A Cowboy's Honor

Cam is a hero every woman dreams of - hunky, tough, yet sensitive. Frani is the kind of woman we all want to be, loyal, adventurous and woman enough for a man like Cam. A lawman and a journalist seem an unlikely combination, yet these two find a way to make it work and when Frani writes her story it ends with a "Happily Ever After." Laura Gordon weaves a tale of intrigue and love - one that you won't soon forget.

Laura Gordon continues the story started in Carly Bishop's wonderful "McQuaid's Justice" last month, and she doesn't let readers down. "A Cowboy's Honor" begins right where the cliff-hanger ending of the previous book left off...reporter Zach Hollingsworth is heading to Colorado to conduct the interview of a lifetime when he is murdered. His protegee, Frani Landon, descends on the town with a fury, determined to see her mentor's killer brought to justice. But that brings her in direct conflict with Cameron McQuaid, the sheriff who would be happy to see her high-tail it out of town. Because Frani is sure she knows who the killer is--and her version of the truth threatens the very people closest to Cam.Laura's story is just as complex and fascinating as the last one, and she keeps readers on their toes with suspense, sky-high sexual tension, and plenty of questions. Frani is the kind of tough-minded heroine sure to win fans, even as she wins over the sexy sheriff, who I personally liked even better than Cy, the hero of Book one. For my money, the author's biggest accomplishment is keeping the villain's identity a secret until the very end, when, in retrospect, it shouldn't have been so hard to guess, considering everything we'd seen in the two books. That's the hallmark of great mystery-writing.If I had any problem with the book, it was that Frani's insistence from page one that Jake or Susan was the killer made no sense whatsoever. When Jake got the opportunity to point that out to her, I felt like shouting, "Finally!" And even if Laura doesn't leave us with as much of a reason to keep reading in Book Three, "Lone-Star Lawman" by Joanna Wayne, as Carly Bishop gave her, I'm certainly looking forward to it, since these rich characters shouldn't be missed. Maybe not as good as "Spencer's Secret" (I gave it five stars, even if the review mysteriously was never posted), but definitely a must-read.