Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940015043631 |
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| Publisher: | Shirl Henke |
| Publication date: | 08/29/2012 |
| Series: | Colorado Couplet , #1 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Sales rank: | 477,466 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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Terms of Love
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In the Colorado Couplet, Ms. Henke has two problem heroines. (See my review of Terms of Surrender.) In Terms of Love, Cass Clayton is a young woman (and I emphasize "young") who has built her father's freight business into an empire, in spite of the viciousness of the old invalid, a man who had abused his wife because of her inability to give him a male heir. The old man has shaped her view of men and husband/wife relationships. A woman might have male friends, but only a fool would trust her life to one. Not able to control her in life, the old buzzard tries from the grave. According to the terms of his will Cass must saddle herself with a husband or lose all that she has struggled to build. She literally buys Steve away from the hangman, supposing that a wanted murderer (he really isn't) will have to do her bidding or hang.
Then comes the battle of the wills. A very handsome, very clever Steve resents how he was forced into marriage with the beautiful girl. Yet he can't but help to admire her strength and courage, even if he considers her an "unnatural" woman. Cass, who swaggers, cusses, and snaps her whip, is actually terrified of Steve, although she finds herself increasingly drawn to him. She's like Charlie Brown who was in love with the little redheaded girl but couldn't think of anything to say to her. So he hit her! That's Cass. She's around 24 but she is still an emotionally stunted kid. The attempt of Steve and Cass to work out their stormy relationship is made even more complicated because somebody or bodies is trying to kill him or her or both. This is not a "sweet" romance. It is a tale of two complex and flawed characters. Like the old west itself, things get rough and tumble, but never boring. Oh yes, and the Colorado background of the 1870s is right on.
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This looked like a good read. Unfortunately I am unable to read it. The sentences are cut off and no matter how I change my settings they remain cut off as if the text was not formatted with wrap. So instead of the words continuing onto the next line they remain unseen. Hard to read a book when you dont have all of the words. Please fix and I will gladly read.
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