Only His

A quick read from the library, with a lot of description about the Colorado San Juan mountains region. Makes me want to go visit!

First in the series. Sappy western romance with a plucky female protag and tough alpha male. HEA of course.

I miss when EL wrote like this. I prefer her older novels to her present day ones. The Only series is my favorites from her.

Publishers Weekly Review: In this tedious historical romance, Lowell ( Tell Me No Lies ) gives barely enough plot to keep a short story moving. Willow Moran, a West Virginian who lost her parents and most of her possessions during the Civil War, is traveling west with her remaining valuables--five Arabian horses--to find her brother Matt, who is prospecting for gold. Her guide from Denver to the San Juan mountains is former Army scout Caleb Black who, unbeknownst to Willow, also is hunting Matt; on her deathbed, after bearing an illegitimate baby, Caleb's sister named Matt as her seducer. The largely uneventful journey, complicated only by ruffians who are pursuing them (to steal Willow's horses and finish a fight begun in Denver with show more Caleb), occupies a substantial portion of the book: Willow and Caleb spend much of their time riding, eating and lusting after each other. By the time the hero, "with a silent curse at his unruly desires," indulges in yet another assessment of the heroine, wondering "how her hair would feel spilling over his naked skin," the reader is likely to be silently cursing right along with him--and brother Matt isn't even close to being on the horizon. show less

I was hooked on HR for a very long time - this is my top favorite series

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Willow Moran se ha quedado completamente sola después de la devastación causada por la Guerra de Secesión. Huye de Virginia y se dirige hacia el Oeste, en busca de su hermano Matthew que busca oro en las Montañas Rocosas. Para llegar hasta él, Willow contrata como guía a Caleb Black, antiguo explorador del ejército. Se trata de un hombre tan salvaje, imprevisible y justiciero como el mismo Oeste. Juntos emprenderán un duro viaje plagado de peligros en el que Willow no puede evitar enamorarse perdidamente de Caleb. Sabe que el orgulloso y enigmático hombre es su destino, y se entrega a él con una pasión sin límites.
Lo que ella desconoce es que Caleb la esta utilizando en su venganza personal contra Matthew. Ha jurado matarlo show more por ser el causante de la seducción y muerte de Rebecca, su propia hermana. Pero Willow despierta una necesidad tan feroz en Caleb, que será capaz de derrotar al mismo diablo para hacerla suya. Es un hombre desgarrado entre el deber y el amor, porque sabe que en cuanto lleve a cabo su venganza, perderá a Willow. Además, él también ha seducido a la inocente hermana de su enemigo. show less