NELLIE'S REDEMPTION by Sylvia McDaniel

Title:  NELLIE'S REDEMPTION 
Series:  Bad Girls of the West #4
Author:  Sylvia McDaniel
Publisher:  Sylvia McDaniel
Publish Date:   09.24.2021
Category /Genre:  Historical Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect
Received from:  Sylvia McDaniel (as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Nellie Redemption
Date completed: 09.21.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
Can the Bad Girl be Tamed?
Nellie Robinson’s sharp tongue and scheming ways have done more harm to the debutantes in Fort Worth, Texas, than even the newspaper's scandal-loving social columnist. But when Prince Randolph Schmidt comes to town, she is determined to become his princess. But not everything is as it seems.
 
Pinkerton agent Daniel McClintock is no Prince Charming, but neither is shyster Randolph Schmidt who cons women into believing he will take them to his kingdom to be his queen. Looks like he’s found his next mark—Nellie Robinson. When Schmidt leaves town with her trust fund, Daniel goes after him.
 
When Nellie becomes a one-woman posse determined to get revenge and her money back, she finds herself in danger as she tangles with a man who wants her heart and one who wants her dead.
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NELLIE'S REDEMPTION  is the fourth book in the Bad Girls of the West series.  If you haven’t read any other books in the series this will stand on its own, but you won’t “get” some of the inside jokes – like the fact that Nellie CAN swim… very well.  I didn’t find that out until I read the teaser for one of the other books that is offered after reading Nellie and Daniel’s story.
 
So, not knowing Nellie, I didn’t know how much redemption she needed.  All I knew was what was presented in this story.  To me she was a spoiled, selfish, stuck-up, princess with a huge chip on her shoulder for no apparent reason.
 
Daniel is immediately likeable.  He sees through the tantrums to the hurt person underneath Nellie’s bravado.  He is patient.  Remember that I said she had no APPARENT reason.  He doesn’t rush her.  He becomes her friend.  He gains her trust and learns the reason for that chip that lead to the walls she built.
 
Redemption it turns out is what both Nellie and Daniel need in their own hearts.  Trust in each other is the balm that provides it.
 
I loved this story and I am glad I didn’t know the mean girl before I met her on the trail to San Antonio.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Bad Girls of the West Series:
1.      Scandalous Sadie
2.      Ravenous Rose
3.      Tempting Tessa
4.      Nellie’s Redemption
Also from Sylvia McDaniel:
·         A Brother’s Betrayal (Mail Order Bride Tales #1)
·         Ginger (Angel Creek Christmas Brides #11)
·         Katie:  Bride of Virginia (American Brides #1)
·         Love Across Time
·         My Sister’s Boyfriend
·         Quinlan’s Quest (The Alphabet Mail Order Brides #17)
·         The Relationship Coach
·         The Reluctant Santa
·         A Scarlet Bride
·         Secrets, Lies, & Online Dating
·         The Unlucky Bride (Bride, TX #2)
·         The Wanted Bride
Burnett Brides Series:
1.      The Rancher Takes a Bride
2.      The Outlaw Takes a Bride
3.      The Marshal Takes a Bride
4.      The Christmas Bride
Cuvier Women Series:
1.      Wronged
2.      Betrayed
3.      Beguiled
Debutantes of Durango Series:
1.      The Debutante’s Gamble
2.      The Debutante’s Revenge
3.      The Debutante’s Scandal
Lipstick & Lead Series:
1.      Desperate
2.      Deadly
3.      Dangerous
4.      Daring
5.      Determined
6.      Deceived
Lipstick & Lead 2.0 Series:
1.      Nailing the Hit Man
2.      Nailing the Billionaire
3.      Nailing the Single Dad
Magic Mirror Series:
1.      Touch of Decadence
2.      Touch of Deceit
Racy Reunions Series:
1.      Paying for the Past
2.      Her Christmas Lie
3.      Cupid’s Revenge
Return to Cupid, TX series:
1.      Cupid Stupid
2.      Cupid Scores
3.      Cupid’s Dance
3.1  Resisting Cupid
3.2  Cupid’s Revenge
4.      Cupid Help Me!
5.      Cupid Cures
6.      Cupid’s Heart
7.      Cupid Santa
8.      Cupid’s Second Chance
9.      Cupid Charmer
10.  Cupid Crazy
Scandalous Suffragettes of the West Series:
1.      Abigail
2.      Bella
3.      Callie
4.      Faith
5.      Mistletoe Scandal
Western Historicals:
1.      A Hero’s Heart
2.      Ace’s Bride
3.      Second Chance Cowboy
4.      Ethan
 

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