Book Review: The Fall of Rome

The Fall of Rome (Wild West Romance) The Fall of Rome by Beth Ciotta

My review


rating: 5 of 5 stars
“The Fall of Rome” is a hilarious conclusion to the trilogy Ciotta slung into our consciousness with “Romancing the West” in 2006, then followed up with “Lasso the Moon” in 2007. Reading Ciotta’s fast-moving books with fast-draw, fast romancing characters on all sides of the law has been rather like getting caught in a stampede. Too bad it’s over. But if it has to be over, the shenanigans that begin in Gila Gulch, Arizona Territory (1878) wonderfully tie together a passel of characters and plot lines that go way back to the first book. The good, the bad and the ugly get what they’re dreaming about and/or what they deserve. The sprawling Garrett family and its friends within the covert Peace Maker Alliance bring to Arizona the best qualities of characters played by Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Glenn Ford along with a dash of the funniest people from “Saturday Night Live.” Needless to say, when a nasty guy like Bulls-eye Brady and a dime-novel hero like Rome Garrett both set their attentions on the same woman, one Kat Simmons of card-shark fame, there will be plenty of fireworks and a paddock full of surprises. Non-stop action with a lot of laughs per page.

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