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Kidnapped from a train by a mountain man who thought she was his mail-order bride, Annika gets snow-bound with him in his cabin and slowly they discover the beauty of love/ This is truly a fabulous story.
Both this novel and the first book of this series (SUNFLOWER) won RITA Awards. Theres no doubt in my mind why they won in their particular years. This book completes the series by telling the story of Annika, daughter of Caleb and Analisa Storm. It is critical to read these books in order (Actually, WILDFLOWER is not part of this family saga see below).
Annika decides to cancel her Boston wedding at the last minute. On her way west to stay with her brother Kase and his wife, she is kidnapped from the train by a man swearing she is his mail-order bride. By the time Buck Scott realizes his mistake, Buck, his young niece and Annika are snow-bound in his humble cabin.
Annika is a product of her pampered Boston life and is shocked by what it takes to stay alive in such difficult circumstances as Buck exists. He is a mountain man who earns his living trapping animals for their food and fur.
Although she never lived in the soddie with Kase and her mother (book 1), Annika has enough of her mothers gumption to learn the survival skills that Buck is willing to teach her. Buck and Annika grow individually by knowing each other; they are both compelling characters.
Kase, his wife Rose and Zack Elliot return in this story. This story is a beautiful summation of the trilogy.
Flowers
1. Sun Flower (1988) Rita Awards Best Novel winner
2. Wildflower (1989)
3. Rose (1990)
4. Come Spring (1992) Rita Awards Best Novel winner
Annika decides to cancel her Boston wedding at the last minute. On her way west to stay with her brother Kase and his wife, she is kidnapped from the train by a man swearing she is his mail-order bride. By the time Buck Scott realizes his mistake, Buck, his young niece and Annika are snow-bound in his humble cabin.
Annika is a product of her pampered Boston life and is shocked by what it takes to stay alive in such difficult circumstances as Buck exists. He is a mountain man who earns his living trapping animals for their food and fur.
Although she never lived in the soddie with Kase and her mother (book 1), Annika has enough of her mothers gumption to learn the survival skills that Buck is willing to teach her. Buck and Annika grow individually by knowing each other; they are both compelling characters.
Kase, his wife Rose and Zack Elliot return in this story. This story is a beautiful summation of the trilogy.
Flowers
1. Sun Flower (1988) Rita Awards Best Novel winner
2. Wildflower (1989)
3. Rose (1990)
4. Come Spring (1992) Rita Awards Best Novel winner
Good entertainment.
This was a sweet love story,suspenseful and heartwarming.
Annika canceled her wedding longing to explore the wide open west but nothing could prepare her Bostonian gentitily for an adventure that thrust her into the arms of a wild mountain man. Buck - hardened by heartache, he sent for a bride by mail and mistakenly claimed Annika from the Cheyenne bound train. Knowing he was wrong didnt change his hungry heart - which told him this was the woman he'd waited for... Snowbound in Buck's cabin, Annika vowed to keep her heart cold as the winter nights that engulfed them. But slowly, the fires of passion warmed her sol as she discovered the beauty of true love - of a love that grows as sure as the seasons change
Annika canceled her wedding, longing to explore the wide open West. But nothing could prepare her Bostonian gentility for an adventure with a wild mountain man. Hardened by heartache, Buck sent for a bride by mail- & mistakenly claimed Annika from the Cheyenne-bound train. Good
ANNIKA
She canceled her wedding, longing to explore the wide open West. But nothing could prepare her Bostonian gentility for an adventure that thrust her into the arms of a wild mountain man...
BUCK
Hardened by heartache, he sent for a bride by mail--and mistakenly claimed Annika from the Cheyenne-bound train. Knowing he was wrong didn't change his hungry heart--which told him this was the woman he'd waited for...
Snowbound in Buck's cabin, Annika vowed to keep her heart as cold as the winter nights that engulfed them. But slowly, the fires of passion warmed her soul as she discovered the beauty of true love--of a love that grows as sure as the seasons change...
She canceled her wedding, longing to explore the wide open West. But nothing could prepare her Bostonian gentility for an adventure that thrust her into the arms of a wild mountain man...
BUCK
Hardened by heartache, he sent for a bride by mail--and mistakenly claimed Annika from the Cheyenne-bound train. Knowing he was wrong didn't change his hungry heart--which told him this was the woman he'd waited for...
Snowbound in Buck's cabin, Annika vowed to keep her heart as cold as the winter nights that engulfed them. But slowly, the fires of passion warmed her soul as she discovered the beauty of true love--of a love that grows as sure as the seasons change...
Once again Mrs. Landis has brought forth an awesome story. A great read!!!
