The Lawman

By Patricia Potter

1876 Colorado is home to some wild characters. And Samantha Blair is one of them. After all, how many girls find themselves being raised by outlaws? But she's happy...until U.S. Marshal Jared Evans comes to town. He's got one thing on his mind--revenge. And unfortunately, it's Sam's adoptive father he's after. Luckily, Samantha's a crack shot. The good thing? She only hits Jared's leg. The bad thing? He makes her insides quiver and melt like she never knew was possible.... Still, Jared's out for her family's blood. She has to stop him. And if it means keeping the good marshal on his back--and in her bed--well then, Sam will just have to do what needs to be done. Even if she loses her heart in the process...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373795696
• ISBN13: 9780373795697
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

fast-paced western romance

In 1866 in the Colorado Territory, a coach driver tells U.S. Marshal Jared Evans that an outlaw named Thornton killed his sister-in-law Emma. Three years earlier murdering outlaws shot dead his wife, daughter and brother and now sweet Emma. He vows Thornton and the other robbers will hang. Ten years later in Gideon's Hope, Jared is closing in on completing his death vow to Emma as he tracks down Thornton using the name MacDonald He finally catches up with the felon but orphan Samantha Blair would do anything for her beloved Mac, who along with two other outlaws, took her in as a child and raised her. With Mac lying unconscious with three bullets in him, she prevents the Marshal from getting him when she shoots Jared in the leg. However, instead of allowing the wounded lawman to die, Samantha helps healing his body and soul. Meanwhile amoral bounty hunters begin stalking and trapping the "nurse" and her two adversarial patients. This is a fast-paced western romance starring three intriguing protagonists. Samantha and Jared feels their love for each other betrays their most sacred trust as she is loyal to her adopted father who he wants to hang as he is loyal to his deceased sister-in-law. With Mac having more lives than a polecat, fans will relish this character driven Americana. Harriet Klausner