Grayson by Linda Carroll-Bradd
Publisher & Release: Inked Figments, January 01, 2020
Time and setting: Late 19th Century, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Genre: Historical Romance/Western
Length: 112 Pages
Heat Level: 1 Sweetheart
Rating: 4.5 Gold Crowns
Book Description:
A year ago, lawyer Grayson Wainwright's brother was killed due to faulty metal bridge braces. When Grayson files a wrongful death case against a company accused of supplying shoddy materials to the Transcontinental Railroad, he relishes his chance to achieve justice. Grayson’s two witnesses intimately know the accused, Leary Riddock--one is his wife, Loraine, and the other is his secretary, Catalina del Mar.
Catalina and her husband, Joaquin, moved west from Omaha, working at various jobs for the Union Pacific. But when their infant son died, Joaquin abandoned her in Cheyenne, and Catalina was forced to support herself. She became a bookkeeper in Riddock’s construction company and soon learned her boss was not a legitimate businessman. As soon as the facts are revealed about Leary’s embezzlement, she agrees to serve as a key witness.
Then Loraine is killed right before she is scheduled to testify, and threats prove Catalina is next. Now with an orphaned infant on his hands, Grayson must move heaven and earth to protect his beautiful remaining witness…and his heart.
Catalina and her husband, Joaquin, moved west from Omaha, working at various jobs for the Union Pacific. But when their infant son died, Joaquin abandoned her in Cheyenne, and Catalina was forced to support herself. She became a bookkeeper in Riddock’s construction company and soon learned her boss was not a legitimate businessman. As soon as the facts are revealed about Leary’s embezzlement, she agrees to serve as a key witness.
Then Loraine is killed right before she is scheduled to testify, and threats prove Catalina is next. Now with an orphaned infant on his hands, Grayson must move heaven and earth to protect his beautiful remaining witness…and his heart.
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Vikki’s Musings
Thanks goes to the publisher, via Net-Galley, for the chance to read and review Grayson by Linda Carroll-Bradd, book 8 in the Bachelors and Babies series. My opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.
Grayson is a well-written, and well-researched novella with engaging characters and a unique plot. For a shorter book, the characters are very well developed. The pacing is excellent, and it kept my interest from the first page to the last.
Catalina is an endearing character. She’s intelligent and determined to make it on her own after her husband is killed. Her heartache over losing her little one tore at my heart. I could feel her pain when she finds herself in a situation, she is not comfortable with at all.
Grayson Wainwright is a great hero. He’s a man of integrity determined to right a wrong. He’s also willing to come to the aid of a woman in distress. When he ends up with an infant, he takes it in his stride.
The romance between Linda and Grayson is sweet. It focuses on the building friendship and the companionship that grows between them as they search for ways to right the wrong that was done to both of them. I enjoy this type of love story a great deal. There’s a lot of emotionally charged moments between the pair, and I really wanted them to find their happy ending.
There’s a bit of a mystery involved in this story, and Catalina and Grayson have to work together to solve it. It’s through their search that they end up developing feelings for each other. That aspect of the story is excellent, and I enjoyed the plot twists a lot.
If you enjoy clean romances with great characters and an interesting plot, then you will love Grayson as much as I did. I plan to read more of the books in the Bachelors and Babies series. Happy reading!
Author Bio:
As a young girl, I spent lots of my free time lying on my bed reading about fascinating characters having exciting adventures in places far away and in other time periods. In later years, I discovered and devoured family saga stories and romance novels. At a certain point, I grew cocky enough to think I could write one of these stories. Then I learned what a balancing act writing a novel is, but I wasn't deterred. Twelve years later, my first fiction sale was achieved--a confession story.
After reading Debra Holland's "Montana Sky" series and Caroline Fyffe's "Prairie Hearts" series, I wanted to try my hand at historicals. I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to Sweetwater Springs Christmas and continued writing in the Montana Sky world by developing my Entertainers of the West series.
Married with 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters, I now write heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor and a bit of sass from my home in the southern California mountains. Lots of my stories are set in Texas where I lived for a dozen years.
After reading Debra Holland's "Montana Sky" series and Caroline Fyffe's "Prairie Hearts" series, I wanted to try my hand at historicals. I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to Sweetwater Springs Christmas and continued writing in the Montana Sky world by developing my Entertainers of the West series.
Married with 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters, I now write heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor and a bit of sass from my home in the southern California mountains. Lots of my stories are set in Texas where I lived for a dozen years.
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