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Oregon Bride
ON A TRAIL OF DANGER, THEIR LOVE KNEW NO BOUNDS
In a land of raw winds and merciless sun, Marybeth MacKinder was a green eyed, red-haired young widow traveling westward with her late husband's family and the memories of a loveless marriage. Here she was losing the battle to protect herself and her 5- month infant son from the brutish brother-in-law who was trying to claim her as his own.
Then Joshua Rivers stood before her offering her a tenderness she had never felt. He was a man of the frontier, a man both tough and gentle, whose very touch gave her a thrill she had never known. As the wagon train pushed across a continent, Marybeth would see new horizons opening up before her and feel a passion-bred courage to face both danger and a new destiny. But the joy she felt in Joshua's arms would be threatened by savage jealousy -- and a bullet ... for the journey of her heart had just begun.
In a land of raw winds and merciless sun, Marybeth MacKinder was a green eyed, red-haired young widow traveling westward with her late husband's family and the memories of a loveless marriage. Here she was losing the battle to protect herself and her 5- month infant son from the brutish brother-in-law who was trying to claim her as his own.
Then Joshua Rivers stood before her offering her a tenderness she had never felt. He was a man of the frontier, a man both tough and gentle, whose very touch gave her a thrill she had never known. As the wagon train pushed across a continent, Marybeth would see new horizons opening up before her and feel a passion-bred courage to face both danger and a new destiny. But the joy she felt in Joshua's arms would be threatened by savage jealousy -- and a bullet ... for the journey of her heart had just begun.
386 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 1990
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About the author
Rosanne Bittner
84 books621 followersI am a USA-TODAY best-selling author with 41 years, 76 books, and numerous writing awards behind me. My major genre is historical romance. I have always written for standard publishers but am now writing strictly for Amazon so I have more freedom to write real history. My most recent publication is SHADOW TRAIL, the 6th book in my Outlaw Hearts series. I also wrote and published my first full-length contemporary story, DANCING BENEATH YOU, in September 2022, a romance involving mystery and a depiction of reservation life in the Badlands of South Dakota. My best sellers are my SAVAGE DESTINY series (7 books) and my OUTLAW HEARTS series. See my website (www.rosannebittner.com) for details on all my books - most available for Kindle and in print. I am known for great love stories filled with real history and high emotion. I have also written many Native American stories, all based on real history.
I love American history. For those of you who have not yet read my books, my stories are generally set in the American West of the 1800s and feature vividly described, historically accurate settings that span the US from Missouri to California, from Canada to Mexico. Many of my books portray the poignant history of our Native Americans, and though the characters are my own, I use real historical locations and events in all my novels. I have also written about the French & Indian wars, American Revolution, the War of 1812, the war with Mexico (the Alamo), and the Civil War.
National magazine ROMANTIC TIMES has called me the "Queen of Western Romance" and an "emotional powerhouse." My husband and I have traveled the west for nearly 40 years and I have visited just about every location mentioned in my books.
Visit my website at www.rosannebittner.com and my Facebook Author page. And be sure to join Rosanne Bittner's Heart of the West Street Team! Happy reading!
I love American history. For those of you who have not yet read my books, my stories are generally set in the American West of the 1800s and feature vividly described, historically accurate settings that span the US from Missouri to California, from Canada to Mexico. Many of my books portray the poignant history of our Native Americans, and though the characters are my own, I use real historical locations and events in all my novels. I have also written about the French & Indian wars, American Revolution, the War of 1812, the war with Mexico (the Alamo), and the Civil War.
National magazine ROMANTIC TIMES has called me the "Queen of Western Romance" and an "emotional powerhouse." My husband and I have traveled the west for nearly 40 years and I have visited just about every location mentioned in my books.
Visit my website at www.rosannebittner.com and my Facebook Author page. And be sure to join Rosanne Bittner's Heart of the West Street Team! Happy reading!
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June 27, 2016
**2.5**
I didn't hate this or anything. It was almost a 3, but I just didn't think the writing was very strong and it was a little too sappy for me.
I didn't hate this or anything. It was almost a 3, but I just didn't think the writing was very strong and it was a little too sappy for me.
September 4, 2022
This rambled on and on, not to say that there weren’t some good parts but the storyline seemed immature.
December 17, 2019
Rating: 4 / 5
Much as I love Roanne Bittner's writing style, there's just something to each of her works that I've read so far that I'd like to change or wish to have done differently, that it keeps me from giving her a full five star rating. For instance, in Song of the Wolf, I really wish that she hadn't messed up the romance by introducing another woman into the protagonists' relationship--there was a practical reason given for it, but still, it pissed me off. Also, as another example, in Prairie Embrace the protagonists just kept procrastinating on running away and being together, all the while dealing with abuse for stupid plot-related purposes.
In other words, there seems to be this kind of harsh, tough love realism that Bittner just loves to employ, to the point that the angst factor is just way up there past my point of tolerance. Okay, call me a softie, but I prefer something light like Lakota Love Song for a historical romance that ups the fluff factor, or something like Dancing on Coals wherein the protagonists' romance is what gets them through all the hardships of their journey. Even if we want to make it more historically accurate, then I prefer Ride the Wind, which, despite being based in history more than Bittner's stories are, still somehow manages not to be as angsty.
So, yes, I think Bittner just loves angst, and has a bit of a sadistic streak in her wherein she must siege her characters with discomfort after discomfort for long periods of time as per Machiavellian standards, and only then finally consent to give her readers a happy ending. For anything before deaths or near-death experiences, rapes or near-rapes, beatings, tears, loss, or torment, don't expect happiness, is what Bittner seems to be saying.
All this put in context, Oregon Bride was actually a bit more tame in some respects, in that even though there are a lot of close calls and there's still a lot of angst, the protagonists actually manage to stand up for themselves and get something done before the end of the novel,so I felt was they were more empowered than just waiting for a happy ending to come to them.
That being said though, what I did not appreciate was how Bittner kept up the same villain from beginning to end, when really, for so long a journey taking place from New York to Oregan for our heroine, Marybeth MacKinder, I really felt that there should be more of a variety of major troubles rather than the same plot-device villain constantly being after her and Josh Rivers. I mean, it's a satisfying (if not quick) ending, but to have it all center around one villain's actions just felt like it was limiting the story, given all the angsty places that Bittner has otherwise explored in detail.
So, all things considered, this was actually a much better book than what I expected--considering that it's been on my bookshelves, unread, for over a year since I first bought it--and it's definitely a possible re-read in the future. Not my favourite frontier America romance by a long shot, but definitely the best from Bittner's works that I'm able to tolerate so far.
Much as I love Roanne Bittner's writing style, there's just something to each of her works that I've read so far that I'd like to change or wish to have done differently, that it keeps me from giving her a full five star rating. For instance, in Song of the Wolf, I really wish that she hadn't messed up the romance by introducing another woman into the protagonists' relationship--there was a practical reason given for it, but still, it pissed me off. Also, as another example, in Prairie Embrace the protagonists just kept procrastinating on running away and being together, all the while dealing with abuse for stupid plot-related purposes.
In other words, there seems to be this kind of harsh, tough love realism that Bittner just loves to employ, to the point that the angst factor is just way up there past my point of tolerance. Okay, call me a softie, but I prefer something light like Lakota Love Song for a historical romance that ups the fluff factor, or something like Dancing on Coals wherein the protagonists' romance is what gets them through all the hardships of their journey. Even if we want to make it more historically accurate, then I prefer Ride the Wind, which, despite being based in history more than Bittner's stories are, still somehow manages not to be as angsty.
So, yes, I think Bittner just loves angst, and has a bit of a sadistic streak in her wherein she must siege her characters with discomfort after discomfort for long periods of time as per Machiavellian standards, and only then finally consent to give her readers a happy ending. For anything before deaths or near-death experiences, rapes or near-rapes, beatings, tears, loss, or torment, don't expect happiness, is what Bittner seems to be saying.
All this put in context, Oregon Bride was actually a bit more tame in some respects, in that even though there are a lot of close calls and there's still a lot of angst, the protagonists actually manage to stand up for themselves and get something done before the end of the novel,so I felt was they were more empowered than just waiting for a happy ending to come to them.
That being said though, what I did not appreciate was how Bittner kept up the same villain from beginning to end, when really, for so long a journey taking place from New York to Oregan for our heroine, Marybeth MacKinder, I really felt that there should be more of a variety of major troubles rather than the same plot-device villain constantly being after her and Josh Rivers. I mean, it's a satisfying (if not quick) ending, but to have it all center around one villain's actions just felt like it was limiting the story, given all the angsty places that Bittner has otherwise explored in detail.
So, all things considered, this was actually a much better book than what I expected--considering that it's been on my bookshelves, unread, for over a year since I first bought it--and it's definitely a possible re-read in the future. Not my favourite frontier America romance by a long shot, but definitely the best from Bittner's works that I'm able to tolerate so far.
May 8, 2015
I want to issue a warning to those who are interested in reading the first two books in this series also (especially the second book, Texas Bride) - I strongly advise you read the books in order. While you can follow the story without reading the earlier books, there is enough information given in this book about earlier books that some might feel it ruins the enjoyment if they try to read the books out of order -- again, especially if you try to read Texas Bride after reading Oregon Bride as there are quite a lot of spoilers given in this book about what happens in the second book. (Book one features the story of the parents of the hero of this book. Book two tells the story of the sister of the hero of this book, and because he is apparently involved a fair bit in the turmoils surrounding his sister and her man in book two, much of their troubles are touched upon in this book so that the reader is given a bit of background to understand the hero better). I have only read this book out of the series and had no trouble keeping up, so if you do not plan to read the earlier books in this series, you should be fine. And, of course, if you don't mind spoilers, feel free to read in whatever order you desire. ;)
As to this book itself, I enjoyed it overall. The situations that came up for the couple felt natural (for the most part). There were a few things that were not well researched (like saying a bite from a young rattlesnake is less dangerous than the bite of a mature snake), not well thought out (like the Crow braves who apparently can't track at all so just assume where the guilt lay) or just ridiculous (like people desperate for meat, but willing to leave a freshly killed oxen without a thought to the food it could provide). There were numerous situations like these in the books where I found myself wondering if the author really didn't understand the realities of the setting, or if she was just using excessive creative-license.
As a whole, I gave it 3 stars (since Goodreads has that as "liked it"). I'd read it again if enough time passed, but it is not a book I'm likely to suggest to friends unless someone specifically asks for "wagon train" romances.
As to this book itself, I enjoyed it overall. The situations that came up for the couple felt natural (for the most part). There were a few things that were not well researched (like saying a bite from a young rattlesnake is less dangerous than the bite of a mature snake), not well thought out (like the Crow braves who apparently can't track at all so just assume where the guilt lay) or just ridiculous (like people desperate for meat, but willing to leave a freshly killed oxen without a thought to the food it could provide). There were numerous situations like these in the books where I found myself wondering if the author really didn't understand the realities of the setting, or if she was just using excessive creative-license.
As a whole, I gave it 3 stars (since Goodreads has that as "liked it"). I'd read it again if enough time passed, but it is not a book I'm likely to suggest to friends unless someone specifically asks for "wagon train" romances.
January 9, 2020
Again, Rosanne Bittner has written a book that will stay on my keeper shelf and will continue to be re-read over and over again!
Marybeth faces a life that would break most women - but there's something stronger in her that refuses to break under the evil she lives with. Joshua also refuses to give in to that evil and let Marybeth suffer on her own. I loved watching how their relationship grows on the wagon train - not so quickly that you feel like you've missed out on something.
Whenever I feel totally wrapped up in the characters lives and can experience their emotions with them - and weeks/months later still remember Marybeth and Joshua and want to re-read their story - you know it's a keeper!!!
Marybeth faces a life that would break most women - but there's something stronger in her that refuses to break under the evil she lives with. Joshua also refuses to give in to that evil and let Marybeth suffer on her own. I loved watching how their relationship grows on the wagon train - not so quickly that you feel like you've missed out on something.
Whenever I feel totally wrapped up in the characters lives and can experience their emotions with them - and weeks/months later still remember Marybeth and Joshua and want to re-read their story - you know it's a keeper!!!
August 29, 2012
This was a story about a woman and her baby on a wagon train bound for Oregon. The hardship and struggle endured by all is depicted really well. I could imagine what it must have been like to be apart of a group of people that faced constant danger. The hero was amazing. Josh fell in love with the widow and her baby from the start. There was suspense, drama and romance. I cried more than once. It felt epic in that the journey took about a year. I will remember this story and the people in it for a long time. I appreciate that in a story.
November 30, 2023
This felt every bit of that 471 pages. I liked the characters and the plot but for some reason it didn't click with me. I just don't think I click with the author. But overall, it was still a good story.
January 27, 2024
Pretty good read, but could have used a little more editing/trimming. 3.5/5 stars
August 27, 2015
Exciting adventure, creepy villains, swoon worthy hero and a feisty heroine all trekking through challenging landscapes with sickness, accidents & attacks wreaking havoc on the journey.
Most treks on the Oregan trail were hard but add being bullied by your in-laws & worrying for a baby takes it's tole. I felt for the plight & desperation of the young widow & cheered for her second chance.
Josh has grown up & had an attitude adjustment since we met him in Texas Bride. His quiet confidence & frontier skills are a stark contrast to Marybeth's experience with men to date.
Bone to pick: Native Americans tracking skills lacking???
Most treks on the Oregan trail were hard but add being bullied by your in-laws & worrying for a baby takes it's tole. I felt for the plight & desperation of the young widow & cheered for her second chance.
Josh has grown up & had an attitude adjustment since we met him in Texas Bride. His quiet confidence & frontier skills are a stark contrast to Marybeth's experience with men to date.
Bone to pick: Native Americans tracking skills lacking???
March 21, 2023
Just had to buy this book, Oregon Bride by F. Rose Bittner (1990). It seemed apropos as I’ve been in Oregon for three months. It’s classic Bittner with her accurate portrayal of the West and the arduous life on the Oregon Trail for early settlers. Fascinating to read!
A young widow, Marybeth, and her infant son go with with her former husband’s family on a wagon train along the Oregon Trail to settle in the Willamette Valley. She meets the scout, Joshua, who offers her tenderness and passionate love she’s never known. An evil brother in law consumed by jealousy plus many hazards threaten their journey. An enthralling read with a gut wrenching love story that finally gives them their happily ever after.
A young widow, Marybeth, and her infant son go with with her former husband’s family on a wagon train along the Oregon Trail to settle in the Willamette Valley. She meets the scout, Joshua, who offers her tenderness and passionate love she’s never known. An evil brother in law consumed by jealousy plus many hazards threaten their journey. An enthralling read with a gut wrenching love story that finally gives them their happily ever after.
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February 9, 2020LOVE 💘AND HAPPINESS FOR MARYBETH
Marybeth MacKinder and her son Danny are preparing leave New York City for the green land of Oregon, which hasn't yet reached statehood.
The patriarch Murray MacKinder is a forced to be reckoned with, his only living son John is a psychopath who murdered his brother by shoving him into a vat of molten steel at the plant that all three MacKinder men worked.
There's are horrible moments of domestic and verbal abuse. Male dominance in a world that offers women very little. The MacKinder men are violent alcoholic who think that a woman's station in life is to cook, wash, raise children and when he wants sex, it's to please the male. That women are just vessels for their seed (dufos) that's just a dried bologna sandwich outlook on women. The author also points out how these MacKinder men, isolated their women from the other women in the Wagon train, with physical violence and deprived of food. What a bunch, makes you want to do him in. Marybeth and her mother in law Ella lived a hard life both here and in Ireland. They both endured loveless marriages.
Josh Rivers and the Wagon train folks saw how nasty they treated Marybeth and Ella, public humiliation was not unknown to these men. Bullies , alcohol fueled arguments that usually ended with Mac(father)slapping, pushing and anything else to show their dominance of these
women.
Then not all men are "toads" but they ain't far from it. Right ladies?? This Adventure gives a lot of historical insight settlers went through to find a better life. This wasn't jump on the subway, catch a train or bus to get to a different art of the country. It just wasn't easy and your in a 😡unhappy marriage, it just compounded with the closeness to ugliness..
Everyone sit down with a nice cup of orange/black tea and relax kindered spirits, this is worth a reading.
Marybeth MacKinder and her son Danny are preparing leave New York City for the green land of Oregon, which hasn't yet reached statehood.
The patriarch Murray MacKinder is a forced to be reckoned with, his only living son John is a psychopath who murdered his brother by shoving him into a vat of molten steel at the plant that all three MacKinder men worked.
There's are horrible moments of domestic and verbal abuse. Male dominance in a world that offers women very little. The MacKinder men are violent alcoholic who think that a woman's station in life is to cook, wash, raise children and when he wants sex, it's to please the male. That women are just vessels for their seed (dufos) that's just a dried bologna sandwich outlook on women. The author also points out how these MacKinder men, isolated their women from the other women in the Wagon train, with physical violence and deprived of food. What a bunch, makes you want to do him in. Marybeth and her mother in law Ella lived a hard life both here and in Ireland. They both endured loveless marriages.
Josh Rivers and the Wagon train folks saw how nasty they treated Marybeth and Ella, public humiliation was not unknown to these men. Bullies , alcohol fueled arguments that usually ended with Mac(father)slapping, pushing and anything else to show their dominance of these
women.
Then not all men are "toads" but they ain't far from it. Right ladies?? This Adventure gives a lot of historical insight settlers went through to find a better life. This wasn't jump on the subway, catch a train or bus to get to a different art of the country. It just wasn't easy and your in a 😡unhappy marriage, it just compounded with the closeness to ugliness..
Everyone sit down with a nice cup of orange/black tea and relax kindered spirits, this is worth a reading.
December 12, 2021
Wowza! Rosanne Bittner knocks it out of the park. I loved this story! It is about Joshua Rivers, the oldest son of Emma and Joe Rivers from book 1, and Marybeth MacKinder, Irish Immigrant. Joshua Rivers left Texas with his sister and brother-in-law after lawless Texas Rangers/Comancheros posing as Comanche Indians, burnt down their ranch and killed their younger brother. They've resided in Independence Missouri for the last 5 years; however, Joshua decides it’s time to leave and forge a future for himself by going west to Oregon. Marybeth MacKinder and her husband’s family came from Ireland and settled in New York, however, after the death of her husband, they decide to head west to Oregon Territory. Marybeth has a baby and no choice but to go with them. They have never appreciated her and the men are very abusive. They finally arrive in St. Louis. One day Marybeth is able to escape the family for a few hours and visits the courthouse of St. Louis. She is in awe of the building; however, she knows she cannot get caught by the MacKinder's so she decides to exit the courthouse while she can. It is there she bumps into Joshua Rivers. Unbeknown to them, fate steps in and changes their lives forever. Both and others are headed on the Oregon Trail that is a couple of thousand miles long under harsh conditions with hostile bandits, Indians, etc....
I cannot imagine how hard and dangerous those times were. How tough and courageous those were seeking a better life. Rosanne Bittner does a fine job of describing those times and people. It is a great story that you must read to find out how it ends with Joshua and Marybeth.
I cannot imagine how hard and dangerous those times were. How tough and courageous those were seeking a better life. Rosanne Bittner does a fine job of describing those times and people. It is a great story that you must read to find out how it ends with Joshua and Marybeth.
February 19, 2022
It’s my first time to read a book by Ms. Bittner. It was an easy read but it was just depressing, if that makes sense. The things the characters in this story go through will make you feel depressed. The circumstances they go through are miserable. What I didn’t like though was the writing of the main villain all throughout the story. It becomes tedious and repetitive. He’s too one-dimensional. But boy did I hate the bastard so much. I just wish he suffered far worse than he did since there’s not an ounce of remorse and repetance in him. Overall, the book is okay. I liked the hero and the heroine.
June 20, 2024
Loved it
I love historical fiction. This book absolutely is among the very best. Marybeth and her in-laws leave New York to travel to Oregon. Her father in law and brother in law are physically and emotionally abusive. Other members of the wagon train see their abuse but don't do anything to help. Two brave women help Marybeth separate from her abusers and she finds love with Josh. But brother in law John still wants Marybeth for his own and makes life he'll for her and Josh, even more of a he'll than all the tragedy they encounter on their journey across the country. Could not put this book down!
I love historical fiction. This book absolutely is among the very best. Marybeth and her in-laws leave New York to travel to Oregon. Her father in law and brother in law are physically and emotionally abusive. Other members of the wagon train see their abuse but don't do anything to help. Two brave women help Marybeth separate from her abusers and she finds love with Josh. But brother in law John still wants Marybeth for his own and makes life he'll for her and Josh, even more of a he'll than all the tragedy they encounter on their journey across the country. Could not put this book down!
September 22, 2023
For me this was amazing and the perfect trilogy to start if you want to get into Rosanne's books. I just love western historical romance's with a widow parent I eat it up so cute. After I finished this trilogy I went into a reading slump and the only way I got out of it was reading more of this author's books so yeah I would say I love her writing. It can get repetitive but that's not something that bothers me too much. Also love the original cover, this one is my favorite with the orange and purple.
November 25, 2023
Josh and Marybeth
This is absolutely one of the most exciting and adventurous tales I’ve read in a long time. The story starts with sadness and sorrow, meanness and hurt. The wagon train to Oregon was filled with all sorts of dangers and accidents and danger. Josh is nearly killed and hangs onto life while near deaths door. Marybeth has to leave him at an old fort and travel on with the train while he recuperates. You will enjoy discovering how they find their way to a happy ever after. Excellent read!
This is absolutely one of the most exciting and adventurous tales I’ve read in a long time. The story starts with sadness and sorrow, meanness and hurt. The wagon train to Oregon was filled with all sorts of dangers and accidents and danger. Josh is nearly killed and hangs onto life while near deaths door. Marybeth has to leave him at an old fort and travel on with the train while he recuperates. You will enjoy discovering how they find their way to a happy ever after. Excellent read!
July 14, 2022
Exciting trip to the West....
Couldn't put this one down, love these westerns that this author brings too life, add a dysfunctional Irish family with some Swedish friends and a nice hot Texas cowboy and you get a good Wagon train love story. I am reading these out of order, so now I'm going back to book 1, and then on to the second book to get Josh's back story. Will definitely keep this on my re read list.
Couldn't put this one down, love these westerns that this author brings too life, add a dysfunctional Irish family with some Swedish friends and a nice hot Texas cowboy and you get a good Wagon train love story. I am reading these out of order, so now I'm going back to book 1, and then on to the second book to get Josh's back story. Will definitely keep this on my re read list.
November 14, 2019
Oregon trail meets romance. A little long, but it appeared to be fairly accurate to the times and showed the rough way of getting across the States. It was a bit frustrating that there was always something going on that was bad, but again that was due to the length of the book.
January 29, 2023
Oregon Bride
One of the best novels I’ve read on the very real trials of the many thousands of brave individuals who travelled the Oregon Trail, including my grandmother. Bittner’s writing is so real you will quickly fall in alongside Marybeth, Deloras, and all the others as they struggle against the odds. And who could resist a handsome, able bodied man such as Joshua! I cried along with their sorrows and rejoiced at their victories. I couldn’t put it down.
One of the best novels I’ve read on the very real trials of the many thousands of brave individuals who travelled the Oregon Trail, including my grandmother. Bittner’s writing is so real you will quickly fall in alongside Marybeth, Deloras, and all the others as they struggle against the odds. And who could resist a handsome, able bodied man such as Joshua! I cried along with their sorrows and rejoiced at their victories. I couldn’t put it down.
November 27, 2023
Courage
This book has evil and good in it. It's what our life is today. Good wins out because God never said you wouldn't have hardship but that He will be with you through it all.
This book has evil and good in it. It's what our life is today. Good wins out because God never said you wouldn't have hardship but that He will be with you through it all.
April 22, 2024
I Loved this book as I Love most all of Rosanne Bittner’s books!!! I felt so sorry for Marybeth Mackinder. I literally wanted to reach inside of the book & get rid of the 2 Mackinder men who treated her so badly!!!
April 7, 2025
Well, the A.T. Butler novels about the westward trail experiences were full of actual experiences. If anything, .they were so pure that babies obviously came from storks!
This book was quite the opposite. A bodice ripper with a touch of westward travel experience. Easy to page rapidly through repeated descriptions of passion on the prairies!
This book was quite the opposite. A bodice ripper with a touch of westward travel experience. Easy to page rapidly through repeated descriptions of passion on the prairies!
June 26, 2019
One of my favorite romance authors! Her books are always page turners, especially this one.
May 24, 2021
I absolutely LOVE this book! It had everything: romance, suspense, adventure, history.
October 21, 2021
Always a great read from Rosanne Bittner.
December 14, 2021
I enjoyed the plot and the history but the heroine had to be the most annoying character to ever travel by wagon to Oregon. So clingy and ALWAYS crying. Help me....
September 14, 2022
the brides series
A fun read- story moved quickly and was exciting. The book placed you in the story. Now I’m anxious to read more in the series.
A fun read- story moved quickly and was exciting. The book placed you in the story. Now I’m anxious to read more in the series.
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March 20, 2024dnf :(
April 10, 2024
you don’t have to read it all
Every single book in this bride series was exact same. This seems like an overused trope for this author. Oh well.
Every single book in this bride series was exact same. This seems like an overused trope for this author. Oh well.
March 28, 2025
It wouldn’t be the Oregon Trail without a nice case of cholera 😃
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