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Tender Heart
Running away from her cruel husband, Hannah Turner sets out to build a new life for herself in the West, but a feisty street urchin and handsome Max Garat, a Nevada sheep rancher with three motherless children, change her plans. Original.
416 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1994
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August 29, 2010
Hannah Turner was a heroine with little going for her. Her mother belittled her and she was forced into a marriage with a husband who abused her. An alcoholic, he made her feel like she wasn't good enough. So what happens? She gets pregnant hoping he will finally love her. Knock off one star for stupidity-check.
What does she do? She runs away and starts her web of lies. Knock off another star-check. She boards a train west and "adopts" Franc, a little girl who needs a mother. She soon finds herself in Nevada with a sheep rancher named Max. He believes she is a seamstress that he has hired to make clothes for his children. He finds out different.
The romance was a slow read; take off another star. You knew her first husband would find her. You knew eventually they would 'fall in love'. Why? I don't know because I felt nothing was there. Max was mad one minute, jealous the next, wanted to send her away in another moment- it was frustrating. Unfortunately, the reason why Max is the way he is- he's Basque and that is suppose to account for something.
The H/h lacked chemistry. I didn't care about either of them or his children, Franc, his father, brother, the dog, blah, blah, blah. Knock off another star.
What does she do? She runs away and starts her web of lies. Knock off another star-check. She boards a train west and "adopts" Franc, a little girl who needs a mother. She soon finds herself in Nevada with a sheep rancher named Max. He believes she is a seamstress that he has hired to make clothes for his children. He finds out different.
The romance was a slow read; take off another star. You knew her first husband would find her. You knew eventually they would 'fall in love'. Why? I don't know because I felt nothing was there. Max was mad one minute, jealous the next, wanted to send her away in another moment- it was frustrating. Unfortunately, the reason why Max is the way he is- he's Basque and that is suppose to account for something.
The H/h lacked chemistry. I didn't care about either of them or his children, Franc, his father, brother, the dog, blah, blah, blah. Knock off another star.
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