Dallas McClintock wasn't sure what happened. He knew he rescued a beautiful Irish girl from two bandits who took her. He knew he was shot. Next thing he knew, he was married to the girl while recovering, something about they were discovered in a state of undress. But he's ready to deal with the situation. He is well-off, relatively, for he trains horses and runs an active cattle ranch. But will his family react well to him getting married? How does he deal with his in-laws that he knew very little about? Can he and his staff deal with the rustlers? What about the wagon trainer leader Tom Williams who vowed revenge for stealing "his" woman, the Irish girl Dallas married?
While the adventure bits are nice, the plot doesn't escalate properly. Some of the scenes seems a bit... superfluous. The problems are dealt with in serial, and in the end, Dallas has two superpowers: he's very fast on his gun, and he's rich so he can buy all sorts of things, even though he complains about being "cash poor". Argh. I really do want to like it more, but it's not quite a must-read.
Category: Historical Western / Romantic Suspense
Overall Rating: 4/5
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