GRR Reviews In Love's Territory: A Western Historical R by Lucy Evanson

In Love's Territory reads as if it's written for a pg-13 audience, where good is good, and evil is evil, with no shades of gray.

Katie Taylor was a girl enjoying a life on the East Coast when her father suddenly announced that due to his brother's death out in Wisconsin, they are all moving out to Wisconsin. Now with no friends except pen pals, Katie is despondent, even as she came to know to eligible bachelors... Edward Carter, a local educated and rich businessman who had taken a liking to her, and Sam, a half-Sioux farmhand who has big plans for himself and had been learning about how to better his life. Katie liked Edward well enough, but was angry when Edward forced her hand when announcing their engagement when she wanted to think about it some more. But the more she come to know Sam, the more fond of Sam she is... Now she had to choose between two bachelors... and became collateral damage when one side resorted to dirty tricks to remove the other...

Nice adventure, no sex, but it does have foul language and suggestive situations. Though the characters are a bit shallow, IMHO. Edward was just nasty, with no redeeming qualities, while Sam's all good, almost NO evil qualities. The characters are flat as pancakes.

Category: Historical Western,

Primary Plot: Woman new to the frontier was caught between a poor but ambitious ranchhand, and a handsome but devious businessman

Tropes: different worlds, triangle, fish out of water, cowboy, ranch

Overall Rating:  3/5