Montana Star - Hardcover

Smallwood, Deann

4.12

1,448 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803499167 ISBN 13: 9780803499164

Publisher: Montlake Romance, 2008

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WANTED: WIFE, WOMAN TO WORK BESIDE ME ON RANCH IN MONTANA. Aries read the ad Ben McCabe had placed in the paper and prayed the position hadn't been filled. She knew nothing about cooking, ranching, or being a wife for that matter. Aries had been trained by one of Philadelphia's best physicians, her father. Trained, but not board certified; trained but not allowed to practice. She longed to be a practicing physician, but no one wanted a woman doctor. Her father's death, which left her with nothing but gambling debts and a young brother to provide and care for, forced her to put aside her love of medicine. Answering this ad was the only way Aries could think of to provide for herself and her brother. She felt badly about deceiving Ben, but what she didn't know was that Ben had deceived her from the moment she'd read the ad and been sent the money to travel to Montana. There was no turning back. Aries knew that as she heard the clickety-clack of the train taking her closer to a man she kn

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About the Author:

DeAnn Smallwood lives in Colorado with her husband, Marvin, and their two Yorkies, Jesse and Zach. She is a native of Colorado but has lived in Montana and Wyoming. She wrote Montana Star while living in the Big Sky Country of Missoula, Montana. Her greatest pleasure next to writing is having her books read and enjoyed. Many more stories are just waiting to be written and shared.

From Publishers Weekly:

Aries Burnett, the winning heroine of Smallwood's pleasant debut, has been trained as a doctor by her father, but 19th-century conventions prohibit her from getting her board certification. When her father dies, leaving her a mountain of debt and no way of supporting herself in Philadelphia, she answers an ad to be the mail-order bride to Montana rancher Jarrett McCabe. Her arrival comes as a surprise to Jarrett, whose brother Ben placed the ad without telling him. Jarrett doesn't want a wife, but he agrees to take Aries on as a cook and housekeeper. As her competence and willingness to adapt breaks down Jarrett's crusty resistance, a romance blossoms. Though predictable, the narrative has some life and a few nice tweaks—Aries's acceptance by the townsfolk as a doctor is refreshing. Also, Smallwood focuses more on Aries's development as a woman rather than strictly on the romance, which will likely win over readers who might otherwise pass on a western. (Oct.)
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