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A Lady of the West | 
| Author: Linda Howard
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 54221
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0671019732
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780671019730
ASIN: 0671019732
Publication Date: September 1, 1997
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Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory.Only true love could redeem.... Victoria Waverly, noble daughter of the war-ruined South, is sold in marriage to a ruthless rancher. Honor and pride help her endure life as a wife in name only but nothing can quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His gaze is hard, but tenderness he can't hide promises to unveil to Victoria the mysteries of love. Only true love can destroy.... Jake curses his burning need for Victoria, for he wants nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim Sarratt's Kingdom -- the ranch that is his legacy and obsession. But ancient wrongs and blazing passions will bind together the aristocratic beauty and the powerful cowboy. In a bloody land war, they will fight for Jake's birthright...and seize at all costs the love that is their destiny.
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Tough book June 19, 2008
This was not your usual light romance set in the West. This was one tough and dark book. The hero, Jake, is really bitter, even with reason, and pretty much stays that way. Victoria, the heroine, is one tough woman to put up with it all.
Spoilers ahead:
He his her! This is not okay If he wanted to make sure she was not carrying another man's child, he should have waited for awhile. He rushes things, then blames her because he may not be the father.
I hated that the little sister died. I do not read this kind of book for sadness, but for entertainment. I was glad to catch up with Louis in "Angel Creek." That horse should have been let go after he killed the first person (or shot).
All said, this is a book that sticks with you, so I stretched it to a 4. If the characters wre real, I would have hoped they would mellow with age.
 Ok story, not bad. January 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't thrilled with the thoughts and actions of the heroine Victoria and her sister Celia. But the story around the guys was pretty good. It's not the author's best work, but it's interesting. In most romance novels, there is an event which separates the couple after they get together. Too many authors disappoint me with their lack of creativity and credibility and use the following event. The couple assume incorrect things about each other based on lack of "normal communication." For example, if one had given a straight answer to the other's question there would have been no conflict. In this book, I was impressed with the author coming up with a conflict based on miscommunication, but no one was lying or being vague. Victoria was honest but Jake didn't believe her, and his reasons for not believing her were logical. That was well done, Ms. Howard. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: thirteen. Setting: 1866 New Mexico cattle ranch. Copyright: 1990. Genre: historical western romance.
 Excellent October 28, 2007
This book grabbed me from the very beginning. It started so dark, with the rampage of McClain against the Sarratt family. I instantly got drawn into the story. I'll just say it. McClain is a bastard.
Victoria was the bride of McClain, bought and paid for because her family was made poor during the war. She traveled to Sarratt's Kingdom with her cousin Emma, and sister Cecelia. Jake and Victoria had chemistry from their first meeting and I enjoyed watching their game of cat-and-mouse. I enjoyed the buildup that Ms. Howard put into these two characters and their story.
This story also had great side characters. I cared about Emma and Cecilia as much as I did the main characters. I enjoyed their relationship with each other and with Victoria. They really were a family and made for a great part of this story. I also enjoyed the relationship between Emma and Ben. Their first meeting was a bit steamy and I knew something was going to happen there. There was also the sweet friendship between Luis and Celia. They made me smile.
On page 220, Jake pissed me off and I almost didn't finish reading it. But I loved the characters enough that I wanted to finish their story, so I continued on. Then about page 228, I went "Oh wow" in spite of myself.
Since I'm a reader and not a reviewer, I have a habit of including spoilers when I write about what I've read so I've marked the next two paragraphs as spoilers. Read them at your own discretion.
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I've seen A Lady of the West categorized as an abusive book ~ I don't know that I agree with that. Jake did hit Victoria once ~ not purposefully, but he did do it when he thought Victoria was lying to him about being pregnant. He believed the baby was McClain's, even though McClain could never consummate the marriage with Victoria. So he was taken over by rage, thinking Victoria was trying to pass off his enemy's baby as his own. I'm not sure "understand" is the right word, but I guess I understand how it would happen. It doesn't make it right, but it doesn't make me altogether hate Jake for it either. Then, there's the fact that Victoria slapped him too.
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***SPOILER***
What ended up happening to Cecelia was heartbreaking. I guess I knew was going to happen when she dropped the apple into Rubio's stall (and the fact that I read about it over at Book Binge), but it didn't make me cry any less. When Luis carried Cecelia's lifeless body back to the house, I lost it. I cried for everyone involved. Cecelia was just discovering what it was to be a woman when her life ended so tragically. She was simple and sweet and really was loved by all the other characters who lived at Sarratt's Kingdom.
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This book was Excellent and is staying on my keeper shelf. I laughed, I cried, I got angry ~ It just made me feel so many things and I know the characters will stay with me for a long, long time. I cared about them all ~ or at least the ones I was supposed to. I definitely recommend this one.
The end is so boring... May 2, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As many times that happened to me I read first the sequel "Angel Creek" before this one. This time that was perfect because if I had read this one before I'd never read "Angel Creek".
The book's first part was fairly good. But as the love story goes on the book gets boring. What I didn't understand is why one of the girls had to die, that part was just pathetic.
 Soooo disappointing February 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If this was the first Linda Howard book I ever read, I would not have read another. If forced and abusive sex turns you on, this is the book for you. I read it to the end to give it a chance, but was completely disappointed.
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