For the longest time, Bailey Wilde lived like a man,
thanks to her father who refused to acknowledge her as a
daughter, building a reputation of one of the best
ranchers in the West. Gage Coulter owns the 5000 acres of
his best range land which Bailey has taken over by
cleverly building her homestead on the only suitable
entrance to the canyon. At odds, since he found out, Gage
and Bailey are at a standoff while he refuses to back
down and finds an alternate route in.
Losing to Gage and her sisters, now married and moving
away for the winter, Bailey is in for a tough eye-opening
winter. When Gage shows up, at the end of the loneliest
and harrowing winter, Bailey is at her weakest. So when
Gage proposes an outrageous plan, desperate on his end,
to get married, she agrees. But the agreements proves to
be difficult for this fiercely tough independent woman
who not only took part in the Civil War but now has to
pretend to dress like a woman in front of Gage's nagging
mother. And during this, they both have to deal with the
unknown threat, trying to kill Gage for the past year.
Will they find love in the midst of serious adjusting or
will Bailey go back to her lonely homestead once the
threat is over?
FIRE AND ICE went off with an action filled, fun start. I
loved the introduction to both Bailey and Gage. Gage is a
strong, patient yet very stubborn man with nil
skills of dealing with woman. He has built his life from
scratch, away from Texas and one very smothering mother,
he loves and does not like at the same time. Bailey on
the other hand is one of the toughest women I have read
about in the West. Not only is she a skilled shooter, she
is a gifted carpenter and one of the best ranchers in the
West. Not your typical woman. Yet what she craves is one
thing which she fears the most too; love and acceptance
from a man like her sisters have.
FIRE AND ICE is a journey of these strong, amazing
characters to finding love. The only issue I had with
FIRE AND ICE was that despite the good start, the story
began to fizzle off towards the end. By fizzle here I
mean that it felt slightly rushed and a scene or two felt
stretched and not really needed. Also the transformation
of Bailey during the winters, I felt needed a slight more
elaboration on how she felt about it then instead of
towards the end. I absolutely loved the scene with Bailey
and her father. It broke my heart a little, the things
she and her siblings must have gone through. All in all,
FIRE AND ICE is a fun wild west read with a strong
unconventional heroine and a man who is her equal.
Saddle Up for a Wildly Fun Ride in Mary Connealy's Latest Bailey Wilde is one of the best new ranchers in the West. She's been living disguised as a man for a while, but when Gage Coulter comes to drive her off her homestead, he quickly realizes he's dealing with a woman--a very tough, very intriguing woman at that. Gage is an honest man, but he didn't make his fortune being weak. He won't break the law, but he'll push as hard as he can within it. Five thousand acres of his best range land is lost to him because Bailey's homestead is located right across the only suitable entrance to a canyon full of lush grass. Gage has to regain access to his land--and he's got to go through Bailey to do it. Spending a winter alone has a way of making a person crave some human contact. In a moment of weakness, Bailey agrees to a wild plan Gage concocts. Can these two independent, life-toughened homesteaders loosen up enough to earn each other's respect--and maybe find love in the process?
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