But then there would be spoilers And the inclusion of random facts about people completely unrelated to this book dropped in to entice you to read the other books in the series were super annoying This is just not my genre The Arizona Lawman Men of the West 38 Miniseries Men of the West The Arizona Lawman Men of the West 38 Arizona lawmanThis was a good story with good characters The story was interesting and the characters started out good and became better once they worked out their feelings Nicely done The Arizona Lawman Men of the West 38

The Arizona Lawman (Men of the West #38) By Stella Bagwell

English

225

Kindle Edition

The prettiest rancher he d ever seen In her wildest dreams.

It s probably unfair of me to rate this book because it s not a genre that I love and I had to be reminded why I was suffering from withdrawal of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and I really just wanted a light romance story to pass the afternoon This book wasn t horrible but I find myself questioning way too many things I d list them Tessa Parker never expected to inherit a ranch But as soon as she sets foot on the Bar X the orphaned Tessa finally feels at home And that brusque deputy sherriff who greets her There s something about him too that makes the rootless Tessa want to stake a claim Law and order make Joseph Hollister s world go round So when a Tessa from Nevada says she s the rightful heir to his old friend s ranch it turns his universe upside down Not to mention every fiber of his being which thrums each time she s near But Joseph won t get close to a woman who s only passing through Even though Tessa might be the only one who can repair his heart The Arizona Lawman Men of the West 38 At seventeen Stella married her high school sweetheart Harrell and they had a son Jason She began her writing career almost by accident She was a hairdresser and worked in her sisters beauty shop Ironically Stella developed a severe allergy to hairspray and was forced to resign With time on her hands Stella wanted to do something creative She remembered a high school English teacher telling her she could be a writer if she wanted Although she always loved reading romances she never thought to write one herself Armed with that now notion and an old manual typewriter she went to work attempting to create a story similar to those she liked reading The result her first book purchased by Mills Boon and issued under the Harl At seventeen Stella married her high school sweetheart Harrell and they had a son Jason She began her writing career almost by accident She was a hairdresser and worked in her sister s beauty shop Ironically Stella developed a severe allergy to hairspray and was forced to resign With time on her hands Stella wanted to do something creative She remembered a high school English teacher telling her she could be a writer if she wanted Although she always loved reading romances she never thought to write one herself Armed with that now notion and an old manual typewriter she went to work attempting to create a story similar to those she liked reading The result her first book purchased by Mills Boon and issued under the Harlequin imprint After that she became a full time writer and today has close to forty published novels Her for the future is to continue writing romance novels as long as there s an audience to enjoy her work. Next to writing traveling is one of her most favorite activities Yet because the southwest is dear to her heart she sets most of her books there in rough rugged ranch country She feels it s essential to know a place before writing about it that philosophy gives her reason to plan trips The marriage has always lived in southeastern Oklahoma But they purchased a portion of a twenty two hundred acre ranch they now make their home there Before moving onto the ranch she had a swimming pool in her back yard and spent most of her summer evenings in the water Her husband has promised to put in another pool but for now she has to make do with the creek that runs through their property The closest town of three thousand is fifteen miles away she says she loves the seclusion living among the woods and horses and wildlife The only thing she doesn t like is making the thirty mile round trip to the post office or grocery store Worse still is the eighty five mile trip to get office supplies One of her greatest joys was to see Jason her only son graduate from college with degrees in math and physical education He now lives in Port Lavaca Texas where he teaches high school algebra and geometry and coaches football and weightlifting Family has always come first with Stella and she enjoys spending time with her son when he visits Oklahoma Sometimes she and her husband drive down to the Texas coast to see him However her mother step father and siblings all live nearby and they have routine get togethers In her spare time she enjoys practicing violin and guitar both of which she can play by ear She claims to need years of practice before calling herself a musician Stella also enjoys gardening and being outdoors site_link .