Dare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. It may have something to do with the traitors he dealt with during the Civil War, or it might be related to the recent incident with Flint Greer and the ranch. Whoever the culprit is, he or she seems really fired up, and Dare can’t let his guard down for a moment, which is a challenge, since right now he’s trying to win the heart of the recently widowed Glynna.
Glynna Greer came west as a mail-order bride and ended up in a bad situation. Now her husband, Flint, is dead, and she’s determined to care for her son and daughter on her own. She wants to believe Dare Riker is as decent as he seems, but she’s terrified to lock herself into another marriage. She plans to support her small family by opening a diner–never mind that cooking is not her greatest talent. The men in Broken Wheel, Texas, are so desperate for home cooking that they seem willing to overlook dried-out beef and blackened biscuits.
Glynna can’t help but notice that danger follows Dare wherever he goes. There’s the avalanche. And then the fire. But things really get out of hand when someone plunges a knife from Glynna’s diner into Dare’s back. Are Flint’s cronies still plotting revenge? Is Glynna’s son engaged in a misguided attempt to protect his mother? Is a shadowy outsider still enraged over past injustices? And can Dare survive long enough to convince Glynna to take another chance on love?
Mary Connealy writes fun and lively “romantic comedy with cowboys” for the inspirational market. She is the author of the successful Kincaid Brides, Lassoed in Texas, Montana Marriages, and Sophie’s Daughters series, and she has been a finalist for a Rita and Christy Award and a two time winner of the Carol Award. She lives on a ranch in eastern Nebraska with her husband, Ivan, and has four grown daughters.
Find out more about Mary at http://maryconnealy.com/.
My Impressions:
Broken Wheel, Texas is a frontier town long on wild west action and short on the civilizing presence of women. In Mary Connealy’s Fired Up, book 2 in the Trouble in Texas series, the local doctor has things stirred up. Between caring for ailing Indians and tending to the stomach aches of the local cowboys, Dare Riker has his hands full with Glynna, the feisty yet inept owner of the local diner, and her hostile son, Paul. But when his house is burned up with him inside, he and his friends, former Regulators at Andersonville Prison, take on the task of finding out just who wants the doc dead.
Fired Up is a rip-roaring romance set in the old West in the late 1860s. The country and the people are a bit wild and the action is non-stop. There are plenty of light-hearted moments for which Connealy is noted, but the very serious theme of forgiveness runs throughout the novel. More than one character is distracted by anger and fear, and the need to give it to God is very evident. While this book is a sequel, it can easily be read as a standalone. The author catches the reader up on just what went on in book 1. Because I live just 30 miles down the road from the site of the infamous Andersonville Prison, I especially liked the Regulators storyline. Connealy has done her homework, and I learned more than a few things about the prison. Life in an old West town and the practice of medicine are also very well researched.
If you like cowboys and romance with an authentic setting, Fired Up is the book for you.
Recommended.
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(I received this book from Bethany and LitFuse in return for a review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.)
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Mary Connealy is back with the second book in her Trouble in Texas series. Fired Up is a rollicking wild west adventure you won’t want to miss. Romantic Times says, “This one’s a winner!”
Mary is celebrating the release with a Kindle Fire giveaway and a LIVE author chat party on October 8th.
One winner will receive:
- A Kindle Fire HD
- Swept Away and Fired Up by Mary Connealy
Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on October 8th. Winner will be announced at the “Fired Up” Live Webcast Event on October 8th. Connect with Mary for an evening of book chat, trivia, laughter, and more! Mary will also be taking questions from the audience and giving away books and fun gift certificates throughout the evening.
So grab your copy of Fired Up and join Mary and friends on the evening of October 8th for a chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven’t read the book, don’t let that stop you from coming!)
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