Hawk's Way Rogues

Hawk's Way Rogues : "Honey and the Hired Hand", "The Cowboy Takes A Wife", and "The Temporary Groom" If you are already a fan of Joan Johnston's Romance, Western Adventure and Historical novels, you are probably aware that there are several different series of stories to get caught up in, featuring different families,their adventures, their romances and sometimes feuds."Hawk's Way Rogues" is a 3 in 1 book and has #'s 1, 5 and 9 in the Hawk's Way Series", modern day western romance/adventure novellas centering on the Whitelaw family. These combo books are probably the best way to go for collectors and some(including this one) have the family tree, and book order inside the book which is a great help in following the family through the generations. For individual purchase of these and other stories in the series, click on the title link I have provided throughout the review. If you weren't a fan before,Honey and the Hired Hand(#1), will have you hooked, especially if you love a steamy romance! The story of Honey Farrell and Jessie Whitelaw is a fabulous romance and promises a great series to follow. Honey is the widow of a Texas Ranger. Trying to run her ranch, and raise two boys, one already a teen, on her own, is too much for her to handle alone. Enter Jessie Whitelaw, who talks his way into the job of helping her run the Flying Diamond. Although the beautiful Honey is hesitant, there is something about the rugged cowhand that draws her to him. He's Hired! Each trying to keep their distance for their own reasons, Honey, not wanting to get involved with a drifter, knowing she will be hurt when he moves on, and Jessie has ulterior motives for being there, knows he will be moving on and knows he can't get involved with the luscious Honey.But of course, we know these two will fall into each other's arms eventually. Johnston keeps the anticipation going with tantalizing circumstances between the two, and when they finally can't resist each other anymore, the romance sizzles with steamy scenes. As always in a Joan Johnston novel, there is much more to the story. There is always some sort of adventure, mystery or conspiracy going on. Honey has been losing her cattle to rustlers. She hopes her new hired hand can help her stop the thieves. But when her prize bull turns up missing, along with her 13 year old son(who wasn't all too happy about Jessie being there in the first place), the evidence points towards Jessie. Can he be the culprit? Or has he hired on for another reason. Will her son turn up safe and sound? Can Honey resist Jessie even when she thinks he's the bad guy? There was only one part of the story, I found a little hard to swallow. As a mother, there is no way, even if involved in a passionate affair, you would wait 24 hours to check on your 13 year old child, who is supposedly staying at a friends. But hey, as the reader, I wouldn't have wanted that delicious love scene cut short though! Johnston keep the pace moving right along.

I found three high interest stories within Hawk's Way Rogues. With Honey and the Hired Hand and The Cowboy Takes A Wife, there are two very strong women and men who are unusually steadfast in their way until they find Honey and Desiree respectively. In The Temporary Groom, both Billy Stonecreek and Cherry Whitelaw are impulsive characters, which leads them into all sorts of collective trouble. While Honey and the Hired Hand felt like a plot line that has been repeatedly revisited (widow falls for hired help), its intent did not detract from the purpose of Honey's reluctance or grief for her late husband. In The Cowboy Takes A Wife, Desiree is a much more desperate woman to Carter Prescott, but he too keeps deep secrets about his past. As Carter heals himself, he finds his love with Desiree something he knew he had yet to experience in his past. I had a harder time believing in The Temporary Groom that a man would believe that marrying a 18-year-old high school drop out would be the solution to all his problems. But in the end, the real truth of family's love, forgiveness, and inner strength reigns. In addition to these stories, inside this edition of Hawk's Way is a family tree to help you sort out the complex family of Hawk's Way Ranches. This family tree links the stories and the anthologies also written by Joan Johnston.

I love this author so I knew without a doubt that the book was going to be great. I also liked using your service because I have not been able to get the book in the stores.

Fun, sexy and exciting. Lots of romantic tension. Liked it as uch as "Anything, My Love" by Cynthia Simmons and "New Mexico sunrise" by Peterson.