By Sylvia McDaniel
4.5 stars
I loved the strong characters and the fact that they are the two most unlikely people to fall in love. Hannah and Jackson put the town on their ears as they come together to not only clean up the town but put some very bad men in jail. What do you do when your stepfather sales you into prostitution? You break out with help and become a bounty hunter with your first goal to kill the man who sold you, then take out the madam who made your life a living hell as you free the young girls she has bought. This isn't as easy as it sound when you are up against a town run by a corrupted lawman and a crooked madam and the preacher who turned his back on you in your hour of need.
Hannah is my kind of lady strong and a go getter. She isn't letting any grass grow under her feet as she takes on the whole town to get even and set the record straight. When she sees a man being beaten she waits, takes him in when they leave him for dead. Only to find he is the preacher who turn his back on her when she begged for help. When most would have turned their back on him she takes care of him. She is on a mission to save the soled doves that have been kidnap to be sold into prostitution. With the preachers help somewhere along the way she might just find being with a man isn't a bad thing.
When Jackson first came to town saw Hannah she beg him for help he said you made your bed now lay in it. When he found out girls were being taken and sold he felt guilty that he had not helped Hannah. He makes it his life work to help release those poor girls who were kidnapped in return he got beaten within an inch of his life. He might be a preacher but he is still a man and a sinner. He does his best to resist Hannah but somethings are hard as he finds out. He might not have helped her when she needed him the most but he values to keep her safe as she takes on the whole town bring justice to the girls done wrong by freeing them and cleaning up the town of outlaws.
I would have liked to have known a little more about the stepfathers past. He just didn't come off to me as being dumb or even that mean. What he did do was bad but I just didn't get the mean bone feeling I should have. The madam is something else I could feel her meanness all the way along with the sheriff. Bring the towns people around now that was something and at times very funny.
The author gives you a page turner before you know it you are so drawn in with all the twists and turns. Hannah has two goals to free the ladies and to kill. Jackson shows her a better way as he gives her his love in hopes she will find a better way to reach her goals. The author gives you a great read with some very serious issues as she installs humor to turn the characters around to her way of thinking. Hannah could have made some very bad choices the author gives you the preacher to show her the errors of her ways in this complex humors read. This was very well written with wonderful characters you can relate to. You get to see justice prevail as Hannah comes to her senses learning the correct way to bring her man in as well as take the town by storm. I really enjoyed this read found it to be very entertaining as well as having wonderful characters. I know others are going to enjoy this as much as I have.
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Book Description
Revenge or Reprieve? Hell hath no fury like a woman betrayed.
After Hannah Williams is trained to be a bounty hunter, her first goal is to kill her stepfather and rescue all the girls from Mrs. Hutchin’s whorehouse. Knowing her life is in danger, she returns to Hide Town, Texas only to discover the handsome preacher who had refused to help her, being beaten. Hating him for how he’d turned his back on her, she can’t walk away and leave him to die. Showing him mercy, she takes him to her hideout where she soon learns the preacher has secrets of his own.
Jackson Colster learns another young girl has been sold into prostitution and helps her to escape until he’s caught and beaten by the madam’s goons. Left to die on the prairie, he’s soon rescued by the one face he can’t forget, Hannah Williams. The girl he refused to help.
Can the preacher keep the girl from seeking the revenge she craves and heal her wounded past or will she help him get over his haunting nightmares? A small-town church, a town run by a corrupted lawman and a crooked madam stand between these two wounded souls.
Meet the Author
Sylvia McDaniel is a best-selling, award-winning author of western historical romance and contemporary romance novels. Known for her sweet, funny, family-oriented romances, Sylvia is the author of The Burnett Brides a historical western series, The Cuvier Widows, a Louisiana historical series, Lipstick and Lead, a western historical series and several short contemporary romances.
Former President of the Dallas Area Romance Authors, a member of the Romance Writers of America®, and a member of Novelists Inc, her novel, A Hero's Heart was a 1996 Golden Heart Finalist. Several other books have placed or won in the San Antonio Romance Authors Contest, LERA Contest, and she was a Golden Network Finalist.
Married for nearly twenty years to her best friend, they have one dachshund that is Queen Supreme Dog in the house and a good-looking, grown son who thinks there's no place like home. She loves gardening, hiking, shopping, knitting and football (Cowboys and Bronco's fan), but not necessarily in that order.
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