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Summary: sure bet to provide solid romantic entertainment
Review: Brady Young killed his own father, but made sure that Wade Mason went to the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville for the dastardly crime. While in prison, Wade impregnates a hooker, who died but not before she gave birth to his son. Wade manages to escape with his plan to find his son and clear his name.Callie Quinn promised Lily that she would raise little Matthew as if she was the biological mother. However, everything changes when the infant's father shows up demanding she hand over his son. Callie refuses, as she is willing to die to keep her beloved three-month-old charge safe from the filthy, leg locked dangerously looking father. In spite of that auspicious beginning Wade and Callie begin to fall in love and shockingly she believes his claim of innocence. Now all they have to do is find proof that Brady is the killer. The sequel to WALKER'S WIDOW, CALLIE'S CONVICT, is an exciting western romance that stars two strong lead protagonists. Both heroes place the interest of Matthew ahead of their own needs, but at the same time readers feel the fear that Callie and Wade share of losing the baby to the other. The exciting story line focuses on the characters, as the heroine works to prove her beloved is not a killer over his objections, as he fears for her safety. Heidi Betts has given reader a sure bet to provide hours of solid romantic entertainment. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: sure bet to provide solid romantic entertainment
Review: Brady Young killed his own father, but made sure that Wade Mason went to the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville for the dastardly crime. While in prison, Wade impregnates a hooker, who died but not before she gave birth to his son. Wade manages to escape with his plan to find his son and clear his name. Callie Quinn promised Lily that she would raise little Matthew as if she was the biological mother. However, everything changes when the infant's father shows up demanding she hand over his son. Callie refuses, as she is willing to die to keep her beloved three-month-old charge safe from the filthy, leg locked dangerously looking father. In spite of that auspicious beginning Wade and Callie begin to fall in love and shockingly she believes his claim of innocence. Now all they have to do is find proof that Brady is the killer. The sequel to WALKER'S WIDOW, CALLIE'S CONVICT, is an exciting western romance that stars two strong lead protagonists. Both heroes place the interest of Matthew ahead of their own needs, but at the same time readers feel the fear that Callie and Wade share of losing the baby to the other. The exciting story line focuses on the characters, as the heroine works to prove her beloved is not a killer over his objections, as he fears for her safety. Heidi Betts has given reader a sure bet to provide hours of solid romantic entertainment. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Mindless Drivel
Review: Callie's Convict, while not a complete insult to my intelligence, was quite possibly the most irksome reading experience of my lifetime. Heidi Betts writing style is juvenile, at best, and the characters were outlandish and trite. I did not buy the story for a minute, and found the plot to be hackneyed. Unless you ENJOY reading inane excuses for a book, pass on this one.
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Summary: The second book in the Welcome to Purgatory series
Review: Courtesy of Love Romances Wade Mason is in prison for a crime he did not commit. There is one witness to the real crime, Lily White, one of the local prostitutes, and she holds his freedom in the palm of her hand. But she is only willing to secure his freedom for a price, and when Wade refuses her offer, she leaves him there without a backward glance, but not before winding up pregnant. Wade swears he will prove his innocence, and later breaks out of prison. Callie Quinn is a lone woman living on the outskirts of Purgatory, Texas. Her brother, Nathan, has gone off to California in the hopes of making his fortune in the gold mines. Her friend, Lily gave birth to a son, Matthew, and just before she died, entrusted him into Callie's care. Callie loves Matthew as her own and would do anything to protect the baby from harm. One night, as she is enjoying a brief respite in her bath from the baby's demands, she is startled to see the unkempt and frightening, in shackles no less, man standing in her cabin. Her first thought is to protect Matthew at any cost, even when the man reveals himself to be the father of that child. Wade's plan had been to come to his friend Nathan Quinn for help in clearing his name, and to claim his baby. His plans take a side trip when he comes across Callie in her bath. Though his ultimate goals have not changed, his method of achieving them has. Callie is unsure of whether or not Wade is innocent of his alleged crime but one thing she is sure of is that no one is going to take Matthew away from her, even his very own father! Wade and Callie form an unlikely alliance in the hopes of proving Wade's innocence, with one common goal, to do what is best for little Matthew. Unfortunately their views on that differ. But the more time they spend together, the more they realize Wade's salvation, and Callie's desires to protect herself and the baby, lie in each other. The only way to reach their seemingly unattainable goals is in freeing Wade of the stigma as murderer following him. Ms. Betts has proven her growing talent for writing passionate tales of life and love in the Old West. Her characters are skillfully rendered, taking on a life and vigor all their own. Richly detailed, this story is one that is sure to delight old fans, and bring in new ones as well. Each successive book in this series, also adds a little more background on the town of Purgatory, making this world all the more believable. Callie and Wade are a match made in heaven, or in this case, Purgatory. Callie has strength of her own, built from laboring to take care of a homestead and a baby, all by herself. Wade is a man of pride, stung by the life he has been forced into the past few years, bound to proving his innocence and his honor. Sparks and tempers fly from the moment these two meet, as they argue over what is best for Matthew. One thing is never in doubt throughout the story, and that is that both of them have what is best for the child they both love. If a reader wants fascinating tales of life in the Old West, Ms. Betts books are the ones to read! © Kelley A. Hartsell, March 2003. All rights reserved.
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Summary: Wade and Callie-CALLIE'S CONVICT-SPOILERS
Review: favorite scene with callie-
speaking with the sheriff about wade. favorite scene with wade-
telling callie about that night and going over where everyone was standing. together-
in young's study, finding the deed.
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Summary: Shrinking violet heroine Callie is not...
Review: I enjoyed this book it offers a nice balance of tension between Callie and Wade. Usually the heroine is a delicate flower or a callous cold woman she wasn't any of those she lived on her own supporting a babe and keeping her head above water while still being a really caring person. Wade well for the suffering and deception he went through to me came across as an "old softie" in a sinewy rugged convict kinda way of course..while the plot isn't original for a historical romance this was engrossing and had appeal.
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Summary: Shrinking violet heroine Callie is not...
Review: I enjoyed this book it offers a nice balance of tension between Callie and Wade. Usually the heroine is a delicate flower or a callous cold woman she wasn't any of those she lived on her own supporting a babe and keeping her head above water while still being a really caring person. Wade well for the suffering and deception he went through to me came across as an "old softie" in a sinewy rugged convict kinda way of course..while the plot isn't original for a historical romance this was engrossing and had appeal.
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Summary: [fantastic]
Review: This book was the most fabulous waste of time. I truly enjoyed the pointless plot, the unbelievable characters and circular arguments between Callie and Wade. "It's my child....no it's mine...no mine....you'll never get him..." This arguing becomes even more obnoxious when you consider the child was a bratt that "screamed the roof off." The only slightly compelling character was Lilly, and she died before the book actually started. There is very little romantic about a convict who impregnates a woman in prison and then proceeds to take another hostage upon his release. This book is a wonderful examination of how not to write (there is a typo on the first page and several other incongruities throughout.) It could be viewed as amusing if it wasn't such an insult to my intellegence. In short...buy your own copy, because the margin comments you can scribble into this book are much more amusing than the actual writing.
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Summary: [fantastic]
Review: This book was the most fabulous waste of time. I truly enjoyed the pointless plot, the unbelievable characters and circular arguments between Callie and Wade. "It's my child....no it's mine...no mine....you'll never get him..." This arguing becomes even more obnoxious when you consider the child was a bratt that "screamed the roof off." The only slightly compelling character was Lilly, and she died before the book actually started. There is very little romantic about a convict who impregnates a woman in prison and then proceeds to take another hostage upon his release. This book is a wonderful examination of how not to write (there is a typo on the first page and several other incongruities throughout.) It could be viewed as amusing if it wasn't such an insult to my intellegence. In short...buy your own copy, because the margin comments you can scribble into this book are much more amusing than the actual writing.
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Summary: Callie and Wade are good for each other
Review: This book would not be recommended by me if a reader is looking for a brooding hero who has walls so high around him that it takes the whole book to break through for him to say, " Okay, I luv ya." Wade is a nice guy that any girl can look at and fall in love with. Most books seldom has the hero being simply a nice guy. He was accused of a crime he claims that he didn't commit and he wants to prove himself innocent. I love his scene where he takes Callie and Matthew hostage. Very well written Callie is woman who is trying hard to make her life work by working her small farm, raising a baby that a whore gave birth to and simply surviving doing it all on her own. She is likable, confident and doesn't waste time doubting herself and her emotions. I liked this woman and think she could be found in the old west. I liked the way the author worked Wade into acknowledging and then caring for his son and cooking breakfasts. It was a plausable plot. The book was well written with only a few lines the author should have taken time to rewrite and not be so obvious.
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