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Summary: The Best Book Yet!
Review: This is a book that will make you angry, sad, laugh,and cry. The Clayborne brothers make the story come alive with humor. Once you've read this book, you need to read the books that feature each brother individually. No one makes a story come alive like Juile Garwood.
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Summary: "For the Roses" is as close to perfection as you can get.
Review: This book is filled with characters the reader can really know and love. I found myself there, with the Clayborne family, in the heart of Montana. Mary Rose is a loveable and believable heroine. Harrison is the man every woman would love to have for her own. Each Clayborne brother is his own person, and at the end of the book, I felt as if I knew each one personally. A definite must-read for Garwood fansr, and historical romance fans everywhere. A triumph!
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Summary: The BEST
Review: Julie---we are not worthy!!!!!!! I have read For the Roses several times (I have it in hardcover for the "I Love this Book--If you Touch them you DIE" shelf). I have recently finished the Red, White and Pink Rose series and have loved every brother--cant wait for you to tell Coles story!!! I even named 4 trees after the brothers. All of my friends who have read your books and I agree "I wish she would write faster" but then again we know that your books are something special to look forward to. EVERYONE read this book--you will not be sorry, you will love all of the Clayborne brothers, and Mary Rose with her sweet giving spirit. Then go on to read the other novelas that Julie has wrote about the Claybourns. Once again---I am not worthy of the joy your writings have brought into my life. Thanks :
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Summary: As always, Garwood has written another wonderfull romance.
Review: Julie Garwood has always had the knack for creating page-turning books. She has a witty style that never fails to elicit chuckles. She didn't fail to deliver in "For the Roses". I absolutely fell in love with her characters. The love she created between the the family is inspiring. It made me long for a family like that. It is a story that makes the reader feel good. I fell in love with the character of Harrison because he is such a well rounded individual. He is very much a "man" without being a brute like so often happens in romance novels. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good romance that isn't just a typical romance
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Summary: For the Roses is Garwood's Best Yet!
Review: Julie Garwood outdoes herself with this book!
While reading it, I was totally immersed into the
Clayborne family and felt as if I was one of them.
Wonderful characterizations, vivid mental scenery,
and excellent spin-off material. Couldn't put this one down!
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Summary: One of today's best published historical romance novels
Review: I find Julie Garwood to be one of the best authors in today's time. My belief is that she writes from the heart, not just to write like others have before her. For the Roses is well written and will be a cherised work in my ever growing collection. I find that her stories are refreshing and can always lift me up in any mood that I may be in. I await the rest of her saga of the Clayborne family with baited breath. I am thrilled that I will finally get to meet Mama Rose in the pages of her books. Katherine English 5/12/9
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Summary: Heart-warming and shows a true sense of devotion to family.
Review: Julie Garwood's "For the Roses" is a wonderfully written story of compassionate
people with a strong sense of loyalty toward family. Mary
Rose Clayborne is a caring and feeling individual raised by four adopted brothers. Garwood does wonderfully in portraying the characters as strong individuals.
The four Clayborne brothers have dedicated their lives to raising
Mary Rose in the best possible fashion, ensuring she want for
nothing, most of all a sense of belonging to a family.
Garwood shows the reader her sense of humor through her
characters, and "For The Roses" is no different than any of her other novels. I laughed, cried, and worried right along with them.
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Summary: Great Romance with REAL Family Values
Review: There are many reasons to like this book, but my favorite aspect is that it shows a non-traditional family full of love and respect. Three orphaned boys find a little girl in a trash pile and band together to raise her as their sister. The romance element of the book is good, as well as the part where Mary Rose finds her biological father, but the relationships of Mary Rose and her four unconventional brothers are what make this book a must read.
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Summary: Excellent comeback for Julie Garwood!
Review: I was becoming disappointed in Garwood's books because of the "Me, puissant hero. You, ineffective heroine." style she was adopting. With this book, she has achieved a great triumph: she penned a believable, romantic and above all, humorous tale.Too many novels have trite dialogue or exaggerated sex scenes and Garwood manages to steer clear of both. "For the Roses" entertained me so much that I had to put it down more than once so that I could stop laughing at the antics of the characters. I especially loved her heroine, Mary Rose Clayborne, because the young woman was intelligent, sassy and sweet. She also has a strong streak of common sense not often found in the gloriously beautiful and reckless heroines that populate lesser author's works. Mary Rose is definitely NOT monotonous or vain. I like the structure of the novel, with its chapters interspersed with letters written by the Clayborne family to their matriarch and Mary Rose's namesake, Mama Rose. The characters come alive through the letters and we gain an insight into their personalities that we would not normally have. Bravo, Ms. Garwood! This is the most excellently written novel of yours I have ever read.
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Summary: Great read
Review: Great book, tight story. I have never read anything by Ms. Garwood, and I was glad I picked it up. I did have some trouble from about page 230 and on, I just couldn't get the image of Jennifer Garner as Mary Rose out of my mind for the rest of the book. Not that that was a bad thing of course.
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