Texas Lawman

Wow! 5 books trailing in a series takes a lot of stamina. TEXAS LAWMAN kind of brings most all of the characters to a closing. CD did not leave us wondering what happened to her family of characters. I will admit that I have not found my copy of "A Marriage By Chance" #1? An introduction of J. Cleary. When I started "The Texan" with the story of U.S. Marshall Jonathan Cleary and his love, Augusta - I didn't know what to expect. Was Great! In "Tempting A Texan" Cleary sends Nicholas Garvey and his bride, & niece to Benning, Texas [about 50 miles away]where they find Faith Hudson of "Texas Gold" and of course then we meet Sheriff Brace Caulfield, who has a thing for Faith. "Texas Lawman" gives more depth to the Caulfield character [1901] and the young woman he decides to marry. Theirs turns out to be a tender love story where our lady, Sarah Murphy has no doubts about marrying the Sheriff. The story involves her obtaining custody of her twin sister's son and she is willing to do anything to make that happen. Even shoot the boy's abusive father, Lester. Then his conniving brothers show up. They need Stephen to collect an inheritance and wouldn't mind taking Sarah along too. Brace finds himself willing to help her and obtain a wife into the bargain. When Nicholas shows up in Benning it is about 1897 and Brace is well established so I wonder just how old he is. He considers himself [at first] too old for Sarah, I think she is about 20 or so. There is a wonderful bonding between Brace and little Stephen that tugs at Sarah's heart. It is not too action packed but has its moments [especially when Sarah is threatened with rape]. Nicholas and Brace and a group of men ride to the rescue. CD has made up a group of wonderful characters in what I call her Benning series. They are well worth reading and keeping. DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED - I gotta find the first book -