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Chayton Amory kidnapped Kasie Moore the day before her wedding to a rock singer. Her father had asked him to. He needed to talk to her about this rock star first. Chayton took her to his cabin in the mountains of Oregon. Now trapped by a blizzard they had to face their true feelings for each other
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 12, 2002
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Rita Hestand
180 books64 followersBy now most of you know that Rita Hestand is from Texas, that she's a widow, a mother, and a grandmother. You know that she was an only child, and that she traveled the US as a child extensively. What made her a writer was the fact that she was an only child growing up in an age when a kid had to use their imagination to entertain themselves. You probably know that she acted out her first books in the backyard all over the countryside.
Rita worked most of her adult life, but one job she’s especially proud of is as a day care provider in her home for twenty years. Helping to raise her own grandchildren to school age, it seemed only natural to enroll in the Institute of Children's Literature, where she graduated in 1997. Rita writes children's books, poetry and romance, along with plays and short stories.
She's a member of Books We Love, WRW, and a firm believer that learning should never stop. But above all, she believes that one should NEVER GIVE UP!
Rita worked most of her adult life, but one job she’s especially proud of is as a day care provider in her home for twenty years. Helping to raise her own grandchildren to school age, it seemed only natural to enroll in the Institute of Children's Literature, where she graduated in 1997. Rita writes children's books, poetry and romance, along with plays and short stories.
She's a member of Books We Love, WRW, and a firm believer that learning should never stop. But above all, she believes that one should NEVER GIVE UP!
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May 15, 2012
AUTHOR: Rita has written approx. 34 books to include children's books, poetry and romance, along with plays and short stories. The grownup stuff is written with taste..
GENRE: Romance fiction, Western, Native American, Multicultural romance
SETTING: Modern day Cascade Mountains
CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTER: She has parents with money but she has always tried to be independent and find her way. She doubts herself but is stubborn.
CENTRAL MALE CHARACTER: Native American and handsome. He appears to be a push over. He knows nature and the Cascade Mountains better than anyone.
SYNOPSIS: With her wedding just days away, she is kidnapped at the request of her father and taken to the Cascade Mountains. While waiting for her father to arrive, she gets stuck in the cabin of her kidnapper.; a man she walked away from many years ago.
ROMANCE: He takes his kisses remembering that his bed was made for a day that never came between the two of them. He will not however, take her virginity so use your imagination. PASSION as in sexual content is "none"; just clean romantic moments.
WHAT I LIKED: I can appreciate that a romance fiction does not always have to contain sexual acts. He was just downright handsome. The book made it easy to visualize him.
WHAT I DID NOT LIKE: Her stubbornness and acting like a brat was a bit overcooked.
MOST OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE: None
TYPICAL ROMANCE STUFF:
He does not want to admit that he loves her and visa versa;
Almost nil sexual references to include (7) breasts, (6) nipple, (0) tongue, (0) flick’n (0) hardness, (0) cupping, (3) caressing and over (10) kiss’ns. Penetration (0). Well, you get the picture.
This book gets (FIVE) out of (5) STARS because it was just romantic. I enjoyed the entire storyline.
GENRE: Romance fiction, Western, Native American, Multicultural romance
SETTING: Modern day Cascade Mountains
CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTER: She has parents with money but she has always tried to be independent and find her way. She doubts herself but is stubborn.
CENTRAL MALE CHARACTER: Native American and handsome. He appears to be a push over. He knows nature and the Cascade Mountains better than anyone.
SYNOPSIS: With her wedding just days away, she is kidnapped at the request of her father and taken to the Cascade Mountains. While waiting for her father to arrive, she gets stuck in the cabin of her kidnapper.; a man she walked away from many years ago.
ROMANCE: He takes his kisses remembering that his bed was made for a day that never came between the two of them. He will not however, take her virginity so use your imagination. PASSION as in sexual content is "none"; just clean romantic moments.
WHAT I LIKED: I can appreciate that a romance fiction does not always have to contain sexual acts. He was just downright handsome. The book made it easy to visualize him.
WHAT I DID NOT LIKE: Her stubbornness and acting like a brat was a bit overcooked.
MOST OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE: None
TYPICAL ROMANCE STUFF:
He does not want to admit that he loves her and visa versa;
Almost nil sexual references to include (7) breasts, (6) nipple, (0) tongue, (0) flick’n (0) hardness, (0) cupping, (3) caressing and over (10) kiss’ns. Penetration (0). Well, you get the picture.
This book gets (FIVE) out of (5) STARS because it was just romantic. I enjoyed the entire storyline.
September 3, 2016
Well, I decided after a 4 hour update & automatic downloads of all the books in my ibooks shelf on my ipad all of a sudden from no where, that I would pick a random book to read and voila this was it.
I should have known from the beginning, when it said not to curse after someone said "hell" that this was a Christian Romance... I can't even remember who said it! OR my second warning when it said Chay was into his faith by saying some prayer for trees and such. OR when on page 175 out of the 195 they had not done the deed. OR when poor Kasie ran out telling her dad he needed to get a preacher. OR at the end...
Sorry, not my thing. I enjoy plenty of sinning & I have no idea how I got this book or where it actually came from, because this is my original first release ipad that was updated for the first time last night & having these books in that app was a surprise.
One final disappointment was that the cover dude is absolutely not even close to the hot looking half Indian that was described. AND the description of the hawk nose was taken WAY too literal in choosing him.
Otherwise, the story itself was pretty cute & it could be rewritten by someone else tweaked into adding more sin. It was a no-brainer 3 hour read. It was as written. Meaning, no reading into anything. I would highly recommend this book to my mother. This just wasn't my style of book, no blame on the author at all, she told a good story.
I should have known from the beginning, when it said not to curse after someone said "hell" that this was a Christian Romance... I can't even remember who said it! OR my second warning when it said Chay was into his faith by saying some prayer for trees and such. OR when on page 175 out of the 195 they had not done the deed. OR when poor Kasie ran out telling her dad he needed to get a preacher. OR at the end...
Sorry, not my thing. I enjoy plenty of sinning & I have no idea how I got this book or where it actually came from, because this is my original first release ipad that was updated for the first time last night & having these books in that app was a surprise.
One final disappointment was that the cover dude is absolutely not even close to the hot looking half Indian that was described. AND the description of the hawk nose was taken WAY too literal in choosing him.
Otherwise, the story itself was pretty cute & it could be rewritten by someone else tweaked into adding more sin. It was a no-brainer 3 hour read. It was as written. Meaning, no reading into anything. I would highly recommend this book to my mother. This just wasn't my style of book, no blame on the author at all, she told a good story.
October 24, 2024
Kasie is about to get married to a rock and roll singer. But Kasie doesn't seem to really want to marry him. While she's walking down a beach in California she is abducted by someone she thinks she knows but not for sure. When the cap is finally pulled off her head she realizes its her old fiancée, Chayton Amory. She goes off on him and he specifically tells her that this was her father's idea not his. He takes her to his cabin up in the mountains and a blizzard ensues in that timeframe. So they get stuck up in the mountains and they have to deal with each other in the meantime. Chad's brother, Tanka, and his girlfriend, Gina, show up at one point too. One other person shows up as well because of a bear in the area so they end up with a houseful. But you slowly watch them fall back in love even though Kasie will never admit it. Things get complicated in the end but as always there is a HEA ending. This is just the first book in this series and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
September 28, 2023
Great book.I recommend by .A great love story .The girl parents are rich.She thinks their messing in her .life.She runs away from her love and is going to marry another.She get kidnapped by her love and taken to a cabin and sparks fly .She waits for her Dad to show up .Enjoy this book
September 13, 2022
Awesome
I loved this book from the beginning. I recommend this book to everyone who reads. It is a awesome book.
I loved this book from the beginning. I recommend this book to everyone who reads. It is a awesome book.
June 25, 2011
This was a full length freebie, and I was pretty excitedb, but I don't know, I wanted to like the book because the description seemed pretty interesting, can't say the same for the book cover. Normally i have much to say but not with this it was ok, Chay was ok Kaise was ok, it didn't draw me in I was thinking to myself how many pages are left to read again, not to insult the author. If the book was tweaked some this could have been a good read.
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Feel free to join my book group on Facebook (Romance Novel Junkies) and fan page ( Romance Novel Junkies Book Reviews). We have over 500 members, which includes well known and indie authors and avid readers as members who are apart of this group. We would love to hear about new books and thoughts. Also check out our kindle and ebook lending library. Twitter @romanceJUNKIES.
July 6, 2011
The book was an easy quick read. The characters were all likeable. But the dialog seemed to jump around at times.
Chayton Amory kidnapped Kasie Moore the day before her wedding at the request of her father. Chayton was to take her to his mountain cabin until her father could talk to her about the rock star she was getting ready to marry. When a blizzard struck and they were stranded at the cabin they had to face their true feelings for each other. 8 years ago Kasie overheard her father & Chayton talking and thought it was her fathers idea for Chayton to marry her so she ran away and started a life for herself. Now they need to clear the air about what happen then and what they feel now.
Chayton Amory kidnapped Kasie Moore the day before her wedding at the request of her father. Chayton was to take her to his mountain cabin until her father could talk to her about the rock star she was getting ready to marry. When a blizzard struck and they were stranded at the cabin they had to face their true feelings for each other. 8 years ago Kasie overheard her father & Chayton talking and thought it was her fathers idea for Chayton to marry her so she ran away and started a life for herself. Now they need to clear the air about what happen then and what they feel now.
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October 6, 2013What the hell? WHAT THE HELL?
W H A T . T H E . H E L L ?
Stupid, stupid woman. Gaaah!
Stuck in a mountain cabin during a blizzard. No electricity...
"You want me to cook on a wood stove? But you have an electric one!" Are you for fucking real?
"I want to go home! You drove me up this mountain, you can drive me down!" In a god damn blizzard!
"Well, what about flying out of here?" In a god damn blizzard! And if Chay can't DRIVE you down the mountain, what the fuck makes you think he can FLY you out? Invisible airplane hidden in the forest?
How fucking stupid and unreasonable does this girl have to be? She comes across as PAINFULLY idiotic and completely naive.
I just... agghhh! *head desk*
W H A T . T H E . H E L L ?
Stupid, stupid woman. Gaaah!
Stuck in a mountain cabin during a blizzard. No electricity...
"You want me to cook on a wood stove? But you have an electric one!" Are you for fucking real?
"I want to go home! You drove me up this mountain, you can drive me down!" In a god damn blizzard!
"Well, what about flying out of here?" In a god damn blizzard! And if Chay can't DRIVE you down the mountain, what the fuck makes you think he can FLY you out? Invisible airplane hidden in the forest?
How fucking stupid and unreasonable does this girl have to be? She comes across as PAINFULLY idiotic and completely naive.
I just... agghhh! *head desk*
March 7, 2012
I really enjoyed this book. It was easy to get into. You get involved with the characters and you grow with them. Chay is a logger. He is strong, stubborn, and caring kidnaps Kasie the day before her wedding by request of her father. Kasie and Chay has a history built on mix feeling and misuderstandings. A blizzard trapts them in Chay cabins which causes them to grow and clear up some misunderstandings. Kasie goes from the naiive young girl Chay remembers into a grown fire cracker of a women. The stubborn male ego and need for revenge sizzles out of Chay. He is able to admitt to himself how he feels. It is a must read adventure, romance, growing up book.
July 15, 2011
If there was a way to have a "minus" star sign, this book probably would get it. :(
I'm sorry to say I could not find a redeeming quality in this story, not in the cardboard characters, the unbelievable plot and christian undercurrent.
Moreover, I believe that the native american portrait is slightly racist (the brother as a wise man...)
Nothing in it is fantasy, but nothing is realistic. (Would you believe that a famous rockstar is restraining from sex? A rockstar! A lawyer would have been more acceptable with the rest of the plot, too... :)
I'm sorry to say I could not find a redeeming quality in this story, not in the cardboard characters, the unbelievable plot and christian undercurrent.
Moreover, I believe that the native american portrait is slightly racist (the brother as a wise man...)
Nothing in it is fantasy, but nothing is realistic. (Would you believe that a famous rockstar is restraining from sex? A rockstar! A lawyer would have been more acceptable with the rest of the plot, too... :)
June 13, 2015
Something missing
I really wanted to like this book, it had a good beginning, but quickly went off the rails. The main characters just did not mix, she was wishy-washy, and all over the place in statements she made. It read like parts were missing, things would happen without knowing how they happened. Blizzards happened, but instead of taking injured people to a hospital, a doctor comes there, treats them and leaves. Characters popping in and out just to prove he's a hero. It could have been good with a good rewrite and editing.
I really wanted to like this book, it had a good beginning, but quickly went off the rails. The main characters just did not mix, she was wishy-washy, and all over the place in statements she made. It read like parts were missing, things would happen without knowing how they happened. Blizzards happened, but instead of taking injured people to a hospital, a doctor comes there, treats them and leaves. Characters popping in and out just to prove he's a hero. It could have been good with a good rewrite and editing.
August 6, 2016
Cute idea, nice protagonists, great setting for romance--this could have been a better novel than it was. There was something about the dialogue and characters' responses that lacked a natural flow and often seemed awkward and stilted. It was kind of like the author started with a good outline and fleshed it out sloppily, anyway she could. Overall, it was a cute and entertaining read, but nothing special--it could have been with a re-write and more natural or wittier dialogue.
August 1, 2011
I enjoyed the premise of the story, however I have to say that at times both Kasie and Chayton were quite annoying. If you get over the need to shake Kasie and tell her to grow up and smack Chayton in the back of the head for conviniently forgetting to tell Kasie he loves her but expecting her to marry him anyway, it's actually a very good book. Would I reccomend it? Yes. Would I read it again? Probably not, but it was a good, light and sometimes funny read.
May 26, 2012
Sometimes it is hard to follow what's going on cause it seems to randomly and abruptly jump to hours later in the story line. The girl alternately acts like a brat and a good girl scout. Not quite feeling it. I can only hope the backstory becomes more coherent as I continue to read cause I feel like something doesn't add up there either. If I didn't like the basic plot idea so much I'd stop reading.
February 3, 2016
The story is quite nice though I didn't get the whole kidnapping farce. She keeps telling him no, he ignores her and she doesn't do anything, at all. I kept shaking my head. Still, the story was nice. The rekindling love kept surprising me, even in the situation they were in. The setting in the mountains in a snow storm was really beautiful.
It was just not my kind of story, I guess.
It was just not my kind of story, I guess.
March 16, 2013
I feel headlong in love with Chayton Amory even though he kidnapped Kasie (Moore). There were times when Kasie made me want to scream at her! LOL But the love story between the two was one that I just couldn't put down and I am looking forward to the series.
April 15, 2013
I really wanted to scream at the characters in this book. It seriously needs an pre-quel. It didn't take long to catch on to the story line but I really would have liked to read what happened before that caused the rift.
July 28, 2011
Just couldn't get in to it.
November 28, 2011
Simply loved it! Such an quick and easy read yet hold such a lovely romance. Well written with a great story line. Amazing for something that was free.
April 23, 2012
It was a free read.
I enjoyed it, but it had a habit of jumping. And i had to back track a few times.
I liked the characters. And the setting it perfect to read on a rainy afternoon.
I enjoyed it, but it had a habit of jumping. And i had to back track a few times.
I liked the characters. And the setting it perfect to read on a rainy afternoon.
July 18, 2012
GoodG
July 2, 2012
Good short read. Loved the characters and story line. Thank you Rita Hestand!
October 24, 2012
Easy read like able characters , clean.
June 29, 2017
Is a great book to read
January 9, 2015
This wasn't bad. Interesting plot twist, but very annoying how she was so naive. Who would stay with a man who hit them and thinks ok?
March 6, 2014
Nice love story..but not too exciting.
July 21, 2014
Captivating
I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what happened next. A very warm hearted romance that will leave you feeling good..
I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what happened next. A very warm hearted romance that will leave you feeling good..
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February 15, 2016146pgs, bk 1 the armory's series, but a blizzard interferes, her father was supposed to be there, her ex-fiance kidnaps her and takes her to a cabin
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February 22, 2013
Enjoyed reading this book. I finished it in a day.
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