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Here Comes The Bride (Zebra Historical Romance) | 
 enlarge | Author: Laura Drewry
Publisher: Zebra
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 267345
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0821778587
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780821778586
ASIN: 0821778587
Publication Date: May 3, 2005
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Six days on a stagecoach - driven by the devil himself! What with the ruts and the potholes, Tess McKinley has been bumped, bruised, scraped and scratched until she's ready to scream - and she hasn't had a wink of sleep. Next stop: Butte, Montana. Tess can't wait to sink into the biggest bed she's ever seen. Sweet slumber at last...and the rugged angel in the black Stetson must be a dream...No, Gabe Calloway is a flesh-and-blood man. And he can't imagine what a proper Boston lady like Tess is doing way out West. All right - so she saw an ad for hard-working, honest ranchers in need of wives. That doesn't mean Gabe's looking to get hitched. He's tempted to send her back - but there's something about beautiful Tess that just melts his heart - and makes him want to share his home on the range...
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 A terrific debut! April 20, 2005
proreader (New York City)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I loved this charming western historical! Tess is an engaging heroine, the plot moves along quickly, the romance is compelling and rewarding, and I found the hero to be a realistic, satisfying alpha male. I'll be looking for more books by Laura Drewry!
ZEBRA'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK........ September 4, 2005
stacey renee (rochester new york)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
SO GLAD AUTHOR DREWRY WAS OBVIOUSLY GIVEN SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM ZEBRA PUBLISHING. THIS REFLECTS HOW PROMISING HISTORICAL ROMANCE IS. ALTHOUGH I CAN FIND PLACES TO NITPICK, I CHOOSE NOT TO BECAUSE OVERALL, THE BOOK HAS IT ALL. THE CHARACTERS ARE WELL DEVELOPED......THE PLOT HAS SEVERAL ARMS OF INTEREST.....THE DIALOGUE IS NATURAL AND WITTY. THIS IS NOT A NOBEL PRIZE BOOKS BUT IT SURE IS AN ENJOYABLE AND DELIGHTFUL READ.......AND YOU CAN RECOMMEND IT WITHOUT EXCERPTING ANY EMBARRASSING MOMENTS....ENJOY........
very enjoyable first book May 18, 2005
Shanna MacIain (New York)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
this writer's first book shows a lot of promise. I particularly delighted in the heroine's inability to stop talking when she was upset. This was so 'real'.
I look forward to Drewy's next book. In a period where the Western seems to be overlooked it's good to see new fresh voice.
Enjoyable and funny tale April 20, 2005
booksforabuck (Dallas)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
When her father arranges her marriage to a Boston lawyer, Tess Kinley flees. She believes in marrying for love and she'll never love the lawyer. She's also dreamed of living in the country so she runs away and heads west. By the time she ends up in Gabe Calloway's ranch, she's exhausted, filthy, and been won and lost in a poker game. She takes one look at Gabe (Gabriel), decides he's her angel, and falls in love.
Gabe has no idea what to do with this strange woman who drops into his life and disrupts it completely. One thing for sure, though, he's not going to lose his heart to her. He's already fallen for a woman who claimed to love the country but then decided that the city was the only way she could get what she really needs. Tess may claim to love the land, but she only knows about it from her books. Gabe is certain that no city-woman can ever endure the hardships of Montana territory. Since his own mother gave up her life trying to have a baby far from doctors and medical care, he wouldn't want Tess to stay even if she would. He's had too much loss in his life and Tess looks like another coming up.
Tess realizes that she cannot control Gabriel's love--but the longer she spends in Montana, the less she wants to return to the city. Even if she can't spend her life with Gabriel, she wants to spend it here.
Although Tess doesn't think of herself as beautiful, that doesn't mean she isn't sought after--by other men in Montana, but also by the man who was intended to be her husband back in Boston. Living a quiet life in Montana isn't going to be an easy option for her--and having a woman who sets his blood on fire isn't an easy option for Gabe. But only if he can overcome the wounds from his past can he save himself--and Tess.
Author Laura Drewry spins a warm-hearted romance. Gabe and Tess are perfect for each other--he serious and concerned with consequences, she good-hearted but with an inclination to run off at the mouth when nervous and impulsive (an amusing moment comes when she fantasizes about a child with Gabe's looks and her common sense). Strong secondary characters, including Gabe's brother Bart, the neighboring ranchers who despise Gabe, and Rosa, the housekeeper add to the story's texture.
I would have liked to see the adventure side of the story more fully integrated into the romance rather than coming largely after the romantic resolution, but HERE COMES THE BRIDE is an enjoyable and funny tale.
 Here Comes The Bride April 29, 2006
M. Nix
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tess has taken a long and arduous journey from Boston to Montana in the hopes of making a new life for herself. She arrives at Gabriel Calloway's ranch where she rests at the urging of Gabriel's housekeeper Rosa. When she awakens, she finds Gabriel in the room scowling at her. Gabriel demands she explain who she is and why she is in his home. So Tess tells Gabriel that she is there because his brother Bart actually won her in a poker game. As the rest of her story is explained Gabriel finds himself both annoyed and intrigued by the beautiful woman in his home.
Gabriel knows that a ranch is no place for a lady so he decides to allow Tess to work just until the stagecoach returns to town, then he will ship her back off. He did not expect Tess to handle the work willingly and eagerly. Now he is more attracted to Tess than ever, but his stubborn pride won't let him give into his desires.
Tess fell in love with Gabriel the moment she first saw him, but Gabriel refuses to acknowledge his feelings for her. After Bart gets hurt she feels responsible, so Tess heads to town to find a job and make her own way. Gabriel doesn't like it, but her lets her go.
The man responsible for Tess fleeing from Boston comes to town and her life is put in danger. Once she is safe, Gabriel finally realizes how much Tess means to him and that he needs to let her know. But soon after a second threat arrives, Tess lies to Gabriel and leaves, trying to protect him. Unless Gabriel can put his faith in Tess, he is going to lose her forever.
Here Comes The Bride is a romantic novel with moments of drama and action, but the story fell a bit flat for me. Gabriel's stubbornness gets tiresome, but Tess's commitment to him is endearing. The story has many interesting characters. However one is referred to as "stupid" and I felt the heroes should have been more compassionate. Here Comes The Bride has some very tender and loving moments, but overall it just didn't grab me.
Nannette
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
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