A Socialite's Abduction

Western Destinies Book 1 ·
4.2
83 reviews
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Mattie Holbrook has an easy life. She lives with her brother and sister in Bighorn, Texas, where her father works as a judge, a man known for his fairness in dealing with outlaws and criminals, doling out justice that suited almost everyone involved. When her socialite sister is abducted at a party thrown in his honor, instead of telling her parents what’s happened, Mattie sets off on a journey of her own, accompanied by her loving and devoted brother Franklin to find their stolen sister.

Dylan Sullivan and his business partner, Luke Turner, are just trying to find the money to start their own magazine for men, espousing all the wonderful traits of men while exploring why the female of the species is so inept. It doesn’t take long after he meets Mattie Holbrook for Daniel to begin to question his chauvinistic ways.

Dylan and Luke join Mattie and Franklin in the search for Lauren, at time confused to be dealing with bandits that seem to change their plans frequently – if they have plans at all. Dylan suspects they are making things up as they go along, with no real end in sight. Will he and Mattie rescue Lauren without coming up against each other in conflicts of their beliefs? Or will love win the day, creating a different world for everyone involved?

 

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4.2
83 reviews
Patricia Young
5 September 2022
The anachronisms detract from the story. The most egregious is the assumption that women interested in gaining the vote wanted or assumed the same freedom women of today have. The author needs to read some serious research into the public behavior of upper middle and upper class women of the pre WWI. Give just a smidge more liberality for the setting in the American West. l can suspend disbelief for a deep kiss at the beginning of courtship (it is a romance), but to write an unchaperoned "high class" woman of that time accepting a cocktail in public is just too much for me. BTW she couldn't possibly wear nylons. Nylon thread was not patented until 1936 per wiki. Give at minimum a year for the new thread to catch on. There are other out of time examples but I was able to ignore them.
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Angelique Waltmire
10 September 2022
I was reluctant at first to read this book. However, I'm happy that I did. It was a good easy read.The story kept you involved, and the ending was sweet.
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ruchi saha
2 January 2023
read some and gave up.. the story, the style, the narrative are all very childish. seems a book fit for a 12 year old!!
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