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The story opens with the heroine very unhappy with a Mormon family that has adopted her after the death of her parents. She is earmarked as the 4th wife of one of the Elders and really doesn't like this idea, but she travels with them - safety in numbers and all that.
This fanatical Elder keeps popping up in the book and he is portrayed in an ugly light.
Meantime, Serena tries to get her life together, falling under the spell of a very special man ... And so on.
This is the 3rd Jennifer Blake book I have read and thoroughly enjoyed.
Christine Marshall does an excellent narration in the audiobook.
An exciting and entertaining story that kept me glued to the pages and audio and I highly recommend this book.
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- Caroline Adaire
- 04-11-18
And I thought I was a drama queen.
It could have been good if it weren't stupid, unrealistic and totally full of of useless drama. I want to slap the stupidity out of the heroine for 75% of the book.
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- Michelle
- 05-04-13
Complicated...but pure Blake
The descriptions of Jennifer Blake's novels never do justice to the complicated plot and characters she creates. She is not a feel good, sappy romance author and from time to time I enjoy that.
The heroine went through literal HELL in this novel, which is classic to titles written in the 80's. There is forced seduction between the Hero and Heroine and most of the time I feel Blake paints her hero's as villans for a reason. It is almost like she wants to to like the other guy more than the hero...but why? In all her novels, the heroine grows more and becomes a stronger person because of the jerk of a hero.
In this novel, I was rooting for Nathan, the other guy. This is not the first time I wanted one of Blake's heroines to choose the other guy. I think she means to tell us...we can't help who we love...even if he is pond scum, but used to be a nice guy. Nathan literally worshiped the ground Serena walked on and would have done anything for her. He was a heck of a lot better choice than the hero.
The plot was well done and it kept me locked in the whole time, but I always end up with a feeling of melancholy after one of her novels. She is a gifted writer and her love scenes are some of the most beautifully written in the industry.
If you like a novel that is not a cookie cutter romance, and has no fantasy of prince charning then spend the credit. If you like a more lighthearted read..skip.
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- Yvette
- 09-06-13
Not a conventional romance--keeps you on your toes
I felt as though I had to interpret this novel through two lenses: 1) From the author and the time period she wrote it (1980's) and, 2) the actual time period & setting of the novel. I can't imagine this novel being written in this present day due to the characters, their struggles and their prospective journeys. More often, in present day novels, you are provided with equally strong leads who survive external pressures, but none so remarkable as those presented to the Hero & heroine in this book.
This story takes place in a mining town of Colorado in the 1880s when people flocked to this area in search of riches and a better life. The novel is about Serena Walsh & Ward Dunbar....what a winding love story! I rated this novel 5 stars because I was absolutely hooked!--For whatever reason. It's a very NON-PC book, but it makes you think about the lives and choices both men and women made when the country was still growing. It is an evocative read.
Regarding the characters in the book, I have to say that after listening to the book twice, I better understood the Hero, Ward. Although, initially I felt more compassion for Nathan (the other guy), but when I considered how underhanded he was in dealing with Serena and stealing her away from his best friend, I just couldn't get over it. It was despicable and quite unchivalrous.
Yet, the hero, himself is no angel. Ward is strong, handsome...very masculine and Alpha-male, but there is this underlying fear and feeling of "not being good enough" for Serena that is compelling, if not interesting. That feeling of fear and the need to strike it rich in order to provide something worthy to Serena is what defines all of his actions and decisions. I don't think you can see this until the end of the book when he confesses his love for her and explains all of his decisions and actions made throughout the book. I would have liked for him to have shared his heart throughout the book & communicated better with Serena, but then, if he had Serena and Ward would not have suffered so much and there would be no compelling novel...lol. I also thought that perhaps that same burden to provide and to provide well for a woman like Serena (even though she made no such demands on him) made him feel as though he could not share his worries with the heroine. Either way, I chalked it down as a characteristic of men in his time period.
Serena, is sweet and beautiful and very much a reflection of a woman in her time period (I would assume). I think she had to be strong, patient and display long-suffering traits in order to survive. She makes the most of her circumstances and follows her heart. Serena very much falls in love with Ward and that is something she does not ever let go, even though she is pushed in another direction. Her kindness and what she did for other women, in need, seemed to be her own way of using her the power she attained to improve the lives of the fortunate as she could relate so personally.
The book within itself is not a conventional romance nor does it present leads with superior moral character and there is something interesting in that formula. In fact, many of the characters are burdened with their need for "MORE." My feeling was that if every character in the book would have been happy with his/her own circumstance and made the best of their situation with their own partner, everyone would have been happy & they all could have lived life similar to an episode of "Little House on the Prairie." :-)
5 stars because I had to listen again and because it made me think deeply about the characters & their lives....
Narrator:
I thought the narrator was fabulous...very, very good. Her voice was crisp and she presented each character with their own unique inflections & cadence in voice that was distinguishable.
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