A Gown of Spanish Lace

Janette Oke Classics For Girls #2

by Natasha Sperling (Adapted by), Janette Oke

A Janette Oke Classics for Girls book. First-time schoolteacher Ariana is abducted and taken to an outlaw camp far from her home. As her confinement stretches into weeks, Ariana learns little of her captors. But the one man assigned to her care doesnbt seem to share the temperament of his violent cohorts. He may be Arianabs only chance for escape.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Faith

176 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ann B.]

Very good. Loved the christian aspect! Very interesting plot! Had me wanting to read the whole thing in one sitting! Plot twist i geussed...yet it was still surprising when I was right it was also pretty obvious me, but that's okay. Still great book!

[Rebecca]

Sixteen-year-old Ariana Benson loves her new job as the schoolteacher in her small frontier town. But her whole life changes one snowy day when she is kidnapped by two outlaws and taken back to their hidden camp, where she is held as a prisoner. Her guard is Laramie, the son of the outlaws' leader. But Laramie is not like the other outlaws. He finds himself struggling with his duties as Ariana's guard, and knows in his heart it is not right to hold an innocent young woman prisoner. And Ariana finds herself strangely trusting him. Laramie comes up with a daring plan to help her escape, even though it means separating himself from his father forever. But will the plan work?

This was a decent historical western adventure, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the other book I read by this author. This was mainly due to the ending of the book. Toward the end of the book, the author threw in a plot device that seemed to be there in order to place one more obstacle in the path of the characters so that the book would be a bit longer. I still enjoyed this book overall, I just wish the ending had been less contrived. I would recommend this book to fans of the author, but new readers looking to try a Janette Oke book would be better off reading a different one instead.

[RubyRidingHood]

This book was kinda weird. I wouldn't recommend it. :/ This was an adaption so i will try to give Janette Oke another chance. Whoever adapted this book though!! They were terrible at writing. :()
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this was just a terrible book. Story and writing. I hated it. :P Whenever I think of it i just have bad thoughts. I don't think i will ever be open-minded about it. :}