OWN THE NIGHT introduces us to Rachel, who runs a
combination dude vacation ranch and family cattle
spread, and to a New York advertising agency businesswoman,
Alana Richardson, who intends to spend a week staying at
Sundance ranch.
Unfortunately for Alana her luggage is stolen minutes after
she arrives in the one-horse town of Blackfoot Falls. Her
case, laptop, purse, phone.... She has no documentation to
show who she is and the ranch bookings have a mix-up so she
has no room for the night. The local sheriff, Noah Calder,
is fed up with cutie city girls hanging out in town trying
to catch his eye, along with the eye of any other good-
looking cowboy. He initially thinks Alana is just another
of the same. But a message from another lawman warning him
that a pair of con-artists are headed his direction, one of
whom fits Alana's description, is enough to ring alarm
bells. Noah decides that he cannot let Rachel and her
guests suffer if this visitor is indeed the suspect, so to
keep an eye on Alana he offers her a room in his own home.
The temperature rises as the attractive single man and the
executive who is forced to readjust get to know each other.
Alana buys cheap replacement clothes instead of her
designer garb and, with the bank closed over the weekend,
helps out in the bar to earn a little money. Not all the
townsfolk welcome the city trade and speculation about her
and the sheriff is rife. Alana is in part escaping from her
overbearing mother and the contrast with Noah's family
could not have been finer.
I did find it implausible that a visitor to town would
parade around her host's home in nothing but a t-shirt,
which seemed rude as well as unladylike. And do people
really travel across country by plane and car wearing four-
inch heels? Especially if they plan to spend the week on a
ranch? Sartorial questions aside, Debbi Rawlins ensures
there is enough going on to keep the reader's interest, if
not very much in the way of ranch scenery. The Manhattan
executive obliged to change her ways and get back in touch
with reality makes for some amusing moments. I also liked
the depiction of the handsome lawman who has the good of
his townspeople firmly in mind, and the friendly, witty
community in Montana.
Welcome to the Sundance Dude Ranch in Blackfoot Falls,
Montana…where the cowboys are hot, and the town sheriff is
smokin'!
Ever since the Sundance became a dude ranch, Sheriff Noah
Calder has been a "must-see attraction" for hordes of
visiting women. But when a suspected (and suspiciously sexy)
con artist rolls into town, it takes all of Noah's control
to stop himself from giving her a very thorough strip search….
Alana Richardson is no con artist—she's a marketing
executive in desperate need of a vacation! But with her
luggage stolen and her identity in question, she's under the
very close surveillance of Sheriff Noah Sexypants. Now she
has to prove she's one of the good guys…but she may just
have to be a little bad to convince him!
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