Reviewed by Kimberley
TITLE: Cowboy Christmas
SERIES: Blaecleah Brothers #7
AUTHOR: Stormy Glenn
PUBLISHER: Siren Bookstrand
LENGTH: 128 pages
BLURB: Life has settled down for each of the Blaecleahs. They’ve all found their legends and are living a life filled with love and happiness. But anything worth having is worth fighting for and not even the luck of the Irish can keep the Blaecleahs from having to fight to keep what they have when the past comes back to haunt them all.
In order to save Ma and Da, they may have to decide who they want to keep in their family, and who they don’t before that choice is taken away from them by someone they never expected.
When violence threatens them, aid comes from an unusual source but will it be enough to keep the Blaecleahs in Cade Creek or will the life they have built for themselves disappear before their eyes?
REVIEW:
This is what I refer to as my ‘forgotten’ Blaecleah Brother book. I used to be pretty good about keeping up with the series but this last book somehow slipped between the cracks for me.
This isn’t so much about the brothers this time. They’ve all found the love of their lives and are pretty happy. This is more about their outside/extend family.
Each chapter in this book sort of gives us a peek into each of the brother’s lives to see what they’ve accomplished by way of their respective relationships and to see how their significant other has thrived. I particularly like the Irish blessings at the beginning of each chapter. I thought that it really added a nice touch.
Speaking of Irish, I also appreciate how the author treated the character’s Irish heritage. I liked how she wrote their dialogue like she would any other and didn’t try and write the dialogue in an Irish brogue which would’ve made it unreadable. It was just understood that they were Irish and would therefore speak with that dialect.
Just when you think that the story was just going to be all smiles and Christmas cheer and family happiness, people from their past enters their lives. New relationships are formed and old ones are repaired.
I am glad that I thought to check back with the brothers as Kapheri’s character was mentioned in the spinoff from this series (Cade Creek) and I had no idea who he was, where he came from or how he got into Cade Creek.
This was a nice little read; just perfect for the holidays. I also noticed that the editing (which has been somewhat of a problem with this publisher’s authors in the past) has greatly improved. There were virtually no errors to be found in this book.
The violence was at a minimum in this particular book. There was conflict of course but with little to no violence or abuse. It was pretty much a feel good holiday story about love, forgiveness, confronting and overcoming your past.
RATING: 