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Liked It “Ms. Petska has written a sensual tale set in the middle of a 1873 New Mexico range war. Danger comes at Courtney Danning and Beau Hamilton from all directions: the cattle baron who wishes Courtney dead or gone, as well as the attraction to someone as opposite as the tough cowboy Beau and...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Ms. Petska has written a sensual tale set in the middle of a 1873 New Mexico range war. Danger comes at Courtney Danning and Beau Hamilton from all directions: the cattle baron who wishes Courtney dead or gone, as well as the attraction to someone as opposite as the tough cowboy Beau and socialite Courtney could get. Beau is hired by her father to watch after the wayward girl as she travels to New Mexico to marry her fiancée. Just hours after they’ve exchanged their vows, Courtney comes to realize he isn’t the man she thought he was and then he’s killed before her eyes. When she’s rescued from the murders by Beau, she thinks she’s safe, only to learn the danger has just began. Love doesn’t come easy for this couple, but it does come to the Rebel Hearts. A great read and highly recommended.”
AnnaKathryn wrote this review Sunday, September 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A sigh-worthy Hero
GerriBowen wrote this review Saturday, September 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Jannine Corti Petska’s, Rebel Heart, is a western set in 1873 Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. Beau Hamilton, an ex-gunfighter, is hired by Leif Danning to protect his daughter, mainly from the no-good man she stubbornly insists on marrying. Beau agrees and accepts the fee to follow her from New York to Santa Fe, and keep watch over her for the next year. Courtney Danning, a New York heiress, travels to the wilds of Santa Fe to wed the man she loves. Trouble is, once she sees Stanley after a year’s separation, not only does he look different, she no longer gets a giddy feeling when he kisses her. Believing she’s suffering from pre-wedding jitters, not to mention the strangeness of the southwest to her New York eyes, she and Stanley wed that day. That night he’s shot before her eyes and she’s taken by the men who murdered her husband. By then, she’s aware of the mistake she made in marrying Stanley.
Beau comes to the rescue. Courtney recognizes the rude, rough, savage-like man as the one who’d traveled from New York with her. Now a widow, and in possession of a sheep ranch and large debts left by her husband, she refuses to return to New York to hear her father say I told you so. Instead, she remains to try to make a go of sheep farming. The fun begins as Beau and Courtney manage to anger the other each time they speak. She hires him, she fires him. He ignores her, he quits. Their attraction for each other grows, but is held in check by the knowledge of how different they are, their class. Beau knows she’s a lady who’d never want anything to do with the likes of him. Courtney doesn’t understand her attraction to the stubborn, uncouth yet wildly attractive Beau Hamilton.
I loved the interaction between Courtney and Beau, and Courtney’s honest reactions to life in the west. Their relationship grows in a believable fashion, doubts and fears ring true. The characters are ones you like and respect and you want them to be together. How all is resolved at the end will leave a satisfied smile on your face, and you’ll remember the characters of Courtney and Beau long after the last page. I highly recommend Rebel Heart.
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“Father knows best! Courtney Danning's father told her that her fiancé Stanley Burgess was nothing but trouble- lowlife scum and a chronic womanizer. But Courtney was so sure that Stanley was "the one" that she left her life in New York and went to Santa Fe to become Stanley's wife.
Tami Brady wrote this review Sunday, September 2 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Her euphoria ended almost immediately. The frontier town wasn't exactly what Courtney had imagined. Things only got worse from there. After flirty with some tart at the wedding dance, Stanley got into a tussle with some gamblers he tried to cheat. Courtney was a widow before the wedding night even began.
Then, the real trouble began. Courtney immediately decided to take on the responsibilities of running her husband's sheep farm. The spoiled city girl knew nothing about sheep and even less about running a business in Santa Fe. There was also the added anxiety that her husband had large debts with nearly everyone in town. All seemed pretty hopeless but in walks Beau Hamilton. A crass savage that Courtney just can't seem to shake. Just wait until she finds out that her father paid Beau to watch out for her. Fiery and passionate. ”
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