Sylvia McDaniel

OH STARS!! I HAVE TO READ BOOK TWO AND I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS TO WIN A GIFT CARD WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE SERIES!! My heart bled for Madison when her father failed to pick her up from school. He had cheated on her mom and started a new family, Now, since she had put herself through law school and heard about her fake engagement to Adrian who was a billionaire, he had the gall to ask her for twenty thousand dollars when she had not talked to her in a decade!! I understood why she and Adrian decided n a fake relationship as the women in town only wanted his money and his ex-wife and cheated on him in their bedroom!… (mehr)

This book wasn't what I expected, so maybe it's my fault I'm rating it so low. Meg and her two sisters have taken up bounty hunting to pay off a loan on their ranch. Forced to dress as a man, Meg only wants to become a dressmaker, but her nemesis Zach, the local sheriff, keeps stealing the last bounty they need. This idea for the story is good, but there was too much back and forth with each side stealing the bounty from the other (it turns out he's Zach's brother). So the story dragged. Neither Zach nor Meg were written as particularly appealing for me; both were too stubborn and their behavior with the other too inconsistent.… (mehr)

The Outlaw Takes a Bride by Sylvia McDaniel
Burnett Brides #2. Historical romance. Can be read as a stand-alone but know that the couple from the first book play a small part in this book.
After selling everything she owns, Elizabeth Anderson travels on a stagecoach as a mail order bride to the rugged Texas frontier. A robbery leaves her shot and destitute. Her only hope to make her arranged marriage work.

I appreciated Beth’s strength and determination but really hated her lack of options because of the time in history. I also didn’t like the “don’t deserve her attitude” from Tanner.
In the end it’s a romance, so they overcome the internal issues and get their HEA.… (mehr)