Reviewed by Heather C
Title: Sterling’s Way
Author: Sarita Leone
Series: Lawmen & Outlaws
Hero/Heroine: Jack Sterling/Kristen March
Genre: M/F Historical Romance, Western
Length: 43,311 words
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Available at: The Wild Rose Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance eBooks and Kobo
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads
Blurb: Jack Sterling isn’t having a good day. A swindler has stolen family property from his elderly grandmother and Jack has taken the law into his own hands to steal it back. Only the stagecoach he intends to rob is under fire, forcing him to rescue the very occupants he’d planned to rob. One glance at the beautiful woman inside nearly has him forgetting why he’s there in the first place.
Kristen March has fled Boston to avoid an arranged marriage between moneyed families. She’d rather take her chances on the untamed frontier than marry a man she doesn’t love. But the Wild West proves to be more adventure than she anticipates when her stagecoach comes under attack.
Not only does handsome Jack come to her rescue, he makes it clear he plans to court her. But both are keeping secrets that could tear them apart for good.
Review:
Not exactly my kind of romance.
Jack Sterling is traveling to Brown’s Point, Wyoming to recover the stolen deed to his grandmother’s property. He happens across a stagecoach robbery and finds himself rescuing the lady Kristen March. Kristen has fled from Boston to avoid being forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn’t love. Kristen soon finds herself being pursued by two men: Jack Sterling and Patrick Godsend, the new preacher’s grandson. But only one man holds her heart, and he doesn’t plan to remain in Brown’s Point for long.
This was a sweet western romance. I really liked the characters and their story, but it was missing the passion and the intensity that I like to read in my romances. I’m okay without there being any sex as it didn’t fit into the story up to this point, but there was ONLY a peck on the lips before Jack and Kristen pronounced their love for each. No passion. No unstoppable need for each other. I want to be able to FEEL that attraction and desire between the characters, and I just didn’t feel that in this story.
There was a little suspense too regarding the stolen deed, but I feel like it was all too anticlimactic and easily resolved. Then there is the whole issue that Kristen felt the need to travel across the country in order to get out of an arranged marriage. I got the impression that she had no choice and her life was being threatened if she refused. That was not the case.
I found myself very interested in Mr Brown and am now curious what his “story” is. He seems like a good guy to me. Then there was Patrick. He sure fell out of love with Kristen VERY quickly. So how am I to believe that Jack and Kristen’s love for each other is real?
Overall Impression: It Was Okay
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for a fair and honest review.*
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