Lone Calder Star

This is one the best series I have read . Janet is a great author. Everyone should read this series of books , they are true to life.

Lone Calder Star is pure Janet Dailey. If you like her Calder novels, you'll like this one, it has the ultra hunky hero, and the intelligent, down to earth heroine.

In this latest installment of the Calder saga, Janet Dailey displays the hallmarks that made the earlier Calder books such a critical and commercial success. The story takes us to Texas and the Cee Bar Ranch, home of the first Calder ancestor, Seth. Lawman Clint Echohawk, still mourning the loss of his father, travels from Montana to the ranch in Texas to manage the ranch and investigate the suspicious ongoings there. Sparks fly between Quint and Dallas, a waitress/student who eventually, along with her endearing grandfather Empty, move into the ranch as hired hands. Whether fighting the corrupt schemes of neighbouring rancher Max Rutledge, or feelings for his new love Dallas, Quint Echohawk reminds us why we love the Calder men...they're strength, pride, and tenderness. All in all, this is a very welcome addition to the Calder Saga. No Calders are killed of in this book (thank you Ms. Dailey...I was running out of kleenex) but the plot is nonetheless well-paced and keeps you hooked! If you are a fan of the earlier books in the Calder saga, this book will take you back home!

Loved the new book. Same romance and thrill in Texas as there is in Montana. I have read all the Calder books and I look forward to the next installment.

I'm not sure why I went ahead and bought this newest book in the Calder saga because the last one was simply dismal. Now I am wondering if Janet Dailey even wrote the last two, because this book is like night and day better than the last two. A definite return to the wonderful story telling Ms. Dailey had previously exhibited in the earlier Calder editions. Quint is the strong hero you expect in the Calder family, and I was intrigued to see personality traits that reminded me of his father, Logan in Calder Pride, and I genuinely liked Quint. I really enjoyed the character Empty as well. I would have liked a little more insight and character development in Dallas, but all in all this was an enjoyable read. Ms. Dailey, this is the kind of good writing you are remembered for, I hope you can keep this spark, and sincerely hope that whatever slump you were in never returns.

While not as spellbinding as the earlier of the Calder series, this is a worthwhile book. Taking place in the Texas arm of the Calder empire, Quint Echohawk, grandson of Chase Benteen Calder is the center of attention. Calling on Quint's experience as a former government agent, Jessy sends him to Texas to determine the source of the problems causing havoc on the ranch. As we usually find in the Calder series, another powerhouse rancher is manufacturing problems in an effort to gain ownership of the land. In this instance, we again meet up with Max amd Boone Rutledge. This book is a good read. It is much harder to convey the "spirit of the west" with pickups and corporate jets as opposed to covered wagons and plowshares, but this book does a good job.