It all boils down to mistakes and how we handle them and
what life dishes out for us. How we react to changes, good
and bad, determine just what kind of stuff we are made of.
Toughness is often just for show when it's all we can do
with a broken heart. And yet even with a little piss and
vinegar a tough man knows when it's time to let another
side of him show even if it makes him feel vulnerable.
Kathleen Eagle does cowboys really well and with ONE LESS
LONELY COWBOY
she offers a look at a modern day Native American too.
Lily and Iris, mother and daughter both named after flowers
are anything but fragile. For all Iris' life it has been
her single mother and herself. Just the two of them and
they've done pretty well. The economy though threw a monkey
wrench in the works for these two when Lily's teaching
position was cut. They were doing the best they could but
now some hard choices would have to be made. That meant
that the twelve year old would have to leave her life and
friends behind and her mother would have to face down the
disappointed father who had cast out a pregnant unwed
teenage daughter.
But things do change and life has a way of teaching all of
us lessons some good and others just plain necessary.
Moving back even temporarily to her father Mike's ranch in
Montana was something Lily dreaded and yet could turn out
to be a lifesaver for Lily and Iris. It might give them a
new start in a place where there are unbelievably still a
lot of found memories for Lily.
Things have changed at the ranch. There is now a hired man,
a cowboy, who is her father's right hand man. And if she
is correct in her estimation this man, Jack, is important
to the future of the ranch. There is so much she wants to
know about her father. Maybe she will be able to fill in
the blank spaces of all these years apart from her father
and his lands.
Jack has been dividing his time between Mike's and other
neighboring ranches but with Mike's health deteriorating he
is spending the lion share with Mike. Now with the arrival
of the ladies things are definitely going to get
interesting. For one Lily has been kept in the dark about
her father's health and her plan to get a local teaching
job is taking a back seat to helping out at the ranch.
This of course means spending a great deal of time with
Jack and no amount of denial is going to prevent the
inevitable. Jack is impressed with these two bright,
charming and witty females. But can he bank his pride and
get involved with the bosses daughter.
I am a huge western fan and my library is filled with
Kathleen Eagle books. I just loved spending time with these
wonderful characters. I truly didn't want the visit to end.
Jack McKenzie is an old-school cowboy. A loner making a good living at a Missouri ranch, he just wants to collect his pay, keep to himself and-most important-forget the past. But the return of his boss's daughter changes everything...and makes him long for more than his solitary life....
BUT IS SHE WILLING?
The last place Lily Reardon had ever imagined going was home, but there she is-the prodigal daughter with a child of her own. Estranged from her father, she struggles to reconnect. Slowly, with the help of strong, silent ranch hand Jack McKenzie, she begins to see her past-and even her future-in a new light. But can Jack trust in love enough to take his place in Lily's renewed family?
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