Stardust Cowboy (Code of the West) (Silhouette Desire, No 1219) [Paperback]

Anne McAllister (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

MEN of the YEAR

MAN of the MONTH

"I'm no stardust cowboy!

—Riley Stratton, rough-edged Wyoming cowboy

Riley knew he wasn't any kid's imaginary hero—capable of making dreams come true. His own dreams had bttien the dust so long ago, he couldn't even remember them. But he had to do the honorable thing by Dori Malone and her son—his newly discovered nephew—Jake. Next thing he knew, they were sharing his ranch!

Worse, Dori was making herself indispensible. She understood computers. She cooked meals, washed dishes. She even folded his underwear! Worst of all, she made Riley wish, made him ache, made him dream…of things not even Jake's stardust cowyboy could make come true.

Some men are made for lovin'—and you'll love our MAN OF THE MONTH!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; Silhouette Desire #1219 : Man of the Month : Wyomi edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373762194
• ISBN-13: 978-0373762194
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,227,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in California and grew up there on the beaches of SoCal where I used to think I would write humorous social commentaries and pithy columns about life between "here and the pier" in Manhattan Beach.

But then I left. I went away to college and then married and moved to the Midwest. Since then I've been in the Midwest and Montana and made the mental transition to life with four seasons with no trouble at all.

In fact, last time I was in MB I looked at the inlaid terrazzo tiles in the sidewalk on the hill leading down to the pier and thought to myself, "Who on earth would put tiles in the sidewalk? It will be so hard to shovel the snow off!"

See?

Despite my beach upbringing, I was the child of transplanted okies and montanans, and my love of cowboys was apparently bred in the bone. The first man I fell in love with was a cowboy. I was five years old -- and I imprinted on him, following him everywhere, like a duck.

So when I started writing romance fiction years later, there was no question that even my CEOs and beach volleyball players and Greek tycoons were, at their heart, cowboy heroes.

McAllister heroes have a strong sense of honor, determination, competence, and a "get it done" attitude. They are more often lone wolves than they are alphas. They go their own way -- until they meet the woman who makes them want to share their life. And a lone wolf who takes on a spouse has to have some alpha in him. She definitely brings it out.

Writing has been a wonderful opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn more about things that interest me. It gives me license to satisfy my curiosity and to meet people from all walks of life. I love it. The ideas never seem to dry up. They are everywhere. I'm looking forward to writing a whole lot more.

I'm always glad to hear from readers so stop by my website or blog if you have comments or questions.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, July 19, 2011

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Terracotta Dove (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Stardust Cowboy (Kindle Edition)

The story opens up in the same scene that closed The Cowboy Crashes a Wedding, a book I loved.

This one was enjoyable, but I wasn't as fond of the hero. He was a good guy, but he was frozen in a way that I had trouble wrapping my head around. Twelve years ago he was in love with a woman who left him, because he wouldn't give up the ranching life. He wasn't bitter about a betrayal (the usual Category portrait of a hero); he just decided that was his one and only chance. He doesn't think about her most of the time, has no problem dealing with her husband (his lawyer), but when he sees her a couple of times a month, he is overwhelmed with those old feelings. There is really no explanantion or understanding why. The only thing I could see was that he led a fairly solitary life, in a small town, so maybe it limited his opportunities for growth? Still . . . TWELVE YEARS!

I did like the heroine. I liked her as a secondary character in the above mentioned book, and liked her more as the lead in this one. She had a baby young, by a wannabe band singer that flaked out on her. She wasn't bitter, she didn't waste time hating him, and she didn't beat herself up about it either. She did make a living that didn't thrill her, working in her father's store and dealing with his miserable personality, but she thought she was making a trade off for security for her kid. When another opportunity presented itself at the start of this book, she took it. I was rooting for her the whole time.

(She had a good kid, so you saw where she was a good mom, too.)

The Scheduled Conflict Climax in this Cat was different than usual. It wasn't a misunderstanding, that he loved her and simply hadn't communicated it. It wasn't that the heroine was melodramatically angsty and created a crisis. The hero really WAS conflicted about his choices, and the heroine made a smart decision about ending it.

Try it.

5.0 out of 5 stars From Back Cover, May 24, 2009

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Avid Reader "Jim" (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stardust Cowboy (Code of the West) (Silhouette Desire, No 1219) (Paperback)

"I'm no stardust cowboy!" - Riley Stratton, rough-edged Wyoming cowboy


Riley knew he wasn't any kid's imaginary hero - capable of making dreams come true. His own dreams had bitten the dust so long ago, he couldn't even remember them. But he had to do the honorable thing by Dori Malone and her son - his newly discovered nephew - Jake. Next thing he knew, they were sharing his ranch!

Worse, Dori was making herself indispensable. She understood computers. She cooked meals, washed dishes. She even folded his underwear! Worst of all, she made Riley wish, made him ache, made him dream.. of things not even Jake's stardust cowboy could make come true.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars skinny-dipping in a cold river, April 2, 2000

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miu (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stardust Cowboy (Code of the West) (Silhouette Desire, No 1219) (Paperback)

The story was good. The best part was hero skinny-dipping and then finding all his clothes and horse gone. And then he is going to ride five miles with just a towel between you-know-what and the saddle. Sure! Everybody who has written on a saddle knows how it feels. I was not so fond of the idea of being in love for same girl 12 years. But the kid, Jake, was excellent. Good work, keep on going!