Happy Release Day to Susan Fisher-Davis for BONNER, book 8 of the Men of Clifton, Montana series

BONNER

A Men of Clifton, Montana novel #8

by Susan Fisher-Davis

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Having never really noticed her before, she suddenly needs him. Only now, he’s noticing her too much.

Her past behavior has caught up with her and now Stephanie Taylor is paying the ultimate price for her selfish ways—no one wants to work with her and she may lose her mother’s ranch. Knowing she can’t do it alone, she turns to her sexy and enigmatic ranch manager for help in rebuilding a once thriving business.

Bonner Gentry knows she is a selfish, spoiled woman but now she needs him, and he can’t ignore a woman’s plea for help or her tears. She’s broken his friend’s heart, made a fool out of herself over Wyatt, and now she is an outcast in the horse world around Clifton but he can’t deny her beauty or his desire to have her in bed. Even though she can’t pay him, he promises to stick it out, doing his own work as well as that of a ranch hand but it’s looking hopeless for her and the ranch.

He doesn’t particularly like her but he wants her. They fight, they bicker, but there’s passion. He calls her a spoiled brat but he can’t help but worry what will happen if she loses everything, and he loses her.

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About the Author:

Susan Fisher-Davis writes steamy, hot, sexy books that women love to read. Her stories always have a happily ever after and isn’t that what romance is about? After starting out with Secret Cravings Publishing, she decided to go indie when SCP closed their doors in August 2015. Now she writes and publishes with Blue Whiskey Publishing.

Susan was born and raised in a small town in the western part of Maryland surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains. She moved to Tennessee in 1996 with her husband and two children where she enjoys walks in the woods, fishing, and dreaming about hot men to share with us.

She currently has four series out, The Men of Clifton, Montana and The Bad Boys of Dry River. Cowboys and bad boys...what more could any woman want? The two newer series are, The Callahans, a series about four cousins, begins with A COWBOY FOR CHRISTMAS, a novella – nominated for a RONE award in 2017. This wonderful and heartwarming novella is available now, and the following books in the series will be full-length beginning with A COWBOY OF HER OWN, and then the Beckett Brothers starting with BRAYDEN. Then there is FIT FOR A KING, a standalone novel – nominated for a Summer Indie Award in 2017, and a personal favorite of mine.

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BONNER, a Men of Clifton, Montana novel by Susan Fisher-Davis, Blue Whiskey Publishing, available now in ebook format at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.

Unwrapping: Review of UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp

Catherine Sharp is new to the romance genre and she’s picked a fab era with which to start – the Old West. Because I love a good western romance and a debut author, I eagerly accepted the assignment to read and review UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp.

***eCopy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest and unscripted review.

Blurb for UNTAMED HEART:

Shane Cordell, raised by the Cheyenne, is savagely handsome. Women are drawn to him like a moth to a flame, and he's every bit as dangerous. His heart never gets involved...until now. Ashley Clayton is beautiful and independent. She was raised without a mother's touch, having only her father and ranch hands to ease her into womanhood. She is naive in the ways of etiquette but not in the ways of the flesh, horseflesh mostly. Upon her first encounter with Shane, she feels a strong attraction immediately, but there is a lie...a lie she is sworn to keep. A lie that seems so innocent now bodes heartache for their future. Shane must face his past in a courtroom where he is charged with rape and murder. Just as he's found not guilty, Ashley's innocent lie sends him running again, this time into a prostitute's arms. 

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Ashley Clayton heads out into a blinding snowstorm when her prize stallion jumps the fence and goes missing. Foolish and unprepared, she finds herself in a dangerous and nearly fatal position. Fortunately for her, Shane rescues her just in time.

When we first meet Shane Cordell, he’s saving his brother’s life. Immediately we are made aware of Shane’s independent and loyal character. Much later as he makes his way through the same snowstorm that has stranded Ashley, he comes upon her half-frozen body and proves he’s a gentleman as well.

After recovering from her near death experience, shock at finding herself in a strange man’s company and not having been ravished while wearing nothing but a blanket, Ashley allows Shane to take her home once the weather clears. The attraction is there but Shane has a fear of commitment, no trust for white men having been raised by the Cheyenne and having experienced his own misfortunes at the hands of their enemies, but he’s encouraged by his attraction to Ashley and so puts some faith in her. Ashley, however, starts out with a lie that threatens to tear apart any hope of a relationship even before it can begin.  

UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp had great potential to be an amazing story with strong, resilient, and intelligent characters. The reader is treated to lots of action including gunfights and shoot’em ups, an evil bad guy who is determined to exact revenge on Ashley and Shane, and even some historical tidbits that make the story all the more fascinating. However, as good as the plot line is, as strong as the characters are, and as helpful as the historical accuracies and Cheyenne language were, I had such a problem with the dialogue, the innocuous banter, and the constantly changing point of view, that I couldn’t enjoy the amazing story that Catherine was trying to tell.

I believe that with some tighter writing, more attention to changes in point of view, and directing the dialogue to create a more accurate portrayal of the language of the Old West, UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp could have been a home run. I look forward to whatever she brings on next because the potential is there and I’d love to see her grow as a writer. 

Although I had problems with the technical part of UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp, I will recommend reading it if you love a good western romance. The story is wonderful, if you can stay with it, and it contains all the elements including a little suspense to keep you reading to the end. I thought about quitting it a couple of times, but kept picking it back up because I continued to be intrigued.

Happy Reading Everyone!

UNTAMED HEART by Catherine Sharp, BookStrand – Siren Publishing, available now in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.

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