[Review] One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey

One Heart to Win
Johanna Lindsey
June 11, 2013
Gallery Books


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Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love, but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother’s wishes, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her estranged father and his enemy’s eldest son, rancher Hunter Callahan. Once the Warrens and the Callahans are united by marriage, both clans will stop squabbling over a disputed strip of land. But in the chaos of a train robbery Tiffany seizes a golden opportunity: By assuming the identity of her father’s new housekeeper she can live with the father she never knew and assess his true character, as well as that of the neighboring cowboy to whom she is betrothed. But, too late, Tiffany discovers that the rivalry between the Warrens and the Callahans has escalated when the Callahans steal the Warrens’ “housekeeper” as soon as she steps off the train!

Now Tiffany, masquerading as Jennifer Fleming, finds herself living in the enemy camp, under the same roof as her fiancé. All too soon she learns her intended is a handsome, sweet-talking charmer whom she has to fight off because he can’t keep his eyes—or his hands—off Jennifer. After Tiffany’s charade is exposed, she refuses to marry Hunter, not even to end the hostilities between the families. How can she wed a man who is in love with another woman? As Hunter goes about claiming his rightful bride-to-be, he knows that although he loves two women— proper, elegant Tiffany as well as spunky, passionate Jennifer—he has only one heart to win.

I love Johanna Lindsey books but she is kind of hit or miss. One Heart to Win was one that for me was just eh. I thought the story was kind of cheesy. The story moved fast but at the same time felt a little rush.

The story follows Tiffany who is being sent to Montana to marry a man she has never met. Marrying this man will end a feud between her family and the neighbors. She agrees to go meet him. Then somehow gets mistaken for the housekeeper. She doesn't correct the family of the man she is supposed to marry. This way she can get to know Hunter under the guise of Jennifer. They fall in love, the only problem is if Hunter will still love her when he finds out she is Tiffany, the stranger he has been betrothed to since birth.

Like I said I liked the book but didn't love it. It was a quick read and I finished it in one night. I don't think I will reread this one over and over. I can't explain, but it felt like something was missing. Maybe because there was too much going on with feuding, blackmail, and falling in love. When the scene between Jennifer and Hunter finally happened it felt anticlimactic and I was asking myself, "That was it?" I am a sucker for happy endings and true love conquering all, and that is what kept me going to the end. In conclusion I give this book three laser pistols, not bad but there are better Johanna Lindsey novels.