A Rancher’s Honor
Ann Roth
Harlequin American Romance, Jun 3 2014, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373755257
In Prosperity, Montana, thirty-something day care provider Lana
Carpenter reels from the news that her ex Brent and his second wife Julia are
expecting. Her BFF Kate commiserates
with Lana by taking her to Bitter & Sweet Bar and Grill where she has too
much to drink and leaves with a cowboy.
The next morning Lana awakens with a hangover as her only company at the
Prosperity Inn. In the bathroom the
cowboy left her aspirins, bottled water and a thank you note for a great time.
Rancher Sly Pettit and neighbor Tim Carpenter of the Lazy C Ranch
are enemies ever since someone poisoned several of the former’s cattle. Sly tried to get information from Tim, but
only received a rifle pointed at his chest; so now he is suing. Sly and Lana begin a no-strings tryst after
that wonderful night; only the main problem
is she is Tim’s cousin. However, a new
complication surfaces when Lana becomes pregnant and he does not want children
after a painful childhood filled with what he regards as personal failure.
This Prosperity, Montana ranch romance is an
engaging contemporary with fully developed flawed lead characters and a solid
cast consisting of mostly family members.
Sly’s traumas affirm the adult is the child. While Lana’s belief in family divides her
between a need to begin a new one and her loyalty to kin; as ironically she
handles his family issues with courage and her family issues with
cowardice.
Harriet Klausner
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