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To Have and To Hold: Sensuous Western Historical Romance Kindle Edition

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A woman without a prayer . . . A widow with two children, Tempest Whitney has had to mortgage everything to repay the money her husband had stolen. But even as she struggles to hold onto her Utah homestead, a scheming rancher buys up her debts, demanding she either get off his land or marry him. Then a dark-haired stranger shows up, claiming to be her dead husband . . . A man without a past . . . Buck Maddux spent two years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now a deathbed promise has brought him to Tempest's homestead. A man without roots, he doesn't plan to stay—or to feel so fiercely protective of this feisty beauty he saves from a hated marriage of convenience. Suddenly, Buck years for a home, a family, a lasting love. But what can he offer Tempest? The surprising answer lies in the forbidding canyons of an ancient Anasazi tribe, where fortune and danger await—along with a passion more precious than gold….

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6 April 2016
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01DXM0BD2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Charlene Raddon (6 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1802 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 357 pages

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Hello and welcome to my author page. Let me tell you a little about myself, as that seems to be the main purpose of this profile. Believe it or not, I began my fiction career in the third grade when I told my class that a little sister I never had died of a black widow bite. I also wrote books through my teen years, always about a girl whose mother mistreated her by making her wash dishes, sweep the floor... you get the idea. Never finished any of those stories. But the idea of writing a real book and publishing it never occurred to me. It was a particularly vivid dream that drove me to drag out a portable typewriter and go to work on my first novel. In 1990 my second completed book, Tender Touch, brought me a first place win in a writing contest and the following year became a Golden Heart Finalist. That won me an agent and a contract from Kensington who published five of my western historical romance novels. My books have placed or won in other contests as well. Forever Mine received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award nomination. I've always loved the Old West and I believe my novels reflect that emotion through their depth and vibrancy. I am always working on a new story. I hope you try my books and enjoy them. Follow me here on my author page and on my website at https://charleneraddon.com & get a free book.

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Josephine

Awesome story

Reviewed in Australia on 4 March 2017

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This story kept me on the edge of my seat and I simply could not put it down until I had finished it at 1.30 in the morning.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2018

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Very disappointed with the language and the expletive comments about the sexual scenes. The story was good so there was no need for the other.

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A worthy read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2019

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This story flowed really well. The dialogue was witty and humerous at times. I liked the slow build up in the relationship between Buck and Tempest, but also the interaction between Buck and Tempest's 4 year old daughter Angel. Well worth a read.

J. Faltys

Heartbreaking Yet Heartwarming Historical Read With a Memorable Cast of Characters

Reviewed in the United States on 25 April 2013

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To Have and To Hold is the kind of story that pulls you in from the very start and never lets go of your heart. Ms. Raddon has turned back the clock and immersed us in a rugged historical town full of colorful characters, a hero and heroine drawn together in the most unexpected way, and a villain truly worthy of the title.

Tempest Whitney has no need for a man in her life as all they've ever brought her is pain. From a dead ex-husband who left her with nothing while he ran off to make his fortune, to the town's richest man who sees women as his playthings and doesn't take no for an answer, to a ruggedly sexy man carrying demons of his own who swore an oath to help her. She has two children relying on her to keep them safe as well as a drunken father who takes any extra bit of money from her. She's tired, lonely, and running out of options on how to pay off the debt she owes the disgusting and villainous Jonas Creedy. On the day her debts are do she's forced to the altar opposite Creedy knowing the pain to come when a most unlikely savior arrives in the form of Buck Maddux claiming to be her long dead husband. Their early interactions are volatile as she's still distrustful of him and he wants to keep his heart locked away from the sense of family and acceptance she and her kids represent. Tempest is a tough woman who hides her fears behind a facade of belligerence and smart alecky remarks. She fights her attraction to Buck but it's hard to ignore the loving gestures and care he shows her and her children, a longing for a real family that's always been denied her is what he unknowingly offers her.

Buck considers himself a loner, a man unworthy of happiness because of a cruel twist of fate when he was younger. A recent stint in jail has him further questioning his reliability and right to claim someone as good and special as Tempest. But the more time they spend together the more he can't deny the joy and happiness they bring one another. He feels selfish wanting to claim her but she offers him understanding and acceptance from the grief he carries and he'll ultimately put his life on the line for her to prove his worthiness.

Along with a wonderful main couple whose attraction grows slowly from allies to friendship to lovers, there's a wonderful cast of colorful secondary characters who add some heartache and heartwarming moments to this picture of small town living. From the hookers with a heart of gold to an old one-eyed woman who talks to her dead husband to a giant Swede looking for his own special someone it's easy to become fully immersed in this story as you root for so many HEAs. These unlikely allies work together to end the plans of the truly vile and nasty Jonas who I wished death upon every moment he was on the page!

This is a story that makes you laugh with its witty banter between the protagonists while breaking your heart over the pain these two kind yet hardhearted people have had to endure. The sexual interludes are a rich reward after witnessing their slowly evolving relationship full of sexual tension. There's a definitive and immensely satisfying HEA that still allows an opening for another story branching off this heartfelt world thanks to a missing relative of Buck's. Ms. Raddon's writing style transported me back in time to a memorable place and time and I look forward to the heartbreaking journey she'll take us on next.

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Julia M McMinn

To Have and to Hold

Reviewed in the United States on 12 August 2017

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I mostly enjoyed the book To Have and To Hold. It was a nice romance story at times with a wild western background. I loved the descriptions of the countryside. Some graphic details of sex between Temptest and Buck was not necessary and was boring. . The evilness of the half breed was at times hard to believe and I hated that character. The book ended well.

Mary Lawrence/MacKinley

Ok boy!

Reviewed in Canada on 14 February 2017

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The story and characters are colorful, entertaining and exciting! WAY WAY TOO MUCH "STEAMY DREAMY" THOUGH!!!! When you have a great story and wonderful characters it's not necessary! Has a tendency to make the book "long-winded".! Otherwise VERY ENJOYABLE!!

Li Taylor

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 February 2017

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Brilliant story couldn't put it down at all. Love the plot and characters especially the children. Fantastic romantic story highly recommended

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