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Title: The Rustler (Stone Creek)
ISBN: 0373773307
Author:
Linda Lael Miller
Publicate Date: 2008-10-01
Publish: 2008-10-01
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: A touching and romantic story by LLM
5 stars for The Rustler! I would say that it is my favorite story by Linda Lael Miller. If you are looking for the steamy parts though, you will have to wait until almost the end of the story. I really liked the story though with the headstrong heroine and the hero who wanted to take care of her. He is also a reformed bad boy, which I like.
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2: The Rustler
Wyatt Yarbro has come to Stone Creek to get a fresh start. He's done being an outlaw, but when a man robbed trains for a living, it's hard for people to see anything but the outlaw he once was. Wyatt's not in town long when he sees Sarah Tamlin. He decides that she's the woman he wants to settle down with, but Sarah is too busy hiding secrets to make time for love. Between her father's ailing health and her past coming back to haunt her, Sarah's got her hands full. Wyatt and Sarah will have to learn to trust each other if they're going to find the happiness they want. They also have to hope that Sarah's enemy stays away.
I've always enjoyed the authenticity of Linda Lael Miller's westerns. That authenticity is always accompanied by a good dose of angst and strong emotion. The Rustler has all that. My heart broke for Wyatt when Sarah made a choice that hurt him. Wyatt's life was full of uncertainties and just when he thought he had broken free of his past it came back to bite him. Sarah's responsibilities nearly overwhelmed her. She's strong, capable, and passionate in her beliefs. Owen is a very sweet boy. I love the innocent joy he brings to Sarah and Wyatt's lives. The Rustler has romance, great sex, and some danger and excitement. It's a good story.
Nannette
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
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3: Good, but the sex...
I occasionally read a western, and have been doing so since my early teens when I discovered Zane Grey in my grandfather's bookshelf. They were all written by males, and they all provided a heavy dose of masculine self-reliance in the face of adversity. Men were men and women...well, sometimes a horse is a better companion. You know the formula. So, I bought this novel with some misgivings, since it was written by a woman.
And I was pleasantly surprised. The men were still MEN, and the women, especially the heroine, Sarah, added a rich depth to the story, making it more realistic, and less of a pure genre story. (I am no longer much interested in horses, and I can no longer imagine that a cowboy would be either, given a choice.) The novel definitely held my interest and I read it over a couple of days -- when I should have been doing something else.
Only two issues kept it from getting five stars. The first is trivial, and the author may have seen it as necessary for the plot: Sarah's inability to recognize danger to the bank she worked in, even when it was rubbed in her face. Her "they were just customers and you had no right to treat them that way" attitude about obvious-to-everyone-else bad men got a little old.
The second issue is the sex. Now, I know I shouldn't be complaining about part of the "rich depth" (see above) this female author added to the story, but I just have to. And it's not about the sex, itself, it's about the "expertise" of the sex. Wyatt (The Rustler) has technique a French nobleman would die for. Without going into that technique here, it was completely unbelievable, given his background. We have no reason to believe that Wyatt has ever had sex with anyone but the occasional prostitute, when his outlaw ways allowed a few moments peace for that. You don't learn how to do what he did with Sarah -- after they were married -- from prostitutes. You learn how to selfishly take, not give, and you certainly don't learn what a woman likes. Not in my opinion anyway.
Maybe the author thought she needed that for women crossing over from romance novels. Again, in my opinion, the sex could have been hot for both parties without the "expertise." After all, Sarah wasn't portrayed as having much experience either.
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4: Great read
I thought this to be a great book. I have read most all LLM books and this one fits right in with the others. If you like LLM you will like this book. I love the way she makes you fall in love with not only the characters but the critters too:) There is usually a dog to love and you feel their love for the horses as well. A typical LLM book.
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5: This one is a keeper
You will love every minute you spend with this book. Linda Lael Miller never lets you down. As usual, you will try very hard to read slowly to make it last but alas, it's hard to put down.
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