Review: Five Card Stud
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2012
Another wonderfully spicy historical western romance from a very talented author. Eden Pace is a gambler and is on the trail of the notorious outlaw Ansell Black who was behind the death of her husband. Eden uses her skill as a high stakes poker player to draw Black out of hiding. To her dismay she instead draws the possessive attention of Sam "Snake" MacAllister, a rough and ready bounty hunter.Sam rides with his bounty hunter cousins, Deacon and Charlie "Wolf" MacAllister who were featured in Wolf's Tender. Eden has a bounty on her head and falls into Sam's ready hands.Eden was a single minded, fiesty, determined, independent heroine and she certainly led the very possessive Sam a merry chase.Sam is a rough man who has his limitations and is aware of them, but he is certainly up to the task of protecting Eden and keeping her safe from her own folly. I liked the gentle humour of Sam as he carefully thought out how best to deal with Eden and her quest for vengeance.This book is no different to any other historical western written by this author. Excellent characters, a wonderful heroine and a strong hero. Enough "heat" between the major characters to keep it interesting. I particularly enjoyed meeting up again with characters from earlier stories. If you enjoy spicy historical westerns then this book is well worth reading.