters occasionally.
There were too many errors to count or even detail their types. It was hugely distracting from the story! It’s a testament to how good the story is that I made it to the end without giving up. I’d like to read more of Becky Barker’s novels, but I don’t think I can take it right away. She is still writing, so I hope her recent novels don’t have so many errors!
Unfortunately, this has clearly been digitized using text recognition, and it has not been proofread since. If you’ve been reading my reviews, you know that my brain edits what I read even when I’m only trying to read for pleasure. There was hardly a page that I did not make a correction on, and many needed several corrections. I love that we can get old books as ebooks now. But if you are going to charge for it, you must engage the services of a proofreader. And it clearly needed a better editor to begin with as all the errors cannot be blamed on a computer!
3rd person past tense. It has a head-hopping problem, jumping from Raquel to Holt and even to some secondary characters occasionally.
There were too many errors to count or even detail their types. It was hugely distracting from the story! It’s a testament to how good the story is that I made it to the end without giving up. I’d like to read more of Becky Barker’s novels, but I don’t think I can take it right away. She is still writing, so I hope her recent novels don’t have so many errors!
July 5, 2022
Hot, juicy and engaging.
An emotional story with and heat angst. The characters are well developed and the story flowed nicely. The sexual tension between Holt and Rachel was so potent, the way they denied themselves of sex despite their overwhelming attraction I could feel their frustration through the pages. They aboth needed be sure about what they they wanted from the relationship, the wanted to put themself first instead of settling for what their situations dictated. In the end it was worth the wait. Love the ending. Love the narration.
I received a free audio copy
An emotional story with and heat angst. The characters are well developed and the story flowed nicely. The sexual tension between Holt and Rachel was so potent, the way they denied themselves of sex despite their overwhelming attraction I could feel their frustration through the pages. They aboth needed be sure about what they they wanted from the relationship, the wanted to put themself first instead of settling for what their situations dictated. In the end it was worth the wait. Love the ending. Love the narration.
I received a free audio copy
June 23, 2021
Still awesome
I read this several times as a paperback. I'm not sure what happened to my physical book but still wanted to read it again. So glad I could find it as an ebook and thrilled that no changes were made to reflect technology that didn't exist when it was originally written. Thank you, Mrs. Barker.
I read this several times as a paperback. I'm not sure what happened to my physical book but still wanted to read it again. So glad I could find it as an ebook and thrilled that no changes were made to reflect technology that didn't exist when it was originally written. Thank you, Mrs. Barker.
January 22, 2021
It was a great book. I just wish it was a longer story!
May 7, 2021
I enjoy this storyline. The characters were well written and had good personalities. With a good storyline it was hours of entertainment.
February 11, 2013
Captured by a Cowboy by Jean Barrett is a rugged western with a heart of gold. Get ready to saddle up and hit the trails with a determined shyster Annie Johnson, and the equally stubborn cowboy Brady. Annie blazes a larcenous trail that is easy for Brady to follow. He recognizes his target despite the fact she’s dressed as a good sister. When it comes to Annie Johnson, nothing is as it seems.
Annie Johnson knows her stepfather is responsible for her mother’s death, and she swears on her mother’s grave to make him pay. Her stepfather slides through towns quickly, which exhausts her meager supply of money. To fund her pursuit she turns to the cons her stepfather taught her, and a few she came up with on her own. She almost has her stepfather when a handsome cowboy gets in her way.
Brady has one mission that is to find his employer’s granddaughter and bring her home. He finds her in a mining town dressed as a sister and shaking miners down for the widows and orphans fund. While he definitely doesn’t approve of Annie’s activities, Brady finds himself drawn to the conniving spitfire. Even threatening her with jail fails to persuade her to accompany him.
Annie knows Brady doesn’t think much of her. It doesn’t matter because she doesn’t think much of his employer, her grandfather. If it hadn’t been for her grandfather her mother would be alive instead of buried in a shallow grave. After her father died, her grandfather made sure she and her mother felt unwelcome to stay at the family ranch. If her mother hadn’t left town, they wouldn’t had fell in with her stepfather. Why would she want to see such a man, even if Brady hogtied her and carried her there?
Annie and Brady definitely strike sparks off one another. Grandfather as a dying man who has many regrets, and little time to reconcile things is well done. The western setting comes alive in this tale. I could almost hear the train whistle. Brady is a classic cowboy tough, fair, and reasonably taciturn. Think young John Wayne. Annie for all her deviousness is more like Lucy managing to cause one disaster after another.
Captured by a Cowboy is a sweet western with some sensual undertones. If you like western romances, then you’re sure to like this one.
Annie Johnson knows her stepfather is responsible for her mother’s death, and she swears on her mother’s grave to make him pay. Her stepfather slides through towns quickly, which exhausts her meager supply of money. To fund her pursuit she turns to the cons her stepfather taught her, and a few she came up with on her own. She almost has her stepfather when a handsome cowboy gets in her way.
Brady has one mission that is to find his employer’s granddaughter and bring her home. He finds her in a mining town dressed as a sister and shaking miners down for the widows and orphans fund. While he definitely doesn’t approve of Annie’s activities, Brady finds himself drawn to the conniving spitfire. Even threatening her with jail fails to persuade her to accompany him.
Annie knows Brady doesn’t think much of her. It doesn’t matter because she doesn’t think much of his employer, her grandfather. If it hadn’t been for her grandfather her mother would be alive instead of buried in a shallow grave. After her father died, her grandfather made sure she and her mother felt unwelcome to stay at the family ranch. If her mother hadn’t left town, they wouldn’t had fell in with her stepfather. Why would she want to see such a man, even if Brady hogtied her and carried her there?
Annie and Brady definitely strike sparks off one another. Grandfather as a dying man who has many regrets, and little time to reconcile things is well done. The western setting comes alive in this tale. I could almost hear the train whistle. Brady is a classic cowboy tough, fair, and reasonably taciturn. Think young John Wayne. Annie for all her deviousness is more like Lucy managing to cause one disaster after another.
Captured by a Cowboy is a sweet western with some sensual undertones. If you like western romances, then you’re sure to like this one.
August 3, 2016
Holt Tyler is a man who goes after whatever he wants, and he wants Raquel. She wants him too, but she’s nervous about it, so he takes the lead in giving her a night that she may never forget. He’ll take what she offers and walk away in the morning. That’s his plan anyway.
Raquel has been working as a waitress at a truck-stop in order to hide from her rich and powerful controlling father. There is something about Holt that has her doing something that she has never considered doing with any other man. When Holt sees how she is living and learns the reason why, he decides to kidnap her to remove her from the situation she has created for herself. He’ll take her home with him until she is able to stop hiding from the people who are searching for her. But as they spend more time together his feelings for her start to change. Can he talk her into making a future with him? Or will she walk away from him when she no longer needs to hide?
I received an e-copy of this book as a gift from the author.
Raquel has been working as a waitress at a truck-stop in order to hide from her rich and powerful controlling father. There is something about Holt that has her doing something that she has never considered doing with any other man. When Holt sees how she is living and learns the reason why, he decides to kidnap her to remove her from the situation she has created for herself. He’ll take her home with him until she is able to stop hiding from the people who are searching for her. But as they spend more time together his feelings for her start to change. Can he talk her into making a future with him? Or will she walk away from him when she no longer needs to hide?
I received an e-copy of this book as a gift from the author.
August 16, 2011
I read the sample which was 3 chapters and liked it enough to buy the full book. The rest of it was kinda boring. Just eh
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