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SHAMELESS by Joan Johnston

"The outcast meets the lone wolf"

By: Joan Johnston

Genres: Romance Contemporary

Posted: January 6, 2016

SHAMELESS is another story in the Bitter Creek series where two outcasts meet. Joan Johnston has written several books in this series, which began as historical novels. This is a great series about rival families, like the Hatfields and McCoys. In this modern day novel, Pippa Grayhawk, a young woman living in Australia, is devastated to realize she has been misled when she learns the man she runs off with is married, and she is pregnant. To protect her, her father makes the decision to move his family from Australia and back to Wyoming to run his estranged father's ranch. She feels even more like an outcast among her new family. Looking to find peace she meets Devon Flynn, who just like her, feels like an outcast in his family. They each come from rival families and are drawn to each other. So you can imagine how well that will be accepted. Some old and new secrets will be revealed that will change everything.

Joan Johnston does a great job in writing about how devastating lies and deceit can be and the effect it can have on a family. Then think about how those lies and secrets are used in a bitter rivalry between the two families. There is so much animosity and secrets to be revealed. Once the secrets begin coming to light, it's almost impossible to keep up. I had to stop and literally do a family tree to get the family history correct. Once you get the family history right, you start to understand how the bitter family rivalry began.

SHAMELESS is a great story, which shows how some 20 year old secrets as well as new ones can change a family forever.

Book Summary

For readers of Linda Lael Miller and Susan Mallery comes New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston’s sizzling contemporary Western romance, where power, money, and rivalries rule—and love is the best revenge.

HER SHAMEFUL PAST MAKES HER AN OUTCAST— UNTIL A LONE WOLF TAKES HER INTO HIS HOME.

Scorned, pregnant, and facing a life without promise, Pippa Grayhawk is stunned when her father announces that they’re leaving their home in Australia to take over his estranged father’s sprawling Wyoming ranch. Drawn into bitter family rivalries and feeling like an interloper in her new home, Pippa rides out into the wilderness and meets an intriguing stranger and his pet wolf. The wolf doesn’t scare her, but she’s very much afraid to trust another man with her heart.

Devon Flynn knows all about going it alone. He lives in an isolated cabin, away from his domineering father and the scandal surrounding his family. Devon’s attraction to Pippa is intoxicating and undeniable, but when he tries to get close, she’s as wary as his once-wild wolf. Devon is willing to defy his father, and hers, to claim Pippa as his own, but winning this wounded, wonderful woman’s love might be the greatest battle of all.

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Shameless by Joan Johnston

Shameless

by: Joan Johnston

Bitter Creek (Contemporary) #10

Random House Publishing Group
January 1, 2016
On Sale: December 29, 2015
Featuring: Pippa Grayhawk; Devon Flynn
ISBN: 0804178682
EAN: 9780804178686
Kindle: B00O6V69MW
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book

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