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Title: The Manning Sisters: The Cowboy's Lady\The Sheriff Takes A Wife (MIRA)
ISBN: 0778323501
Author:
Debbie Macomber
Publicate Date: 2008-01-01
Publish: 2008-01-01
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: Manning Brides
This was the second book in a series by Debbie Macomber. I really enjoyed it,and I am looking forward to the next book.
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2: bleh
There was nothing likable about the hero in the first story and the girl in the second was an unbelievable whimp. Not a good read.
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3: Dissapointing
This is one of the worst! I could not even finish. No single character in this books behaves like a real life person. It reads like a fairy tale for preteens.
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4: love it
Love this book, it is a very sweet love story. Can not wait for the Manning Brides to come out this fall.
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5: Quick, Light Read
Debbie Macomber's "The Manning Sisters" consists of two earlier books of hers originally published in the 1990's; "The Cowboy's Lady" and "The Sheriff takes a Wife".
In "The Cowboy's Lady", Taylor Manning has moved from Seattle to Cougar Point, Montana after a failed romance. She is planning to teach there for a year until her heart is healed. The last thing she wants or expects is to fall for Russ Palmer - a rancher who believes women should be barefoot and pregnant. Russ finds he disagrees with Taylor on most things, but they both find it difficult to stay away from each other.
"The Cowboy's Lady" had some good moments. Taylor is a nicely developed character - strong, good at her job as a teacher, recovering from a broken heart and fighting her attraction to Russ. Russ is well written, but his male chauvinistic qualities make him unlikable. Russ's sister Mandy is also well written. There is a nice sense of humor throughout the story including when Russ tries to cook, a scene when Russ is drunk, and a scene where he tries to get Taylor to go to the movies with him. The romantic chemistry between Russ and Taylor is palpable and "The Cowboy's Lady" is steamy for a Debbie Macomber book (which means lots of kissing but nothing else), but ultimately I found Russ to be too much of a chauvinist and wondered why Taylor put up with him.
In "The Sheriff Takes a Wife", Christy Manning travels to Montana to visit her pregnant sister Taylor. Taylor goes into labor right after Christy arrives and Christy meets Sheriff Cody Franklin when he helps get Taylor to the hospital. There is an instant attraction between Cody and Christy but there's also an obstacle - Christy is engaged to someone back in Seattle. Christy must choose between staying engaged or following her heart.
Like "The Cowboys Lady", "The Sheriff Takes a Wife" was an okay romance. Christy is a good heroine, wanting to please everyone, yet not weak. Cody is a great character - hurt in romance before and almost afraid to take another chance on love. The romance between Cody and Christy happens very quickly and the chemistry between them is hot (again, being a Macomber romance, there is only heavy kissing). My biggest problem with this story is that Christy's excuses for first not revealing she is engaged and then not breaking off the engagement began to be unbelievable and some of the circumstances Macomber came up with felt contrived. Ultimately, I felt sorry for Christy's fianc??, James. Also, Macomber has a habit of repeating plot devices in her books and the weddings in both stories are strikingly similar.
In the end, "The Manning Sisters" is a quick, light read.
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