GRR Reviews A Lawman's Reward (Love's a Gamble Bo by Kay P. Dawson

A Lawman's Reward is is a Western Historical Romance set in Abilene Kansas, and is the third book of the series, and features continuing characters. Lydia the sister and Lewis the sheriff are the main characters this time, having been introduced in book 1 as secondary characters.

Lydia had gone off to get her teacher's credentials, and she's heading back to Abilene, Kansas to her family and her town, and to the only man she pined for... Lewis Kincaid, the local sheriff, even though she believed she had nothing to offer to a man. Lydia is physically handicapped having been dumped from a horse when young and the legs never set correctly, and a teaching job seems to be ideal for her, and going home was the logical choice when the last teacher didn't last long. But Abilene now has some unsavory characters and Lewis promised to keep an eye out for her... What Lewis didn't say was he had his eyes on her for a long time... But Lewis has his own problems, when his ex rolled into town on the stagecoach, intending to resume their relationship (after she ran off on him first to chase her own dreams), then after finally getting rid of her, after making certain she understood that he had ZERO interest in resuming that part of his life, his parents rolled into town, trying every which way to force him to go back east and be the rich heir of the family fortune... Can Lewis and Lydia's love survive these trials?

The twist ending was exactly what I expected, but that didn't make it any less delightful. The darkest hour was suitable, and the solution puts the perfect comeuppance on the person who created the darkest hour. It was a delight to read.

Category: Historical western

Primary Plot: Disabled teacher is going home; she and the sheriff have had unrequited love on each other for a while; can they be together despite his ex and his family arriving, and she believed she had nothing to offer him as a wife?

Tropes: disabled, law enforcement, evil ex, family pressure

Overall Rating:  4/5