Helpful Score: 2
Reviewer: valentina1209 (Long Island, NY) -
The setting was described so magnificiently that I feel compelled to visit Banff in Canada someday. I felt a great deal of admiration for Amanda. She showed courage, independence and strength above and beyond the stereotypical prairie woman of 1888. She dealt with her "secrets" of divorce and infertility with the attitude of a modern day woman. One could help but love Amanda's equally wonderful gradmother Miss Clementine - what a hoot! The way these women opened their heart to others, the ill and suffering in their community as well as orphaned children, even when many of the same people weren't very accepting of them, was very special. And the chemistry between Tom and Amanda sizzled off the pages - I love the scene, on the night of the ball celebrating the opening of the Banff Springs Hotel, when they first made love out in the open air - very romantic and sensual!
The setting was described so magnificiently that I feel compelled to visit Banff in Canada someday. I felt a great deal of admiration for Amanda. She showed courage, independence and strength above and beyond the stereotypical prairie woman of 1888. She dealt with her "secrets" of divorce and infertility with the attitude of a modern day woman. One could help but love Amanda's equally wonderful gradmother Miss Clementine - what a hoot! The way these women opened their heart to others, the ill and suffering in their community as well as orphaned children, even when many of the same people weren't very accepting of them, was very special. And the chemistry between Tom and Amanda sizzled off the pages - I love the scene, on the night of the ball celebrating the opening of the Banff Springs Hotel, when they first made love out in the open air - very romantic and sensual!
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