Shotgun Groom [Mass Market Paperback]

Sandra Chastain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 1998

A Tennessee belle with her sights aimed at a rugged Texan's heart....

Lily Towns was determined to marry Matt Logan, even if she had to use her shotgun to get him to the altar. She'd been a skinny little girl when she first boldly proposed. Matt had laughed and refused her, then he rode off to Texas, telling her to ask him again when she grew up. Now she was filled out in all the right places, and as pretty as they come. So when her guardian received a letter from Matt asking for a mail-order bride, Lily Towns boarded the stage to bring him one...special delivery.

Confirmed bachelor Matt Logan was mad enough to spit nails. His brother Jim had written away for a bride...and signed Matt's name. Now one look told him that Lily Towns was too delicate to stick it out for long as a Texas rancher's wife. It also told him that resisting this silky, sensual Memphis belle would be the hardest thing he'd ever done. What he couldn't see was the inner Lily, who was tough enough to turn herself into a feisty frontier woman...and to fight for him with wicked wiles, sweet seduction, and all the love in her heart.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Tennessee, a man who goes back on a marriage contract is prodded to remember his arrangement with the help of a shotgun. And Lily Towns has decided that if Matt Logan goes back on his promise of marriage, she'll bring Tennessee jurisprudence to Texas. But when Lily arrives in Blue Station, Tex., sometime in 1875, it turns out that Matt, her childhood love, hadn't made the offer of marriage. Rather, his dying brother Jim did in order to provide for his brother, their ranch and his own two motherless children. It's a hard life, and Matt believes that between hogs, hard work and Comanches, he can persuade Lily to skedaddle back East. If there are a few faux pas?Jim's treacly poppet of a daughter; Lily's droll dance around the fire in a Comanche wedding dress?Chastain's (Raven and the Cowboy) dialogue is fast-paced, her heroine is amiably determined, her hero appealingly noble, and, best of all, she's created a different and more realistic ranch. The Double L is not the vast domain of some wealthy landlord, but rather a rough-hewn place where a family takes a stand against the predations of nature and man.
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From the Publisher

"This delightful author has a tremendous talent that places her on a pinnacle reserved for special romance writers."--Affaire de Coeur

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Fanfare (March 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055357583X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553575835
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,008,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sandra Chastain at her best!!, March 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Shotgun Groom (Mass Market Paperback)

Shotgun Groom is Sandra Chastain at her best.

Witty dialogue and warm, likeable characters are what Ms. Chastain does best, and this book excels at both. You'll laugh and cry, but mostly, you'll feel really good when you get done reading.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BLAH!!!, August 7, 1998

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This review is from: Shotgun Groom (Mass Market Paperback)

The idea of this book is excellent.But I quit reading it half way through because I got some confusing errors.Like when they were coming back from the indian reservation when Lily got sick. Didn't they come in a wagon? So why did they leave on horseback? Even after Matt asked Kitty to get the wagon. I know it's not a big deal to the story.But I wish it was more accurate. Besides there was dialogue that would include two people and then all of a sudden some other character will be there when they weren't supposed to be in the first place. So the idea of the story was great but there needs to be errors corrected.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A special story, February 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Shotgun Groom (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1875, an ailing Jim Logan sends a letter to his Aunt Dolly, requesting she find him a bride. However, he signs the letter with his brother Matt's name. Dolly sends her ward, Lily, who has always loved Matt. Lily forces Matt, who has no plans to marry a non-Texan, into an agreement based on the marital contract that he had been tricked into signing.

Lily begins to win over Matt by proving that a southern lady can become a Texas woman. Meanwhile, someone has been mutilating the cattle, trying to make it look like the Indians are getting ready to go on the warpath. Additionally, a group of outsiders has just about bought the free range that surrounds the water, making it extremely difficult to water the cattle. If Matt fails to learn who is doing the former and somehow stop the latter, his extended family will soon be dispossessed.

Multi-award winning authorSandra Chastain has written 32 popular romances and her most recent, SHOTGUN GROOM, demonstrates she deserves every one as she remains one of the great writing talents of the nineties. The story line is fast-paced and the characters (lead and secondary) are charming and add a air of authenticity that turns this book into a fabulous historical romance. Harriet Klausner