City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase to find the Chiltons’ supposedly lost grandson. But now that he’s out here, things have gotten even more complicated, mostly due to wildcat Penny Scott. She’s not like any woman he’s ever met–comfortable in the woods, with a horse, and with a gun.
When Penny and John are taken against their will by a shadowy figure looking for evidence they don’t have, both realize they’ve stumbled into something dangerous and complicated. With their friends and family desperately searching for them, Penny and John must make a daring escape.
When they emerge back into the real world, they are confronted with a kidnapper who just won’t stop. They must bring a powerful, ruthless man to justice, even as this city man and country woman fight a very inconvenient attraction to each other.
* from NetGalley
Hott Review:
Non stop action from start to finish!
Wow! The Unexpected Champion was a quick enthralling romance that had plenty of action and danger. It was fun to watch Penny and John fall in love as they tried to protect Penny’s family from the threats on all sides.
I will say that it was a rocky start for me. I had a terrible time remembering how the last book ended and this one picked up, what feels like, mid-scene. However, I realized quickly that I just missed the last book and enjoyed The Unexpected Champion tremendously.
More The Unexpected Champion:
| Author: | Mary Connealy | ||
| Source: | NetGalley | ||
| Publisher & Date: | March 5th 2019 by Bethany House Publishers | ||
| Genre: | Western, Historical Christian Romance | ||
| ISBN: | 0764219316 (ISBN13: 9780764219313) | ||
| Pages: | 320 | ||
| Grade: | B+ | ||
| Ages: | 16+ | ||
| Steam: | 18+ some steamy marital uncomfortableness YA | ||
| Setting: | Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Nevada | ||
| Series: | High Sierra Sweethearts #3 | ||
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My writing journey is similar to a lot of others. Boil it down to persistence, oh, go ahead and call it stubbornness. I just kept typing away. I think the reason I did it was because I’m more or less a dunce around people—prone to sit silently when I really ought to speak up(or far worse, speak up when I ought to sit silently).
So, I have all these things, I want to say, in my head; the perfect zinger to the rude cashier, which you think of an hour after you’ve left the store, the perfect bit of wisdom when someone needs help, which doesn’t occur to you until they solve their problems themselves, the perfect guilt trip for the kids, which you don’t say because you’re not an idiot. I keep all this wit to myself, much to the relief of all who know me, and then I write all my great ideas into books. It’s therapeutic if nothing else, and more affordable than a psychiatrist.
So then a very nice, oh so nice publishing company like Barbour Heartsong comes along and says, “Hey, we’ll pay you money for this 45,000 word therapy session.” That’s as sweet as it gets.
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