Nicole Jordan (1) (1954–)

This is better than the blurb states. The hero Sloan is widowed with a young daughter. His first wife was brutally murdered, but he needs a mother for the child. The part the blurb leaves out that makes this a bit more unique is that the mother was Native American, and he now wants to run for Senator after a brutal range war. So, he needs someone who isn't prejudiced yet can present herself to voters. Heather is trying to pay off her father's debts, but she was raised a lady and fits Sloan's requirements.
Not everything goes smoothly. Sloan is a jerk for most of the book, and Heather struggles with her new family and environment, but the couple gloss over most of that in bed.
It's not a perfect story, more 3.5 stars rounded up, but different enough that I mostly enjoyed it.… (more)

Just okay. I kind of expected more. But the characters seemed kind of wishy washy. I didn't have a real good sense of time or place. There were some extraneous things that distracted from the story. If he needed a mother for his daughter than was enough. I don't see why she had to throw in the whole running for election thing. I just felt like the story I was interested in reading was not there as strongly as it could have been. There were hints of them falling in love but there were way more hot sex scenes than developing relationship scenes.

I have to say also that I didn't enjoy the whole first scene where he is dreaming of having sex with a blond woman who lo and behold turns out to be the mail order bride he meets weeks later. What's up with sticking in that sort of paranormal thing in a western historical romance where no part of the rest of the book is paranormal?

All in all an interesting premise that missed the boat for me.… (more)