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Becoming Miss Becky

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Ok, so I'm always starting some of these series books in the wrong order. I read this first when it is the 2nd of a 2 book series it seems. I will be reading "THE TAMING OF ELIZA JANE" next for sure!

The moment Rebecca steps off that stage and Adam is there to greet her, you immediately feel the web of attraction between them. (that's how good Shannon's writing is).......The biting words shared are all part of an elaborate dance that we the reader can feel, won't last for long. Rebecca is determined to let her hair down (so to speak) and cut loose in this wild west town ( held in check by a Sheriff *ADAM*that has somewhat of a reputation of shoot first ask questions later)...HIs deputy Will is newly married to Eliza Jane and is constantly running off to be with her so Adam figures it's time for him to maybe take a nice sweet wife like Rebeccca. Boy is he in for a surprise when she starts dressing in the clothes her aunt left her along with the "house of ill repute"....Yes, she is now not only a madam, but a virginal one at that! Dare she ask Adam to be her first??...........

Of course Adam doesn't like her revealing clothes or the face paint-especially not the looks she gets from the men! When she asks everyone to call her Miss Becky he about comes unglued. Well, it seems our 'Miss Becky" has a good reason to be incognito,(the suspense) and between the bible brigade, Eliza's liberated women and Adam's bumbling courtship, oh, and Will's bubble baths with his wife........this story actually has a lot of story(if you know what I mean) I was never bored and the laughs, tears and oohs and ahhhs made this a very enjoyable book for me. The romance rates high in this one....and the sex is sweet, never overdone nor smutty. Yes, the 'other side' of this dangerous sheriff .........is......"sigh"......and tha't's sooo sexy.

Great Job! Gotta read the first one now...........

Becoming Miss Becky was just as great at the first book in this series, Taming Eliza Jane. Miss Becky arrives in a small western Texas town, but she doesn't quite understand what her dead Aunt willed to her! When she finds out it's an ill-repute business that the town folk call the "Chicken Coop" she is more than surprised! While trying to run this "business" she is also trying to find herself. Not only does she figure out who she is as a woman, but she also discovers the Sheriff. He's scary and willing to shoot anyone that looks at him the wrong way or calls his horse ugly, but he can't seem to get enough of Rebecca Hamilton.

Another great book by Shannon Stacey that will make it hard to put the book down!

A lovely tale about a mousy northeastern gal who runs away from a forced loveless marriage. She flees away to texas to stay in a property she inherited from her deceased aunt. There she meets the hero, Sheriff Adam, the ultimate sexy alpha male. The chemistry between them is immediate & oh so steamy!

When Rebecca Hamilton steps off the stagecoach in tiny Gardiner, Texas she's not sure what to expect. The plain, spinsterish young woman from Massachusetts has come to claim the inheritance left to her by her aunt, but what exactly that inheritance entails is rather vague. Gardiner's sheriff, Adam Caldwell, wastes no time in setting Rebecca straight: She is now the new "Madam" of the town's only house of ill repute. Since Rebecca is clearly not Madam material and Adam could really use a wife, the solution seems simple - Adam proposes. But after years of taking care of her overbearing father Rebecca is in no hurry to tie herself to yet another man who is just looking for someone to cater to his every whim. So Rebecca decides to try her new life on for size, and assumes the persona of "Miss Becky". There's just one little problem...Miss Becky can't seem to resist the town's temperamental sheriff, and Adam prefers plain old Rebecca to her flashier alter ego.

I'm always singing Shannon Stacey's praises, but I felt kind of neutral about this one. I found these characters very one dimensional. Rebecca's lightening fast transformation from naïve and virginal to faux-prostitute was really ridiculous, and the running joke about Adam just needing to shoot someone to blow off some steam got old real fast. The whole story is very reminiscent of those cheesy, campy western movies and television programs that were so popular in the late 60's/early 70's. I can almost picture the silly costumes and the fake looking scenery! Wait! Do I hear the theme music from Bonanza playing in the background? I just know that Hoss and Little Joe are around her somewhere...

While this one wasn't a good "fit" for me, there's no denying that the author really does write quite well. The pacing is good and the dialog is nicely done. I think the key to enjoying this is to go into it knowing what you're going to get: a very light, fluffy romance that's historical in name only.

While this is a follow-up to another book set in Gardiner, Texas - Taming Eliza Jane , you won't be lost if you don't read them in order.

Occasional strong language and some sexual content.