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Rough Wrangler, Tender Kisses

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I loved this book. I have loved all of Jill Gregory's books and this was no exception. I thought the chemistry between all the characters was well written. There was alot of humor, suspense and sentiment. It was the perfect length, I could not put it down until it was done. The relationship between Caitlin and Wade was excellent and very romantic. It made me want to be a part of the story. All in all it was a great rea

In the 1880s, Philadelphia debutante Caitlin Summers travels to Hope, Wyoming, hometown of her recently deceased father Reese to claim her inheritance. Nearly broke, the desperate Caitlin plans to sell her dad's beloved Cloud Ranch that means almost nothing to the Easterner. The ranch foreman, Wade Barclay worshipped Reese, who took him and his two siblings into his home and heart when their parents died in 1867 and raised the trio. In homage to his mentor, Wade will insure Reese's wishes are fulfilled even if it means forcing Caitlin to remain at the ranch for one year as stated in the will.

Reese believes Caitlin is a spoiled brat who deserted her father and his love. Caitlin thinks Reese is a barbarian, but is jealous of the love her father showered on Reese and his two siblings. Neither one expected to feel attraction, passion, and love for the other.

Jill Gregory and entertaining western romances are synonymous after novels like ALWAYS YOU and NEVER LOVE A COWBOY. Her latest Americana thriller, ROUGH WRANGLER, TENDER KISSES, is a tender late nineteenth century tale that pulls at the reader's heart because of the angst of the lead characters and the support of the strong secondary cast. Ms. Gregory stays with her theme that only love can break a heart and only love can mend it.

Harriet Klausner

I just read this book over the weekend. I should say I read this book on Saturday. I could not put it down. This is the second Jill Gregory book I have read. The first was Never Love A Cowboy. I liked both books but this one really caught and kept my interest. It had all of the elements, Love/Hate relationship, romance, intrigue, suspense. I didn't want it to end. The only thing I would have liked to have seen differently is if they would have elaborated on the other characters in the book.

No bad language and a wonderful story made this a captivating read for me last night. I highly recommend this book

I fell in love with the chacters the moment I read this book.. I could only hope for someone that sweet and caring to look after me.. Jill has an unique way of writing making the reader feel very comfortable and longing for more.. This book is a keeper on my shelf and from time to time when I want a good comfort read this is were I turn... Please keep up the good work Ms. Gregory..

This book was terrible. I couldn't stand another minute of Caitlin and her beyond haughtiness. Sometimes the female lead is a bit haughty. Then you have ones like this, who actually lean forward to the lawyer could see inside her shirt, just so she could get her way. Besides her conceited attitude, and her selfish thinking, she was just plain rude! She really didn't care about anyone's feelings but her own.

Wade was a good character, and I was so disgusted by Caitlin, I found myself wishing he would just leave her and go off with the sweet Luanne.

...That would have been a better story itself!

This story might have been halfway decent, had Gregory wrote the scene where the truth comes out, a LOT earlier. Not on the third to last page.

Set in 1870s, Caitlin Summers has come to Wyoming to sell her late father's ranch. Her father and mother divorced when she was a child and she has not seen her father since she left for the East with her mother. Her mother also recently died in an accident with her stepfather. Left destitute and left with a younger half sister she has no choice but to sell her late father's ranch. Not that she ever had any emotional attachment to it or her father.

Upon her arrival in Hope, Wyoming, Caitlin is met by the ranch's foreman, Wade Barclay. Wade is not only the foreman of Cloud Ranch but he was also like a son to Caitlin's father when the latter took in Wade and his two younger brothers when they were orphaned. Caitlin's father also gave a share of the ranch to Wade and his brother's. In the father's will, he states that Caitlin is not to sell the ranch unless after she has lived on the ranch for a whole year. Being faithful to Caitlin's father's wishes, Wade refuses to let Caitlin sell her share of the ranch before the year is up. As Caitlin moves into the ranch, she and Wade slowly discover their hidden passion for each other.

This was a good Western romance. I liked Wade alot as the dark brooding hero but at times I found Caitlin to be a bit annoying with her spoilt ways and the way she hated her father with a passion. All together a good read and I will be looking for more Western's written by Ms Gregory.

Lea Ling Tsang

This book was the most romantic and cute hate/love story. I love the setting and I love how bold Caitlin was. Wade's character was irresistible and women (including me) couldn't help but fall in love with his patience and caring side, when it came out. This is a definite five, and I'd give it more stars if they allowed.

She called him cowboy.
He called her princess.

Caitlin Summers had come west for one reason only: to sell the Wyoming ranch that had belonged to her late father. But Cloud Ranch wasn't hers to sell--not as long as foreman Wade Barclay and his two brothers were majority owners. According to the will, Caitlin couldn't sell her share until she'd lived there...for a whole year! For the debt-ridden Philadelphia beauty, the situation was intolerable. She never imagined that the rough, infuriating wrangler would awaken every tender emotion buried in her heart.

To Wade Barclay, Caitlin Summers was just a spoiled society girl--even if she was also the daughter of the man who'd been a father to him in all but name. Caitlin had broken her father's heart when she and her mother left Wyoming, and Wade had no intention of letting her do the same to him. But living together under the same roof was hard on a man. One stolen kiss was all it took to make him wild with wanting her. As the days passed, Wade knew he desperately needed Caitlin--in his bed, in his heart, and by his side forever in this wild, beautiful land he knew she'd never call home.

Story and characters were rather bland and after finishing, it didn't leave me with a rosy glow...more like a disappointment in the innate evils of man (and woman.) Complete with the ordinary murderers, cattle rustlers, and ranch coveters; this story drug on way too long. It didn't help that I found the hero un endearing and the heroine downright bitchy.

Fast-paced, authentic dialog and a surprisingly intricate plot kept this novel moving for me.

At first glance, Caitlin Summers seems a spoiled, haughty, self-centered, gorgeous woman. But as her story unfolds, the reader becomes aware that Caitlin is both desperate and brave. Reeling from the deep childhood pain of apparent rejection by her rancher father, Caitlin hides from everyone the very serious dilemmas she faces in her life back east. After growing up in the lap of luxury, she is suddenly left destitute by the accidental death of her mother and stepfather. Caitlin must find a way to provide for herself and her frightened younger half-sister. A desperate Caitlin appears in Hope, Wyoming to claim her share of her father's will. She arrives on the heels of suffering recent rejection from Philly's high society, abandonment by her fiance, and assaults by a powerful madman stalker who will stop at nothing. Small wonder her faith in men has been damaged.

Wade Barclay, Cloud Ranch's capable and handsome foreman, has been entrusted with Caitlin's care by her father's dying wish. Wade and his two younger brothers had been taken in as orphans and raised as Reese's sons and were also beneficiaries of his will. Cloud Ranch means everything to Wade. Caitlin's angry determination to circumvent her father's will and sell her share of the ranch is an immediate irritant between them. But time and some dangerous events enable Wade to see through Caitlin's facade. She possesses some of the qualities he deeply respected in her father. In spite of himself, love grows.

Two morals to this story that I appreciate are 1) If a person truly loves another, they will sacrifice all else in their life -- no matter how precious on behalf of the one they love and 2)Forgiveness is a better alternative than living life burdened by the weight of bitterness, anger and revenge.