Not many romance authors would start
their story with a black moment but Henke does it here and does it well. This
is an absorbing story, very well told, of a hero who thought he’d never belong
and a heroine who had everything but him. Meticulously researched, Henke serves
up a worthy love story from the days of the cattle barons, the powerful
cattlemen of the Cheyenne Club who ruled over Wyoming Territory in the late 1800s.
Jess Robbins and his father, though Texans, fought with the Union in the Civil
War. Jess also did a stint with the French Foreign Legion. By the spring of
1881, he had a fast gun and a talent for spying out cattle thieves. So it was
no surprise Wyoming rancher Marcus Jacobson hired Jess as a stock detective to
find out who was stealing hundreds of his cattle from the sprawling J Bar
ranch.
The first time Jacobson’s only daughter
and heir, Lissa, caught sight of Jess Robbins, she was drawn to the man. A
mixture of white man, Mexican and Indian, Jess was exotically handsome, virile
and very sure of himself. Lissa had many suitors, including an older man her
father wanted her to marry, but she wanted Jess. Though each was forbidden to
the other, they could not stay away.
Henke captures the nuances of a relationship that was forged in passion but
held something deeper, a lasting bond that would not be denied. Lissa grows up
and her strength comes to the foreground as Jess realizes he cannot live
without this woman. How it all comes together is fascinating and held my
attention right to the sweet ending.
You’ll like this one. It’s a keeper!
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