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Summary: Okay
Review: After reading the The Cowboy and the The Texan, I could not wait for The Loner to come out. Having said that it was not a good book especially if you read the first two books in the series.
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Summary: All of Texas is a soap!
Review: Based on Joan Johnston's books one would assume that all of Texas is a soap opera. That said, if you liked the other books in this series and want some closure, it's worth reading. However, if you're looking for depth of characterization or innovative plotting or story lines, don't go here.
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Summary: Another Winner
Review: I am a follower of this series and I have to say that this one is another winner. Billy and Summer fell in love two years ago. But things happened that made there being together impossible. Now two years later Billy needs help with his son and Summer just needs to feel wanted. Blackjack and Ren will finally be able to be together if they finally say the heck with everybody else, and Sam finally comes out of his shell and falls for the most unexpected one of all. Luke is treated to a surprise and everyone must overcomes so much to be together. I loved it. If anyone missed the first two I suggest that you read them in order and fall in love with them all. Then you can wait in suspence like the rest of us for the next installment in this most loved saga.
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Summary: Love the Series Like the Book
Review: I felt let down by this book it could have been so much better. It felt like they were trying to cram 30 people in a vw car. It was too many people and not enough focus on the main couple. I have read the whole series but can't say that I liked this too much. But the other ones were great.
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Summary: The Loner
Review: I felt let down by this book it could have been so much better. It felt like they were trying to cram 30 people in a vw car. It was too many people and not enough focus on the main couple. I have read the whole series but can't say that I liked this too much. But the other ones were great.
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Summary: The last bk of the blackthorne-creed trilogy!
Review: I find it difficult to finish a book when the female character is written as having no backbone. Summer Blackthorne is simply a weak, ineffectual person at best; which makes it highly believable that she's not of Blackthorne blood. The book makes "opposites attract" appropo - Bad Billy Coburn finally marries Summer Blackthorne, wimp of the west. I look forward to reading the Sisters of the Lone Star Series. I can only hope that these women of the old west portray stronger characters.
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Summary: No backbone
Review: I find it difficult to finish a book when the female character is written as having no backbone. Summer Blackthorne is simply a weak, ineffectual person at best; which makes it highly believable that she's not of Blackthorne blood. The book makes "opposites attract" appropo - Bad Billy Coburn finally marries Summer Blackthorne, wimp of the west. I look forward to reading the Sisters of the Lone Star Series. I can only hope that these women of the old west portray stronger characters.
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Summary: Okay story, no romance, flat characters
Review: I purchased this book thinking it was a romance novel - boy was I wrong! It's a long and undulating story about a woman who cannot stand up for herself and the rugged man who loves her (well, not outwardly until the end). It was a boring read, but I give it 2 stars since I actually finished it.
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Summary: The Loner
Review: I thought this was an excelent book as are the rest of the books in this series. I can't wait for the 4th book in this amazing series to be published. If you are intested in this book i'd recomend that you read "The Cowboy and The Texan" first they are just as good as this one. Joan Johnston never fails to write a book that totally captivates the reader.
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Summary: Fun but needs a distribution chart to keep score
Review: In Bitter Creek, the Blackthorne and Creed clans have detested each other for eternity (or at least three series that has begot double-digit novels). Billy Coburn loves his father's daughter Summer, but they do not share a blood relationship. He is the illegitimate son of Jackson Blackthorne while she is the daughter of the lover of Jackson's wife.
Billy has an affair that results in a child. He wants to raise the boy with Summer, but the biological mother sees the infant as a chance to bleed money from the wealthy Blackthornes. Billy proposes to Summer feeling he has a better chance of winning custody if he is a married man. She loves Billy and though angry that he deserted once before, she marries him. They return to his family home since he feels he needs to help his dying mother and his pregnant sister. However, Billy's female relatives loathe Summer though she is kind and sacrificed a comfortable lifestyle to marry her beloved.. The rest of the broods are in the midst of a soap opera too.
The latest tale in the Blackthorne-Creed universe, THE LONER, requires a scorecard to keep track of the players. The tale will remind readers of when Bay City and Another World were running stories at the same time. The characters are fun to watch as hatred flows stronger than love in most cases. Fans of the series will find Joan Johnston's latest entry a triumph. For newcomers develop a distribution chart to follow who does what or wants to do what to whom. Harriet Klausner
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