Moon Racer [Mass Market Paperback]

Constance O'Banyon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2003

Somewhere in the lush grasslands of the Texas hill country, three brothers and a sister fight to hold their family together, struggle to keep their ranch solvent, while they await the return of the one person who can shed light on the secrets of the past. Abby learned to ride and rope and wrangle as well as any of her brothers, but Major Jonah Tremain is looking for a lady. Abby tells herself she doesn't care that the major is engaged to a proper Eastern-bred miss, but when she looks into his searing blue eyes and feels his lips against hers, she decides to teach him the error of his ways only a Texas wildcat can do justice to passion such as his, and she plans to match him kiss for kiss.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843951885
• ISBN-13: 978-0843951882
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it..., December 18, 2007

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ThisThatNEverything "thisthatneverything" (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Racer (Mass Market Paperback)

Description from the back of the book:

Half-Moon Ranch

Somewhere in the lush grasslands of East Texas was a place where the sun had once shone on love and prosperity, while the night hid murder and mistrust. There, three brothers and a sister fought to hold their family together, struggled to keep their ranch solvent, while thy awaited the return of the one person who could shed light on the secrets of the past.

Abby

Growing up without a mother in a family of rowdy males, Abby had learned to ride and rope and wrangle as well as any of her brothers. But she had never learned to be a lady. And a lady was what Major Jonah Tremain was looking for in a wife. Abby told herself she didn't care that the major was engaged to a proper Eastern-bred miss, that he preferred his women wearing petticoats instead of chaps. But when she looked into his searing blue eyes ad felt the power of his lips against hers, she decided to teach him the error of his ways-only a Texas wildcat could do justice to passion such as his, and she planned to match him kiss for kiss.

* This is book #3 in the 3 book/3 author Half-Moon Ranch series. I absolutely loved this book. I loved it just as much if not better than the first in the series. Book #2 was still good (I gave it 4 stars) but book #1 & #3 are going to be really hard to beat. The storyline was great & we finally got to see little Abby grow up. Brent & Quince were in this book quite a bit & I just love how this family is there for one another. I highly recommend this series.

Book #1 - Hunter's Moon
Book #2 - Renegade Moon
Book #3 - Moon Racer
Book #4 - Dark of the Moon

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best, August 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Racer (Mass Market Paperback)

Constance O'Banyon never fails to amaze me. She just keeps getting better and better. Abby and Jonah's story is a strong one, well plotted and well written. I always feel like I am there with them. Jonah is a Major who has trouble of his own, but he has even more when spunky Abby gets tangled in his life. I did not want this book to end. I would like to see a second book on Abby and Jonah. Is that possible, Mrs. O'Banyon?

I loved it, loved it!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong contination of a powerful story, August 5, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Racer (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1870, eight-year-old Abigail Hunter feels her life is over as they bury her mother who apparently killed by her father and is incarcerated for murder. Her three older brothers try to help her cope, but the tragedy seem too much for them as it is for her. One by-product of no longer having a mom is Abby was raised as a rancher on the Hill Country, Texas Half-Moon Ranch rather than as a lady.

Ten years later, Abby still struggles with the pivotal tragedies as her father is released from prison. When she meets Major Jonah Tremain when he seeks a horse tamer, she falls in love. However, he wants a real lady as a wife and not a tomboy who happens to be the trainer of the horses he needs. Jonah never reckoned with a Texas tornado like Abby who goes after him with a vengeance.

The key to MOON RACER, book three of the Half-Moon Ranch romances (see HUNTER'S MOON by Bobbi Smith and RENEGADE MOON by Elaine Barbieri) is Constance O'Banyon's skill to further the mystery of ten years ago without giving away the secret. The lead couple is a solid pair as Abby goes out of her way to prove to the obstinate cavalry officer that it is not petticoats it is the heart. The strong story line adds depth to the Hunters while entertaining readers with a fine Texas romance. Anyone who reads this novel and its predecessors (sequential order is the best approach, but each tale can stand-alone) will die waiting for the finale DARK MOON by Evelyn Rogers to learn what really happened a decade ago).

Harriet Klausner