Heart's Misdeal

Pioneers of the Romantic Western

By: Elsa Barker

Narrated by: Rebecca Winder

Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Romance, gun play, and lovers at odds spice this classic romantic Western.

When Lucy McAdam accepted a job at a Western ranch, she never expected parties, men in suits, and suitors of all kinds. But most of all, she didn't expect to fall in love with anyone like Walt Carmack, the gambling, hard-drinking son of the biggest ranch owner around.

Walt was hardworking, too, from sunup to sundown every day of the week - that was how he had broken his leg and ended up on crutches. But Walt liked to relax with a game of cards and a bottle of whisky every Saturday night at the local saloon, until he met Lucy and lost his heart.

He promised her he would never touch a drop again and kept his word. Then, someone she trusted told Lucy otherwise, that he had gone back to both. But when she learned about his bank balance, Lucy was certain Walt Carmack had lied to her.

Was Walt, the seemingly carefree young cowboy with the gambling instinct, really irresponsible? Had the gambler dealt her a lucky hand in love, or was she the victim of a deliberate misdeal of the heart? Lucy McAdam felt she had to know before she could dare to let her heart be won by a man of this strange new and exciting country.

Walt was hurt when Lucy implied he was a liar. But, with one ranch hand murdered, his grandfather murdered, and someone unknown trying to pull off the greatest land swindle in the state's history, Walt knew he had no time to straighten out matters of the heart. Instead, he had to determine the identity of the scoundrel behind the land steal and then, even on crutches, face the man down six-shooter to six-shooter.

Lucy had no idea that Walt was riding into a gun battle no man could win, or she might have played her cards differently and told him how much he really meant to her. She didn't dream that she had actually been the victim of a misdeal - but the man who was cheating her at love wasn't Walt!

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Loved the characters

Great quick little mystery story set back in western times. Had you guessing who did it. Had a little bit of a Ponderosa feel which I enjoyed. Had a little bit of romance which is always nice.

good

Lucy's rash mouth almost lost her the love of her life, but she made up for her errors. Loaded with drama and action for a short story. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review. The narrator was good, but I'd have preferred a male narrator for this story.

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