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To Have and To Hold: Sensual Western Historical Romance Kindle Edition

by Charlene Raddon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars (685)

A Woman Without Hope… Abandoned by fate, widow Tempest Whitney faces the grim reality of losing her Utah homestead, threatened by the same ruthless rancher who bought up her debts with a single ultimatum: leave or become his wife. But her despair deepens when a dark-haired stranger arrives, claiming to be her presumed dead husband...

A Man Without a Past... Wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Buck Maddux emerges after two harrowing years, driven by a dying man’s promise to find Tempest. Buck had no intention of staying in one place—until he saves Tempest from a forced marriage and an unexpected sense of protectiveness takes root. Drawn to her fiery spirit, Buck begins to long for a home, family, and love. But what does a wandering soul offer to a woman who’s lost everything?

The answer lies within the ancient, shadowed canyons of the Anasazi, where danger and fortune intersect, and a passion more valuable than gold awaits discovery...

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01DXM0BD2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Charlene Raddon
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.3 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 429 pages
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,976,884 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (685)

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Hello and welcome to my author page. Let me tell you a little about myself, as that seems to be the main purpose of this profile. Believe it or not, I began my fiction career in the third grade when I told my class that a little sister I never had died of a black widow bite. I also wrote books through my teen years, always about a girl whose mother mistreated her by making her wash dishes, sweep the floor... you get the idea. Never finished any of those stories. But the idea of writing a real book and publishing it never occurred to me. It was a particularly vivid dream that drove me to drag out a portable typewriter and go to work on my first novel. In 1990 my second completed book, Tender Touch, brought me a first place win in a writing contest and the following year became a Golden Heart Finalist. That won me an agent and a contract from Kensington who published five of my western historical romance novels. My books have placed or won in other contests as well. Forever Mine received a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award nomination. I've always loved the Old West and I believe my novels reflect that emotion through their depth and vibrancy. I am always working on a new story. I hope you try my books and enjoy them. Follow me here on my author page and on my website at https://charleneraddon.com & get a free book.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
685 global ratings

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Customers enjoy this romantic Western historical romance for its action-packed plot and well-developed characters with colorful drama. The book keeps readers engaged from start to finish, with one customer noting how it pulls them in from the very beginning. Customers praise the writing quality and emotional depth, with one review mentioning how it made them laugh and cry.
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26 customers mention content, 25 positive, 1 negative
Customers enjoy the book's content, particularly its action scenes and romantic elements, with one customer noting the rich sexual interludes.
This is a great read. Two people who find one another and think that love can never happen to them find out differently....Read more
To Have and To Hold : A Western Historical Romance is a good book that can be read as a stand alone. Thank You and Good Job!Read more
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I enjoyed this book, I like reading about the people traveling on wagon trains.Read more
25 customers mention story, 24 positive, 1 negative
Customers enjoy the story of the book, which flows well and has a satisfying ending, with one customer noting it is full of suspense.
This book made me laugh and cry. I loved the story and it had a great ending. I loved the way it was written.Read more
Incredible story of love, fighting and everything inbetween. Great story, while Tempest isn't my favorite heroine - Buck is one of the best and only...Read more
Nice story, with some real action. Well thought out and presented. Liked all the characters, good ones and the badRead more
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23 customers mention character development, 21 positive, 2 negative
Customers love the characters in the book, finding them colorful and well-developed, with one customer specifically praising the strong female character.
Great western romance story. Loved the characters. A bit slow at certain parts, but loved the story so much, did not want to put it down.Read more
...It was hard to put down. Plus, it wasn't gooey sweet. A lot of likable characters along with a really nasty villain.Read more
Nice plot and character development. Setting was a bit unusual but could be realistic for that time....Read more
...Story flowed well and was very romantic and characters were strong and gentle, loving and sexy with hearts of gold.Read more
14 customers mention engaging, 14 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book engaging, keeping their interest from beginning to end and describing it as one of the most enjoyable reads, with one customer noting how it pulls readers in from the very start.
Good read..Read more
Exciting and well written. Excellent research gives this story a solid foundation and is often as interesting as the story itself....Read more
...A most enjoyable read.Read more
A cute story, raw emotions. Characters to fall in love with. Suspense, heat, romance, family, innocence, ugliness, betrayal, survival, love, trust....Read more
7 customers mention romance, 6 positive, 1 negative
Customers enjoy the romance in the book, describing it as very romantic, with one customer particularly appreciating the wonderful main couple.
...heat, romance, family, innocence, ugliness, betrayal, survival, love, trust. Everything you want in a romance is here.Read more
...Story flowed well and was very romantic and characters were strong and gentle, loving and sexy with hearts of gold.Read more
...Along with a wonderful main couple whose attraction grows slowly from allies to friendship to lovers, there's a wonderful cast of colorful secondary...Read more
...Setting was a bit unusual but could be realistic for that time. Loved little Angel, she gave life to this story....Read more
7 customers mention writing quality, 7 positive, 0 negative
Customers praise the writing quality of the book.
Well written, good characterization, storyline is complex but interesting. Love the children. Light lovemaking for a clean story. Mostly kissing.Read more
...I loved the story and it had a great ending. I loved the way it was written.Read more
Loved this book A REALLY good writer Held my attention all the way The kids seemed very real. Thank youRead more
Amazing writing, good story line fun likeable nutty main characters with plenty of solid supporting characters....Read more
6 customers mention emotional, 6 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book emotionally engaging, with one mentioning it made them laugh and cry, while another notes how it never lets go of your heart.
This book made me laugh and cry. I loved the story and it had a great ending. I loved the way it was written.Read more
I usually don't much care for western novels, but this one grabbed me from the beginning....Read more
A cute story, raw emotions. Characters to fall in love with. Suspense, heat, romance, family, innocence, ugliness, betrayal, survival, love, trust....Read more
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Top reviews from the United States

  • Shirl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Intense Western Romance Adventure
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2013
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    This was a well written intense story that you could feel every emotion in the relationship between Tempest and Buck with their growing relationship that was so much like real life with their feelings of lust, trust, fear and trying to hide their love from themselves and each other.
    Buck, all male in every way.Tempest a strong willed woman full of love and need for Buck who made her feel alive. Jonas who you hated for being a cruel pathetic type of man that loves to beat up on woman and is a disgrace to his heritage.
    The story was so real with good and bad emotions that you would feel in real life back then. The adventure in the last half of the book was so intense that I thought I was watching a movie instead of reading words. I highly recommend this western romance with growing intensity and adventure.Great writing and Great read.
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  • GiGi
    4.0 out of 5 stars To Have and To Hold
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
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    Nice plot and character development. Setting was a bit unusual but could be realistic for that time. Loved little Angel, she gave life to this story. Some parts drug a bit, like waiting for some something-action, change, or further growth. Loved the ending.
    I would read her next book later this year. /Stephanie
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  • J. Faltys
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking Yet Heartwarming Historical Read With a Memorable Cast of Characters
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2013
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    To Have and To Hold is the kind of story that pulls you in from the very start and never lets go of your heart. Ms. Raddon has turned back the clock and immersed us in a rugged historical town full of colorful characters, a hero and heroine drawn together in the most unexpected way, and a villain truly worthy of the title.

    Tempest Whitney has no need for a man in her life as all they've ever brought her is pain. From a dead ex-husband who left her with nothing while he ran off to make his fortune, to the town's richest man who sees women as his playthings and doesn't take no for an answer, to a ruggedly sexy man carrying demons of his own who swore an oath to help her. She has two children relying on her to keep them safe as well as a drunken father who takes any extra bit of money from her. She's tired, lonely, and running out of options on how to pay off the debt she owes the disgusting and villainous Jonas Creedy. On the day her debts are do she's forced to the altar opposite Creedy knowing the pain to come when a most unlikely savior arrives in the form of Buck Maddux claiming to be her long dead husband. Their early interactions are volatile as she's still distrustful of him and he wants to keep his heart locked away from the sense of family and acceptance she and her kids represent. Tempest is a tough woman who hides her fears behind a facade of belligerence and smart alecky remarks. She fights her attraction to Buck but it's hard to ignore the loving gestures and care he shows her and her children, a longing for a real family that's always been denied her is what he unknowingly offers her.

    Buck considers himself a loner, a man unworthy of happiness because of a cruel twist of fate when he was younger. A recent stint in jail has him further questioning his reliability and right to claim someone as good and special as Tempest. But the more time they spend together the more he can't deny the joy and happiness they bring one another. He feels selfish wanting to claim her but she offers him understanding and acceptance from the grief he carries and he'll ultimately put his life on the line for her to prove his worthiness.

    Along with a wonderful main couple whose attraction grows slowly from allies to friendship to lovers, there's a wonderful cast of colorful secondary characters who add some heartache and heartwarming moments to this picture of small town living. From the hookers with a heart of gold to an old one-eyed woman who talks to her dead husband to a giant Swede looking for his own special someone it's easy to become fully immersed in this story as you root for so many HEAs. These unlikely allies work together to end the plans of the truly vile and nasty Jonas who I wished death upon every moment he was on the page!

    This is a story that makes you laugh with its witty banter between the protagonists while breaking your heart over the pain these two kind yet hardhearted people have had to endure. The sexual interludes are a rich reward after witnessing their slowly evolving relationship full of sexual tension. There's a definitive and immensely satisfying HEA that still allows an opening for another story branching off this heartfelt world thanks to a missing relative of Buck's. Ms. Raddon's writing style transported me back in time to a memorable place and time and I look forward to the heartbreaking journey she'll take us on next.
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  • Sheila Huntington
    5.0 out of 5 stars A really good story.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2017
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    I liked the story a lot. The author does a really good job of showing the growing relationship between the two main characters. The writing is very good and the characters are well drawn. The plot has a lot of twists and turns that keep your interest throughout. I give it five stars. SHEILA HUNTINGTON, author of JADE and MORNING GLORY WOMAN.
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  • Terri D
    3.0 out of 5 stars Struggles of the times
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021
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    This was a good book with lots of hardship for Tempest. You got to feel the terrible way some women were treated during this time and how difficult life was for them. I really felt for Buck and all he had suffered during his life. There were interesting side characters and the story was good. I enjoyed it.
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  • Julia M McMinn
    4.0 out of 5 stars To Have and to Hold
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2017
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    I mostly enjoyed the book To Have and To Hold. It was a nice romance story at times with a wild western background. I loved the descriptions of the countryside. Some graphic details of sex between Temptest and Buck was not necessary and was boring. . The evilness of the half breed was at times hard to believe and I hated that character. The book ended well.
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  • I. Kohn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
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    I haven’t read a book of this author that I didn’t like. Laughter, tears, emotions overflowing is what you,ll get while reading the story of Buck And Tempest. And Angel, oh my, so precious. I felt like I was right there in story.

    FYI “Taming Jenna” was the first book, and my favorite so far that got me hooked Charlene Raddon. Her stories are full of excitement and emotion.
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  • Shari
    5.0 out of 5 stars I am so glad I read it!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2017
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    Tempest Whitney is scratching out a living and barely managing that. She feeds her kids, but just that and any money she could get her father drinks away. The local bully intends to force her into marriage. Buck Maddux, the man who put her husband out of his misery as he lay dying, fulfills his promise to a dying man and comes calling to check on Tempest and the children. In no time, their lives are entangled as he tries to keep his promise by saving her from a forced marriage and from penury. No quick read, this novel is layers of fully developed characterization of all the players and seeing how they have been shaped by life and how they intersect into each other's baggage laden lives. I am so glad I read it!
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  • Josephine
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome story
    Reviewed in Australia on March 4, 2017
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    This story kept me on the edge of my seat and I simply could not put it down until I had finished it at 1.30 in the morning.
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  • Red
    5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2019
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    This story flowed really well. The dialogue was witty and humerous at times. I liked the slow build up in the relationship between Buck and Tempest, but also the interaction between Buck and Tempest's 4 year old daughter Angel. Well worth a read.
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  • Mary Lawrence/MacKinley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Ok boy!
    Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2017
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    The story and characters are colorful, entertaining and exciting! WAY WAY TOO MUCH "STEAMY DREAMY" THOUGH!!!! When you have a great story and wonderful characters it's not necessary! Has a tendency to make the book "long-winded".! Otherwise VERY ENJOYABLE!!
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  • Li Taylor
    4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2017
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    Brilliant story couldn't put it down at all. Love the plot and characters especially the children. Fantastic romantic story highly recommended
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  • B. Stewart
    3.0 out of 5 stars To Have and to Hold
    Reviewed in Australia on March 16, 2018
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    Very disappointed with the language and the expletive comments about the sexual scenes. The story was good so there was no need for the other.
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