Review: Worst hero ever!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2011
I've never hated a hero more and he just ruins what could have been a good story.Sarah Montgomery, widowed from the Civil War responses to an ad for a mail order bride for Lucas Chandler in Colorado. When she arrives, he's not at the train station so she has a driver take her out to his spread.Bitter, alcoholic Luke is nursing his nightly hangover when Sarah arrives. After having his foot amputated during the war, he's surly and withdrawn. His interfering brother Matt and his wife don't want him to be lonely anymore so they write to Sarah deceiving her into think it was Luke writing to her and wanting her as his wife.Luke's piece of scum self lets it CLEARLY known that all he wants is a lover and not a wife and if Sarah gets on her knees for him he'll marry her. This dude TELLS her this people! After realizing that Luke is treating her like a whore Sarah leaves and intends to get a teaching job in town. But no one will hire her after she spent the night at Luke's house. Of course it was innocent with her sleeping in the guest room, everyone assumes she and Luke had sex and she's the new town whore. Sarah's pride prevents her from seeking Luke out for help so she gets a job at the saloon which is only the first step to becoming a whore.Luke after hearing of Sarah's bad fortune brings her back to his house. I cried for Sarah because of Luke's treatment of her but she's nothing to write home about. This "spitfire" Southern/slave holding Sarah doesn't have too much pride. Luke lets her live with him and basically screws the hell out of her all day every day with NO intention of marrying her.Historical bad boy rakes are BETTER than Luke. He's the scuzziest, scummiest, hero, man I've ever read of in a book that's suppose to be the hero. This book is pure sex with him basically contorting her into every Kama Sutra position he can think of. Then he parades her in town like it's no big deal. He KNOWS she's a nice person yet he does care. Boo hoo for his stumpy foot. He's an awful man and only marries her when reality FINALLY hits him over the head and goes "Well, gosh darn it I have to marry her because I have been treating her like a prostitute haven't I?"He's cruel, disgusting and doesn't deserve to be the hero in this book. Too bad he only made it out of the war with a missing foot. He's not a nice person. Not a nice man.You feel bad for Sarah but not that bad because she lets him treat her worst than a prostitute. At least those women at the saloons get paid for their troubles.I WOULDN'T recommend this book to ANYONE. Yuck! Just say NO and pass it on by!