GRR Reviews Montana Dawn (McCutcheon Family Serie by Caroline Fyffe

At over 500 pages, Montana Dawn is certainly an interesting western historical romance novel with a large cast.

Luke McCutcheon is half-blood but treated no different from either of his brothers. The shame is on the inside. On the cattle drive, he came across Faith Brown... on a stormy night, giving birth in her rickety wagon, with only her 8-year-old son attending. He brought her back to the group, fully knowing Faith is on the run from SOMETHING, which she won't divulge. Faith knew she should stay with Luke, who was kind toward both of her children, and the McCutcheons are good people, but she may be putting them in danger. When Faith's brother-in-law arrived, intending to take her back and marry her, Luke intervened. When bad things started on the ranch, Faith had to decide between staying and leaving.

Lots of angst on several levels for both the FMC and MMC. Nice characterization and details for even the supporting characters. I felt the evil brother in law could be explained better than "Faith, you belong with family,", and the novel is a bit long at 500 pages.

Category: Historical Western / Romantic Suspense

Primary Plot: Rancher on cattle drive found woman giving birth in a storm; what was she running from and will she want to be saved?

Tropes: ranch, single parent, woman in peril, protector, triangle, evil in-laws

Overall Rating: 4/5