By Mary A. Adair
This is a heart-warming
story. McClintock’s Reluctant Bride
is book 3 in the McClintock series and is every bit as good as the books
before. I love Ms Clemmons’ attention to detail and historical accuracy. The
characters are well developed, the storyline well-plotted, and the ending
totally satisfying.
The story opens with
handsome rabble-rouser, Josh McClintock, celebrating his 24th birthday with
family and friends. Josh is a son of the
successful McClintock ranching family. He is handsome, rich and self-assured.
He suffers no loss when it comes to finding feminine companionship whenever he
wants it. Everything is going his way.
That is until he wakes up, half dressed,
and being dragged out from under the bed of beautiful Nettie Clayton. In a
drunken stupor he had mistaken her house for another, left his horse in plain
sight in the front yard, climbed up to the second floor, crawled into Nettie
Clayton’s window and onto her bed! Worse, when he wakes he is staring up at her
extremely angry father.
Yep, you guessed it, shotgun
wedding, loss of freedom to carouse and basically live the ideal life of the
most eligible bachelor in town. However, not all is lost. Nettie Clayton may be
high-tempered and demanding, but she is also unquestionably beautiful.
Nettie Clayton’s life is
finally coming together. Her family no
longer lives in the coal mining town of Lignite, Texas. They now lived in
McClintock Falls where her parents live in a modest, but beautiful home and her
brother is free of the expectation of a lifetime of working coal underground.
Nettie looks forward to her new position as a teacher in the local school. All
is right with her world, or was before Josh McClintock
climbed into her room through a window and then passed out on her bed.
Into the mix, throw a man
who lost his ranch when he couldn’t pay taxes or the mortgage. Rather than
owning up to the blame for his misfortune, he blames the McClintock family
after they bought the ranch at the sheriff’s sale. The villain causes terrible
trouble for the McClintock family and for Nettie in particular when he decides
to take back his home.
This was a delightful story
of growing trust and love. I give McClintock’s
Reluctant Bride 5 Stars
This sounds like the kind of story I adore! I'm looking forward to reading this latest McClintock book.
ReplyDeleteMary, Thank you for the nice review. I hope readers enjoy Nettie and Josh's story. I want to remind them that book one, THE TEXAN'S IRISH BRIDE, is free.
ReplyDeleteGlowing review and well-deserved. Congratulations.
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