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Backwards to Oregon (The Oregon Series, #1)

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Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 31, 2012

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Dec 11, 2012 Pin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: there-is-a-kid, character_single-mother, theme_keeping-secrets, theme_toaster-oven, impression_great-protagonist, favorites-of-all-time, 5-stars, tone_drama, theme_slow-burn, women-pretend-to-be-men

Still keeping it at pure five stars after finishing the re-read of the revised and expanded second edition published by Ylva. This great book is now even better.

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Jun 29, 2012 Cab rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbt, romance, e-books, historical

I really loved this story which is unusually because I’m not a huge fan of historical era type stories, but I loved the characters Luke and Nora and I find myself wanting to re-read the story. I can count on one hand the stories I’ve wanted to read again.
The story takes place in the 1850’s and Luke is a woman passing as a man in part because the options for a single woman are get married and essentially be considered property or be a prostitute.

Luke and Nora get married as a type of business a ...more

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