Bushwhacked Bride (Wink & a Kiss, 2)

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Summary: Wonderful, wacky, winsome western time travel romance.
Review: Eugenia Riley does it again! Bushwacked Bride is wonderfully, wacky and western historical romance combined with my favorite venue, time travel. Her unique voice shines through as she brings to life her lovable hero and heroine and her mischievous tone makes this book a delight to read. Who of us hasn't wanted to reform a bad boy? Take a look at how Jessica Garrett reforms five of them and finds romance in the bargain.

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Summary: Wonderful, wacky, winsome western time travel romance.
Review: If this is an example of humor, it doesn't bode well for Love Spells new humor line. I found myself on page 200 and still hadn't gotten into the story line. I never did! The hero is an MCP extraordinaire, his brothers a bunch of ignorant bumpkins, I just cant believe that a 20th century professoress could ever find a redeeming quality in these 19th century bunglers. Very disappointing read.

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Summary: Could have been better!
Review: It was a cute idea that could have taken off but never made it to the runway. I found it hard to believe that the main character, as educated as she was, could put up with being referred to as "woman" and "female" all the time. Why can't authors refrain from using words with such derogatory implications. I was disapointed.

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Summary: Great Fun
Review: This is one of the funniest time-travels that I have ever read. I've re-read it in fact, and laughed the second time too. The characters are great - not just the hero and heroine. Their romance was believable though. It was fun in the Colorado sun.

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Summary: The Wizard of Oz meets Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Review: This is the 2nd book of Eugenia Riley's I've read, the first being
A Tempest in Time, and once again, I was not in the least bit disappointed. I am finding out that from reading the first 15 or
so pages in a book, that if I manage to laugh outloud and proclaim
"I know I'm going to LOVE this book!!!" to whomever will listen, then it will be a winner. And it was.

I loved everything about the book. One of my favorite things about
the book was the secondary couple, in addition to the primary couple. I am talking about Billy & Dumpling. They were two very
strongly willed people who overcame other peoples hurtful comments in regards to her weight, to truimph in happiness.

Ma was great -- but so were the Reklaw brothers -- the book
wouldn't have been the same without her keeping them in line,
whether it be by way of her broom, her rolling pin, or her way of
convincing them to stay in line by way of threats she had every intention of carrying out, if they didn't behave.

Cole & Jessica, the primary couple, were wonderful! He (and his
brothers) was/were stubborn & set in his/their ways, and she, coming from the future, knew what she wanted and of course, what she wanted was love, but also respect not just from Cole & his family, but also from the community of Mariposa. She wouldn't concede to marrying him unless he told her he loved her AND reformed his outlaw ways. Dumpling, by contrast, was also very strong willed, but did not need a declaration of love from Billy to know she wanted to marry him. (I don't think that declarations of love were so important in the past, I think that evidence of love through actions was much more important than the three little words).

I debated about whether or not to read this book and its sequel,
The Bushwacked Groom, in order. I finally decided to read them
in order, but I nearly didn't because I thought it might be fun to read them out of order, just to be different. Often, movies are made that way, where the prequel comes later. Maybe I'll read another duo of books out of order sometime, to see what I think.

I highly recommed this book for its time travel, for the western flavor, and for just the all-around fun of it! I'm going to start reading the sequel tomorrow.

One more thing -- Time Travel is to Eugenia Riley as Regency is
to Julia Quinn. Think of Eugenia Riley as the Time Travel Queen!!! :)