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    <body><![CDATA[Thumbs down. Read like a story from Good Housekeeping. Beautiful heroine is being forced into a marriage to a violent rogue by her father, who is trying to keep a secret from his family. To keep from marrying him, she runs away from home (in Chicago) with her governess and her mother's blessings to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11239276">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun read.  Learning a bit about the Alaskan gold rush was interesting.  I ended up googling the sunlight conditions because I wondered if it would have been light during the night (it on the Artic Circle, so it is pretty might regular for light situations).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for a fun quick read with a little adventure this is for you. I enjoyed reading about the Yukon and what took place during that time.  The 2nd book and 3rd books are a must.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sweet romance story with a little adventure. Not my favorite book serious but it was still an enjoyable easy read. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely the best book and I would read it again in a heart beat!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it! Strong women and great adventures.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a great friendship book and history]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[horrible! as if we needed another sappy dependent woman from the 19th century. This character is far too dependent on her ladies maid, and turned me right off the entire book. implausible, and unenjoyable unless you want to hear about a mindless sap who runs away to alaska, and immediately falls int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10651178">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was hard to put down, yet there was a lot of deception in the book, on which the Bible does not look favorably. True, the situations were hard, and there was at least some concern over this by the characters. However, it was mostly just a romantic adventure, and lacking in Biblical depth and in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19257615">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am surprised how much I have enjoyed this Christian historical novel.  I don't usually pick up a historical romance.  But I really did enjoy this  though I was disappointed in the ending.  Yes, I know I now have to read the next book in the series to find out what happens to the characters but sti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32268106">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   An interesting story of wealthy families of business in Chicago.  An evil man changes the life of many of the characters.  Less witnessing for salvation than her other books.  The plot took the characters to Alaska.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is about three women envolved in the alaskan gold rush. It is about the greed of some people and how God effect the lives of others. ]]></body>
    
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