Mountain Laurel by Jude Deveraux

 

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This was the next book in my year-long mission to reread all of Jude Deveraux's books. 

Book Description

Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, popular with the men and their ladies. That was reason enough for a jealous, surly colonel to saddle Montgomery with a most peculiar assignment: to escort an opera singer into the Colorado gold fields.

Ring’s plan was to scare the little lady enough so that she’d hightail it for home. After all, a Civil War was brewing! But LaReina, The Singing Duchess—as Maddie was called—didn’t scare easily. And she didn’t intend to explain her reasons for coming West to any high and mighty soldier. Captain Montgomery might be smart enough to figure out that she was no European duchess, and gentleman enough not to take advantage of her. But he’d have to go on thinking she had some insane desire to sing opera to a bunch of ragtag miners—for she didn’t dare trust him with the truth

About Jude Deveraux

Jude Deveraux is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction featuring women of strong character and gorgeous, exciting men. Jude has had more than thirty books on the New York Times bestsellers list, 60 million copies in print, and has been translated into 18 languages. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading murder mysteries, working in her garden, and in boxing class, she likes to show much younger males that she can throw a mean right cross.

My Thoughts

If like me you are reading Jude's books about the Montgomery/Taggert family in chronological order, this would be the 9th book in the series. However, it can be read as a stand-alone book.

In this wonderful story, we meet the Montgomery in the family Ring. Ring is an honorable, steadfast man. He follows the rules. Everyone likes him because he is fair and knows how to lead. Every that is expect his new commanding officer. When a job comes up escorting an opera singer across the west Ring is sent to do so. Ring isn't happy so he tries to scare Maddie. One problem Maddies doesn't scare easily. 

Maddie is an opera singer hailed for being LaReina, The Singing Duchess. She is known for her voice across the world but what people don't know is she was raised in the wild west. So when Maddie sets out to rescue her sister Laurel she doesn't want to be hindered by Captain Montgomery. 

What I loved about this book was that Maddies was just as stubborn as Ring. They were perfect for each other because they were so alike. Raised in a large family but mostly on their own they are both lonely and searching for something. Together they find it but not without a lot of fighting, miscommunication, and let's not forget tricks like slipping drugs into the whisky. 

Once I started reading this book I remember how much I loved it and how Jude did a wonderful job describing the West as it once was wild and untamed. 

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