Genell Dellin Montana Gold

Montana Gold

Genell Dellin

HQN, May 2006, $5.99

ISBN: 0373771533

Though she suffers from phobias, Farrell "Elle" Hawthorne overcomes her fears to become a talented rodeo bullfighter. Five-time bronco busting champion Chase Lomax hopes to win one more belt before he turns forty. These two meet and though he is over a decade older than her, they are deeply attracted to one another.

However, an accident leaves Elle and Chase with doubts that they can perform at the level needed to succeed. She failed to keep a bull from goring him. Their respective confidences shattered, Ellen and Chase rely on one another to pull through this crisis of faith. However, as they feel a deep growing affection for one another other, their pasts arrive with demands that could separate the two healing love birds.

Elle and Chase are terrific protagonists because each has personal flaws that could end their relationship before it can barrel out of the gate. The story line is character driven with the insight into rodeo life so ingrained as background it seems like a support character. Elle is especially an intriguing player as she obsesses in making it in what is the male dominated segment of the sport, dancing with the bulls. MONTANA GOLD is a warm contemporary romance.

Harriet Klausner