The Wild One: Secret Fires [Mass Market Paperback]

Elaine Barbieri (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843948264
• ISBN-13: 978-0843948264
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #734,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great start to a 4 part series, May 21, 2002

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Janet "cjbookreader" (HASLET, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wild One: Secret Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

Absolutely amazing how 4 different authors could construct such a well-written, 4 part series that maintains continuity and quality! It's a credit to the authors Elaine Barbieri, Bobbi Smith, Constance O'Banyon, and Evelyn Rogers.

"The Wild One" starts off the "Secret Fires" series with Tanner McBride returning home to Sidewinder Texas, at the request of his dying father, Tom McBride. The McBride Family had been split apart 4 years ago, after the father remarried 1 week after his wife's death. The scheming stepmother/wife, Clare, drove a wedge between the entire family - the 3 children fled the Circle M ranch & Tom McBride's tyrannical rule. Four years later, the McBride heirs are summonsed home.

Tanner's story is unique and touching. He has grown up enough to realize that he must confront his past, his father and himself, before he can go forward. Callie has traveled to Sidewinder Texas with a different agenda in mind - she plans on killing Tanner.

As the plot unravels, you become entrenched in the McBride family saga.

This is a great start to an enjoyable 4 part series. Definitely read them in order:
The Wild One
The Half Breed
The Agreement
The Loner

Enjoy!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Series romance with a twist, June 6, 2001

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B. Lawrence "prance" (San Ramon, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wild One: Secret Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

I’m sure you are familiar with the books that have 4 separate stories by 4 separate author. Leisure books has given a new twist to series romance. They have created a series of 4 books by 4 authors. The Wild One by Elaine Barbieri is this first in the series. The others are as follows: 2. The Half-Breed by Bobbi Smith, 3. The Agreement by Constance O’Banyon and the finial book is The Loaner by Evelyn Rogers. I came across this by accident. Bobbi Smith is an author that I have read in the past and picked up The Half-Breed. I noticed Secret Fires across the top and was curious as to what that was all about. In the back of the book it provided the answer to my questions. Now I have provided them to you.

To review The Wild One don’t be misguided by my 3 star rating. I just finished reading several Lorraine Heath books that were amazing so The Wild One did not stand out as a 5 to me.

Since this is the first in the series it focus’s a lot on the McBride family and what the basis of the story is. The development of Tanner and Callie just did not flow for me. I guess I expected more conflict than there was. Tanner was thought to have killed Callie’s brother. When Callie meets him for the first time there is chemistry but you would think she would be a little confused about her feeling for a man who she feels killed her brother.

You do get to learn about the McBride family and what a ... Tom McBride (Father) is. You also learn about his wife Clare who is a conniving mean spirited woman and what she does to drive the family away.

All in all it is a good book to read. You definitely need to read it before you read the other books so that you have a better understanding of the characters involved.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read!, June 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wild One: Secret Fires (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Barbieri has done a great job in starting out a very interesting series of books. Callie is the perfect heroine, feisty but fragile, and Tanner brings new meaning to "strong, silent type." Their story is a classic, set within a larger story that promises to just get better and better. I have to recommend this one to all readers of romantic fiction.