REVIEW: Wyoming Cowboy Justice by Nicole Helm

Wyoming Cowboy Justice by Nicole Helm: Holy shades of the Hatfield and McCoy feud! Only this feud is between the Carsons and the Delaneys in Bent, Wyoming. So how does it work when Deputy Sheriff Laurel Delaney is pretty sure that she needs to work with a Carson – Grady Carson, owner of the local bar, Rightful Claim? Why?

A distant cousin of Laurel’s, Jason Delaney is found shot dead in a field of a local ranch. Upon questioning the owner of the ranch Laurel discovers that Clint Danvers, half brother of Grady Carson, had his car break down by the ranch the previous night when the murder occurred. Clint asked the ranch owner to use his phone which placed him near the scene of the murder. According to the ranch owner no one else was seen in the vicinity that night. So Clint Danvers becomes a suspect in the murder of Jason Delaney. But Clint is just a teenager and Laurel doesn’t think he committed the murder. So she goes to see Grady to get his help to clear Clint. But this investigation just might get rather complicated – sparks are flying between Laurel and Grady, a mutual attraction. Too bad Carsons and Delaneys don’t get together. Will Laurel and Grady be the exception?

Wyoming Cowboy Justice is the first book in author Nicole Helm’s Carsons & Delaneys series. This series takes the reader to Bent, Wyoming where two families have been involved in a feud for many years. I found this feud to be a very interesting background for a romance story. A feud means that the hero and heroine, in this case Grady Carson and Laurel Delaney have to overcome family interference as well as the ups and downs of a budding relationship.

Nicole Helm has done a great job of writing three-dimesional characters who have the reader liking the good guys and not liking the bad guys. This is a super beginning to this series. I look forward to the next book in the series, Wyoming Cowboy Protection.
 

Book Info:

Publication: September 18th | Harlequin Intrigue | Carsons & Delaneys

Welcome to Bent, Wyoming Where the Wild West Never Died Resident bad boy and saloon owner Grady Carson knows his brother is not a murderer, and he’ll do anything to prove it. But partnering with Laurel Delaney? Worst idea ever. The beautiful by-the-book cop challenges him like no other. Bad family blood–and a killer at large–makes their attraction unthinkable. Dangerous. Reckless. How can they solve a crime to prevent a family war and then let forbidden love ignite it anew?Carsons & Delaneys