The Texan (Wanted) [Mass Market Paperback]

Bobbi Smith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wanted | Publication Date: January 2009

When an Eastern-raised young lady returns to Texas to fulfill the terms of her father’s will, she falls in love with the Wild West and a rugged cowboy who makes her Boston beAU look tame and dull by comparison.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (January 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843958510
• ISBN-13: 978-0843958515
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,263,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After working as a department manager for Famous-Barr, and briefly as a clerk at a bookstore, Bobbi Smith gave up on career security and began writing. She sold her first book to Zebra in 1982.

Since then, Bobbi has written over 40 books and 6 novellas. To date, there are more than five million of her novels in print. She has been awarded the prestigious Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year Award and two Career Achievement Awards. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists.

When she's not working on her novels, she is frequently a guest speaker for writer's groups. Bobbi is mother of two sons and resides in St. Charles, Missouri with her husband and three dogs.

Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year

NY Times Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

Inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta Literary Fraternity

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars engaging western romance, January 2, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texan (Wanted) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the 1860s bounty hunter Josh Grady decides the time to retire is now after a shootout with two killers left him wounded. He decides to buy in as a junior partner at a ranch and is grateful when Mr. Ryan allows him to do so and work at the Rocking R Ranch in Shotgun, Texas.

When his partner dies, his Philadelphia raised daughter Emmie Ryan inherits. She immediately heads to Texas to run the spread though her experience is limited to summers. Emmie is shocked to learn her late dad had a new partner whom she detests as much as she wants to kiss him. As they fall in love, Josh is declared an outlaw with bounty hunters and a killer going after him with the preference being him dead. He takes a stand alone only to have his obstinate beloved insist she has his back.

This is an engaging western romance starring two likable lead characters with opposite backgrounds that make them an unlikely couple. Although the somewhat thin plot of a prim city miss and a rough westerner falling in love has been used many times, fans will enjoy tough Emmie the Philadelphia lioness refusing to allow her Texan to fight alone. Bobbi Smith provides an engaging Civil War era romance.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bobbi Smith fires at the West and hits a bulls eye, February 5, 2009

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gigi "reader" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Texan (Wanted) (Mass Market Paperback)

If you want to read about the real "West" Ms. Smith is your author. She grabs you on page 1 and keeps you turning pages. Josh and Emmie are delightful characters, and it's clear from the first they belong together. But Ms. Smith did a twist to the story that I really like--their marriage came first and the love comes later. Do your self a favor, buy WANTED. You will be glad you did.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Passably Entertaining, February 4, 2009

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This review is from: The Texan (Wanted) (Mass Market Paperback)

The quality of writing in this book is not very high. It is "patchy" and awkward at times. Sometimes it seems that a sentence was just inserted without thought or purpose. Other times, conversations seem unnecessary to the story. There is also a lot going on in the story. An escaped convict has false "Wanted" posters made for Josh, so bounty hunters come after him. A suitor from the East follows Emmie to Texas. Emmie's friend, Millie, who comes with her from the East, is courted by Josh's brother. The story sometimes seems to go around and around. Despite these faults, I enjoyed the story to some degree, although I was tempted to stop reading about 1/2 way through. I have read worse stories.