The Outlaws: Rafe (Outlaws)

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Summary: Another Keeper From Connie Mason!
Review: An outlaw about to meet his maker and an angel on the run - Rafe Gentry and Angela Abbot soon find themselves bound by a marriage of convenience. Angela, left with a sizeable inheritance and partial ownership of a gold mine in Colorado, heads west to escape her greedy step-father turned guardian and the equally greedy man he has selected to be her husband. Rafe, charged with crimes he didn't commit, plays along with Angela's claim that he is her fiancé in an attempt to save him from hanging. Together, Angela and Rafe must turn their marriage of convenience into one of love, but first they must discover the truth and prove Rafe's innocence before the law catches up with them. But will their quest for the truth leave them both dead?

"The Outlaws: Rafe" is a brilliantly written and captivating page-turner filled with delightful characters. The first of a 3 part series, I'll be eagerly awaiting Jess's and Sam's stories in the coming months. I'll gladly give up a night's sleep for a Connie Mason novel. This is one for the keeper shelf!

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Summary: What a great book
Review: I have read close to all Connie Mason's books and "The Outlaw Rafe" is by far one of the best. The books touches on emotions and feelings from the main characters and makes you feel like it happened in front of you. Rafe learns that he needs to be able to trust others. Angela learns that not everyone is as though they seem. This book was great. I read it in one weekend.

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Summary: A winner!
Review: Rafe Gentry and his two brothers, Jess and Sam, were wrongly accused of bank robbery. Pursued by a posse, the three Gentry brothers quickly packed a few items from home and split up, each riding off into different directions. On the exact date next year they were to meet at the Antlers Hotel in Denver.

This book is Rafe's story. He came upon a stagecoach robbery. He frightened off the outlaws, but the five people on the coach were already dead. Cowboys from a nearby ranch showed up and took Rafe to jail.

Sister Angela Abbot's mother died, leaving her to the whim of her mean stepfather, Desmond Kent. Just afterward, her real father's letter arrived, forwarded by his lawyer. Simon Abbot had left half of his gold mine to Angela and told her that if he suddenly died she was to suspect his partner, Brady Baxter. Sure enough, Simon died shortly later. Brady offered to buy out Angela's half and she refused. Meanwhile, Kent decided Angela would marry Anson Chandler. He and Chandler planned to split the inheritance. Instead of meekly marrying, Angela slipped away to check out the mine and see if her father was really murdered.

In Ordway, Colorado she found Rafe Gentry about to be hanged by a lynch mob. She reacted instinctively and announced to everyone that he was her fiancé. Once married, the two had Kent, Chandler, and the law hot on their tails.

Connie Mason will hit the New York Times Bestseller's list again with this one! If Jess and Sam's stories are even a fraction as good as this one, then I do not know how I will wait. It oozes with problems and has enough romance to melt the iciest of hearts! Highly recommended reading!