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Romancing America
Florida Brides: Margaret's Quest/Red Hills Stranger/The Way Home
Historical Romance: Florida is a wild jungle in the early 1800s, but with the rise of settlements comes the taming effect of faith and romance. Margaret Porter leaves the refinement of Savannah to find her fiance has been killed in territorial wars. How will she handle multiple requests for her hand in marriage? Widowed after an arranged marriage, Amy McCutcheon is raising her son alone. Can she trust a backwoods stranger who befriends them? Melissa Malcolm finds a half-dead stranger and returns him back to health, but she cannot return his memory. Will the trouble shadowing this man bring danger to Amy?
351 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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December 19, 2017
Come on, you can tell me now, this book was only made to sell paper, wasn't it? ^^
I bought it second-(or third, or fourth...)-hand at a flea-market on the last day of my road trip in Florida, as a souvenir; can't even say it is very relevant because it all takes place in NW Florida whereas I was only in the Southern half, and mostly on the East coast; but whatever, I'll remember where and why I got it.
Contents-wise, there isn't much to say, although relatively speaking, the first novella does stand out compared to the other two. It more or less falls into the hero's journey/coming-of-age category, and at least this heroine shows some growth and character development. She starts out as a Scarlet-O'Hara-wannabe Southern belle with a hint of Lydia Bennett's shallowness and obsession for officers, but she also reveals herself to be headstrong, determined, resourceful and skilled, so she is able to fend for herself in uncharted water, even though her ultimate destiny is "obviously" to get married and have children.
Speaking of which, I didn't care much (at all) for the Christian discourse - especially given how condescending and patronizing the male protagonist was about it - but fortunately it was much less prevalent than I originally feared and I had no problem just skipping/ignoring those passages.
I liked that the first story tied into the second one and established a true complicity and friendship between the two women. Too bad the second plot was not as interesting, I lost interest about halfway through and skimmed the rest. I also skimmed the third one, which seemed to have no connection at all to the other two (?). Missed opportunity.
I am probably giving way too much thought to this Christian historical romance review, but at least for a little while it was entertaining and brought me back to warm and sunny places, far from the New York winter.
I bought it second-(or third, or fourth...)-hand at a flea-market on the last day of my road trip in Florida, as a souvenir; can't even say it is very relevant because it all takes place in NW Florida whereas I was only in the Southern half, and mostly on the East coast; but whatever, I'll remember where and why I got it.
Contents-wise, there isn't much to say, although relatively speaking, the first novella does stand out compared to the other two. It more or less falls into the hero's journey/coming-of-age category, and at least this heroine shows some growth and character development. She starts out as a Scarlet-O'Hara-wannabe Southern belle with a hint of Lydia Bennett's shallowness and obsession for officers, but she also reveals herself to be headstrong, determined, resourceful and skilled, so she is able to fend for herself in uncharted water, even though her ultimate destiny is "obviously" to get married and have children.
Speaking of which, I didn't care much (at all) for the Christian discourse - especially given how condescending and patronizing the male protagonist was about it - but fortunately it was much less prevalent than I originally feared and I had no problem just skipping/ignoring those passages.
I liked that the first story tied into the second one and established a true complicity and friendship between the two women. Too bad the second plot was not as interesting, I lost interest about halfway through and skimmed the rest. I also skimmed the third one, which seemed to have no connection at all to the other two (?). Missed opportunity.
I am probably giving way too much thought to this Christian historical romance review, but at least for a little while it was entertaining and brought me back to warm and sunny places, far from the New York winter.
January 14, 2008
More christian fluff but good read nonetheless
March 13, 2023
Just okay.
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