
Belle by Melanie Jackson
This is a head scratcher of a story. What is going on here?

This is a head scratcher of a story. What is going on here?
Two people on the run after breaking out of a prison/secret evil laboratory. And yes, this is a Western.
Even Claudia Dain has her off days.
Oh, the scenery. What, there is a plot in this one?
The story almost works, but it soon gets bogged down by its own singularly repetitive “conflict”.
Yes, let’s revisit the turds that should have been left hidden away for all time.
This one is far more invested in selling past and future books than to tell a story.
Why write a May-December romance if the author makes it such a joyless one?
Oh god, I really this one, despite how absurd and superficial it can get at times.
Not the best, not the worst, just right in the middle.