Calder Pride



Author:  Janet Dailey
Publisher: Avon Books
Publish Date: 2007
Pages: 450
ISBN No.: 10-0060727233
Genre: Western
Sub Genre: Sensual Romance
Reader’s Annotation:
Calder Pride is the perfect combination of modern romance and a old-fashioned western.
Summary:
Chase Calder, patriarch of the Calder clan, still roams the land of Blue Moon, Montana as a large looming figure, despite the injury from a plane crash that left him with a serious limp. But even more devastating is the loss of his beloved wife, Maggie in the same accident. This chapter of the Calder saga opens with Cat Calder, daughter of Chase and Maggie, grief stricken over the death of her young fiance who was killed in a car accident. Vulnerable and emotionally spent, Cat's final evening in town while meant to be spent with close college friends, finds her  instead in the arms of a handsome, gray-eyed stranger. Cat gives birth, nine months later, to a healthy baby boy and raises him under the watchful eye of her powerful family.  Everything changes when Logan Echohawk, a lawman with those same arresting gray eyes arrives in Blue Moon, Montana. Logan has never forgotten the night he spent with the beautiful stranger, and it only takes one long look at the boy to know that the brief, passionate encounter had created a child. While Cat struggles to come to grips with Logan's appearance, an enemy's long-smouldering thirst for revenge flares to life, threatening Logan, Cat, and their beloved son. Logan's training as a lawman stands to be tested for he must save his family and ill Cat find a future with the lawman? 
Evaluation:
I am not a fan of western fiction so searching for a book in this genre took me longer than I wanted it to. I searched in bookstores and did not find a large selection to chose from except for the hard core westerns which if I tried reading I honestly do not think I would finish.  However, I had read of Janet Dailey's series in Genreflecting and decided it was worth a try and I was glad I did.  Dailey is an excellent writer and for a western romance she does fit the bill with this book.  I did not expect it to be sensual but it was a nice surprise.
Why I Would Include It:
In considering reading tastes across the board I am sure that as a reader's advisory librarian I would encounter someone, more than likely a female reader, looking for western fiction and maybe even like a bit of a romance tossed in.  So with that, Janet Dailey's Calder series would be an excellent recommendation for an enjoyable read on a warm, sunny day at the beach or in a backyard in a favorite hammock.
Rating: 4
Read Alikes:  The Calder Range, Stands a Calder Man, Calder Pride and Calder Promise are but a few in Dailey's Calder series.