Buck

I have read the Seven Brides series and just finished the 3rd in the Cowboy series, Buck. I thought Buck and Hannah's story was riveting. In fact, I read the last 100 pages or so without putting the book down! Ms. Greenwood has a way of making the characters so real, with real feelings and emotions, such as Buck's struggle with feeling the Maxwells were not his "family" because they weren't blood, and his longing to find his "real" family. All 10 books I have read by this author have been thoroughly enjoying and I am ready to start the next one. I have enjoyed all 3 Cowboy books I have read and even though Jake and Buck were fabulous, I think Ward has been the best so far.

The book was a great continuation of the 3 other books in the cowboys series. I really enjoyed the first three and I can't wait for the rest of them to come out.

Mr. Greenwood has once again written a book with characters so real I feel as if they're part of my family. His characterization is tops in the romance genre, (which means it's tops anywhere.) The tenderness, love, adventure, and dignity of his characters lasts - Jake has its own place on my Keeper Shelf.

As an avid book reader, I find few surprises in plots. After reading Greenwood's "Seven brides" series about the very sexy Maxwell brothers, I expected more of the same with the ophans of the "Cowboys". What I didn't expect was the realistic problems of a group of men bound not by blood, but by a love that none feels worthy of nor can quite believe. A love of a "family" that is perhaps stronger because it is not owed but given. I give it 5 stars because I cried. The good cry, the kind that makes you smile and laugh. And remember...

To get the full benefit of Buck's story, you should read "Jake" first. This is a story that holds your attention all the way to the end, which comes too soon. Buck Hogan and his "brother" Zeke, team up to take over the ranch of the man who beat him as a child. But, they first have to reclaim the stock that has been stolen and pay off the mortgage at the bank. Although the old man is dead, he must deal with the mother and daughter. His search for his sister Melissa adds to the storyline. Zeke, while not the main character, is a most unusual person and I hope to be the next subject of his own book. Buck and Hannah have lot to overcome but while Buck can help her learn the rudiments of ranching, Hannah can help Buck learn about love. There is sex in the story, but enough to be tantalizing with out being nauseous. Jake and Isobelle, Buck's adoptive parents, make an appearance, also. Kind of a quite ending, not as good as the twist that was incorporated in Ward, but it leaves the reader satisfied but hungry for the next in the series.