Cowboy Pride (Code of the West) (Silhouette Desire, No 1034) [Paperback]

Anne McAllister (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1996

CODE OF THE WEST

"BRENNA NEEDSA A HUSBAND,"

Jed McCall's nephew Tuck told him. Pregnant and alone, Brenna Jamison was back—trying singlehandedly to run her father's ranch.

"WE NEED A WIFE,"

Tuck said. If footloose cowboy Jed McCall didn't do something drastic, he would lose custody of the boy. But marriage?

"WHY NOT?"

asked Tuck. There were reasons that only Jed knew. And marrying Brenna—becoming a father to her child—would be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

CODE OF THE WEST: Meet the hardworking, hardloving men of the West! Proud, strong men who live—and love—by the CODE OF THE WEST.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; Silhouette Desire #1034 : Code of the West edition (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373760345
• ISBN-13: 978-0373760343
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,779,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in California and grew up there on the beaches of SoCal where I used to think I would write humorous social commentaries and pithy columns about life between "here and the pier" in Manhattan Beach.

But then I left. I went away to college and then married and moved to the Midwest. Since then I've been in the Midwest and Montana and made the mental transition to life with four seasons with no trouble at all.

In fact, last time I was in MB I looked at the inlaid terrazzo tiles in the sidewalk on the hill leading down to the pier and thought to myself, "Who on earth would put tiles in the sidewalk? It will be so hard to shovel the snow off!"

See?

Despite my beach upbringing, I was the child of transplanted okies and montanans, and my love of cowboys was apparently bred in the bone. The first man I fell in love with was a cowboy. I was five years old -- and I imprinted on him, following him everywhere, like a duck.

So when I started writing romance fiction years later, there was no question that even my CEOs and beach volleyball players and Greek tycoons were, at their heart, cowboy heroes.

McAllister heroes have a strong sense of honor, determination, competence, and a "get it done" attitude. They are more often lone wolves than they are alphas. They go their own way -- until they meet the woman who makes them want to share their life. And a lone wolf who takes on a spouse has to have some alpha in him. She definitely brings it out.

Writing has been a wonderful opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn more about things that interest me. It gives me license to satisfy my curiosity and to meet people from all walks of life. I love it. The ideas never seem to dry up. They are everywhere. I'm looking forward to writing a whole lot more.

I'm always glad to hear from readers so stop by my website or blog if you have comments or questions.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Book, Great Author, October 1, 2011

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This review is from: Cowboy Pride (Kindle Edition)

#5 in McAllister's Code of the West series.

I am a big fan of both the author and this series; I snatch up her backlist as soon as it goes digital. But this book was a great disappointment.

Most of the usual elements were there: light humor, well drawn setting (something McAllister does deftly whether we are talking New York City or Cattle Country), interesting secondary characters, etc. The heroine was also OK; in fact, my only problem with her was her "relationship" with the hero. And all the problems with this book lie with him.

Category Romances are short and quick reads, but this one seemed to go on forever. That is because time with the hero became more and more onerous. What we have here is not the standard self-inflicted emotional conflict so common in Cats, but something that comes across more as a pathology. Since you don't find out until the VERY end what his problem is, there is no chance to feel sympathy for him. And since there isn't, you have no investment in the heroine's feelings or their romance, either.

Leaving aside the unrealistic RESULT of the catalystic incident, what we discover at the end is that this character froze developmentally at the time of said incident. You can see it throughout the book in his relationship with the nephew he is supposed to be raising - which really looks the other way around. Our heroine and new mother has just ended up with a 30 year old man who is basically a teenager.

I cannot recommend this book, but I strongly recommend almost everything else by the author.