Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
Though Sam is a confirmed bachelor, he felt protective towards Tabitha, but now his need to keep her safe has gone into the stratosphere. Tabitha blames her desire for Sam on the raging hormones of her pregnancy. When they make passionate love, Sam realizes that he wants his Tabby by his side afternoon and night not just in the AM, but she was already dumped once and cannot believe commitment phobic Sam is talking family affair.
BABY, BE MINE is an amusing relationship drama that will surprise readers to elarn that this is author Emily McKay's debut. The story line is fun due to the seesaw romance between the lead couple and the antics of the support cast, especially at the station. Though Bob's fleeing his responsibility is never adequately explained, the audience will take great delight with this "He Said She Said" style romance.
The Ranger Holly Harte Zebra, Oct 2002, $5.99 ISBN: 0821773674
In 1886 Austin, a desperate Delana Wyatt quietly asks for help from Texas Ranger Sergeant Blu Cahill. She explains that she needs a safe escort so that she can leave town before her stepfather Henry Lawton marries her off to geriatric Cyrus Townsend. Though he wonders if he wears a sandwich sign advertising "Easy Mark for the Helpless", Blu decides he can use the feisty female when he goes undercover while accomplishing her goal.
They pose as a married couple and journey to Brownwood where Blu plans to learn who is rustling cattle by cutting wire. As they live in close proximity they fall in love over her stove, but not only is he on assignment and pledged to also protect her, but he has a past that he must let go of if he is to attain a future with his beloved.
This is an entertaining often amusing Texas Ranger romance. The lead couple is an adorable pair though the intrepid heroine acts more like an anachronism with her independent nature and her willingness to escape her planned future via a stranger. Fans of western romance will hunger for more Holly Hart historicals like this tale and her Apache novels.