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Summary: Lord save us from desperate, bootlicking heroines
Review: I couldn't finish this novel. Up until I abandoned all hope for it, I kept gritting my teeth at the idiocy of the heroine. It seemed like on every other page she was wondering if the hero merely lusted after her or if he actually cared for her. Repeatedly, the hero tells her he doesn't want anything to do with her, that she's just inspires lust in him, and that he's only with her for the reward money. Then, she'd vow to leave her pride in tact and treat him cooly. Two pages later, she's throwing herself at him again. Then, when he once again brushes her off, the whole routine starts anew. Grrrr! How frustrating. It seemed like the heroine would have squatted and squawked like a chicken on Main Street if the hero had wanted her to. That deficiency in the heroine ruined what could have been a good romance novel.
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Summary: Oh, what could have been!
Review: The tale of a man who can't escape his past and a woman who can't escape her future. Tanner McKnight is a ruthless bounty hunter. Abigail Bliss is a churchgoing schoolmarm. A dissimilar pair filled with lust. A dissimilar pair who cannot possibly have a future together, or can they? Abigail and the reader think it is a possibility. Now the author must convince the hero, and this is where the book's complexity settles -- in the convincing. Abigail Bliss is traveling on an Oregon-bound wagon train. Hidden from her is the fact she is a very rich heiress; her father feels that withholding this vital piece of information is better. Tanner McKnight is the hard-core gentleman on her trail. His mission - to bring sweet Abigail home to Chicago. His downfall -- sweet Abigail falls in love with him. To Rexanne Becnel's credit, she pens a great historical novel. The information surrounding the traveling conditions in a wagon train is phenomenal. Likewise, the added bonus of the fictional mouse creatures is a wonderful attachment. It is definitely a source of humorous relief from the journey's struggle. However, it is the off and on love interest that puts a strain on the story. Does he love me? Does he want me? Do I love him? Do I want him? Holy moly. End it! The story just ran out of steam. If only the author had cut some indecisiveness from the four-hundred and six pages, this would have been a dynamite story. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.
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Summary: Oh, what could have been!
Review: The tale of a man who can't escape his past and a woman who can't escape her future. Tanner McKnight is a ruthless bounty hunter. Abigail Bliss is a churchgoing schoolmarm. A dissimilar pair filled with lust. A dissimilar pair who cannot possibly have a future together, or can they? Abigail and the reader think it is a possibility. Now the author must convince the hero, and this is where the book's complexity settles -- in the convincing. Abigail Bliss is traveling on an Oregon-bound wagon train. Hidden from her is the fact she is a very rich heiress; her father feels that withholding this vital piece of information is better. Tanner McKnight is the hard-core gentleman on her trail. His mission - to bring sweet Abigail home to Chicago. His downfall -- sweet Abigail falls in love with him. To Rexanne Becnel's credit, she pens a great historical novel. The information surrounding the traveling conditions in a wagon train is phenomenal. Likewise, the added bonus of the fictional mouse creatures is a wonderful attachment. It is definitely a source of humorous relief from the journey's struggle. However, it is the off and on love interest that puts a strain on the story. Does he love me? Does he want me? Do I love him? Do I want him? Holy moly. End it! The story just ran out of steam. If only the author had cut some indecisiveness from the four-hundred and six pages, this would have been a dynamite story. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.
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Summary: Irrrritating !
Review: This book irritated me several times when i was reading it. I was on the verge of leaving it..The plot is good and the story was intresting,it makes u want to know what happens next.THAT is the only thing i grant the writer.But sometimes it got really boooring.The heroine sometimes kept describing the forest around her for pages.In the end i started to skip these passages..
But the MAIN disappointment in this book is that i didnt feel the characters were actually in love.The whole thing was lust..Throughout the whole story the 2 characters did not have a proper talk.To clarify myself: The hero was a complicated person who has had his share of hardships in the world. He didnt trust anyone and had the worst childhood.You expect Abigail (the heroine) to help him open up right?well no she doesnt! The writer doesnt even get in this territory..The heroine didnt soften the hero although there were many parts in the story where a small talk with him or a simple gesture like a hug would've helped him get over the pain.But instead the heroine almost never did anything of the sort..
Also,one of the most irritating things were that the heroine kept nagging the hero to tell her that he loved her when he didnt want to say it..She kept nagging for the last few chapters ,it was VERY annoying!
To make a long story short,i found that the story was about desire and lust..I wasnt convinced they were in love..AT ALL!
They didnt know each others personality too well,they didnt know each one's inside..If u know what i mean.. This is the first Rexanne Becnel story i read and certainly the last..Thank you for reading..Bye
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