The Boden Birthright (The Cimarron Legacy #0.5) by Mary Connealy -- Review

About the Book

After the death of his wife, prosperous businessman Chance Boden heads west along the Santa Fe Trail with his son to escape the powerful, controlling hands of his in-laws. He has plans to establish his own ranch, but instead he finds work with Frank Chastain, owner of a vast amount of land.

Chance doesn't want to work for anyone, but Frank's beautiful daughter gives him reason to delay buying his own holdings. With winter coming, no home in which to live, and Veronica's offer to care for young Cole while Chance learns the ways of successful ranching in the desert, Chance has little choice but to accept the Chastains' offer to stay on.

When Frank is attacked, his dying wish is that Chance marry his daughter, but after dealing with his in-laws, Chance isn't going to let anyone come between him and his son. Then Frank's precarious hold on the land he received as part of an old Spanish Land Grant forces Frank to make a desperate choice to save Veronica's inheritance--and also gives the men who attacked Frank reason to come after him.

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About the Author

Mary Connealy writes romantic comedy with cowboys always with a strong suspense thread. She is a two time Carol Award winner, and a Rita, Christy and Inspirational Reader's Choice finalist. 
She is the bestselling author of 48 books and novellas. 
Her most recent three book series are: Cimarron Legacy, Wild at Heart, Trouble in Texas, Kincaid Bride for Bethany House Publishing. She’s also written four other series for Barbour Publishing and many novellas and several stand-alone books for multiple publishers. 
Mary will be a published author for ten years in 2017 with nearly a million books in print. She has a degree in broadcast communications with an emphasis in journalism and has worked at her local newspaper.

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Review

The Boden Birthright is a prequel novella to The Cimarron Legacy series.  It explains the details of how the Boden sibling’s parents came to be together and became the owner of The Cimarron Ranch.  It is a fun and engaging novella that readers will be sure to enjoy.  I would highly recommend reading this novella before delving into the series, although it is not necessary to do so.
 
Series: The Cimarron Legacy
Genre: historical, western, romance, Christian
Publisher: Bethany House
Publication date: May 3, 2016
Number of pages: 72
 
Content Rating: PG
Book Rating: 5 stars

An e-copy of this novella purchased for review.  A review was not required and all views and opinions expressed are my own