• The Shotgun Proposal

  • Heroes of Hays, Book 3
  • By: Barbara Goss
  • Narrated by: Becky Boyd
  • Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (41 ratings)

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The Shotgun Proposal

By: Barbara Goss
Narrated by: Becky Boyd
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Rance Balcomb finds himself facing a shotgun marriage situation to a woman who doesn't speak a word of English. He practically ignores Elsa until he sees his new wife with her hair down, wearing the new clothes he'd purchased, and he realizes he's married a beautiful woman. He soon discovers he has a rival for her affections and decides it's time to make their marriage real. Her own father, as well as her former love interest, have other ideas.

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Good cowboy romance

Barbara Goss touches on the subject of parental abuse by the father and shows clearly how the mother and the daughters feel and their reactions to this abuse.
The way this story has been written it is easy to imagine what it must have been like for Rance and Elsa to find themselves in a shotgun marriage situation where neither of them understood what the other was saying because they didn't speak the same language. They worked hard to overcome this barrier so that they could get to know each other and soon fell in love.
I loved the honesty and the working together and the gelling of the two main characters in this story and the support of friends and close family.
This audiobook version has a good narrator in Becky Boyd and I especially love her rendition of Elsa. She really comes across as being very innocent and quite cute..
I am very happy to recommend this story as a good, clear, cowboy romance and hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
The audiobook version was provided free of charge by the author and the above is my honest and unbiased review.

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Recommended for historical romance readers

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A story of overcoming a language barrier and cultural differences in an arranged marriage.
With these obstacles and even a murder plot, will love be able to keep the couple together? This is a love story not to miss, especially when being read by Becky Boyd. She does an excellent job with the accents. This is a story of love, intrigue and faith.

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Another Sweet Romance - Barbara Never Dissappoints

Another sweet romance with wonderful characters and a terrific story that swept me up from page one. Becky Boyd does a great job narrating this book, as well. Her characterizations are exactly what my imagination expected... not always easy to do, and she nails it! Keep 'em coming!

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very sweet!

I really enjoyed this clean and sweet romance. Elsa and Rance were a great couple - they took the time to get to know each other and I really appreciated the way their relationship developed. The narration was also good. I enjoyed this book and look forward to more from this author.

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Lots of Intrigue

What a beautiful story. Two people who can’t speak to each other get set-up to be caught in a comprising situation then have a shotgun wedding forced on them. She speaks only German, he speaks only English so can’t talk to each other at all, don’t.know each other, can this work? There’s a whole gamut of emotions in this book. This is a very well written book Barb Goss!

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Sweet and Clean Romance Adventure

Rance and Elsa find themselves in a forced marriage and neither of them can speak the other's language. Rance thinks the situation is hopeless, but determines to do his best to make it work. While Elsa also determines to learn English and be a good wife. In the meantime, there are others that are determined to undo it all. The dangers and threats follow Rance and Elsa. I really enjoyed the book. Hard to lay down!

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Great Read

The Shotgun Proposal (Heroes of Hays #3) was another great read by Barbara Goss. Rance Balcomb finds himself married to Elsa even though their married, he practically ignores her. Until he sees her with her hair down and new clothes. He finds out that someone else is trying to get her affection and he decides that it's time they make their marriage real. I really enjoyed Rance and Elsa's story and can't wait to read more by Barbara Goss.

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A Interesting Story . Also Great

I enjoyed this story because it was a little different. They had to learn how to understand each others English. it was a good story and it had a great narriater. I think you will enjoy this. If my review was any help will you please click the helpful link. Thank you

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Great story

I enjoyed this story. In the beginning, it wasn't a love match, but love did grow.

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The Shotgun Proposal

I really liked this book compared to her other books because the female character tries to make her marriage work even though both she and her husband never wanted to marry each other. She really tried, unlike her husband who just complained a lot instead of trying to learn her language. Even a few words would have worked until they can communicate with each other, but he didn't. I really didn't like him for this. People who marry their partner who is from a different culture take the time to learn from each other. She, the herione did all the work. He only learnt three words and that was it. But other then this it is a good book and I would recommend it.

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