Angel Creek
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480513482 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 419 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Angel Creek is Good to the last Drop! Angel Creek could be considered the sequel to Lady of the West. Once of the secondary characters who endeared himself to this reader is a central character in the two tales of love set in the west of the 1800's.I happen to love this book even though it is not intense, and definitely not as graphic and heart wrenching as its predecessor.The alpha male in this book went a little to far in my opinion, but his heart was in the right place so I let it go and enjoyed the fireworks between Lucas and Dee. Luckily for him she take no prisoners and he has finally met his matc. "Linda Howard Lady of the West Series is good too." according to debbie jones. I always enjoy Linda Howard books. This is one of the western series and was't sure I would like it but I did and bought the rest of the series. Book has great characters and true to life places & actions for the time of the setting.. Angel creek indeed This must be the third or fourth time for reading this book. It is still one of my favorites. Lucas and Dee make the book work. Each different, but also alike. Two independent people needing the other to be whole
When after a 10-year absence Lucas Cochran returns to inherit his father's ranch, he succumbs to the lure of the spunky woman and her creek--although he expects he'll marry socially well-placed Olivia Millican, Dee's only close friend. Dee's claims of independence seem less convincing after a fall renders her temporarily immobile, dependent on neighbor Lucas's help for even the simplest chores. Dee Swann lives alone, and that's the way she wants it. Lucas presses his advantage, luring Dee into the intimacy she had always shunned. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Unfortunately, the local gents are also interested in Angel Creek, Dee's reliable water supply. But as the relationship blossoms, the land withers in a dry spell that makes Angel Creek look ever more desirable to ranchers with thirsty cattle--men with no qualms about running roughshod over Dee or her little patch of earth. From Publishers Weekly Howard's ( A Lady of the West ) ability to d
She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers. Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, Dying to Please, Open Season, Mr. . Perfect, All the Queen’s Men, Now You See Her, Kill and Tell,
Unbidden, unexpected, their kisses swept them toward a dangerous destiny where dreams might be scatteredmen could be killedor love would be born as wild and unfettered as this glorious frontier.. His ruthless ambition guaranteed he would fight to take it away from the black-haired, green-eyed spitfire who claimed it. Then Lucas Cochran came back to Colorado. In the drought-cursed high country, he needed Angel Creek and its cool water to turn his Double C ranch into the cattle dynasty he craved. But the passion that blazed when Dee Swann and Lucas Cochran met shocked them both. The homestead was hers, and she vowed no one else would ever own itor her. For five years after her father died, lithe, beautiful Dee Swann held on to Angel Creek valley and her independence