Lady Sydney Hathwell has traveled all the way to America to meet her betrothed–only to to discover that he is a self-important, womanizing cad whom she could never love. Orphaned and alone, she disappears to the only place she can think of, the Texas ranch of her mother’s American brother, an uncle whom she has never met. Uncle Fuller’s heart is as good as gold, but he’s adamantly opposed to having women on the ranch. Mistaking Sydney’s androgynous name for a boy’s name, he invites his “nephew” out to the ranch….
Tag: American Historical Fiction
REVIEW of The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear
Rachel Taylor is a little jealous that her friend Sally is the one getting married, not her. But when rumors … More
REVIEW of An Uncommon Woman by Laura Frantz
Raised in the wilds of the Virginia frontier, Tessa Swan yearns for flounced petticoats, imported spices, and all the trappings … More
REVIEW of Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
When Peggy Batternberg’s family bids her drop her plebeian job at a bookshop and join them for a summer holiday … More
REVIEW of The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep
When governess Eleanor Morgan rejects the advances of an English duke, she must take on an indenture to obtain hurried … More
REVIEW of Bethlehem by Karen Kelly
A working-class girl married into an elite industrial family, Joanna Collier must bring her young children to live at her … More
REVIEW of The King’s Mercy by Lori Benton
Following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden, a tall Scotsman named Alex MacKinnon is given the merciful sentence of indentured servitude … More
REVIEW of A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Laurel Millard dreams of a husband and family of her own, but her older siblings have decided it will be … More
REVIEW of The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber
In the small Mormon settlement of Junction, Deborah has been waiting months for her husband Samuel to return. A traveling … More
REVIEW of A Desperate Hope (Empire State #3) by Elizabeth Camden
Alex Duval is the mayor of a town that’s received its death sentence. The residents will all receive compensation from … More