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    • Pub. Date: April 2003
    • 384pp

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      • Pub. Date: April 2003
      • Publisher: Harlequin
      • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 384pp

      Synopsis

      When she was good, she was very, very good. And when she was bad, she was . . .

      She looks like an angel, acts like a vixen and sings like an alley cat.

      Marietta Stone had big dreams -- to sing opera, to be famous, to see the world. And if her rich gentleman benefactor was a tad over protective, well, it was a small price to pay. She had a glorious future ahead.

      But it did not include being kidnapped by Cole Heflin, who seemed to be the only man on earth she couldn't wrap around her delicate finger. He was a ruthless, conniving scoundrel who'd literally been unstrung from the gallows and paid to bring her back to the one place she'd vowed never to set foot again -- home.

      Cole had never met a woman he didn't like, nor one he wasn't happy to love. Until now. Sure, Marietta was a little wildcat who drove him crazy with desire, but he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of knowing it. They had a lot of miles to cross on the way back to Texas, with her benefactor's hired gunmen on their trail and a dangerous frontier ahead. But the trip home was not nearly as dangerous as the temptation naughty Marietta inspired . . .

      Publishers Weekly

      The bare-bones plot and stock characters in Nan Ryan's overwrought western romance, Naughty Marietta, provide a weak framework for the book's explicit sex scenes and rip-roaring action sequences. Controlling Cole Heflin and aspiring singer Marietta Stone are thrown together when Marietta's estranged, dying grandfather hires Cole to bring her to Texas. Naturally, complications ensue. In between sex and shouting matches, Cole and Marietta square off against a thug named Lightnin', a band of bloodthirsty Comanches and a herd of stampeding buffalo. Marietta loses her heart to Cole, but he, believing she's a gold-digging whore, doesn't profess his love until he learns she was a virgin when they met. Even fans of alpha males may be put off by Cole, and Marietta's easy acceptance of his many flaws seems out of character. Still, Ryan's speedy erotic escapade delivers the sexual and emotional highs her fans have come to expect. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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      I loved it!by Anonymous

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      April 17, 2003: I thought that this was a wonderful story! It was a very romantic and passionate story. It's a book that you couldn't put down. This is the second book that I have read by Nan Ryan and I will definitely read more. I love the historic western romances and it's very hard to find these types of books. I am so glad there is someone who can write such sensual westerns.

      fun western romanceby harstan

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      February 14, 2003: In 1872 Galveston, Texas, septuagenarian Maxwell Lacey nears death but needs to right the wrong he committed when he tossed his pregnant unmarried daughter from their home twenty-five years ago. Maxwell cannot do anything for his deceased daughter, but wants to see his granddaughter Marietta Stone before he dies. Only her poster as a diva in the Central City, Colorado opera house keeps him alive. Maxwell uses his wealth and influence to save former confederate officer Cole Heflin from the gallows. Cole agrees to bring Marietta to Maxwell in exchange for $10,000 that the pardoned felon will provide to the widowed mother and sister of a deceased friend. In Central City Cole attends the opera where Marietta performs. He is stunned by her beauty, but shocked when she sings in front of the packed house because her voice stinks. Cole learns that a middle-aged patron sponsors Marietta and three of his henchmen guard her around the clock. Cole abducts Marietta from underneath the protection of her local patron. As she tries every trick, including seduction, to gain her freedom, he safely takes her past her patron?s chasing guards, Comanche, mountain men, and buffalo. On the trail they fall in love but she resents his forcing her to see her detestable grandfather. This is a fun western romance that is loaded with non-stop action though Marietta?s protectors seem a bit too pathetic. The story line is absolutely superb when Marietta and Cole battle one other for control of a relationship that changes from captive to forever love (no Stockholm syndrome with this couple). Sub-genre fans will have a good time reading NAUGHTY MARIETTA. Harriet Klausner