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Desperado (Love Spell historical romance)

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Those of you who will read this, I just want to let you know that the new book called Desperado by Rebecca B. is the same as this one. It is a wonderful story of a woman with untold strengh. She leaves her home of New York to come to Texas and live with her senile old grandfather, where she meets her grandfather's godson Judd whose parents may have been married, but he was just a bastard. She also meets Judd's and Gramp's enemy, Rigo. Rigo is kind of the answer to Araminta's prayers. I say that because he kind of rescues her from Judd, but the reason he did it is not so noble. He is a little too commanding for my tastes, but he is perfect for her.

1. The setting and theme is very hackneyed by now. The same ol' Texas and some cute Mexican guy coming along to seduce a white American. Not that there's anything wrong. As a proud Californian, I definitely prefer this setting to the Regency stuff, where everyone is obssessed with "Lord" and "Sir" and...etc...

2. What's with the "gringa" stuff. So much racial distinction is made. Why is the girl Araminta always referred as white? Her lover Rigo always calls her "gringa", meaning white girl. Furthermore, I resent how Araminta is declared as an American just because she is white. Anyone can be an American, America is a country of all countries.

HOWEVER

1. The author...well, reading this, I could surmise the writer was an excellent student in high school who got As on every essay she wrote. I see a lot of hard work in the prose. Nothing is rushed and everything is sifficiently expanded.

2. This books tries very hard to be worthwhile. There's effort in the attempts of stream of consciousness style and the very well sufficient descriptions.

3. Finally, if your fantasy is to be with a really audacious and seductive man who can overpower in physical strength who's also possessive and wants to possess your heart and soul completely, well, this might be perfect for you.

Description from the back of the book:

The High Sierra, Texas, 1913. Araminta Winthrop was bride to a man she had never desired. Then a black-clad bandit crashed, guns blazing, into her wedding reception, and she became the captive of the notorious, and handsome, Rigo de Castillo. A handsome outlaw who ran with Pancho Villa, he brazenly took her into the wild country, meaning to ravish her. Yet when his lips plundered hers, his kisses freed her heart and imprisoned his own. Now the searing mesas offered a new future to Araminta: to ride beside Rigo, to fight for a land, and to love a...DESPERADO.

* It's very rare for me to not be able to finish a book but after 200 pages of this one I just couldn't read anymore. This is my 3rd Rebecca Brandewyne book & the first one (Dust Devil) I loved & the second one (Heartland) I was very disappointed in. Didn't care for it much at all. Didn't like this one either. It was slow & had a bad setting & I just didn't like the people or the storyline. I'm sorry to say but I can't recommend this book.