One Heart to Win

by Johanna Lindsey

In her fiftieth novel, New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey takes her readers on a sensual, romantic adventure through the American West.

Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love--but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother's promise, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her estranged father and his enemy's eldest son, rancher Hunter Callahan. Once the Warrens and the Callahans are united by marriage, both clans will stop squabbling over a disputed strip of land. In the chaos of a train robbery Tiffany seizes a golden opportunity: By assuming the identity of her father's new housekeeper she can live with the father she never knew and assess his true character, as well as that of the neighboring cowboy to whom she is betrothed. But, too late, Tiffany discovers that the rivalry between the Warrens and the Callahans has escalated when the Callahans steal the Warrens' housekeeper as soon as she steps off the train!

Now, Tiffany, who is pretending to be Jennifer Fleming, finds herself living in the enemy camp, under the same roof as her fiance. All too soon she learns her intended is a handsome, sweet talking charmer whom she has to fight off because he can't keep his eyes--or his hands--off Jennifer. After Tiffany's charade is exposed she refuses to marry Hunter to end the feud. As Hunter goes about claiming his rightful bride-to-be, he knows that although he loves two women--proper, elegant Tiffany as well as spunky, passionate Jennifer--he has only one heart to win.

• ISBN10: 1476714266
• ISBN13: 9781476714264
• Publish Date: 11 June 2013
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Gallery
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 375
• Language: English

Reviews

[stacey_is_sassy]

Was that a sex scene...?

****3.5 Stars****

I liked One Heart to Win but it did make me roll my eyes a few times. The characters were a little shallow, the storyline a wee bit OTT and the love story was more of a... she's handy, he's handy... let's get it on. The narrator does a great job, though, which made it still a decent listen.

Warning - This next part of my review is a little spoilerish.

Funny story...I was listening and mostly paying attention when I came to this part of the story (not a word-for-word recounting, just what I remembered happening)

...forced proximity forces the hero and heroine to sleep in a barn together. The heroine, up until this point, had been rejecting the heroes advances. While the hero sleeps, she looks over to him, acknowledges his good looks and takes a thorough perusal of his body. While her eyes are wondering, a certain part of his anatomy changes. She knows all about it from her mother's explanations of what goes on in the marriage bed. His arousal gives her lusty, lusty thoughts and she practically jumps him. Kisses happen...then he separates himself from her.

Hmmm...I know this is an audio and sometimes my mind can wander and I can miss things but I had to listen to the above scene THREE times to work out whether they had done the deed or not.

This is a historical romance...where was all the -

- "How will you fit?"

- "The excruciating pain, I'm not sure I'll survive..."

- "I felt a tear as he pushed through my virginal barrier..."

- "Why would women do this more than once?"

- "Dear me, I could fall pregnant!!"

I guess this was probably more accurate than most *maidenheads being breached by thrusting manhoods* accountings but it was over too quickly. He was supposed to cradle her in his arms apologising for the pain he couldn't help but cause. She was supposed to reassure him that she'd be ok in a year or two...or alternately...berate him, and scream like a banshee *THAT SHE WOULD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!!*

Anyways, in the end it was all good. Everyone is happy, love is in the air, the mystery is solved and peace to all... hopefully I haven't done permanent damage with all my eye-rollings.

I'm not sure I will be back for more. One day I might have a hankering for a cowboy...