The Outlaw Takes a Wife

by Sylvia McDaniel

Book Overview

Everyone deserves a second chance. After the death of his best friend in the Battle of Atlanta, Tanner Burnett walked away from the civil war. Now, ten years later, he runs with the Sam Bass gang,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821767666
• ISBN13: 9780821767665
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

THOSE PESKY T's JUST GET CONFUSING DON'T THEY?

Ahem! first there was Travis,30, the oldest son of Eugenia, who is determined to have some grandchildren -- then there is Tanner,27, who has been lost for about 10 years -- ah, and then the Sheriff of Fort Worth, Tucker Burnett. Well to get the grandchildren the she desires, Eugenia sets about finding wives for her boys. None of her sons wants her help. Travis, the rancher, is now married to Rose, the young lady his mother thought was just right for him, and he had tried to drive off. Now they have a twinkle in their eye. Mama has been corresponding with Elizabeth Anderson from Georgia on behalf of her son, Tucker. The Sheriff is not happy with his mother when she reveals arrival date for Beth. Suddenly Tanner has shown up in the middle of a hold-up in which he was supposed to participate. Yup! he got Elizabeth shot. He spends weeks helping her to recuperate while someone is pushing him to return to Sam Bass's outlaws. What a mix-up. Tanner is torn between his two duties. Well, just say that they make it hot and heavy, with a little kissing on the side. Now Elizabeth feels a bit guilty [but who can tell] and Tanner's guilt stems from the fact that he cannot offer her any kind of life. He doesn't expect to live through a shoot-out with Bass and his gang. Oh, hell! he finds out that Elizabeth's intended is Sheriff Tucker Burnett, his own brother. Now his guilt has intensified as he will not hurt his brother. But why does his brother seem to ignore Beth. [You have to chuckle at all the undercurrents]. Tanner still has his traumatic dreams and Beth comes to his room to wake him, yeah, why didn't Travis and Rose hear his moanings and groanings. Oh well, one more time for the road? Yikes! Now we are getting to the good part -- Tanner's secrets are exposed - first to Beth - then a little later to his two brothers, Beth doesn't even know all. Would have liked some action to be a bit more threatening and dangerous instead of all the emotional mumble-jumble. But as I maintain, don't try to out-guess the author. The plot was still darn good. OH! yes - great cover. Love that face. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED except for the --M [lack of morality] but you can't have it all, mores the shame.

Another winning Western historical from McDaniel!

Tanner Burnett hadn't been home in a long time, and he wasn't planning on a trip now. But when an innocent young woman is shot during a holdup he was involved in, Tanner feels responsible for getting her to her destination as soon as she is able to travel again. The young outlaw didn't plan on having his heart captured by his beautiful victim. But he knew a life such as the one he lead had no room for love, after all he had been on the run for years. But Tanner is an honorable man, even if he is an outlaw, so he fufills his promise to see her safely to Fort Worth, and right into the bosom of his long-lost family. Seems the lady was to be married to his brother Travis, the sheriff!Elizabeth Anderson is on the run herself from an unsavory past. Putting herself up as a mail-order bride, she has been corresponding with Mr. Burnett of Fort Worth, Texas and has agreed to become his bride. But when she is waylaid by the hold-up and forced to spend her recuperation time in the company of the handsome and sexy Tanner, she finds she regrets her decision to marry the unknown Mr. Burnett. While she has fallen in love with Tanner, Elizabeth is determined to make a new life for herself, and sacrifices her chance at love for honor. She insists on Tanner taking her on to Fort Worth, where she will keep her promise to become Mrs. Burnett. Imagine her surprise when she discovers Tanner is also a Burnett! Sylvia McDaniel brings us another intriguing story of love in the Old West with her second installment of The Burnett Brides series. The Outlaw Takes A Wife is a tale filled with sensual romance, heartwrenching drama, and a wonderful happy-ever-after ending. Everything a great romance needs! McDaniel has also done her historical research of the period, and includes the fascinating tale of the legendary outlaw Sam Bass within this story. Look for the final installment of the Burnett brothers' story in The Marshall Takes A Wife, due out in July, 2001.Sharon Galligar Chance, Times Record News

A SWEET STORY OF REDEMPTION AND LOVE

Beth Anderson is forced to leave behind her childhood home at the end of the Civil War and all its accompanying tradegies. Shamed and alone, she accepts an offer from Texas to become a mail order bride, knowing nothing of Eugenia Burnett and her matchmaking ways. Since Eugenia had success in pairing up her oldest son and his new wife, Rose, the crafty woman decides she'll try to find a good woman for her wayward son Tucker. Eugenia has never given up on her middle son, Tanner who ran off to join the war, even though the Army belives him dead. But no one has seen or heard from Tanner in a decade. But Eugenia is right, Tanner is alive and running with outlaws. He's a dangerous man who figures he's got nothing left to lose. But when a stage robbery attempt goes bad, Tanner does his best to save the stage driver from being shot. Instead, Beth takes the bullet. No matter how hardened Tanner believes his heart is, he can't leave Beth alone to die. So he takes her to San Antonio and cares for her himself. But he does not count on being so drawn to the woman of quiet courage or how deeply her sad past will affect him. Beth is drawn to the man she sees underneath the fast guns and grim eyes. Though they try to resist each other, love is inevitable. It becomes equally complicated when Tanner runs into his youngest brother, Tucker, and discovers Beth is intended for him. The sparks fly and the dialogue is both humorous and poignant in this story of redemption and homecoming. Well worth reading.

A Wonderful, Heart-Warming Story

Sylvia McDaniel is now one of my favorite authors. Her books, especially "Outlaw," are fresh and natural. Her people are fun and likeable. This story of a man returning to his family home after a terrible experience with war is poignent and heart-warming.

Very enjoyable story!

What a wonderful reading experience! This was a great second story in Ms McDaniel's Ballad trilogy. It was very absorbing and moving as Mama Burnett accomplishes much more than finding a wife for her son, she also has her long lost son returned to her after his abscene of a decade. And quite expertly the third and final story is introduced.....I am definitely anxious for it's release in the summer of 2001.