Continuing in with my pattern for the month, this is once again another book about childhood friends falling in love as adults. These two, however, aren?t quite like the other. The other couples had been close friends as children and these weren?t. They went to school together and lived close, but did not grow into adulthood being best friends. So, without any further ado, here we go.
Anne Wells is twenty-eight, unmarried and on the run!?Heavy rain beating down on her, she finds a barn?to hide in and?wait out the storm. Only she falls asleep. And Cord Bennett is the one who?s there to greet her when she wakes up.
Cord, half-Indian, half-white, has never been an overly welcome member of the community and the last thing he needs is to be found with an unmarried young lady on his property.
And that?s exactly what happens.
Following a quick breakfast in which Anne divulges only minimal details about her predicament and tries to talk Cord into helping her to the nearest town with a train station, Anne?s father shows up with an army of ten?men. The next scene is not for the faint of heart as Anne?s father and all the other men scheme to make Anne a bride and widow all in the same day, thus freeing her from a marriage to Cord and clearing her name from any possible scandal.
Following a very brutal, and well described beating, Cord is left for dead and Anne is left to both ?think about her behavior? and deal with a nearly dead Cord.? Miraculously, through a combination of Cord?s inner strength and Anne?s determination, Cord does the unthinkable and survives: leaving them to decide their own fate. With the choice to stick it out together, knowing they?ll both be shunned, or going their separate ways, Cord hides what he wants (which clearly is for her to stay) and?steps back to let Anne make the choice for them since she?ll be the one whose life will be most affected.
Anne, growing more sensible by the day, decides staying with Cord is the best decision for her. She has nowhere else to go nor any skills to help her find employment. Besides, she?s starting to like him.
Decision made, the two?being?building?a life together and slowly feelings grow between the two as?forces out of their control conspire to keep them apart.
This book had me hooked. Absolutely hooked. Is there a lot of lusty passion that leaves you reaching for a glass of water? No. Instead there is a genuine attraction that spans the pages and builds at a believable pace while the two get to know each other as adults, discovering who the other is as well as who they themselves really are.
One really interesting aspect of this story was how the hero, though not insecure in any other aspect of his life, often wondered just when he?d wake up from this dream and find Annie as he?d taken to calling her gone. Thinking of it from his perspective as a man who?d spent most of his life?shunned and?feared?it was understandable why he?d feel this way. At the same time, it was a nice change to read about a hero who didn?t use his strength and size?to intimidate, charm to seduce or mind game to manipulate the heroine into staying with and loving him. It was also nice to read about a heroine who was strong enough to handle matters herself, yet still be able to lean on her husband for support when she needed.
Overall, I definitely enjoyed this book. As I said, it captured my attention at the beginning and held it through to the end. These two certainly had enough drama going on to keep a reader highly entertained!
This book can be found at Amazon or to check out the other titles by?Ellen O?Connell here.
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