Silver Lining
Maggie Osborne
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
4.03
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 113 ratings · 352 pages · Published: 04 Jan 2000

As scruffy and rootless as the other prospectors searching for gold in the Rockies, Low Down wanted nothing in return for nursing a raggedy bunch through the pox. But when pressed to reveal her heart's wish, she admits, "I want a baby." Not a husband, not a forced marriage to the proud man who drew the scratched marble and became honor bound to marry her. To be sure, Max McCord was easy on the eyes, but he loved another woman and dreamed of a different life. Yet they agreed to a temporary marriage that could end only in disaster. But can this strange twist of fate lead to the silver lining that both have been searching for?
Tagged as:
- western 27
- take-charge heroine 23
- cowboy hero 22
- arranged/forced marriage 22
- pregnancy 22
- plain heroine 21
- historical 19
- marriage of convenience 18
- western frontier 17
- love triangle 15
- poor heroine 13
- slow burn 12
- tortured heroine 11
- class difference 11
- forced proximity 10
- independent heroine 10
- tall heroine 10
- angst 9
- cheating 8
- third person pov 8
- tortured hero 7
- dual pov 7
- competent heroine 7
- sweet/gentle heroine 6
- other man/woman 5
- friends to lovers 4
- funny 3
- alpha male 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- m-f romance 1
- working class heroine 1
- older/mature 1
- breeding 1
- found family 1
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- content warnings
- misogyny 1
- slut shaming 1
- miscarriage / infertility 1
- self harm 1