Heart of Gold (Mercers of Montana #2)
by Evelyn MacQuaid
My Review
What I loved about this book was Charlotte was not willing to change herself just to marry a man. She would have been perfectly happy to never marry if she could not find a man that would love her just as she is. Luke wanted a women who would love him for what he was on the inside not what he could give her money wise. Never has a man been more happy to learn he was a rouge and not worth the ladies time than this man. Maybe just maybe he might find the lady who will love him.
I loved these characters each wanting their hearts desire but not willing to bend to get it. Charlotte was a sweetheart who just wanted to be a tomboy heck that was the way she was raised. But no man wants a woman who can out ride or out shoot him. Her mother throws her into the first season hoping she will find the perfect man to bring their good name back to society. Charlotte just wants to be left alone that is until she sees the handsome mysterious Luke. He takes her breath away from the start even the rumors don’t stop her from wanting to get to know him better.
Luke is the handsome newcomer every women wants that is until one lady is out for revenge and spreads rumors of his low down ways. Now no mother wants him courting her daughter and fathers are willing to lock up theirs if only to protect them. All of this plays right into his hands now maybe all those ladies will leave him alone that is until he sees Charlotte and all bets are off as he gets to know the wild half women/child he knows he must have her. She is the only one that sees him as he is or does she.
Duels have been fault over less and might be fault before the night is over. Can Luke prove he is innocent or almost innocent of all charges before temper raise and people are pushed into marrying other they do not love?
The author gives a wonderful plot filled with a little mystery. I really enjoyed the characters the main ones will steal your heart. I found myself laughing and smile most of the way through this read. This book is full of rumors, lies, gossip and one man and women determined to have it all or nothing at all. This is the first I have read of this author and it won’t be the last. She really held my interesting with a book I couldn’t put down. I cannot wait to read more from her. I hope you will give her books a try I know you will enjoy them as much as I have.
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Overview
Free spirited Charlotte Mercer who prefers chaps to corsets and lassoes to needlepoint, is outraged at being forced to join polite Victorian society and learn the rules of etiquette she abhors, all in the name of redeeming her family's good name. But when she meets Luke Fanning, he stirs within her uncomfortable yet deliciously strange feelings she cannot understand and which she is determined to fight.
Devastatingly handsome Luke is a charming and notorious seducer. Tales of children out of wedlock and ruined women follow him closer than a shadow. He has sworn that no woman will ever entice him into marriage, but when his world collides with Charlotte's, his resolve weakens for the wild and dark- haired beauty he's determined to possess.
"Heart of Gold" is a standalone Victorian Western Historical Romance. It's the second book in the "Mercers of Montana Series" and is available as a free read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
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