Helpful Score: 4
Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Nov08
I never expected Pale Moon Stalker to be a western romance. Since westerns arent one of my favored genres, I left it towards the end of my TBR stack. Imagine my surprise when it was both a western AND a historical AND had a touch of the paranormal about it; yeah, kinda blew my mind. I even finished the book in one read and enjoyed it! Just goes to show, theres always something new and different and its good to occasionally venture outside your normal reading habits.
Sky is a woman on a mission. She intends to kill the man who killed her husband, but she cant do it herself. Her preacher husband knew her well and made her promise not to kill his murderer. Of course, Sky is also half Native American so she quickly finds a way to keep her promisewhile still enacting her justice. Shell find someone ELSE to kill FOR her. She selects none other than the Limey, as famous for his ability to hunt down outlaws as he is for his crisp British accent. But Sky never counted on developing feelings for this Limey, just as she never really counted on living past her justice.
Max is a bounty hunter extraordinaire. So how this native woman got the drop on him hell never know. She wants him to kill a man and its a man he wants to kill so there really shouldnt be a problem. Except now Max must marry in order to maintain his inheritance in England and he doesnt really have any prospects in mind. So he strikes a deal with Sky. Theyll marry, go to England, secure his inheritance, and return to kill Skys first husbands murderer. But neither of them could guess just this deal would change their lives.
As I said, westerns arent my cuppa tea, but this one did manage to maintain my interest and keep me reading til the end. The story crosses two continents, touches on a third, and has several side stories; yet they all manage to come together into one cohesive whole. Pretty tricky that. The lead characters were irritating at times, but not enough to make me stop reading. The feelings and reasoning behind their decisions and actions mostly made sense, and the heat level wasnt bad either!
While Im not going to become a fan of western romances (and I wish I could tell you why, but they just dont feel right to me), Im also not sorry I read this engrossing story by Shirl Henke. For western romance fans, Id suggest you check out not just Pale Moon Stalker, but Henkes back list too. Her writing and story weaving is too good to pass up.
I never expected Pale Moon Stalker to be a western romance. Since westerns arent one of my favored genres, I left it towards the end of my TBR stack. Imagine my surprise when it was both a western AND a historical AND had a touch of the paranormal about it; yeah, kinda blew my mind. I even finished the book in one read and enjoyed it! Just goes to show, theres always something new and different and its good to occasionally venture outside your normal reading habits.
Sky is a woman on a mission. She intends to kill the man who killed her husband, but she cant do it herself. Her preacher husband knew her well and made her promise not to kill his murderer. Of course, Sky is also half Native American so she quickly finds a way to keep her promisewhile still enacting her justice. Shell find someone ELSE to kill FOR her. She selects none other than the Limey, as famous for his ability to hunt down outlaws as he is for his crisp British accent. But Sky never counted on developing feelings for this Limey, just as she never really counted on living past her justice.
Max is a bounty hunter extraordinaire. So how this native woman got the drop on him hell never know. She wants him to kill a man and its a man he wants to kill so there really shouldnt be a problem. Except now Max must marry in order to maintain his inheritance in England and he doesnt really have any prospects in mind. So he strikes a deal with Sky. Theyll marry, go to England, secure his inheritance, and return to kill Skys first husbands murderer. But neither of them could guess just this deal would change their lives.
As I said, westerns arent my cuppa tea, but this one did manage to maintain my interest and keep me reading til the end. The story crosses two continents, touches on a third, and has several side stories; yet they all manage to come together into one cohesive whole. Pretty tricky that. The lead characters were irritating at times, but not enough to make me stop reading. The feelings and reasoning behind their decisions and actions mostly made sense, and the heat level wasnt bad either!
While Im not going to become a fan of western romances (and I wish I could tell you why, but they just dont feel right to me), Im also not sorry I read this engrossing story by Shirl Henke. For western romance fans, Id suggest you check out not just Pale Moon Stalker, but Henkes back list too. Her writing and story weaving is too good to pass up.
