Retro Romance Reading: ‘Montana Man’ by Barbara Delinsky

Pop Culture Crime
3 min readJul 31, 2021
Cover for “Montana Man” by Barbara Delinsky

While I’ve read plenty of Harlequin novels at this point, Montana Man is the first Harlequin Temptation on my radar. And look at that, it even has an Award of Excellence right on it.

This book was published in 1989, and it promises us a wild ride. Though, not necessarily a wild ride through Montana as the title suggests.

The Blurb

He gave her direction.

Picking up a hitchhiker in a blizzard was a dangerous thing to do, but Lily Danziger was already living on the edge. Having run from the so-called security of New England society, she and her newborn were on their own, destination unknown. She was willing to risk rescuing this taciturn cowboy, known only as Quist.

Before the day was out, however, Lily’s rugged fellow traveler was doing the rescuing. If it hadn’t been for Quist, Lily and her baby would have died in their snowbound car. As it was, he not only found them warm shelter, he…

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