Linda L. Broday
Autore di Give Me A Texan
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Linda L. Broday
Give Me a Cowboy (Silent Partner / Luck of the Draw / Texas Tempest / Roping the Wind) (1900) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Texas Tempest 1 copia
Opere correlate
Give Me a Texas Outlaw (The Outlaw / Trouble in Petticoats / Texas Flame / Most Wanted) (2011) — Collaboratore — 53 copie
Be My Texas Valentine (The Valentine's Curse / The Valentine's Curse / Loving Miss Laurel / Sweet Talk) (2012) — Author of "Cupid's Arrow" [ss] — 41 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- North Texas, USA
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 28
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 389
- Popolarità
- #62,204
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 35
- ISBN
- 98
Sisters Maura and Emma Taggart don’t want much: maybe just a taste of “normal” lives, family friends, peace. But what they’ve had most of their lives is being persecuted, shunned, ostracized because their father is a hangman. Their mother has died and their father is cold and unfeeling, not displaying any affection or concern for them. In the first book in the series, Winning Maura’s Heart, the sisters try to settle in a Texas town. They are driven away but set up Heaven’s Door orphanage in an old mission outside of town. Maura meets a man who loves her for who she is and she marries. Emma is happy for Maura but doesn’t see that happening for herself. She is resigned to no romance, but running the orphanage fulfills her and she would do anything to keep the children safe.
And that brings us to Courting Miss Emma, book 2 in this delightful series. Emma is happy running the orphanage; the children are everything to her and Heaven’s Door is a haven for lost souls. She doesn’t expect the great love Maura has, but then Stone Landry buys the property next to theirs. He’s infuriating - opinionated, sharp, rude – and Emma gives as good as she gets. He’s an ex-Army man who just wants to be left alone. Yet there is something about this woman who is like no other. She’s infuriating, but also strong, independent, resourceful, dedicated, determined, loyal – and beautiful. Stirs something in him he never expected. And those little flutters and twinges she feels around him? Surely they can’t mean anything. No man is ever going to want her once he learns she is a hangman’s daughter.
Stone and Emma are thrown together when someone wants to take their lands by any means possible. They must protect the children, the land, each other. Respect and admiration grow and maybe more. Maybe a lot more.
Courting Miss Emma has everything. Characters we loved from book 1 are back. As are the townspeople who still don’t want Emma and Maura around. You might think Texas would be an open, mind-your-own-business place, but it is astonishing how cruel the townsfolk can be, both physically and emotionally, to the children as well as the adults. Throw in the rancher who wants to take over the land and you have an exciting fast-paced tale full of danger, help from unexpected places, and surprising events at every turn. Broday’s meticulous research provides a picture of Texas in 1868 that is fascinating. Add in Stone’s camels (yes, camels) and Emma’s ridiculously funny quotes she imagines might be appropriate for her tombstone and you have an entertaining, sweet, suspenseful, wonderfully satisfied read. Bonus: a couple of characters and budding relationships that fan the flames of hope for more books in this series.
Thanks to the author and Severn House for providing an advance copy of Courting Miss Emma via NetGalley. I loved this book as much as I love everything this author writes. I can’t wait to see if there will be a book 3 in the series. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.… (altro)