Cowboy'S Honor (The Cowboy Code) (Harlequin Intrigue) [Paperback]

Laura Gordon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Intrigue | Publication Date: January 1, 1999

The McQuaids: Easy to love, hard to forget, they are brothers by blood, lawmen by choice. Up against the toughest cases—and the strongest passions—they live by THE COWBOY CODE

In Black Stetson, leather jacket and Levi's, sheriff Cameron McQuaid epitomized the sexy cowboy.

His sense of honor was as rock hard has his physique, and he'd never come across anything to challenge that. Until he met Francesca Landon.

Caught in a rain of bullets, and with her best friend recently murdered, Frani needed the kind of help only Cam could give. As a lawman, Cam realized his father was the chief suspect, but as a man, he couln't walk away from the desire Frani ignited in him. With a secret Frani was desperate to hide and a family Cam was determined to protect, did their passion have a chance?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373225016
• ISBN-13: 978-0373225019
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,735,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laura Gordon's A Cowboy's Honor is another winner., February 24, 1999

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This review is from: Cowboy'S Honor (The Cowboy Code) (Harlequin Intrigue) (Paperback)

Cam is a hero every woman dreams of - hunky, tough, yet sensitive. Frani is the kind of woman we all want to be, loyal, adventurous and woman enough for a man like Cam. A lawman and a journalist seem an unlikely combination, yet these two find a way to make it work and when Frani writes her story it ends with a "Happily Ever After." Laura Gordon weaves a tale of intrigue and love - one that you won't soon forget.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Juicy Tale of Love and Long-Kept Secrets, February 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cowboy'S Honor (The Cowboy Code) (Harlequin Intrigue) (Paperback)

Laura Gordon continues the story started in Carly Bishop's wonderful "McQuaid's Justice" last month, and she doesn't let readers down. "A Cowboy's Honor" begins right where the cliff-hanger ending of the previous book left off...reporter Zach Hollingsworth is heading to Colorado to conduct the interview of a lifetime when he is murdered. His protegee, Frani Landon, descends on the town with a fury, determined to see her mentor's killer brought to justice. But that brings her in direct conflict with Cameron McQuaid, the sheriff who would be happy to see her high-tail it out of town. Because Frani is sure she knows who the killer is--and her version of the truth threatens the very people closest to Cam.

Laura's story is just as complex and fascinating as the last one, and she keeps readers on their toes with suspense, sky-high sexual tension, and plenty of questions. Frani is the kind of tough-minded heroine sure to win fans, even as she wins over the sexy sheriff, who I personally liked even better than Cy, the hero of Book one. For my money, the author's biggest accomplishment is keeping the villain's identity a secret until the very end, when, in retrospect, it shouldn't have been so hard to guess, considering everything we'd seen in the two books. That's the hallmark of great mystery-writing.

If I had any problem with the book, it was that Frani's insistence from page one that Jake or Susan was the killer made no sense whatsoever. When Jake got the opportunity to point that out to her, I felt like shouting, "Finally!" And even if Laura doesn't leave us with as much of a reason to keep reading in Book Three, "Lone-Star Lawman" by Joanna Wayne, as Carly Bishop gave her, I'm certainly looking forward to it, since these rich characters shouldn't be missed. Maybe not as good as "Spencer's Secret" (I gave it five stars, even if the review mysteriously was never posted), but definitely a must-read.