Review: A book a man can enjoy.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
The book opens with betrayal and death and gets more intense when the story moves to Stockton California in 1870 with a night time jail break by the hero. To escape an unjust hanging sentence, and avoid recapture the hero ultimately hides in the closet of a whore house madam in San Francisco.Lauren Linwood does not give the reader a chance to take a breath as the hero, Jed, moves from one close call to the next. A male whose actions many men would wish to emulate and a man women hope their man would imitate. This hero makes the book a good read for that male whom you want to get interested in romance. This is almost more a western than a romance.Lily is the strong female character that female readers want, and they will enjoy following her path as she struggles to keep her mother’s business operating by posing as her mother, a madam in a whore house. Quite a stretch for a girl educated back east.The fireworks between Jed and Lily, with the many twist and turns in the plot and the surprise ending, keep you turning the page to the HEA.I was given the privilege of reading an advance copy of the book for an honest review.