Foxfire Bride [Mass Market Paperback]

Maggie Osborne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 23, 2004

Fox is a woman as feisty as they come. Once the most sought-after scout west of the Rockies, she led folks through wild, unexplored terrain–until a gunshot wound ended her guiding career. She’s living a calmer life when a handsome stranger appears with an urgent request to take him to Denver immediately. The gold coins he offers catch Fox’s eye–and so do his sharp good looks. Fox can’t resist the chance to guide again, and can’t ignore the fire that burns in her body whenever she sees this oh-so tempting man.

Matthew Tanner has received a startling telegraph: His father is being held for ransom in Denver. With time running out, Matthew must find the best scout money can buy. When the best turns out to be a woman with gritty good looks and a wild mane of red hair, Matthew is both shocked and intrigued. Can Matthew and Fox’s mutual desire and growing love survive the perils of their journey, or will their secrets destroy each other?

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“If you like to hoot with laughter and have your heartstrings twanged, don’t miss . . . Maggie Osborne.”
–CATHERINE COULTER

“[Maggie Osborne is] one of the best writers in the business."
–SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, New York Times bestselling author

About the Author

MAGGIE OSBORNE is the author of Shotgun Wedding; Prairie Moon; The Bride of Willow Creek; I Do, I Do, I Do; and Silver Lining; as well as more than forty contemporary and historical romance novels written as Maggie Osborne and Margaret St. George. She has won numerous awards from Romantic Times, Affaire de Coeur, BookraK, the Colorado Romance Writers, and Coeur du Bois, among others. In 1998 Osborne won the RITA for Long Historical from the Romance Writers of America.

Osborne lives in a resort town in the Colorado mountains with her husband, one mule, two horses, one cat, and one dog, all of whom are a lot of aggravation, but she loves them anyway.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books (November 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804119929
• ISBN-13: 978-0804119924
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #992,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointed, January 24, 2005

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R. Meah - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foxfire Bride (Mass Market Paperback)

I had high hopes for this book when I bought it, but I am somewhat disappointed. I usually like unique female heroines, but for some reason Fox was incredible unappealing. I think if she said "fricking" one more time I would have thrown the book out the window. I think the author used superficial elements to try to convey Fox as a spirited, unique, independent woman, i.e. bacon grease, rough language, cigars etc. I would have preferred the author to use a bit more character depth to convey "true grit" and independence. I agree with the other reviewer whose visual on Tanner sucking on sweaty toes says it all.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing..., December 19, 2004

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M. I. "krushedvelvet" (Old Bridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foxfire Bride (Mass Market Paperback)

Matthew Tanner has received a terrifying message - His father is being held for ransom in Denver. Matthew has the money that is being demanded by his fathers kidnappers, but he needs help. He has little time to make the long journey to Denver..he needs the best guide that money can buy.
When Matthew hears the best is a scout called Fox, he eagerly seeks him out. Matthew is completely shocked to find that Fox isnt a "he" at all...Fox is a woman. A woman like no other.

Fox was once the one of the most sought after scouts, but an injury ended all of that...Until handsome Matthew Tanner shows up and pleads for her to help him to save his father. Fox takes one look at Tanner and the money he is willing to pay her and decides that this is one offer too good to refuse.

I have read many books by Maggie Osborne and have enjoyed her work time and time again. Unfortunately, Foxfire Bride didnt do much for me. I felt like the writing was very choppy. Scenes would leap from one paragraph to the next with no smooth transitions and POV switches were all over the place. It all felt rushed somehow.

My main complaint with this book was all about the characters - Fox especially. I dont expect every character to be a beauty. I dont have a problem with a heroine being average or even ugly, but Fox was just flat out unappealing. She was so manly, I just couldnt get past it.
As for Tanner...I just felt like he wasnt very memorable. He was very blah to me. I couldnt connect with him or Fox at all. This made it hard for me to really care about their story and its outcome.

As I said before, I have read Maggie Osborne in the past and enjoyed her. I will definitely give her a try again in the future, but as for Foxfire Bride, this is not a book that I would recommend.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff!, January 23, 2005

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BarkLessWagMore (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foxfire Bride (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed this one very much. Maggie Osborne is an author who doesn't write your typical whiny, helpless, feminine heroine which is why I love her books so much and continue to buy them new.

Fox, one the best scouts around, and her elderly friend Peaches are eeking out a living selling ice when Fox is approached to lead an expedition by a man named Tanner who tempts her with lots of gold pieces (and his ruggedly good looks, though she'll never admit it). Fox is the best and isn't afraid to boss the men around. When she discovers Tanner's true reason for the expedition she can't refuse even though the trip will quite possibly put all of their lives in danger. During the course of the trip Fox and Tanner begin a "liason" that quickly turns into a love with no future.

This book was a great western road trip with a foul mouth, rough around the edges heroine. In comparision, Tanner seemed almost a little bland but that's a mild complaint. This book reminds me why I used to love the romance genre so very much.