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Summary: Almost didn't buy this. So glad I did!
Review: "Never love a cowboy" sounds like a fairly standard western so it didn't "grab me". But I have read Heath's other books and she is an excellent author. My attention kept coming back to this one and the idea of the British cowboy sounded cute and different so I did buy it for a "quick, easy read". Wow. The title certainly does not do this book justice. It is so much more than a typical western. The plot is very different but the characters are living, touchable people. You feel their joy and pain. The dialogue is incredible. You laugh and you cry. Jessye is one of the most delightful heroines I've ever read. She is so full of ......and vinegar. She tickles your funny bone or at least mine!
After one of Harry's pouty 3 day silences, he says to Jess.."I've been thinking..." To which she says.."That why you've been so quiet. You can't think and talk at the same time!"
..Harry asks why Jess has been quiet and she says "haven't been in the company of anyone I thought was worth talking to!!". Now anyway who has ever had a relationship wishes she had said those things to her guy!!...The early part of this book is just plain fun. The second part is serious business with emotional angst. It tests the mettle of our characters and forunately they meet the test with flying colors. Just a wonderful book.
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Summary: A wonderful romance
Review: A great romance with characters that will stay with me for a very long time. I loved Harry, who falls in love with Jessye despite all his best efforts. He's a wonderful, reluctant hero. Lorraine has delivered another charmer. I believe this is one of her best books, as heartwarming as her Rita-winning "Always To Remember." I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A very special and heartwarming tale
Review: As a second son of an English aristocrat, Harrison Bainbridge knows he inherits almost nothing. He and two friends travel to Texas to make their fortune. However, instead of easily making a bundle of money, Harrison ends up working in the field under the supervision of women whose men are either dead or struggling to come home following the end of the Civil War.After one friend, Gray Rhodes, married (see A ROGUE IN TEXAS), Harrison and his fellow expatriate Kit Montgomery agree that cattle is the way to become wealthy. Since they lack capital, the duo turns to Jessye Kane, daughter of a saloonkeeper, who is their last hope for an investor. Jessye agrees to fund them on two conditions. She and Kit are full partners, leaving Harrison as a common worker and she goes with them on the cattle drive. Harrison pushes Kit into signing the contract. As Harrison and Jessye become truly acquainted during the dangerous cattle drive they fall in love. However, he is the son of an aristocratic icon and she is a saloonkeeper's daughter with a past. The second tale in Lorraine Heath's western romance trilogy is an endearing story that lives up to its passionate predecessor. The story line is filled with an insightful look at the Southwest just after the end of the Civil War. The lead couple is a humorous, warm, and realistic pair whose squabbles will entertain the audience. The support cast augments the tale by providing a deeper understanding of the inner motives of Harrison and Jessye. After reading back to back winners, fans will anxiously wait for Kit's tale to be told by the wonderfully gifted Ms. Heath. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: What an Emotional Read!
Review: Harrison (Harry) Bainbridge, the 2nd son of an English Earl, and Jessye Kane, a salon keepers daughter are two wounded souls who belong together. Harry is exiled to Texas, by his father, after amassing huge gambling debts. Once in Texas, Harry and his friend, Christopher (Kit), decide to make their fortune by rounding up cattle and driving them to market in Missouri. They have no money to invest in this venture but Jessye agrees to back them by using her life savings. She becomes their partner and insists on going along with them to protect her investment. As Harry and Jessye roam the Texas plains to gather the cattle, they gradually get to know one another, and realize they have misjudged one another badly. As they talk, we learn secrets about both of their lives and find out what has lead both of them to stake their future on this cattle drive. There are delightful secondary characters in this book, Kit and Grayson (the 2 friends Harry came with to Texas), Abby (Grayson's wife), Jessye's father and a whole caste of new characacters that are hired to help with the cattle drive. I was delighted that Grayson and Abby showed up in this book because, after reading their story in the 1st book, I wanted to see what happened to them later. The characters are so richly drawn that I felt many of the emotions that they felt as I was reading about their lives. To me, that is the hallmark of a great story, that as I read the book I feel what the people in the book must be feeling and that I can see myself in them. I cried throughout this book as I read about the pain that Harry and Jessye have endured in their lives. I cheered when they overcame every obstacle and got together in the end. I did not want this book to end! I look forward to Kit's story, the final book in the Englishmen in Texas trilogy.
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Summary: You won't regret this one!
Review: I discovered Lorraine Heath about a month ago, and since then I've read 5 of her books, Never Love a Cowboy being the 5th. She has a way of creating heroes to fall in love with, heroines that you like and identify with, and she writes storylines that have me crying usually more than once. Never Love A Cowboy epitomizes Heath's writing. Harrison is a tortured hero - he had a very troubled childhood. But he doesn't wallow in it, and in general this just adds to his scoundrel-ness, without making him a jerk. Jessye is a spitfire if there ever was one, but she's also generous, friendly, and very compassionate. She too has a pretty troubled past. When they get together, sparks fly and the dialog is fun to read. But the book is really about the journey these two characters take together. It's not just about falling in love, but about really being in love. Something pretty traumatic happens about halfway through, and it's when the two characters try to overcome this event that you begin hoping the book will never end (and wishing you had more Kleenex handy!). Talk about a couple that breaks your heart. So if you're in for a great love story, some wonderful characters, and a storyline that never lags, this is it. Enjoy! (and then check out Heath's other books... none of them disappoints)
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Summary: Get your Hankies out!
Review: I have read all 3 books in this series and all 3 are wonderful. The story of Harrison and Jessye is so compelling. The love, heartache and long road they travel is so heart wrenching. As others before me have written there is tragedy that will make you weep but the way these two grow together. Lorraine Heath has a way of writing that really brings you into the story. I don't think I have ever laughed or cried so much with any other writer. This is definitely a great read. All 3 are wonderful and keep you wanting more.
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Summary: Get your Hankies out!
Review: I have read all 3 books in this series and all 3 are wonderful. The story of Harrison and Jessye is so compelling. The love, heartache and long road they travel is so heart wrenching. As others before me have written there is tragedy that will make you weep but the way these two grow together. Lorraine Heath has a way of writing that really brings you into the story. I don't think I have ever laughed or cried so much with any other writer. This is definitely a great read. All 3 are wonderful and keep you wanting more.
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Summary: Another Great Romance Novel With True Character!
Review: I just finished Never Love A Cowboy, and it was terrific! I couldn't put it down. Harrison was a wonderful man who, despite his atempts to keep from falling is love, loses his heart in the end and surrenders to love he truly was in search of. Jessye will have you feeling proud, heartbroken and love all in one as she stands strong for her desire and dream. The only thing, or should I say person, she trys so hard to resist - she can't!. Her story of love and strength will have you cheering and crying. I truly enjoyed this story and highly recomemd it, as well as her others.
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Summary: Very entertaining!
Review: If you want to laugh and cry and just enjoy a good book, this is it. I loved this story. I could hardly put it down, it was mesmerizing. A definite read.
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Summary: Very entertaining!
Review: If you want to laugh and cry and just enjoy a good book, this is it. I loved this story. I could hardly put it down, it was mesmerizing. A definite read.
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