The Lawman’s Surrender (Welcome to Burr #2)

I was immediately drawn in by the premise of this book. Unfortunately, the story didn’t bring out its full potential. The main characters had personalities but still seemed distant. It was like getting to know ‘about’ someone but not knowing them personally. I think that’s why I couldn’t get any sense of chemistry between Susannah and Jedidiah. They just spent a lot of time getting frustrated with each other.

I would not describe the plot as uneventful. However, I will say it was not exciting. Susannah and Jedidiah were in a serious situation, but there was only a small sense of danger, hence little tension. The events that occurred during the journey were underwhelming. Not at all like the adventure I was hoping for.

In 1882 in the Wyoming Territory, US Marshal Jedidiah Brown and Susannah Calhoun feel the attraction between them. That one kiss still lingers in both their minds. Yet he feels she is a conceited beautiful brat and she thinks he is a rude dude. However, without a look back or even a word, Jedidiah leaves town. Susannah feels relieved that her heart remains intact yet deep inside she knows his touch meant everything to her.
A year later in Silver Flats, Colorado, Susannah has an incident with her employer Brick Caldwell. He demands she warm his bed if she wants to continue as the lead singer in his opera house. After hitting him in the head, Susannah flees town. However, she is arrested for Brick’s murder. Insisting on her innocence, she learns someone killed Brick with a dinner knife. Jedidiah escorts Susannah to stand trial in Denver, but soon their growing love for each other demands he prove her innocence even as he must protect her from an unknown assailant wanting her dead.
THE LAWMAN’S SURRENDER is a humorous, warm, and exciting sequel that catches all the magic of the terrific first tale, DONOVAN’S BED. The story line never lets up as the audience gains a taste of frontier life and justice. Susannah and Jedidiah make a charming duet though at times the heroine’s struggle to overcome her beauty seems at odds with her strong, almost obstinate, independent nature. SW Western romance fans will appreciate Debra Mullins’ enticing tale that fully beguiles the audience.

Harriet Klausner

In this story of the Old West, we find Suzannah Calhoun at a dance given by her sister and her husband. She meets U.S. Marshall Jedidiah Brown. Sparks fly between them, but neither of them seems too keen on each other. I must say that the first few pages of this book almost made me put it down without reading it. I was not impressed with the standard romance descriptions of the two persons, Susanna and Jedidiah (sinewy arms, strong, aristocratic cheekbones, sun-streaked tawny hair and sun-darkened skin, etc.) I really hoped that these clich-type phrases were not going to be prevalent throughout the book. I was pleasantly surprised as I read further. I was not subjected to this schmaltzy rhetoric throughout the rest of the text.

Susannah seems to get herself into a lot of trouble, the worst being charged with the murder of her boss, who was not a nice man. Of course she had been seen with him and from there the story takes off. Susannah’s sister and husband seek out Marshall Brown to escort Susannah to Denver to be tried for them murder of this man, whose brother is a U.S. senator. The senator is determined to see Susannah hanged for killing his nephew. She is not guilty, but is still pursued by the decedent’s brother who just wants to hang Susannah and get it over with and not waiting for a trial.

Along the way, Jedidiah tries to keep Susannah from harm and deliver her safely to the Marshall in Denver to await trial for murder. The escapades along the way form the remainder of this story and bring lots of interesting dialogue to the characters. Of course, they fall in love and it remains to be seen whether or not we end up reading about a wedding or a hanging.

I think you will like this book despite the shaky (to my mind) beginning. I would recommend this book to all.

If you’re going on the run, be sure to take someone like Jedidiah Brown with you. In this sequel to Debra Mullins’s DONOVAN’S BED, beautiful Susannah Calhoun is accused of murder. None other than Jed Brown, a man from her past and with whom she has unfinished business, comes to escort her to her trial in Denver. Along the way we have enough sparks flying to rival a July 4th celebration, not to mention the bad guys on their trail and bent on revenge. This is fun in the old West. Debra Mullins proves once again with THE LAWMAN’S SURRENDER that she is a writer who delivers. This, her third book and second outing into the west, has all the punch of a Shoot Out at the O.K. Corral. If you want good fun, a great hero, and a damsel in distress, don’t miss this one. I promise you’ll be delighted.

After I read Donovan’s Bed by the same author, I knew I’d want to read other books in the series. This one was fun, too! The heroine is bold and sassy and has a mind of her own without being annoying. The hero is a man of honor and integrity, which is always something I adore in heroes. 🙂 Their adventure is fun and interesting and had a lot of twists and turns. Also something I like in a book! A fun read.

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