Review: Has potential
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
I got this book as a BookBub recommendation - I had never read this author before and I don't usually read western romance. However it was historical, the blurb sounded interesting and it had very good reviews, so I gave it a shot.I won't say it was awful - but I am shocked by all the 4 & 5 star reviews!  This book has so many errors, inconsistencies, and typos that I have to wonder if the rave reviews were given by the authors friends.I will admit to being a bit anal about the books I read and I know I couldn't write a book , so I try to be as considerate as I can when submitting a review. But OMG!  How did this book make it past the editor ?  Here are a few examples of what I found wrong with this book:  Starting with the prologue Duncan is fighting in the civil war and saves Catherine's father James - James takes in the poor orphaned Duncan - who was 13 when he came to them - what?  Fighting I the civil war at 13?  Ok we will let that slide. Catherine's mother was Elizabeth - she died we don't know when or how but we do know that she knew Duncan because she selected the items for his bedroom at the ranch, later there is a reference to James Duncan and Catherine staying at the boarding house when they first came to Creede - no mention of Elizabeth.  Then after Catherine has an accident and Duncan is going to wash her hair James reminisces about washing his wife Sarah's hair - what?  Sarah is one of the ranch hands wives. Who by the way was very very pregnant at the beginning of the book and never gave birth as far as I know.  Then James demands that Duncan and Catherine wed on Sunday (4 days away). Catherine runs away and Duncan follows - they are gone for 3 days and when they return the wedding is still days away?These are just a very few examples of the holes and errors in this book. It was like reading the rough draft - I think with a better editor and a proofreader this could have been a great book - the author does tell a good story - but on paper (or e-paper in my case) the story loses something - and that is a shame!I am going to read her next book in the series and hope the problems in this book were a one time thing.