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Summary: strong western romance
Review: In Marshall, Kansas, Annie Malloy enjoys being a member of the "New Modern Woman" until she realizes that she is pregnant out of wedlock. She goes to her lover, bank and train robber Bodie Miller, who offers to marry her, but rejects her insistence he turns respectable. Bodie informs Annie they will marry, but he will continue his life of robbery. Annie declines.Sheriff Jess Harden asks Annie if he can court her, but she is upset and runs away from him. He thinks she rejects him, but instead Annie finds her delicate condition makes her unsuitable for the sheriff. Still he persists and as they fall in love, she wonders if he will be so kind with someone's child. Also Bodie plans to come back to take what is his as no one rejects him. Fans of western romances will want to read SHOTGUN WEDDING, a powerful period piece that brings to light an era of change for women yet in many ways society remains the same. That is the brilliance of the tale. Maggie Osborne uses Annie's plight to contrast a modern nineteenth century woman stigmatized by her pregnancy as she fleetingly considers suicide to avoid the shame she brings to her family. Throw in a strong hero and a selfish villain (though Bodie's motives seem strange) so that the audience will gain immense pleasure from a superb story. Harriet Klausner
Rating:
Summary: strong western romance
Review: In Marshall, Kansas, Annie Malloy enjoys being a member of the "New Modern Woman" until she realizes that she is pregnant out of wedlock. She goes to her lover, bank and train robber Bodie Miller, who offers to marry her, but rejects her insistence he turns respectable. Bodie informs Annie they will marry, but he will continue his life of robbery. Annie declines. Sheriff Jess Harden asks Annie if he can court her, but she is upset and runs away from him. He thinks she rejects him, but instead Annie finds her delicate condition makes her unsuitable for the sheriff. Still he persists and as they fall in love, she wonders if he will be so kind with someone's child. Also Bodie plans to come back to take what is his as no one rejects him. Fans of western romances will want to read SHOTGUN WEDDING, a powerful period piece that brings to light an era of change for women yet in many ways society remains the same. That is the brilliance of the tale. Maggie Osborne uses Annie's plight to contrast a modern nineteenth century woman stigmatized by her pregnancy as she fleetingly considers suicide to avoid the shame she brings to her family. Throw in a strong hero and a selfish villain (though Bodie's motives seem strange) so that the audience will gain immense pleasure from a superb story. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Couldn't put the book down! LOVED it!
Review: Maggie Osborne has done it again! No one writes western romances like Maggie Osborne. In Shotgun Wedding, Annie Malloy is a New Modern Woman. She's 25 and yearning to cut those apron strings and experience life as her mother never has. She wants to be her own woman without anyone to answer to. Annie learns the hard way that independent or not, we all have to answer to someone for our decisions. Jess Harden is the sheriff. The walking epitome of handsome, virle man. He loves Annie, though hasn't told her and he comes to her rescue knowing he won't be her first love...or will he? Annie gives voice to all the women of that time who yearned for change and worked to get it. Her hard won lessons make her a better person. Jess is confident enough in himself as a man to give Annie her long for independence while gently binding her to him with ribbons of love. Bravo Maggie!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Maggie Osborne has done it again! No one writes western romances like Maggie Osborne. In Shotgun Wedding, Annie Malloy is a New Modern Woman. She's 25 and yearning to cut those apron strings and experience life as her mother never has. She wants to be her own woman without anyone to answer to. Annie learns the hard way that independent or not, we all have to answer to someone for our decisions. Jess Harden is the sheriff. The walking epitome of handsome, virle man. He loves Annie, though hasn't told her and he comes to her rescue knowing he won't be her first love...or will he? Annie gives voice to all the women of that time who yearned for change and worked to get it. Her hard won lessons make her a better person. Jess is confident enough in himself as a man to give Annie her long for independence while gently binding her to him with ribbons of love. Bravo Maggie!
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Summary: Every Once In A Blue Moon I Enjoy A Great Romantic Western!
Review: SHOTGUN WEDDING by Maggie Osborne was a lot of fun. Single and pregnant by an outlaw Annie is in trouble in a big way. To avoid scandal, Annie marries sheriff Jesse Harden. Can this marriage of convenience blossom into real love? The characters are real, the dialogue perfect for the time period, and the plot makes SHOTGUN MARRIAGE the perfect romantic western! John Savoy
Savoy International
Motion Pictures Inc.
California
Rating:
Summary: Every Once In A Blue Moon I Enjoy A Great Romantic Western!
Review: SHOTGUN WEDDING by Maggie Osborne was a lot of fun. Single and pregnant by an outlaw Annie is in trouble in a big way. To avoid scandal, Annie marries sheriff Jesse Harden. Can this marriage of convenience blossom into real love? The characters are real, the dialogue perfect for the time period, and the plot makes SHOTGUN MARRIAGE the perfect romantic western! John Savoy
Savoy International
Motion Pictures Inc.
California
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Summary: Couldn't put the book down! LOVED it!
Review: This is my first book by Maggie Osborne and needless to say, I enjoyed the book immensely! Never a dull moment in the story! I found the story heart warming and funny. I highly recommend this book to fans of historical romance!
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