A Borrowed Dream

A Borrowed Dream by Amanda Cabot Cimarron Creek Trilogy #2 Paperback, ebook, hardcover  March 20, 2018 Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Revell  ISBN-13: 978-0800727574 There is no such thing as an impossible dream . . .  Feeling that her dreams of happily ever after have been stolen, Cimarron Creek’s schoolteacher resigns herself to a life without love . . . until a rancher with a secret past comes to town. Catherine Whitfield is sure that she will never again be able to trust anyone in the medical profession after the town doctor's excessive bleeding treatments killed her mother. Despite her loneliness and her broken heart, she carries bravely on as Cimarron Creek's dutiful schoolteacher, resigned to a life without love or family, a life where dreams rarely come true. Austin Goddard is a newcomer to Cimarron Creek. Posing as a rancher, he fled to Texas to protect his daughter from a dangerous criminal. He's managed to keep his past as a surgeon a secret. But when Catherine Whitfield captures his heart, he wonders how long he will be able to keep up the charade. With a deft hand, Amanda Cabot teases out the strands of love, deception, and redemption in this charming tale of dreams deferred and hopes becoming reality. My thoughts;  A Borrowed Dream is Ms. Cabot's newest historical romance and fans of her Cimarron Creek series will not want to miss it.  We get to visit with previous couples in the series, catch up on their lives, but if you haven't read the other books in the series, no worries because this easily stands alone.  There is a measure of suspense in the book as Austin is running from someone in order to live, but it is not edge-of-the-seat suspense, it's more of a slow and easy type that won't scare you but will keep you reading.  Catherine has no respect for doctor's due to the outdated practices of the town's sole physician who follows ancient medical traditions such as bleeding.  This killed her mother, so even when her students need medical attention she takes them home and feeds them chicken soup. Sparks fly when she learns that Austin is actually a doctor!  If you like historical romance, Amanda Cabot is one of the best.  Available for  preorder now -- if you order an ebook it will be in your device on release date. Or order in print so you'll be one of the first readers.  Great book.  I got a copy free and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.