From Booklist
In St. Louis in 1875, Phoebe Hightower has been reduced to stealing food and to burning the family furniture to keep warm. Then she inherits half of a run-down hotel in Rimshot, Nevada. Riley Burnett owns the other half. He has just turned in his U.S. marshal badge and moved to town to take care of his three-year-old motherless daughter. Riley doesn't know the first thing about children; he can't even brush his daughter's hair. Then Phoebe shows up and makes him feel even more inadequate. They work together, begrudgingly at first, getting the hotel in shape; then, along the way, they discover the meaning of family and of love. Kane's cozy romance may seem a bit contrived toward the end, but it is full of tender emotions and a touch of magic. Ann Bouricius
Review
"Kane [has a] remarkable talent for unusual, poignant plots and captivating characters."--Publishers Weekly
"Ms. Kane creates all her characters with care and surrounds them with action, great dialogue and strong feelings of love."--Rendezvous
"Ms. Kane writes beautiful stories that will live in the heart forever."--Bell, Book and Candle
"Ms. Kane creates all her characters with care and surrounds them with action, great dialogue and strong feelings of love."--Rendezvous
"Ms. Kane writes beautiful stories that will live in the heart forever."--Bell, Book and Candle
Book Description
Be careful what you wish for...
Phoebe Hightower is flat broke, burning furniture to survive the St. Louis winter. Cold and desperate, she doesn't pay much heed to the mysterious stranger who grants her four wishes for saving his life. Until she idly wishes to be someplace warm. Overnight she inherits a saloon in the desert boomtown of Rimshot, Nevada.
Unfortunately, even wishes have a price. She's also inherited a partner. Riley Burnett is an ex-Federal Marshal with a chip on his shoulder, a stubborn streak as wide as Phoebe's, and a three-year-old daughter.
As her feelings for Riley heat up, Phoebe suspects it will take more than simply magic to build a life with a man more familiar with Hell than Heaven. Still she does have three more wishes...
Phoebe Hightower is flat broke, burning furniture to survive the St. Louis winter. Cold and desperate, she doesn't pay much heed to the mysterious stranger who grants her four wishes for saving his life. Until she idly wishes to be someplace warm. Overnight she inherits a saloon in the desert boomtown of Rimshot, Nevada.
Unfortunately, even wishes have a price. She's also inherited a partner. Riley Burnett is an ex-Federal Marshal with a chip on his shoulder, a stubborn streak as wide as Phoebe's, and a three-year-old daughter.
As her feelings for Riley heat up, Phoebe suspects it will take more than simply magic to build a life with a man more familiar with Hell than Heaven. Still she does have three more wishes...
About the Author
Kathleen Kane lives in Southern California with her husband, two children and a Golden Retriever with delusions of grandeur. When Kathleen isn't writing, she's reading or watching her flowers die from overwatering or underwatering, she's not sure which.
She believes in romance and magic and the Good Fairy and Santa Claus and all the other extra-special things that make life so much fun.
She believes in romance and magic and the Good Fairy and Santa Claus and all the other extra-special things that make life so much fun.
