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出版社周刊评论
McKinney ( Lions and Lace ) delivers plenty of strong frontier flavor in this melodramatic but entertaining historical romance, her hardcover debut. In the 1880s, New Yorker Christabel Van Alen, falsely convicted of the murder of her wealthy, illustrious parents, escapes from an asylum for the criminally insane and flees to Wyoming territory. The real killer, she knows, is her dastardly, mustache-twirling uncle, and she is more afraid of him than of the law, sure that only her death will leave him satisfied. Enter a gang of brutal thieves, who waylay a stagecoach and take Christabel hostage. Christabel is attracted to the outlaws' unacknowledged leader, handsome Macauley Cain, but when he turns out to be an undercover U.S. marshal, she fears he will despise her if he learns of her past. She runs away again, this time becoming a dance-hall girl in a frontier town. Of course Macauley finds her, but so does an assassin sent by her uncle. The bodice-ripping grows tiresome and the plot creaks at times, but all the ingredients for light diversion are solidly in place. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
Historical-romancer McKinney sets her sixth novel--but first hardcover--on the Western frontier circa 1875. Beautiful, blond, and only 19, Christabel Van Alen is a dispossessed heiress who's been on the run ever since her escape from the asylum, where she was sent when wrongly accused of her parents' murder. Her plan is to save enough money to hire a lawyer and bring her wicked uncle--the true villain--to justice. But while traveling west, Christabel's carriage is hijacked by a band of outlaws and she becomes the property of the notorious gunslinger Macauley Cain. There's an immediate attraction, of course, between Christabel and Cain, and though Christabel tries to resist his moody, brooding appeal, she finds herself increasingly drawn to her captor. What she doesn't know is that Cain is actually an undercover agent working to capture the very gang he has infiltrated. When she finds out, she's horrified that, once Cain discovers her secret, he'll turn her over to the authorities. So Christabel flees to the town of Noble, where she sells dances and fends off the advances of cowboys as she painstakingly sets aside her pennies in the hope of one day clearing her name. Macauley Cain tracks her down, however, and won't leave her alone until he's unraveled the mystery of her troubled past. Christabel must decide whether she can trust the man who has the power to send her to the gallows for a crime she did not commit.... The early chapters of Christabel in captivity hold some titillation, but finally the plot contrivances leave one feeling more manipulated than swept along by the romance.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
McKinney's romance set in the Wild West is a pleasant alternative to the bountiful supply of Regency fare. Her heroine, Christal, a fugitive disguised as a widow, is traveling aboard a stage coach when it is hijacked. All of the passengers are held prisoner until a ransom is paid by the stage company. During her captivity, Christal is protected and mesmerized by one none-too-gentle outlaw, who turns out to be a marshal, also in disguise. Even though she has fallen in love, Christal runs from her lawman after the rescue, because her face and the rose figure scarred into her hand are on a wanted poster from New York. The marshal's pursuit and Christal's stubborn defiance, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Wyoming, result in a love story riddled with danger, suspense, and, of course, a blissful climax. ~--Denise Perry Donavin