Seize Brazos Bride (Men Of Stone Mountain, #1) Penned By Caroline Clemmons Digital Copy

Montoya is slowly dying someone is poisoning her to get her ranch, She starts to stash food so she can eat food she knows is okay, As she starts to feel better she comes up with a plan, Micah Stone owns a ranch with his brothers, Hope summons Micah to the Judges house to talk to him, She doesn't let anyone know what she is doing, She asks Micah to marry her until they can solve this mystery, she will give him money and access to the water on her land, He thinks about it for awhile and he agrees, Sometimes, though we know what we want before we do, Micah has always been attracted to Hope, As they try to find the persons trying to hurt Hope, Micah's life also becomes dangerous, This is a great story about them and I know you will enjoy it, There is a little sex in this book so it isn't for all Fun read! Great for a quick break from grad school.
I am not always into Historical Western reads, that being said I really enjoyed this book,

The Stone brothers are delicious hero types, This is the story of the youngest brother Micah, He is just so sweet, don't let that fool you though, he is definitely a take charge kind of guy.
Thankfully, he is willing to let his lady make her own decisions about most things, just her safety isn't one of them.


Hope is very sweet most of the time and rather meek, She has a backbone of steel but tends to stay lowkey, I loved the way she mostly saved herself by marrying Micah, THE ladies always kid themselves into thinking they are marrying the hottie to foil the villain, but really they have serious feeling for him.
Sigh, classic trope but ya can't help but love it!

The supporting cast is terrific, the brothers are yummy and the aunts are such sweethearts! I hope we see them in the rest of the series! Great little bit of intrigue mixed into the romance.


The steam is rather light, the bedroom door is open, but just barely, Not full on erotic details but plenty of heat to make a gal sizzle, It has a very nice build to the consummation of the marriage,

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Valerie Gilbert, who does a great job, While the lead character has a Spanish accent it is not heavy handed, The narrator definitely kept the flavor of the accent but made it easy for listeners to understand every word, She has a great feel for the energy and pace of the book, everything moves along smoothly, Her read helps things keep moving even when there is a bit of a lull in the action,

This is a very sweet series, Sometimes I like to take a break from the hot and heavy to enjoy a nice romance, This book was a great break from my norm, I am eager to see each of the Stone men find his HEA! Mystery and romance go together, At least that is my opinion, I found a very good read with a good mixture both in Caroline Clemmons Brazos Bride,

This is a story of a young woman whose father has been murdered and now finds herself being poisoned.
She has no idea who it is, There are many suspects who might want Hope dead to inherit her ranch, Who can she turn to The very man that had been accused of murdering her father, Micah had been acquitted of the crime, but many people in town believe he is guilty, When he marries Hope as part of an arrangement to find out who is poisoning and to protect her, every tongue begins to wag.


Many believe she is imagining the poisoning because she is really sick, Then how do they explain gun shots directed at her How do they explain fires deliberately set It will take Micah and his brothers to protect Hope in order to keep her alive and find out who the wouldbe killer is.

Ms. Clemmons does an excellent job of bringing the reader a story that is believable and beautiful, You cant help but fall in love with the characters and want to embrace them,

I will say that I figured out part of who did it early in the book, but not the complete story.
Ms. Clemmons managed to keep me in the dark about many things, Im finding too many authors lately who are really testing my sixth reading sense, Congratulations.

There are a couple of intimate scenes in this books that are not overly graphic, I like to warn readers in case they do not like such scenes, If you dont, I would still recommend these books and lightly skip over these shorts scenes,

A great read and a good beach reading book,

Note: I purchased this book with my own funds,
I normally don't read this type book, But for some reason I decided to read it, And I am glad I did, It was a good book!! It's a love story between Micah and Hope, It's a story about Love, death and betrayal, Would I recommend this book to a friend Definitely! This is my first Caroline Clemmons book, and I found it to be a lot of fun.
Hope is stuck in a house where she has no control over her own property, Realizing that someone is trying to kill her, she seeks the only solution she knows, . get married. This will give her control over her own money and land, She convinces Micah Stone to marry her, Micah has been in love with Hope for a long time and does everything he can to protect her while trying to show her how great marriage to him will be.
Since she has the ability to send him away at any time, he does his best to show her love and happiness even during their most dangerous times.
With a few twists and turns, surprises and unsuspected villains, the story continues to throw you off, I loved meeting Micah's brothers, Joel and Zach and look forward to their stories as well,

Valerie Gilbert is an amazing narrator and gives us a wonderful performance for this audiobook, Have it in Audio
This blurb caught my eye and I had to get it and listen to it.
This was a great start to the series, And once I saw that Valerie was the narrator it was a double bonus, Valerie voice was clear , strong and all the parts were perfect

This is a listen about murder , mystery and a thriller.
The story was like a puzzle, that slowly the pieces were being revealed,

Hero is Mich, Heroine is Hope

Hope needs help but she doesnt know who to turn to, Hope knows that someone is out to murder her, Hope also knows that everything that has happened to her family someone was was involved, She now suspects that her mother was murdered through poison, . Her father was murdered but she now suspects from someone with a motive, Hope also suspects that shes slowing being

poisoned also, But why
She has nobody to turn to but for the man suspected with murdering her father,

Mich is the one suspected with murdering Hope father but he is acquitted but it takes the townspeople a lot to believe it.
. His cattle is dying of thirst, There is only one river and he knows he needs to go through Hope land, Mich is wondering how Hope will react, Mich gets a surprise when Hope answers him,

How does she answer him, Grab it and see. Do they find the culprit, Excellent

Brazos Bride by Caroline Clemons is bookof the series Men of Stone Mountain Texas.
This is an excellent story, It's well written, has mystery, intrigue, betrayal and love, The characters are believable. I didn't want to put it down until I was finished, Thanks Actually listened to this as an audio book,

This was a great story concept, I enjoyed the characters, the mystery of what was going on behind the scenes, and action to get to the bottom of it all.


The descriptions to details were done nicely, the characters were well written and easy to become emotionally attached to.
I didn't fall in love with the characters but I did really like them, The dialogue flowed nicely and the story line was well written,

Written as a multi pov,

Would I recommend this book Yes

Would I read more from this author Yes
Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her, but who She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered.
So she marries the man accused of killing her father, Micah as been free of the charges but some folks still believe him guilty,
He and his brothers will find the mad guy or gal all depends,
Liked story the secondary characters were fun,

I listened to the Audible version of this book with a,star rating.

"An okay story but inconsistent narration"

Brazos Bride: Men of Stone Mountain Bookwas an okay story but hard to follow with the narration being inconsistent.
It had the thought patterns of the characters in a normal voice and an occasional western accent, The Spanish sounded good part of the time but part of the time sounded Russian,

As far as the characters, they were good, especially Hope and Micah, The storyline was okay but seemed dragged out for eight hours with not a lot of excitement,

I think this book would've been so much better had it been edited down more and read in a normal voice minus the accents.
I like both the author and narrator and in fact love other books read by Valerie Gilbert,

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast.
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Desperate situations call for desperate measures so Hope Montoya makes Micah Stone an offer he cannot refuse, Someone is trying to kill Hope and she doesnt know who, Being the last in her line, the large family ranch is the best bet for motive but the list of potential profiteers is formidable.
A marriage arrangement, in name only, can hopefully afford her the security and freedom she so desperately desired, Micah, the owner of a neighbouring ranch has problems of his own, His ranch has no access to a dependable water supply and his herd is suffering, With a monetary remuneration and a sizeable land bridge connecting his ranch with the river, makes her offer too tempting to refuse.
Although the agreement leaves a bad taste in his mouth, he is in no position to decline her proposition, With the vague hope that their business agreement will become something more and make it into a real marriage with love and all the marital benefits.


This is a story that successfully combines mystery and romance in a historical north Texas setting, As an expatriate of the Lone Star State I may be considered a Texas aficionado, This is the first book of the Men of Stone Mountain series and if this story is any indication it will be a series that appeals to the masses.

.Stars

This is the first historical western romance I have read in a while, I use to only read historical romances, but then I branched out, . . I think it was after Jurassic Park the movie came out and I loved the it so much that I decided to read the book, then I started reading all kinds of genre's.
Anywhere from John Grisham to Suzanne Brockmann, When Twilight came out, I started reading Paranormal/Fantasy and now since The Hunger Games came out, I read a lot of Apocalyptic/Dystopian.
I'm rambling now so back to this book,

Brazos Bride made me realize I still really like historical romances, You always know there will be HEA at the end,

I had decided to give thisstars, until the ending, It was a little too corny for me, so I deducted a half a star, There were also a lot of "digital errors" in this book, especially towards the end, Slow read

I skipped pages to get through the book, . lots of repetition. . a good story told poorly, I wouldnt recommend.
Hope, the main female lead, thinks that someone is trying to kill her, is she paranoid or correct in her thinking
She needs help and someone to trust, next scene, enters Micah.

Micah, the male lead, has been secretly in love with Hope and surprised by her offer,
I liked Micah's character he was always there for Hope,
This book is a perfect blend of mystery and romance all rolled into one story

Valerie Gilbert did well with the narration.


Note:
"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast.
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Audiobook narration, Valerie Gilbert, ok
There are Spanish speaking characters and random Spanish words sprinkled through out and these characters are a little stilted, almost more like stereotypical Native Americans than Spanish or Mexican Americans.


Micah has had a mansized crush on Hope since the first time they met and when she asks him to enter into a marriage of convenience, he jumps on board, but this marriage turns into danger at every turn.


There are some entertaining secondary characters that whirl around our main couple of Hope and Micah as they annoy and enchant each other and slowly fall in love while trying to keep each other from being killed AND figure out who's trying to do the killing!

It's definitely an enjoyable listen with some Scooby Doo tossed in to keep you on your toes.


I received a copy of this audiobook free of charge from AudiobookBoom in exchange for an unbiased review Hope Montoya is being poisoned, but who would do that and why Her father was murdered and her mother succumbed from a "wasting disease" that Hope now thinks was also poison.
She must save herself, and save her ranchneither of which is easy when she's too weak to even walk,

Micah Stone has just been acquitted of Alfredo Montoya's shooting but the townspeople aren't buying it, His cattle are dying of thirst, and all that stands in the way of their survival is a pathway to the Brazos Riverstraight through Montoya land.
Imagine his surprise when Hope, the woman who has haunted his dreams since he danced with her at the fandango, comes to him with a business deal.
Can he save Hope, his cattle, and his dreams with his heart intact

Every time I read a Caroline Clemmons book, I think it can't be better than the last one, but she somehow manages to raise the bar with each story.
BRAZOS BRIDE is steeped in mystery and romance with a handsome cowboy, a savvy heroine, and a vile villain, I can hardly wait for Micah's brothers' stories! Note to Ms, Clemmons: write faster!.