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Conner Creed knows exactly who he is: a hardworking rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Maybe a small-town cowboy's life isn't his dream, but he owes the man who took him in as a kid. Until the identical twin brother he's been estranged from for years reenters his life.
Conner struggles with identity issues as he gets to know his wilder brother. And then he meets Tricia McCall, a beautiful woman who knows a thing or two about living someone else's dreams. Together, they just might find their own dreams right here in Lonesome Bend….
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Connor Creed discards his dream in order to stay at the family ranch while twin Brody joins the rodeo circuit. Resentment plays a huge part in his upbringing, coloring much of who he is and what he does, so meeting Tricia McCall, who runs her deceased father's RV park part time and lives in Seattle the rest of the year puts her off limits for a romantic relationship. Or does it?
Orphaned at an early age, Connor and his identical twin brother Brody, along with their cousin Stephen (the Stone Creek Creed) are raised by an aunt and uncle. The twins jointly inherit their father's ranch, but Connor stays and Brody goes off on the rodeo circuit. Connor harbors a deep resentment of Brody for shirking his duty, but also for stealing the girl he'd planned to marry. When Brody returns, intent on settling on his half of the ranch, Connor cannot hide his resentment, and he struggles with identity issues.
Tricia McCall spends part of her time in Seattle, the other part at her late father's upstairs apartment in the home of her elderly Great-Grandmother Nettie. She's managing the RV park and dilapidated outdoor drive-in her late father left her but she's hoping to sell so she can return to Seattle and open an art gallery. So far, in two years there hasn't been a buyer for the property and Tricia is concerned about finances. She has a relationship of sorts with a yuppie type in Seattle but seems uncommitted and wonders if she is more interested in the concept of love that the real thing. When Connor comes on the scene, she finds herself attracted to the solemn rancher. The romance moves slowly and cautiously, mostly because Connor is unwilling to allow a relationship to develop with a woman whose time in Lonesome Bend is temporary.
Tricia's plans go awry when she inherits a stray dog and a temporary house guest in the form of her pubescent goddaughter, a ten-year-old wise beyond her years. Ms. Miller's story includes a lot of information about the townspeople, the scene-stealing dog, her delightful great-grandmother and getting ready for an annual rummage sale and chili cook-off. Tricia's concern for and interaction with Nettie and her goddaughter who comes for a two-week visit while her best friend and husband fly to France to house hunt, shows great insight into the human psyche.
Ms. Miller is wonderful with the small details that draw the reader into the story, and I was hooked from the first page. Readers wanting a good sensual scene won't be disappointed either. The sex is hot, but appropriate, and the reader will cheer for Connor and Tricia to forget old hangups and give love a chance.
Wonderful writing and great dialogue. This series shows why Miller is at the top of her class in penning the modern Western romance. Highly recommended.
Originally posted at the Long and Short of It Romance Reviews
Orphaned at an early age, Connor and his identical twin brother Brody, along with their cousin Stephen (the Stone Creek Creed) are raised by an aunt and uncle. The twins jointly inherit their father's ranch, but Connor stays and Brody goes off on the rodeo circuit. Connor harbors a deep resentment of Brody for shirking his duty, but also for stealing the girl he'd planned to marry. When Brody returns, intent on settling on his half of the ranch, Connor cannot hide his resentment, and he struggles with identity issues.
Tricia McCall spends part of her time in Seattle, the other part at her late father's upstairs apartment in the home of her elderly Great-Grandmother Nettie. She's managing the RV park and dilapidated outdoor drive-in her late father left her but she's hoping to sell so she can return to Seattle and open an art gallery. So far, in two years there hasn't been a buyer for the property and Tricia is concerned about finances. She has a relationship of sorts with a yuppie type in Seattle but seems uncommitted and wonders if she is more interested in the concept of love that the real thing. When Connor comes on the scene, she finds herself attracted to the solemn rancher. The romance moves slowly and cautiously, mostly because Connor is unwilling to allow a relationship to develop with a woman whose time in Lonesome Bend is temporary.
Tricia's plans go awry when she inherits a stray dog and a temporary house guest in the form of her pubescent goddaughter, a ten-year-old wise beyond her years. Ms. Miller's story includes a lot of information about the townspeople, the scene-stealing dog, her delightful great-grandmother and getting ready for an annual rummage sale and chili cook-off. Tricia's concern for and interaction with Nettie and her goddaughter who comes for a two-week visit while her best friend and husband fly to France to house hunt, shows great insight into the human psyche.
Ms. Miller is wonderful with the small details that draw the reader into the story, and I was hooked from the first page. Readers wanting a good sensual scene won't be disappointed either. The sex is hot, but appropriate, and the reader will cheer for Connor and Tricia to forget old hangups and give love a chance.
Wonderful writing and great dialogue. This series shows why Miller is at the top of her class in penning the modern Western romance. Highly recommended.
Originally posted at the Long and Short of It Romance Reviews
My first LLM book was Tate. After reading that I read any LLM book I could get my hands on and have now read all the McKettricks, O'Ballivans, Primrose Creek and so on. I've even read Mojo, the Look Books and her vampire novels. Yes, I'm a fan.
However, I've not been overly impressed by this series so far. The author's writing is getting overly descriptive, a bit like Sue Grafton (whom I love, too, but seriously I skip half the words because I do not need minute details of how Kinsey Milhone gets ready every morning or about how she got up from her chair took 3 steps to the right turned around flicked her hair took a breath because she breathes put her hand on the knob turned the knob pulled the door and opened the door).
The characters had potential but fell totally flat. Conner and Tricia barely saw one another and then were in love and got married. Rather than getting development for the main characters we got descriptions of how a cat flicked it's tail or whole pages about a dog.
No writer can get it right every time and I still consider myself a huge fan. But I'd love to see less about dogs and more prose about the main characters. For emotional pull, read Tate or McKettrick's Pride. Those books actually made me cry each of the 3 times I read them.
A book doesn't have to make me cry but LLM's way with words is what sucked me in and I feel let down by Creed's Honor
However, I've not been overly impressed by this series so far. The author's writing is getting overly descriptive, a bit like Sue Grafton (whom I love, too, but seriously I skip half the words because I do not need minute details of how Kinsey Milhone gets ready every morning or about how she got up from her chair took 3 steps to the right turned around flicked her hair took a breath because she breathes put her hand on the knob turned the knob pulled the door and opened the door).
The characters had potential but fell totally flat. Conner and Tricia barely saw one another and then were in love and got married. Rather than getting development for the main characters we got descriptions of how a cat flicked it's tail or whole pages about a dog.
No writer can get it right every time and I still consider myself a huge fan. But I'd love to see less about dogs and more prose about the main characters. For emotional pull, read Tate or McKettrick's Pride. Those books actually made me cry each of the 3 times I read them.
A book doesn't have to make me cry but LLM's way with words is what sucked me in and I feel let down by Creed's Honor
Tricia McCall left Seattle to settle her late father's affairs in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. While working on selling her dad's financially failed campgrounds for RVs, she stays with her great-grandmother Natty and a sardine smelling cat.
Conner Creed works hard paying homage to his beloved uncle who raised him by insuring his late relative's ranch remains a success. His wild estranged twin brother Brody returns to town accompanied by Connor's former girlfriend Joleen. As Connor and Tricia fall in love, he tries to ignore his feelings for the Washingtonian as she is big city technology and he is ranch soil dirtolgy. However he will learn he does not have a chance to avoid his heart since Natty, a tweener, a dog, a cat and a twin refuse to accept anything short of marriage for this pair in love.
The second Creed Cowboys romance (see A Creed in Stone Creek) is an entertaining tale starring a warm lead couple and a powerful support cast. Ironically the focus of the story line is relationships with family members as the twins struggle to mend fences and the heroine wants to know her Natty better and her goddaughter as well; the lead couple's love angle stays somewhat in the back until the rest of the gang give it CPR. Fans of the ever expanding saga will enjoy stopping in Colorado as Connor finds his groove in Tricia.
Harriet Klausner
Conner Creed works hard paying homage to his beloved uncle who raised him by insuring his late relative's ranch remains a success. His wild estranged twin brother Brody returns to town accompanied by Connor's former girlfriend Joleen. As Connor and Tricia fall in love, he tries to ignore his feelings for the Washingtonian as she is big city technology and he is ranch soil dirtolgy. However he will learn he does not have a chance to avoid his heart since Natty, a tweener, a dog, a cat and a twin refuse to accept anything short of marriage for this pair in love.
The second Creed Cowboys romance (see A Creed in Stone Creek) is an entertaining tale starring a warm lead couple and a powerful support cast. Ironically the focus of the story line is relationships with family members as the twins struggle to mend fences and the heroine wants to know her Natty better and her goddaughter as well; the lead couple's love angle stays somewhat in the back until the rest of the gang give it CPR. Fans of the ever expanding saga will enjoy stopping in Colorado as Connor finds his groove in Tricia.
Harriet Klausner
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Creed's Honor is the story of Connor Creed, an identical twin growing up in the Colorado town of Lonesome Bend. Orphaned at an early age, he and his brother Brody, along with their cousin Stephen (the Stone Creek Creed) are raised by an aunt and uncle. The twins jointly inherit their father's ranch, but Connor stays and Brody goes off on the rodeo circuit. Connor harbors a deep resentment of Brody for shirking his duty, but also for stealing the girl he' d planned to marry. When Brody returns, intent on settling on his half of the ranch, Connor cannot hide his resentment, and he struggles with identity issues.
Tricia McCall spends part of her time in Seattle, the other part at her late father's upstairs apartment in the home of her elderly Great-Grandmother Nettie. She's managing the RV park and dilapidated outdoor drive-in her late father left her. So far, in two years there hasn't been a buyer for the property and Tricia is concerned about finances. She has a relationship of sorts with a yuppie type in Seattle but seems uncommitted and wonders if she is more interested in the concept of love that the real thing. When Connor comes on the scene, she finds herself attracted to the solemn rancher. The romance moves slowly and cautiously. Miller's story includes a lot of information about the townspeople, the stray dog Tricia finds, managing the RV park and getting ready for an annual rummage sale and chili cook-off. Tricia's concern for and interaction with Nettie and her goddaughter who come for a two-week visit while her best friend and husband fly to France to house hunt shows great insight into the human psyche. Ms. Miller is wonderful with the small details that draw the reader into the story. Readers wanting a good sensual scene won't be disappointed. The sex is hot, but appropriate, and the reader will cheer for Connor and Tricia to forget old hangups and give love a chance.
Wonderful writing and great dialogue. This series shows why Miller is at the top of her class in penning the modern Western romance. Highly recommended. 4.5 stars.