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The Rancher's Heart (Irish Western Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by C.H. Admirand (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 256 ratings

For Fans who have read the first book in the series, THE MARSHAL’S DESTINY, this is Maggie’s brother’s story.

James Ryan’s peaceful existence turns upside down the night he catches young Mick O’Toole trying to rustle his cattle. Running from a dark past of his own, Ryan agrees to take the boy and his ailing widowed mother in.

Widowed Bridget O’Toole’s life finally changes for the better the night the darkly handsome rancher opens his home and his heart to her and Mick. But her past is just a day’s ride away from town, on a collision course with Ryan’s, when her husband returns from the dead, blazing a path of destruction straight toward Bridget, Mick and the new life they’ve made in Emerson, Colorado.

Genres & Tropes: Historical Romance, Irish Western Romance, Second Chances, Marriage of Convenience, Injured Heroine, Hardheaded Heroes, Feisty Heroines

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  1. Book 2 of 5
    Historical Irish Western Series
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    433 pages
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    English
  4. Publication date
    May 12, 2013
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Bridget O'Toole and James Ryan
Bridget O'Toole and James Ryan

A rancher catches a young boy trying to rustle his cattle...

Bridget O'Toole and James Ryan

To save the lad, James Ryan must first save the boy's desperately ill mother...

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Admirand's second frontier romance (after The Marshal's Destiny) features clever and well-crafted plot lines, but the delivery lacks credibility and zip. Irish emigré James Ryan is a Colorado rancher in the 1880s. Successful and respected, he's also using an alias while hiding out from a Texas murder charge. After catching young Mick O'Toole on his ranch with a gang of cattle rustlers, James takes the boy and his sick mother in. Bridget O'Toole is sure she's a widow, having been deserted by her husband 12 years earlier. James and Bridget, both proud and fiercely independent, are soon in love, not knowing that her husband is still very much alive and leading a gang of outlaws to the town. Conflict, lust, guilt, uncertainty and the little games lovers play to disguise their feelings are all here, but the sex is muted and clichéd, two massive gunfights raise little dust, and the final showdown is predictable and offstage. (Feb.)
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"Admirand's second frontier romance (after The Marshal's Destiny) features clever and well-crafted plot lines." Publisher's Weekly

"THE RANCHER'S HEART is a terrific western romance starring two likable protagonists...sub-genre fans will enjoy C. H. Admirand's wonderful historical due to the admirable courageous lead couple." Harriet Klausner, Reviewer

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CRQRHII
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ C.H. Admirand (May 12, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.0 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 433 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0985397462
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 256 ratings

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If we have not met yet, I’m delighted to meet you! Here’s a little bit about me…

I have been writing romance novels for almost half my life, well at least for the last 30 years. I’m a diehard romantic and have to confess the broad shoulders and wicked glint in the brilliant green eyes of a stranger had my breath snagging in my breast, my heart beating madly, and my future flashing before my eyes. At the age of seventeen, I’d met the man I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with.

I write Historical & Contemporary Romance featuring characters that I know so well: hardheaded heroes and feisty heroines! They rarely listen to me and in fact, I think they enjoy messing with my plans for them. Over the years I have learned to listen to them! I have always used family names in my books and love adding bits and pieces of my ancestors and ancestry in them, too!

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Customers enjoy this book as part of the Irish Western series, praising its fine love story and interesting plot. They appreciate the character development and find the pacing engaging, with one customer noting they never found themselves bored with any slow spots. The writing quality receives mixed feedback, with some customers finding it well-written while others describe it as difficult to read.

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33 customers mention "Enjoyment"30 positive3 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and consider it part of a great series, with one customer noting it's just as good as the first book in the series.

"From the first page to the last, it was wonderful...." Read more

"...Well thought out. Well written and I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend it highly. You feel the emotions. A painting of words." Read more

"...Good book to read." Read more

"This would have to be one of the best books I have read in a long time. I was transported back in time...." Read more

32 customers mention "Story quality"26 positive6 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, describing it as a fine love story with an interesting plot, and one customer notes that it held their attention from beginning to end.

"...This story deals with trust, immigrants and good versus evil! Good wins, but the way it wins is outstanding. Made you laugh and cry...." Read more

"...the country where we appreciate the ranching community, this was a great ride...." Read more

"I was happy to read the story of James and Bridget...two characters we met in The Marshall's Destiny...." Read more

"The book held my attention from beginning to end...." Read more

10 customers mention "Pacing"8 positive2 negative

Customers enjoy the pacing of the book, with one mentioning it's a fast-paced adventure that keeps them engaged throughout.

"A busy book. Loved it. It keeps you wondering what will happen next. Well thought out. Well written and I enjoyed it very much...." Read more

"...The repeating of language was nothing. Reading time was will spent." Read more

"Wow this book was just as good as the first one! It was another read until your done book! Just wonderful to enjoy a book so well put together...." Read more

"...Towards the end--when the story became more interesting--the conclusion came so fast it was strangely unsatisfying." Read more

7 customers mention "Character development"7 positive0 negative

Customers love the characters in the book.

"...There was just enough description about each character that you actually felt like you could see each one...." Read more

"Loved the characters in this story. I love reading books that have strong female leads in them. I will be looking for more books from this author." Read more

"The Irish dialect made this book hard for me to read, although I liked the characters and the story line." Read more

"...The author keeps your going with all the interesting people in the book." Read more

12 customers mention "Writing quality"8 positive4 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing quality of the book, with some finding it well written while others describe it as a difficult read.

"...Loved it. It keeps you wondering what will happen next. Well thought out. Well written and I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend it highly...." Read more

"I enjoyed it, but it was drawn out to much. I was ready to get on with it already. The plot played out slowly...." Read more

"I really enjoyed this story. Seemed down to earth and honest about farm life." Read more

"...It was another read until your done book! Just wonderful to enjoy a book so well put together. Being number book number three will be just as good!" Read more

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  • lwiggy
    5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this story!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013
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    From the first page to the last, it was wonderful. There was just enough description about each character that you actually felt like you could see each one. I loved them and they all worked together so wonderfully. This story deals with trust, immigrants and good versus evil! Good wins, but the way it wins is outstanding. Made you laugh and cry. Would definitely recommend this to friends and family!
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  • sharon flesch
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great series.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2013
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    Having grown up and grown old in the part of the country where we appreciate the ranching community, this was a great ride. Many times authors who haven't lived this life fracture a story line by inserting something which is totally out of character with these folks; happily that didn't happen here.
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  • ms. j
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020
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    I was happy to read the story of James and Bridget...two characters we met in The Marshall's Destiny. Bumpy road with lots of twists and turns on the way to their HEA. Looking forward to the next one in the series
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  • Phyllis
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE RANCHERS HEART
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013
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    A busy book. Loved it. It keeps you wondering what will happen next. Well thought out. Well written and I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend it highly. You feel the emotions. A painting of words.
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  • Tess Erana
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but not so much
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013
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    While the plot was interesting and the author kept my interest throughout the book, some parts drove me crazy. First, the main characters thinking and re-thinking the same thought over and over tended to stretch the story but not add much to the plot or character development. In addition, I found some of the scenes a bit hokey. Lastly, the movement of the story line in the first half of the book was slow and dragged. Towards the end--when the story became more interesting--the conclusion came so fast it was strangely unsatisfying.
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  • diamondgirl
    4.0 out of 5 stars Luck o' the Irish!!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2013
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    I have enjoyed the Irish Western series. I agree with one of the comments on Ranchers Heart when James was looking lustly at Bridget in her nightgown when she was so sick from starving herself so Mick could eat. I thought Jamie needs to dial it down a notch. But she comes back to health and he gets to know her then go for it. My one question is what ever happened to the key to safe deposit box in Denver and the money. Nothing was ever mentioned after Bridget's "dead" husband was shot and really killed. He had taken from the key from the Bible where he hid it for all those years. Now he was going to get his money but was killed before he was able to. What happened to it? Did Marshall Justiss find the key the book doesn't say nor does the next book about Pearl?

    Side note:
    How does Bridget Garahan O'Toole Flaherty relate to the Tyler, Dylan and Jesse Garahan? She almost has to have a brother unknown to her somewhere in the family tree. Also Marshal Ben Justiss of Colorado related to the 3 brothers's Uncles Ben and Mike Justiss U.S Marshalls. Love it !!!

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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bridget and Mick and Ryan
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2014
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    I enjoyed this second book in the Irish series. It starts off really same and grows on you. I enjoy how Ryan took mick under his wing even when he was stiealing from him. I like how he took Mick's mother Bridget under his protection and nurse her back to health. I really like how the romace grew between the stubborn rancher and the determine mother. Good book to read.
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  • lisse
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2013
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    The book held my attention from beginning to end. I do believe that back in those days women that were not born rich of married the rich husband had it rough. If there was a child involved I'm sure it was worst. Today you would have help from different agency to help. This book really depicts the lives in that era. Granted its a story but the author has done her homework and research. You see great people today and heroes but back then you didn't have the media and I'm sure there was as many good people as you see today.
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  • chris
    5.0 out of 5 stars F ab
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2013
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    I do like the authors characters, they are so believable, I get pulled straight into their lives. I love a good read where I can loose reality for a while. Can't wait to read the next one.
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  • S. Black
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Rancher's Heart
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2014
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    Enjoyable read as is the whole series.
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  • Glenys
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2015
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    Next in the series really enjoy C H Amirands writing. Brings the west to live, love it.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2014
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    LOVED IT
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