Loving Jack 03, Lawless

• Publisher:   Harlequin Books
• Number Of Pages:  
• Publication Date:   2003-10
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0373979614
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780373979615

Half-Apache and all man, Jake Redman was more than a match for the wild Arizona Territory. Sarah Conway, on the other hand, was an Eastern lady who belonged anywhere else but on the rugged land Jake loved. Still, the stubborn beauty was determined to make Lone Bluff her home . . .

Though Jake was annoyed to find himself playing guardian angel to this tantalizing innocent, he was even more disgusted to find he liked it. Because beneath Sarah's ladylike demeanor beat the heart of a true pioneer, a women he yearned to make his own.

"Lawless" is a love story that will make you swoon. Roberts has created characters with depth, feeling, and intensity in this story, and I couldn't put it down. Sarah Conway and Jake Redman are so real that you can feel the frustration, the anxiety, and eventually the love that develops between the two of them. Sarah arrives in Lone Bluff of the Arizona Territory after the stagecoach she was riding was saved from an Indian attack by Jake Redman. Redman, who is a bicultural mix of Apache and Caucasian, is a hand for hire, and is known for not missing at what he aims. While Sarah is grateful that he saved their coach, she is mystified by this unlikely hero. Upon arriving in town, she finds out that her father passed away a few days before when his mine (aptly named Sarah's Pride) collapsed with him in it. It is our unlikely hero, Redman, who finds this out, tells her, and brings her to her father's home. He is sure that she'll take one look and head back East from where she came. When she insists on staying, he's again sure that she won't last a week. Sarah may look like a lady with manners, but she defies her stereotype as a damsel in distress time and time again. She is determined to stay, no matter that her first night is spent listening to strange sounds and making a dinner out of cold beans. She begins to clean up this unexpected home that she has inherited without the father she was expecting. She softens toward the ways of the West, realizing that survival is at the forefront. Jake does the same in defying stereotypes. Although he is a "hired gun," he has the undercurrents of a gentleman and worries about this gal outside of town and in the wilderness. He camps out by her house the first night to make sure she is safe. He finds excuses to go by her house to check on her. He finds, fights for, and rescues her after Apaches have taken her. He is there and present when she needs help, which is the core of their relationship, as she is unlikely to ask otherwise. She is feisty and fights him all the way, until she realizes how much he consumes her thoughts and how often he has come to her aid. Sarah makes friends with the ladies in town by minding her manners, working her land, and eking out a living in this untamed territory. She eventually begins a business of sewing fashionable dresses for the ladies in town, as well, which cements her status as one of their own. It's the big dance on the 4th of July that cements their relationship. It's where they share a waltz, and it's as if no one else in the room existed. It's where Jake makes a stand to Sarah to fight for her when she tells of another (and less likely) suitor mentioning marriage. It's where they argue, both standing strong for what they believe, and it's where they clear the air that has clouded between them. This is a love story that will stay with you, long after you have closed the book on the final page.

I absolutly love this book. I can't count how many times I have read it. This is the second book that I have bought because my first book is so used. I hope sometime soon NR makes a movie out this one. I think it would get a good response because it is action packed and an amazing love story. The chemistry between the two characters send shivers down my spine. The plot line aside from romance and action is great. who doesn't love a good western?

When Sarah Conway's mother dies, her father decides to leave his young daughter in a boarding school in the safe east of the USA while he goes off to Arizona to find gold. They stay in contact through letters in which he tells Sarah about his great success at mining and what a fine house he has built. When she is old enough, she decides to surprise her father with a visit. Unfortunately, she is in for more than one surprise. Not only has her father merely a small adobe hut out in the wilderness and (seemingly) no great success with his mine, but just days before her arrival he is killed when his mine caves in. So there she is: A fine young lady from the east stuck in a hut several miles from a smalltown in the Wild West. Luckily for her, she encounters Jake Redman, part Apache and part white and - as a result - not accepted by either society. The attraction between them is immediate and strong, but their backgrounds are so different that both feel that they don't really suit each other. But then Sarah is faced with great danger and Jake is the only one who can save her... This is a solid western romance which seems realistic and well-researched, isn't biased when it comes to whites and natives, but shows the positive and negative sides of both, and has a great love story. I like both characters. They could easily be clichees, but aren't, and they have depths that make reading their story interesting. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it, even if you aren't usually that interested in this genre. Just as some background information: This is a reprint of the novel published under the same title in1989.Sam's Creed (Hell's Eight Erotic Adventures)Caine's Reckoning (Hell's Eight Erotic Adventures)

In this novel Nora Roberts uses just about every western fiction cliche imagineable and mixes them with her romantic, softcore romance formula. It doesn't work. At least, it didn't work for me. There's the stylish, educated pretty young woman just arrived from the East to visit her sourdough Daddy, except he just died when his gold mine collapsed (or was there foul play?). She's all alone in the Arizona desert with no one to protect her from Apaches, from mysterious killers, from someone who wants her land (could there be gold in that mine?), worthless as it seems. But wait, there is someone to look out for her, a steely-eyed Lochinvar gunslinger, faster than fast with his Colt 45, and he is smitten, as if I didn't guess the first time he came into view. Guess what happens. If you've read any other Nora Roberts novels, you already know. Personally, I prefer books where I don't know what will happen next. Usually Ms. Roberts takes the reader to a time and place with great skill, but having read some really good westerns, I wasn't along on the ride this time. Saving the pretty orphaned maid from those who would cheat her out of her land is a plot line that has been done to death. Let it go. I'm sure it probably happened a couple of times in actual fact, but it has happened way too many times in fiction. As a postscript--I may have lost track of the times that Sarah's one-fourth Apache gunslinger saved her life, twice from Indians, once from another gunslinger, once from a demimonde in the local saloon, from unscrupulous land grabbers, etc. It was nice of him. But it became a little silly after a time.

Found this old book by Nora in a used book store. Love westerns and a Nora Roberts book is hardly a waste of money! This book was fun to read. Many smiles. A sweet,innocent Easterner and a toughened 'breed'. Nora's men are to die for! Butting heads; locking lips. Lots of action, love and excitement. Read the book in one day by the pool. Enjoyed this oldie!

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