Review: So far, my favorite Chance Creek book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Originally reviewed for Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and FantasyIn The Cowboy Rescues A Bride, Cora Seton takes back to Chance Creek. While this is book seven in the Chance Creek Series it is book two in her Matheson trilogy. A subsidies of Chance Creek. It seems she wants to marry off all those Matheson boys.The first Matheson to fall was actually the baby of the family, Rob in The Cowboy Imports a bride. Holt, the domineering, arrogant, controlling father of the Matheson clan begins his plotting here. The next brother to fall is the oldest if the clan, Jake in The Cowboy Lassos A Bride. Daddy dearest continues his obnoxious plotting, making him a thoroughly unlikable character. Fortunately we see way less of him in The Cowboy Rescues A Bride. He is still up to his hateful shenanigans but because Ms. Seton kept his character limited to a few pages, he was tolerable.Fila Sahar has had a rough life. Born in the United States and raised there until the age of 12, then her family traveled home to Afghanistan for a family event, where both her parents were killed in a car accident. Her new "guardians" were members of the Taliban and Fila's life changed. No more music, no more friends, no more education. Kept a virtual prisoner until she found a way to escape. She even managed to avoid recapture..You would think she would be strong and proud but somehow she has managed to collapse into herself. Seeing only a handful of people and comfortable only in her home she shares with Ned Matheson.Ned Matheson is the second son, constantly in the shadow if his older brother. Suffering from dyslexia he never learned to read and dropped out of school early. Using anger as his only means of protection. All he has ever wanted was a chance to prove himself. But with Fila he can be himself. Now all he dreams of is her. He has even arranged fir her to open a restaurant in town. Now if he can only convince her that she can do it.Watching Fila find her spine is amazing. She discovers that she doesn't need rescuing. Instead she is perfectly capable of doing the rescuing.Ned has his own battles to win. His overbearing, obnoxious father that we are supposed to like has declared that he wants Ned married and not to Fila. As a matter if fact he wants Fila gone... jerkface. Ned also has to face his inner demons. Can he learn to read? And should he?So  far this is my favorite Chance Creek books. Granted I haven't read the entire series yet but I have read enough to know it's a fun, enjoyable series but this one is definitely my favorite.If you want to read my previous reviews on this series click HEREShauniThis review is based on the ARC of The Cowboy Rescues A Bride, provided by netgalley