McClellan's Bluff by Mary E. Trimble    Books by Mary E. Trimble · Tubob:Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps · Tenderfoot · Rosemount                 >> View all
Category:	Young Adult/Teen	Publisher:	Booksurge	ISBN-10:	1439220638	Type:
Pages:	215	Copyright:	Nov 15 2002	ISBN-13:	9781439220634	Fiction

Leslie Cahill, 17, falls in love with neighboring cowboy, 28-year-old Sloan Stroh. Why can’t her family understand? McClellan’s Bluff, a contemporary western, takes place in eastern Washington’s ranch country. Buy your copy! Amazon Booksurge Mary E. Trimble In McClellan’s Bluff, Leslie Cahill, seventeen, falls in love with an “older” man, twenty-eight year old Sloan Stroh. She’s flattered by the attention of this neighboring cowboy and is swept along by her strong emotions. Sloan dominates Leslie’s every thought. Her father and brother strongly object to the relationship not only because of the considerable age difference, but because they do not trust Sloan’s intentions. Leslie learns Sloan’s dark secret, which dates back many years to her mother’s death. McClellan’s Bluff takes place in Washington’s ranch country.     Excerpt That night, alone with her thoughts, sleep wouldn’t come. She vaguely remembered that Jordan had called. She’d tried to cover her impatience with him. They closed the conversation with Jordan saying something like, “I guess you’re busy now. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” It wasn’t that she’d been busy–she just wanted time to think about Sloan. Now, lying in bed, she envisioned dancing with Sloan, riding with Sloan, going for a drive with Sloan. She still felt his breath on her cheek, his arm on hers. Hot, she threw off the covers, then shivering, covered herself again. Finally, in the wee hours of the morning, she fell asleep, only to wake thinking of him. Deep inside, her stomach ached.

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McClellans' Bluff, Review by Cindy Penn, Wordweaving.com
Impressive! Very highly recommended



While visiting a neighboring ranch on business with her father, Leslie Cahill meets Sloan

Stroh. His older habits and attitudes immediately make her current boyfriend look terribly

immature and uninteresting. Even his habit of chewing tobacco or keeping a pint of rum in

the glove compartment makes him seem attractive, sophisticated, and interesting. But

Sloan's invitation to go dancing at the local tavern quickly draws attention to their age

differences.



Even when he does realize the age difference between them, Sloan does not back away.

Instead, he shows up in his old truck after school to invite Leslie to ride around awhile

before taking her home. Leslie finds herself intoxicated with the heady experience of an

older man's interest, concealing her growing relationship with Sloan from her family. Little

does she suspect the emotional complications and physical dangers that can result from her

growing attraction to Sloan.



In MCCLELLAN'S BLUFF author Mary Trimble proves her gift for confronting the

complexities teens face as they learn to define their identities and establish their

independence as young adults. Indeed, Trimble truly understands the driving restlessness

of teen years and the incredible attraction inherent in the interest of a much older man. She

cautiously avoids the intricate legal implications by avoiding intimate relations between

Leslie and Sloan, although in most states Leslie is certainly of the age of consent,

including Washington where the story is set. Further, Trimble does not in any way back

away from the emotional issues a romance between a seventeen year old and a man eleven

years older. As Leslie learns, dating a much older man not only arouses the concern of

family, but also thrusts her into a relationship with expectations she is not prepared to

fulfill. An impressive example of the complications of teen years, MCCLELLAN'S BLUFF

comes very highly recommended.



Cindy Penn editor@wordweaving.com



McClellans' Bluff, Review by Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews
Mary E. Trimble: McClellan's Bluff

(Sequel to Rosemount /Young Adult)



Leslie Cahill was in eleventh grade. Her father, John, owned the "Circle C" ranch in

eastern Washington. her older brother was named Wade and was the foreman. Her

mother had died eleven years before in a wreck.



Life on a ranch was filled with chores, but she loved everything about it. Her brother

was getting ready to wed, move out of the house, and into his own. The problem for

Leslie was that her father was serious about a lady named Lilith. Wedding bells were

definitely due to chime soon. It was hard for her to accept that he would soon remarry.

It got complicated even more by Lilith's daughter, Roxanne. Roxanne was just NOT an

easy one to like!



While juggling all this, Leslie met Sloan Stroh, the nephew of a neighbor. He was quite

a few years older than Leslie and he kept asking Leslie to sneak out on dates with him.

Being admired by a mature guy felt great to Leslie, but her father and brother had their

doubts about him. How could she show them how great Sloan was? And was he

REALLY as wonderful as she believed?



***** This is a great sequel to ROSEMOUNT, however, even if you did not read the first

book everything will be easy to understand.



The author writes in a way that teens seem to understand and relate to. It deals with

topics that hits close to home for many of today's younger generation. However, even if

the reader has nothing in common with Leslie's home life, they will almost always find

themselves in situations similar to some of Leslie's. This is another great book by Mary

Trimble that I highly recommend! *****