The Rancher Needs A Wife
Terry McLaughlin
Harlequin SuperRomance, Feb 2007, $5.50
ISBN: 0373714009

Following a divorce, schoolteacher Maggie Harrison Sinclair returns to her hometown of Tucker, Montana, with no plans of staying too long in a place. The men here know her as "Ms. Hell on Heels." She came home to heal her hurt and pride while working temporarily as a high school teacher.

Rancher Wayne Hammond and Maggie were childhood friends who are pleased to see one another. He, like her, is a divorcee too because wife Alicia hated ranching and the Big Sky winter. As they begin to spend time together, they fall in love with one another. However, both know the timing is wrong and besides he needs a rancher's wife who will be a real nurturing mother to his offspring. He rejects her as someone who will, like Alicia, galivant off to Southern California, although he admits to himself love makes it difficult not to find a way to make a relationship work.

This is a fun Montana romance as Maggie still recovers from her divorce and Wayne is shy and filled with hesitation. Thus readers will enjoy their rocky courtship as neither is comfortable with the other yet neither can just walk away. THE RANCHER NEEDS A WIFE is a warm, Big Sky, contemporary romance starring two nice, amiable protagonists.

Harriet Klausner