I think this story was a bit old school in the fact that the marriage was of convenience. The marriage only has to be legal somewhere not necessarily in Texas, which is where the story takes place. You see in the will it says that the first person to marry gets the ranch – even if the marriage is between two men. Tucker decides to help the ranch out by marrying Micah. Micah needs Tucker to look over the will that Micah found to see if anything can be done about saving the ranch from the hands of the oldest son, Duncan. The Bar D is in financial trouble and Tucker’s grandad, owner of the ranch, is dying.

Micah, who’s had a thing for Tucker for most of his life, goes to Tucker because he’s in a bad spot. The blurb tells us a lot about what’s going on so I won’t go into too much detail.

This review was originally posted on January 9, 2010. *** Every Thursday, we’ll be posting throwback reviews of our favorite and not-so-favorite books. This title has been revised and expanded by more than 10,000 words from its original published version. Now he just has to convince his fragile heart. His gut tells him Tucker's motivation involves nothing more than saving the ranch. To his everlasting surprise, it's Tucker who comes up with the perfect solution: a marriage of convenience to Micah. Micah steels himself to convince the man he can't forget to come home. They're going to need all hands in the fight to keep The Bar D from being pulled out from under them all including Tucker. The impending death of the Delany patriarch brings an unsavory relative out of the woodwork, threatening Micah's beloved adopted family. Leaving Micah to pick up the pieces of his broken heart and feeling like a fool. The handsome and protective Tucker is the man to whom he wants to give his love.īut after a single passionate night together, Tucker rebuffs him and hightails it to Dallas to pursue his dreams.

One Delany in particular, though, became more than a brother to Micah. The Delany family opened their hearts and their home, treated him like one of their own. Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play BooksĪ temporary arrangement? Don't bet the ranch on it.Īt the tender age of seven, newly orphaned Micah Jiminez lost everything and got lucky.

The tin star by jl langley