Lucky Penny
Catherine Anderson
Signet, Jan 31 2012, $7.99
ISBN: 9780451236036
In 1891 Brianna O’Keefe heads west young woman accompanied by her ward, her young niece. Brianna obtains work on a Colorado ranch. To keep the cowboys away, Brianna says she is married to a Denver gold miner David Paxton and raising their child.
David Paxton arrives and meets his spouse\ and daughter. However, he recognizes neither nor remembers marrying anyone, but his offspring has his family birthmark. Confused David fears he was intoxicated when he had sex with Brianna and when he abandoned the pregnant Brianna. As the two wary “married” adults fall in love, she fears her lies will destroy their special bond of a family especially hurting her niece and breaking her heart and that of their “daughter”.
Lucky Penny is an entertaining historical romance starring the likable Paxton “family” in a strong Gilded Age Colorado tale. The storyline is fast-paced as Brianna struggles with rectifying fate’s twist in which she wants her scam family to be real. Fans will root for her to resolve her problems as she knows she owes her beloved the truth for “There must be some misunderstanding; There must be some kind of mistake” (Genesis).
Harriet Klausner
Catherine Anderson
Signet, Jan 31 2012, $7.99
ISBN: 9780451236036
In 1891 Brianna O’Keefe heads west young woman accompanied by her ward, her young niece. Brianna obtains work on a Colorado ranch. To keep the cowboys away, Brianna says she is married to a Denver gold miner David Paxton and raising their child.
David Paxton arrives and meets his spouse\ and daughter. However, he recognizes neither nor remembers marrying anyone, but his offspring has his family birthmark. Confused David fears he was intoxicated when he had sex with Brianna and when he abandoned the pregnant Brianna. As the two wary “married” adults fall in love, she fears her lies will destroy their special bond of a family especially hurting her niece and breaking her heart and that of their “daughter”.
Lucky Penny is an entertaining historical romance starring the likable Paxton “family” in a strong Gilded Age Colorado tale. The storyline is fast-paced as Brianna struggles with rectifying fate’s twist in which she wants her scam family to be real. Fans will root for her to resolve her problems as she knows she owes her beloved the truth for “There must be some misunderstanding; There must be some kind of mistake” (Genesis).
Harriet Klausner
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