"A real bronco ride of reading delight!"
Reviewed by Audrey Lawrence
Posted November 18, 2007
Romance Series | Romance | Contemporary
Have you ever been lead down a path you knew you shouldn't
go, but you had to anyway? As the new veterinarian in town, Katherine (KayCee)
Calloway had to put up with many cold eyed assessments to
prove her competence that she was just as good, if not
better, than the male vets the men on the Montana ranches
were used to dealing with. But right now, the pleading
look in young Michele's eyes seemed a harder dilemma for
her than the difficult birthing of a calf. Michele's father, rancher Jon Rider, was used to handling
things independently, however, he knew he had to call for
professional help if he was going to save the life of the
heifer and her soon to be born large calf. Already
burdened by his wife's death in a car accident a year
earlier and raising their seven lively children while
running a large spread, he felt guilty about having been
distracted when he had bred the heifer, so now she had a
larger calf then she could handle. His oversight was
haunting him now and he couldn't afford to lose them. But, that wasn't the only situation on his mind! His
housekeeper had quit and a social worker was threatening to
take his beloved children away from him. Without any
options left, little Michelle has proposed a quick plan to
pretend that the vet was going to be their new mom so they
wouldn't be taken away. After agreeing to the lie to save
the day, Kaycee felt obliged to ensure the kids were really
safe and decided to stay a little involved to keep a watch
out for them. Having been burnt by love's flames in the past, KayCee has
no interest in becoming beguiled by Jon's handsome looks or
the charm and antics of his children. After all, building
her professional practice has to come first and there was
no way she could fit in with Jon's strong beliefs of what a
wife and mother should be like. But, when the interfering
of Jon's rich in-laws leaves a young child in deadly
jeopardy, what is she to do? The very talented Elaine Grant has created a totally
spellbinding delight of a story with a very realistic and
well-researched plot full of very believable characters.
The children are a hoot and their escapades are ring true
as they organize a rodeo and find other sources of joy
while keeping up the pretence needed to help their dad. You
won't want to put this book down, except to laugh out loud
or hold your heart in panic! A real winner of a bronco
read!
SUMMARY
Lately, it seems widowed rancher Jon Rider just can't climb
out of the cow muck. Since his wife's death, raising his
seven kids has become impossible to manage—especially with
a ranch to run and a household that sends housekeepers
fleeing in panic. But then someone notifies social services.
… It takes a cow emergency to deliver an answer to his
prayers: the disarmingly attractive veterinarian Kaycee
Calloway. It's Jon's kids who introduce Kaycee to the
social worker as their new mom. And suddenly Jon and Kaycee
find themselves faking an engagement. But can a good thing come out of a small deception?
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