The Cowboy and the Lady
Marie
Ferrarella
Harlequin American, Sep
1 2015, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373755837
In Indiana, Deborah Kincannon informs her husband John that she is
going to bail out her younger brother Ryan who lives with them. Resentful, angrily John orders his wife to
leave the fifteen year old miscreant rot in jail. Further stunning Deborah, John insists she
choose between him and her wastrel sibling.
Knowing her marriage of four years ended and she was drowning; but
also feeling her sibling needs a change of scenery and help, Deborah escorts
troubled Ryan to the Healing Ranch in Forever, Texas. Upon meeting the two Hoosiers, Jackson White
Eagle believes his pioneering ranch program can heal Ryan and even his worried
older sister. Even knowing she plans to
return home to Indiana Jackson hires Debi as a temporary nurse. As Ryan’s soul heals, the Texas rancher and
the Indiana nurse fall in love, but her stay is not Forever unless Jackson can
persuade her otherwise.
The latest Forever, Texas romance (see the Murphy brothers in Her Forever Cowboy and Cowboy For Hire) is a
wonderful contemporary starring two amiable leads and a troubled, somewhat
naive but healing “matchmaker”. Although
resentful John feels unnecessary to the plot except adding stress to already
stressed out Debi, and Ryan’s emotional healing seems relatively too easy even
with setbacks; readers will root for his continual improving mental health, and
for The Cowboy and The Lady to make it forever.
Harriet Klausner
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