Courting the Enemy: The Calamity Janes (Silhouette Special Edition #1411) [Paperback]

Sherryl Woods (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373244118
• ISBN-13: 978-0373244119
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,065,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. She's also especially partial to small towns wherever they may be. In Amazing Gracie, as in her later Trinity Harbor series, Woods creates a fictional version of the town where she spends summers on the shores of the Potomac River. "This town just lends itself to fascinating characters and a charming locale," she says.

A member of Novelists Inc., Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America, Sherryl divides her time between her childhood summer home overlooking the Potomac River in Colonial Beach, Virginia, and her oceanfront home with its lighthouse view, in Key Biscayne, Florida. "Wherever I am, if there's no water in sight, I get a little antsy," she says.

Sherryl also loves hearing from readers. You can join her at her blog, www.justbetweenfriendsblog.com, visit her Web site at www.sherrylwoods.com or contact her directly at [e-mail].

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enemies or friends? Highly recommended, August 1, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Courting the Enemy: The Calamity Janes (Silhouette Special Edition #1411) (Paperback)

In the second novel of The Calamity Jane miniseries, Widow Karen Hason has two things she can count on. She has terrific friends among the friends who refer to themselves as the Calamity Janes, and Grady Blackhawk will continue to pester her until she sells him the land he wants. As everything seems to conspire to change her opinion of Grady, Karen clings ever more tenaciously to her late husband's warnings against Grady. Even as her friends comment that she tends to give everyone a second chance; everyone, that is, except Grady, despite he offers of help around the ranch.

Grady Blackhawk descends from the Native Americans who lived upon this Wyoming land before white settlers usurped their claims to the land. Now Grady's determined to gain ownership in the memory of his ancestors. Unfortunately, Karen's husband had been equally determined to keep the land from Grady's hands, and passed that legacy to his wife Karen. She denies Grady's claims that her husband was "an unreasonable man, one who twisted the facts to suit himself." She also would like to deny the passionate attraction that grows between herself and Grady.

Grady simply shows up at the ranch one day with supplies, and begins scraping old paint from the barn in preparation of new paint. He figures that his time and monitory contribution are really an investment because the upkeep is desperately needed, and the land and buildings will eventually be his anyway. Grady makes her a deal. If she will get know him and spend time with him, then he will walk away if she still thinks that he is a scoundrel and a thief. If he proves otherwise, then she agrees to sell him the ranch and goes to fulfill her dream of world travel. But as Grady gets to know her, he realizes her land is in danger from someone other than himself. Poisoned animals, fire and vandalism raise the stakes as he works to improve her property.

Author Sherryl Woods gracefully moves fans of her new miniseries into the second installment even as she prepares for the subsequent books. COURTING THE ENEMY reads equally well as a single title, or as part of the series. The strength of characterizations and tight plotting lend COURTING THE ENEMY remarkable depth. In addition, the secondary characters also sparkle, adding notes of humor and tension. Fans will look forward to the third installment of this miniseries, September 2001 release TO CATCH A THIEF. Highly recommended.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, an absolute page turner......, September 12, 2001

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Pamela Leigh Underwood (Rural Northwest, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Courting the Enemy: The Calamity Janes (Silhouette Special Edition #1411) (Paperback)

This book starts out about a couple, Karen, and Caleb Hanson, who are in the Black, as far as financially. Karen's friends, The Calamity Janes, send her brochures of far away places to go, and one day she goes and talks to them, and her husband has a heart attack, and dies. All the while, Grady Blackhawk, according to the Hansons, is bad news, he has wanted the Hanson spread for years. In the months following Caleb's death, Grady persists in telling Karen to sell to him. She blatantly refuses him, numerous times. Then things get exciting. Parts of the pasture fence come up destroyed, Karen's prize bull comes up shot, her house burns down. All the while, Grady is there for her, she tells him to go away, to leave her alone, and so do The Calamity Janes, but he doesn't. They eventually start to trust eachother. Grady helps her out in her times of need. Helps her realize that it was not him that sabatoged her place each time. They share an intimate moment, and the rest is up to your imagination. Enjoy. :)