Sherri H. (mamadoodle) -
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book by one of my favorite authors - Victoria Bylin. She writes an exceptional western with a good storyline, believable characters and just the right amount of angst to be believable. This is inspirational fiction and is very heavy throughout so I would caution anyone who isn't Christian to be forewarned if this is not something you are interested in.
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I injoyed this book very much, Love anyting historicial.
Shirley W. (slowshirl) -
This was a great book! I'm so glad I read it. If you've ever had a hard time forgiving someone who wronged you, read this book. I couldn't put it down....
Judy D. -
Daniela Baxter has left Wisconsin and come to Castle Rock, Colorado to marry Patrick Morgan and become a mother for his three young girls, Emma, Ellie and Esther. She arrives to be greeted by a scruffy dirty man who tells her Patrick is dead. She still wants to be a mother to the girls but it seems this scruffy man is Beau Morgan, Patrick's older brother. He is the one named in the will as the girls guardian. The girls instantly take to Dani and she loves them but will it be enough to prove she can raise the girls and run a dairy farm?
Beau Morgan stopped to see his brother as he was chasing down Clay Johnson, only Patrick is dead and he is now the caretaker of three girls and a small dairy farm. When Dani comes knocking on the door and stirring up his plans, he almost wishes he could be a different man. But he's a man with one mission: vengeance. Clay Johsnon killed his wife Lucy five years ago and Beau cannot have peace until Clay is dead. Will Beau choose his hate for Clay over a possible love for Dani and his three nieces?
Victoria also gives us Clay's view of things which adds a great point of view. We also meet Pastor Joshua Blue and his wife Adie. In a later series, Swan's Nest, we see their story in book 1, The Maverick Preacher. This book is fiction and yet so many truths are in it.
Beau Morgan stopped to see his brother as he was chasing down Clay Johnson, only Patrick is dead and he is now the caretaker of three girls and a small dairy farm. When Dani comes knocking on the door and stirring up his plans, he almost wishes he could be a different man. But he's a man with one mission: vengeance. Clay Johsnon killed his wife Lucy five years ago and Beau cannot have peace until Clay is dead. Will Beau choose his hate for Clay over a possible love for Dani and his three nieces?
Victoria also gives us Clay's view of things which adds a great point of view. We also meet Pastor Joshua Blue and his wife Adie. In a later series, Swan's Nest, we see their story in book 1, The Maverick Preacher. This book is fiction and yet so many truths are in it.
Karla B. (gaslight) -
Atheist here, but I like to expose myself to all kinds of genres. Leaving the Christian angle out of it, this book was so simplistic in style as compared to other Harlequins I read where the prose did NOT insult my intelligence. All throughout, I had to wonder if Bylin is a genuine Christian and such a simple style is common in this sub-subgenre, or if this book was written by someone figuring it's what Christians like to read. It had a phony, pablum feel to it, as if it was calculatedly written to appeal to what some focus group decided Christians like. A puzzlement, and I don't think I'll stop mulling over the authenticity anytime soon.
1.5 stars because I like the mail-order bride concept and the difficulties and disappointments inherent within, but so much of the book was the same thoughts of revenge & faith (or lack thereof) repeated over and over and over in short, non sequitur sentences. The characters were flat and limited to only a few characteristics (hair color, eyes) that were also repeated ad nauseum. The characters were adjectives, not people.
1.5 stars because I like the mail-order bride concept and the difficulties and disappointments inherent within, but so much of the book was the same thoughts of revenge & faith (or lack thereof) repeated over and over and over in short, non sequitur sentences. The characters were flat and limited to only a few characteristics (hair color, eyes) that were also repeated ad nauseum. The characters were adjectives, not people.
