The Wedding Raffle

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Summary: Extrodinary, a book for a true Texan rose!
Review: Geralyn Dawson has captured that which is so valued in the life of a Texan survival, and pure fun. Reading this book was like a trip back in time.

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Summary: A cut above the typical Western romance
Review: So many Western American historical novels are out of the same mold. Vulnerable woman ends up on bitter man's ranch and so forth. The Wedding Raffle is an original in this field. The Literary Times review details the plot throughly.

First and foremost, both Honor and Luke are genuinely likeable. Both are wounded hearts but the reasons for their wounds ring true and the inevitable recovery happens realistically. I also really liked Honor's spitfire of a mother-in-law.

Where this book is unusual lies in a very skillful and interesting threat subplot. Most threat subplots are tedious and annoying. In this book, Dawson creates a plot that mixes up family dysfunction with a healthy dose of Texas politics in the years before Texas was annexed by the U.S. Sure I read romances for entertainment but I always enjoy it when education is artfully woven into the plot. This subplot works really well.

Bottom-line: A much better than average western historical. I'll keep it on my shelf and might be lending it out.

Rating:
Summary: A cut above the typical Western romance
Review: So many Western American historical novels are out of the same mold. Vulnerable woman ends up on bitter man's ranch and so forth. The Wedding Raffle is an original in this field. The Literary Times review details the plot throughly.

First and foremost, both Honor and Luke are genuinely likeable. Both are wounded hearts but the reasons for their wounds ring true and the inevitable recovery happens realistically. I also really liked Honor's spitfire of a mother-in-law.

Where this book is unusual lies in a very skillful and interesting threat subplot. Most threat subplots are tedious and annoying. In this book, Dawson creates a plot that mixes up family dysfunction with a healthy dose of Texas politics in the years before Texas was annexed by the U.S. Sure I read romances for entertainment but I always enjoy it when education is artfully woven into the plot. This subplot works really well.

Bottom-line: A much better than average western historical. I'll keep it on my shelf and might be lending it out.

Rating:
Summary: Whoa!
Review: The sensuous aura that emits from Honor & Luke in their effort not to fall in love with each other almost slids off the page into your lap! This offering from Geralyn Dawson isn't just a page turner....it's a page burner from the moment former Texas Ranger, Captain Luke Prescott first lays eyes on the widow in the yellow dress.

I'm now settling in to read "The Wedding Ranson" and hoping it captures my attention and time as thoroughly as "The Wedding Raffle" did. If Luke's friend, Rafe Malone is half as....ahem, tasty...as he was in "Raffle", then my hubby may be fixing his own dinner tonight while I read!

Rating:
Summary: Whoa!
Review: The sensuous aura that emits from Honor & Luke in their effort not to fall in love with each other almost slids off the page into your lap! This offering from Geralyn Dawson isn't just a page turner....it's a page burner from the moment former Texas Ranger, Captain Luke Prescott first lays eyes on the widow in the yellow dress.

I'm now settling in to read "The Wedding Ranson" and hoping it captures my attention and time as thoroughly as "The Wedding Raffle" did. If Luke's friend, Rafe Malone is half as....ahem, tasty...as he was in "Raffle", then my hubby may be fixing his own dinner tonight while I read!