Tucker's Claim

Hell's Eight Series, Book 3

By: Sarah McCarty

Narrated by: Lola Holiday

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Tucker McCade has known violence his whole life: orphaned in a massacre, abused as a "half-breed" child, trained as a ruthless Texas Ranger, he's learned the hard way that might makes right.

So even he is shocked when he falls for Sally Mae, a Quaker nurse. Unable to resist Tucker's charm, character and chiseled body, she throws herself into their torrid affair, indulging every one of her wildest sexual fantasies. Tuckerï¿¿ï¿¿s occupation, however, is the one thing about him she can't embrace. A staunch pacifist, Sally Mae can't understand how his strong, caressing hand can clench in fury or pull a trigger to take a life.

In this lawless land, Tucker knows you have to fight to survive. But when Sally Mae becomes pregnant, he's willing to do whatever it takes to have his family - including hanging up his guns.

Every night they spend together exploring new heights of ecstasy binds them ever closer, slowly erasing their differences...until the day Tucker's past comes calling, precipitating an explosive showdown between her faith, his promise, and the need for revenge.

©2009 Sarah McCarty (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

love the man

love the men in this series but this book can try your nerves. the book over all is good would have been great if the female lead did not talk the way she does with all those thes. what happen to words like you? other then that it was a good book. cant wait for the next one...just hope she talks normal.

Least favorite of the four!

Didn't like Tucker's Love interest. The Thee and Thy got really annoying really fast. Didn't like the narrarator either.

Very hot with a unique heroine and great hero

The narration was okay. Not as good as the narrator of Cain's Reckoning but much better than the Sam's Creed narrator.
The sex in this book was super hot, but there were elements I'm pretty sure weren't period appropriate (I don't want to give spoilers). It also surprised me that a Quaker woman was that uninhibited, but then I remembered that Quaker isn't the same as Amish or Mennonite. Still probably not super likely, but not as much.
I love how Sally Mae always stuck to her convictions about violence but also was never a doormat. She was generous and kind and gentle, but also loving and strong and firm in her convictions.
Tucker was super protective of Sally Mae and quietly makes sure she's taken care of. At the same time, he makes sure she knows that he values her and believes in her. The way he dealt with prejudice is probably different than what I'll see in Tracker and Shadow, and I'm interested to see how they manage it.
We got to see more of Bella and Sam from Sam's Creed quite a bit in this book, but they didn't detract from Tucker and Sally Mae, and there was more of Tracker (enough to know what's going to happen in the next book) and a little bit of Shadow, too. There was also a peek at Desi and Cain, although not much.
I liked this one a lot, although I think I liked Sam's Creed more.

Another Great Hell's Eight

If you could sum up Tucker's Claim in three words, what would they be?

ExcitingEntertainingExtraordinary

Who was your favorite character and why?

Tucker and Sally. Who would think a Quaker nurse would fall for a Mixed race wild man. Who hunts killers for a living. But their story is wonderful.

What does Lola Holiday bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She draws you into the book and actually makes you see the drama as it unfolds.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Hell's Eight Ride Again

Tucker’s Claim

The story & narration were good but the author didn’t get the plain speech right. Thee, thou, thy were all mixed up and she didn’t use the accompanying words like “art”, “dost”, “canst” etc. instead of “are”, “do”, “can”. I’m not saying I know Quaker grammar perfectly myself, but I have read the King James version of the bible & other historical fiction to be at least familiar with the sound & rhythm of it. It was very distracting to hear it spoken incorrectly. JMO, YMMV.

My least favorite in the series

What did you like best about Tucker's Claim? What did you like least?

Best: Tucker-a manly guy!
Least: The vocabulary and 'values' of Sally Mae

If you’ve listened to books by Sarah McCarty before, how does this one compare?

I have loved 4 of the 5 thus far...the incorrect use of old English (Thee, thou) was annoying - if you can get past that the listening is o.k.

What does Lola Holiday bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I enjoyed her performance, she does a great job -especially with the male characters.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, this would be NC-17 or rated X as there are erotic and mature audience themes.

Not My Favorite

I enjoyed Tucker but Sallie Mae was a twit at times. Sorry but she got on my nerves with the turn the other cheek during high point times. I felt like this book was missing what the first two book had. But I will continue with this series.

Good story BUT

Sarah McCartly didn't do her research on the usage of "thee" and "thou" it was very disturbing to the ear to hear it used incorrectly. Here are the correct examples.
Thee = I, Me
Thou - You, Your
Thy - My
Thine - Mine
So you can understand when she keeps saying thee, meaning thou it is frustrating to anyone who knows old English. Other wise the stories are much like her other ones. I had to agree with Ann in St. Louis, MO. Sarah McCartly should have done her homework.on Quakers.

Great Story weighed Down with Weirdness

I really liked the basic story here; a quaker widow and an Indian. A forbidden affair with some action and drama. What really pulled it down for me was the introduction of nipple clamps and other devices in this time period. It felt forced in the story and unrealistic for the setting. This could have been a hot steamy romance novel without those things as they just didn't ring true in a story about the old west and a quaker.

Claim Me

I think this book was very good. It is a story and the object is to put yourself in the place of the characters and enjoy the book. I love all three books so far. They are interesting and enjoyable. I do agree that the thee and thou stuff was something to get use to but as much as she uses it you get use to it.

The narrator did well enough and if you have any imagination it doesn't really matter because you can make the voices into what you want anyway.