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The Lawman's Surrender

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If you're going on the run, be sure to take someone like Jedidiah Brown with you. In this sequel to Debra Mullins's DONOVAN'S BED, beautiful Susannah Calhoun is accused of murder. None other than Jed Brown, a man from her past and with whom she has unfinished business, comes to escort her to her trial in Denver. Along the way we have enough sparks flying to rival a July 4th celebration, not to mention the bad guys on their trail and bent on revenge. This is fun in the old West. Debra Mullins proves once again with THE LAWMAN'S SURRENDER that she is a writer who delivers. This, her third book and second outing into the west, has all the punch of a Shoot Out at the O.K. Corral. If you want good fun, a great hero, and a damsel in distress, don't miss this one. I promise you'll be delighted.

I really like this author, but this was not her best book. I had high hopes, but was not thrilled with this one.

In 1882 in the Wyoming Territory, US Marshal Jedidiah Brown and Susannah Calhoun feel the attraction between them. That one kiss still lingers in both their minds. Yet he feels she is a conceited beautiful brat and she thinks he is a rude dude. However, without a look back or even a word, Jedidiah leaves town. Susannah feels relieved that her heart remains intact yet deep inside she knows his touch meant everything to her.

A year later in Silver Flats, Colorado, Susannah has an incident with her employer Brick Caldwell. He demands she warm his bed if she wants to continue as the lead singer in his opera house. After hitting him in the head, Susannah flees town. However, she is arrested for Brick's murder. Insisting on her innocence, she learns someone killed Brick with a dinner knife. Jedidiah escorts Susannah to stand trial in Denver, but soon their growing love for each other demands he prove her innocence even as he must protect her from an unknown assailant wanting her dead.

THE LAWMAN'S SURRENDER is a humorous, warm, and exciting sequel that catches all the magic of the terrific first tale, DONOVAN'S BED. The story line never lets up as the audience gains a taste of frontier life and justice. Susannah and Jedidiah make a charming duet though at times the heroine's struggle to overcome her beauty seems at odds with her strong, almost obstinate, independent nature. SW Western romance fans will appreciate Debra Mullins' enticing tale that fully beguiles the audience.

Harriet Klausner