Jane Day is on the
run from the paid assassin who had been her fiancé. In Wichita Falls,
Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who
desperately needs someone to work on her ranch. But Nellie's drop-dead
gorgeous grandson "Lucky Slade" is sure he can spot a con artist a mile
away. He's determined not to let some upstart like Jane fleece his
granny.When his signature intimidation methods don't convince
Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she's up to.
She's happy to play along, but she's not going to let this hot, hostile
cowboy run her off his land when all she needs is a lucky break…
Okay, I really enjoyed this book till, well, till the moment I
kept mumbling and ranting because the story went downhill. Fast. Oh,
don't get me wrong, it was still sweet and I still laughed but
seriously? You are friends with a Sheriff but you don't get him involved
when you are faced with real criminals? You've got all the money that
you need at your hands and, oh, right, nobody cares that you are
kidnapped? Nobody cares to speak up and tell that you are not...oh,
alright. No. Obviously not.
We are talking about that last part of the book though (mostly) that was rather far fetched and constructed. The story didn't flow anymore, it got so many bumps and dumps and...couldn't really convince me anymore.
As I said, I enjoyed the part about Jane and Slade and their banter even though they fight somewhat fierce and I also loved Nellie, Slade's grandmother and the woman who hired this complete stranger at the busstop. I also liked that Nellie and her sister Ellen were full of life and having fun even at the mature age of...oops...but I didn't like the fact that they didn't think that it was wrong to drive drunk or drive half-blind. Sorry, that's a big no-go for me.
As the book still managed to keep me interested, it's 2.5 stars despite everything.
We are talking about that last part of the book though (mostly) that was rather far fetched and constructed. The story didn't flow anymore, it got so many bumps and dumps and...couldn't really convince me anymore.
As I said, I enjoyed the part about Jane and Slade and their banter even though they fight somewhat fierce and I also loved Nellie, Slade's grandmother and the woman who hired this complete stranger at the busstop. I also liked that Nellie and her sister Ellen were full of life and having fun even at the mature age of...oops...but I didn't like the fact that they didn't think that it was wrong to drive drunk or drive half-blind. Sorry, that's a big no-go for me.
As the book still managed to keep me interested, it's 2.5 stars despite everything.
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