Kidnapped By The Cowboy (Harlequin Historical) [Mass Market Paperback]

Pam Crooks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Historical | Publication Date: June 1, 2008

Taken!

Callie Mae Lockett had once trusted TJ Grier, cared for him even, but then her brother was killed and TJ took the blame. Now he wants a chance to clear his name, even if that means kidnapping Callie Mae....

Redeemed?

Alone in the wilderness with TJ, Callie Mae should feel afraid. Instead, she is attracted to this rugged cowboy and begins to believe in his innocence. But the truth will be dangerous for both of them and, with time running out, can TJ clear his name and claim his woman?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373295014
• ISBN-13: 978-0373295012
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,767,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dear Reader,

While living a childhood in the ranch country of Nebraska's sandhills, I grew to love the Old West. It seems I've written forever about that era-from the time my four daughters were just toddlers, in fact. Now, I'm a grandmother (but a young one, right?)

When we moved to eastern Nebraska and after I discovered Romance Writers of America and my local chapter, I learned the nuts and bolts of the publishing business. I studied, wrote, got rejected and wrote some more. Gradually, I began to place in contests, then win them. My writing became good enough that an agent signed on to represent me. I kept writing, got more rejections, but persevered, until one day-at last!-I sold a manuscript to Dorchester Publishing for their Leisure Books line.

I went on to release four novels from Dorchester, and Harlequin Historicals picked me up with my fifth book. As you read this, I've released my fourteenth romance, and I'm currently working on a project that's new and different and quite exciting. Stay tuned.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know a little bit more about me!

Pam Crooks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kidnapped by the Cowboy, July 3, 2008

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidnapped By The Cowboy (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Callie Mae Lockett and TJ Grier were once friends. TJ was a cowboy working on Callie Mae's family's ranch, the C Bar C, but all that changed when TJ was sent to prison for shooting Callie Mae's little brother Danny. One year later, TJ is determined to prove not only his innocence but the part Callie Mae's fiancé Kullen Brosius played in Danny's death.

When Callie Mae and Kullen arrive at TJ's, Kullen scares off TJ's prized thoroughbred Blue Whistler. TJ takes Callie Mae with him when he heads out to find Blue, hoping to find the proof he needs to prove his innocence. Callie Mae wants to believe TJ but all the evidence points to his guilt. Will the long harbored feelings she's kept for him keep her from seeing his guilt, or is TJ really innocent? If he is innocent, Callie Mae is about to marry a murder.

Kidnapped by the Cowboy is a story with a nice combination of romance, suspense, and action. The feelings TJ harbored for Callie Mae for so long are heartfelt and easy to see. Callie Mae's feelings for TJ run understandably from hate to love, and everything in between. Against all odds, TJ finds the truth, gets the girl and gets his much deserved happily ever after in Kidnapped by the Cowboy. I was rooting for him from start to finish.

Nannette
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KIDNAPPED BY THE COWBOY, April 7, 2009

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Alice R. Norris (EL DORADO, AR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidnapped By The Cowboy (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

GREAT READ!!! NEVER BORING. I DID NOT WANT TO PUT IT DOWN. HAS ROMANCE AND SUSPENCE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars? Are you kidding me?, May 3, 2010

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CORTEGA (The Great North) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kidnapped By the Cowboy (Historical Romance) (Paperback)

This story was beyond corny. By Chapter Six I had to MAKE myself keep reading because nothing was happening. Callie Mae is a rich, spoiled young woman; TJ Grier is an honorable cowboy who once worked on her family's ranch. An accidental shooting and death which is drug out throughout the whole darn book occurs in the first pages, and TJ's life is over as he is accused of being the killer. He is desperate to prove his innocence and find the truth. In the meantime, he "kidnaps" Callie Mae to help him a) find his prized horse who Callie Mae's evil fiance has spooked and run off, and b) to help him find the answers to the truth of the shooting.

Three quarters of the story is them kissing and her telling him 'no, I have to stay true to Kullen', whom she doesn't even really love and who really doesn't love her but only her money. You know right from the get-go that Kullen is the bad guy in everything, and yet the writer won't reveal names and details, though you'd have to be retarded not to have figured it all out right from the beginning.

All in all, a really lame story. Absolutely NO heat or chemistry between the two characters, and in the end who cares? Not worth a read.