FOREVER HIS TEXAS BRIDE by Linda Broday continues with her Bachelors of Battle Creek series. In FOREVER HIS TEXAS BRIDE we finally get Brett's story. Each of the bachelors has captured my heart and none more than this installment in what is an awesome reminder of Linda Broday's talent as an author of westerns. Broday's writing style is gritty and real just like the times and characters of each of her books. When you read FOREVER HIS TEXAS BRIDE you will once again be treated to some of the best dialog and scenery that totally fits the time and place. Linda Broday brings a sense of realism that is truly appreciated and enjoyed. FOREVER HIS TEXAS BRIDE may be the third in the series but it qualifies as a standalone story with little tidbits of the previous books to whet your appetite just in case you missed them.

Brett Liberty and Rayna Harper did not meet under the best of conditions -- and that's being blatantly honest. Meeting someone through the bars of a jail cell just doesn't qualify as a good omen. But through those bars Brett was actually able to "see" quite a lot of this young woman who was as outspoken as she was downtrodden. Brett was used to people stereotyping him as a half-breed. His Native American heritage was rather obvious in his appearance. As an owner of his own horse ranch, his life was more solitary and for the most part saved from this overt racism.

Rayna was a product of her upbringing that was just as caustic as Brett's youth had been until he was taken under the wing of a caring man. Brett and his three "brothers" were left an important legacy that helped them each develop into strong, good men.

But that wasn't what the sheriff had seen. The sheriff only knew that he hated this half-breed and wanted him dead. Rayna wanted Brett's boots. But Brett quickly realized that this young woman had a big heart and a spirit that wouldn't break. In many ways she reminded Brett of himself and his brothers. If there was a way to escape his captor he was taking Rayna with him.

Unfortunately, Brett and Rayna's pasts were doggedly following them. Both these fine young people just wanted to live in peace but there were those whose prejudices outweighed their sense.

FOREVER HIS TEXAS BRIDE is a story about deep-rooted prejudices. The story takes place in 1879 but certainly still resonates with meaning. Linda Broday writes about the Old West but her stories are current and relevant. The Bachelors of Battle Creek is a shining example of the talent of one of the best contemporary western authors.

Book Summary

"There's this thing between us that refuses to die. I'd like nothing better than to be able to..." His words faded. He'd give anything to change people's views about his race...to be able to make her his wife.
But the world wasn't that simple. Not for people like them.

All his life, Brett Liberty has straddled two worlds: white and Iroquois. The only place he's truly at peace is with his wild mustangs. But after he's arrested for the color of his skin, he discovers Rayna Harper in the cell next to him. Rough and tumble Rayna has known little kindness, but Brett sees the depth of her heart hidden beneath layers of hurt and fear, and he refuses to leave without her.

Something about the damaged, flame-haired beauty calls to him. Yet even as the two outcasts are drawn together, terrible danger at the hands of prejudiced men threatens to tear them apart. Brett knows in his heart he should let her go, but he's taken with the woman who looks at him as if he were just any other man...and melts in his arms as if the brush of his lips is enough to chase all her demons away...

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