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Mustang Wild (Harlequin Historical)

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Skylar Daines is stubborn, beautiful, and one of the best horse trainers around. When her father is murdered, she must find his partner, Chance Morgan. Wanting to put down roots and create a secure home for her brother, Sky will stop at nothing to reach Wyoming and realize her plans. The man she remembers as Chance is finally located in a saloon. While his smile makes her heart pound and her palms sweat, she has no idea that man she assumes is Chance is actually his identical twin, Tucker.

Tucker Morgan has never met a more cantankerous and obstinate woman in all his life. The fact that she makes him long for hearth, home, and forever doesn't sit well with Tuck, who happens to be a love em' and leave em' kind of cowboy. When a card bet goes wrong, Tucker finds himself the husband of Skylar Daines. While he verbally pronounces his want of an annulment, deep down he finds himself wanting forever. With his hat in his hand and his heart on his sleeve, Tucker sets out to prove to Skylar that they are compatible in more ways than just ranching.


I loved the storyline of MUSTANG WILD, which is set in the wilds of the untamed west. Skylar is a strong heroine with just enough unknown feminine wiles to grab the attention of Tucker Morgan. Tucker, on the other hand, doesn't know what hit him. At turns exasperated and amused with Skylar, his surrender to their attraction is sensual and out-of-this-world sexy. I laughed out loud at Skylar's completely unimpressed view of Tucker; to see his consternation at wanting to protect the woman he now knows is his wife was quite possibly one of the sweetest scenes I have yet read. Throw Tucker's twin brother and one bad guy into this delightful mix and I was happy to finish this novel in one sitting.

MUSTANG WILD is the debut novel in Stacey Kayne's new WILD series. Looking forward to future installments, I can't want to see if Chance gets his own storyline.

I started this book on Saturday and finished it the same day. This book was incredible. It has the great elements of an authentic western setting, engaging characters, sensual romance, humor, and danger. You will love Skylar as she is an incredible woman with a sense of honor but also the grit and determination to do what it takes to make a life for her younger brother. She was forced from a young age to suppress her feminine side and to work and to live as a cowboy, and nobody would question her abilities. Skylar ends up accidentally married to playful, but dangerous former bounty hunter, Tucker Morgan. He's gorgeous and tempting, but having a home for her brother is her first priority. The end goal is to get to Wyoming, get paid for her mustangs, and get an annulment. She just has to keep her hands off him, and his hands off her. Tucker wasn't looking at getting married ever, but he has one heck of a bride on his hands. She's willing to pull her weight and then some, and earns his respect. And she's beautiful. He finds it harder than he thought to keep from taking his wife to bed, and soon finds that he wants her forever. I really enjoyed this book. It was fun, it was intense, and I felt like I was there on the trail to Wyoming, with dust in my mouth, the cold wind blowing on face, hearing the mustangs neighing, and dodging bullets, along with the characters. If you have been feeling at a loss as less and less western romances are being published, I highly recommend picking up this book. It will keep you entertained for hours indeed. Stacey Kayne is a new go to author for me when it comes to western romances.

I was hooked on this book by the end of the first chapter, and it stayed with me (literally on my person) until I finished it!

This is a story about a proud, capable, talented woman who's femininity has been hidden and discouraged by her father for as long as she can remember. Skylar was a breath of fresh air, and the way that she proved herself to be loyal and steadfast to her younger brother had me cheering for her from the very beginning of this book. Tucker was so much fun! The way he shows Skylar he loves her made for many "ahhhh" moments.

This book has it all. I was laughing one minute, choked up the next, and as the bullets were flying was hanging on to my seat for dear life. This is the way westerns were meant to be and I can't wait for the second in the series.

This is the first of three books of a Stacy Kayne family saga. I have read all three more than once and enjoy the stories each time. If you are a fan of the western genre and love romance you cannot go wrong with these books. Until I got my kindle, I never considered reading a Harlequin romance book. The covers were a big turn off for me. Frankly, I thought there would be only crude sexual incounters with no substance, well I was wrong. Actually, I think Harlequin would sell more books if they changed the covers, only my opinion. Start with Mustang Wild, then Maverick Wild, last Mountain wild. I read all sorts of books, I have to say western romance is my favorite even if the books will never be the "great novel".

It only felt like a day or two before I got the product in and I am happy with the condition it was in for what I payed for Fair and easy business!

I enjoyed this book very much, and have read one other that was equally good in this series. The author writes very well, and she knows the terrain, which I appreciate. Her heroine, Skylar, is a bit hard to fully "believe", she is so tough (and of course her looks don't suffer a bit, unlike real women who endure very hard labor). Still, as a feminist and a romantic, I have to love it.

My only real quibble is that the author doesn't know the animal life for the area she covers: she describes the heroine holding a "garter snake" that was banded in black, coral and white. That would be a coral king snake (because it didn't bite her) or a coral snake (wrong geographical area, but it would have been a big poisonous deal if it were). There was another animal mistake I can't remember in the other book. Maybe she is also poor on plants: she says "oaks" but not what kind for CA foothills, and just says "wildflowers" for a meadow description.

Keep them coming, but do a bit more research, please.
Gloria

I love each and every one of Ms. Kayne's books, Maverick Wild and Mountain Wild, but Mustang Wild is so far my favorite.

Skylar is a very strong-spirited, take-no-bull-from-anyone woman, determined to get a home for her and her younger brother.

Tucker, well, is Tucker, full of mischief and wanting to have a good time, without any attachments.

But they are not expecting for their lives to tangle the way they do and the result is, sometimes hillarious, sometimes heartbreaking.

Love the scene when Skylar runs Tucker out of his own cabin at gun point without him even realizing it. That's the kind of woman she is, a handfull he is barely able to handle!

Great read, and you bet the 3 books have found their way to my personal collection.

Great story, great romance and great suspense, too. Kayne is a talented writer for sure. Continue with the other books, Maverick Wild and Mountain Wild (Garrett as a grown man, mmm mmm mmm!), to follow various characters into their own stories with others making appearances as supporting characters.

I LOVED this book!! I've been searching for western romance books that don't irritate me with their unnatural character interactions. Many of the books I have already read I chose for their high reviews but they left me wondering what all the fuss was about. I was thinking maybe I should give up on romance after all...I had never thought I'd really enjoy them anyhow...but then I read Mustang Wild. I feel like I stumbled upon a gold mine! This book was everything I've been looking for and more! Action, adventure, romance and believable characters that I really liked. I couldn't wait to get to bed each night to read and would then spend the next day daydreaming about the story. I was both incredibly satisfied and sad when the story came to an end. I've already ordered all of Stacey Kayne's other books and can't wait for them to arrive.