"Humorous, sexy and a delightful read!"

I've just discovered a new star of western romance and her name is Delores Fossen. Her book SADDLED is humorous, sexy and altogether a delightful read. I highly recommend this debut book. I'm certain it will not disappoint.

Abilene "Abbie" Donegan is her father's only legitimate child and heir. Her father was quite prolific during his long life and had lots of illegitimate children. Now that he's deceased, Abbie, being the oldest, feels like she is responsible for all of her father's children. So she scouts around and like a brood hen, gathers all of her father's illegitimate children to her so she can do right by them. It's just amazing how many illegitimate children her father actually has. Abbie is also headstrong, stubborn and extremely bossy. She meets her match when she propositions Rio McCaine with a deal he just can't refuse. She just doesn't let him in on a few minor details.

Rio is also headstrong, stubborn and extremely bossy. He is quite intrigued by Abbie from the first moment he lays eyes on her and butts heads with her. He finds the longer he gets to know Abbie the more stubborn and the bossier she gets. She's definitely met her match with Rio! When Abbie comes to Rio with a way for him to save his family ranch from his brother's wasteful hands and get it back into Rio's name so he can make something of it, there's no way Rio can tell Abbie no. He just has to do a couple of minor things for Abbie. Rio knows all about being illegitimate since he was illegitimate himself. When Rio finds out about all the lies Abbie has told, he's none too happy with her but surely things will work out in the end.

I absolutely howled with laughter throughout this whole book. Some of the scrapes that Abbie gets into are just too much but what's even funnier is how she gets out of these same scrapes. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every page and eagerly look forward to more of Delores Fossen's books.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted July 23, 2004