The Captain's Woman

Garretts of Wyoming #3

by Merline Lovelace

The Captain's Woman by Merline Lovelace released on Dec 25, 2002 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Historical Romance, Fiction, Romance

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

After a 23-year AF career, Colonel Merline Lovelace launched a second career as a writer, basing many of her tales on her own experiences in uniform and on her travels all around the globe.

The USA Today best-selling author now has more than 11 million copies of her books in print. Her works have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA. Merline is especially proud to have been named the University of Oklahoma's Writer of the Year and the Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year.

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the final book in the Garretts of Wyoming trilogy and it is a good ending. The Captain's Woman features Sam Garrett (son of Andrew and Julia from The Horse Soldier) and Victoria Parker, daughter of a newspaper owner in Cheyenne Wyoming. Theirs' is a stormy relationship and story. I spent a large part of the book mad at Sam and his treatment of Victoria but in the end he did redeem himself. Victoria is young and has been in love with Sam forever but she has another destiny in her life as well. A budding journalist, she follows Sam to Cuba where he has gone with Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. Her reports on the work of the volunteer nurses during the war catch the attention of newspapers all over the country. There is a lot of history in the book as well as a love story but the best part of the book is Victoria's evolution into the woman she was meant to be. Recommended!

[Michelle Bacon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, this book can probably give you a small history lesson as it tells the tale of Victoria Parker, of who is a journalist and who is engaged to be married to Captain Sam Garrett. It tells of Clara Barton establishing the Red Cross, the troops that were stricken with malaria and yellow fever and even a cameo of Stephen Crane.

This book did make me angry at one point because of the decision Victoria made after witnessing something her fiance had done and then taking him back again. Not too sure if that was the author's intentions. I'm not a fan of romance books because of that. These women in these books just really make some poor choices.

[Joel Kent Wilkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Forgotten War

The last time I heard anything about the Spanish American war, I was a junior in high school; over 40 years ago. This work not only filled the gaps of history but added the reality of the tough, disease ridden conditions of war in a tropical climate in the late nineteenth century. Getting to know the characters and the challenges they faced brings us into their trials with feelings and colors of their life changing journey. History paired with action and romance make this story unforgettable.

[Jeanne (love2cook) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Woven into the real historical story of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders' fight against the Spanish in Cuba is the fictional story of a Wyoming journalist and Captain Sam Garrett. I found the story to be well-written and very interestingly interwoven with fact and fiction.

[Michelle Connolly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Definitely not my kind of book. Too many facts & dates... It sometimes felt like I was reading a history book. It's more about the Spanish-American war and the nurses that served in it than the romance between the characters. They felt more like the second story instead of the other way around.
For the same reason, there wasn't much depth to the characters.
Being honest, I don't think I read half of it. I got bored with it very often and skimmed through most of the war bits (which is pretty much 80% of the book).
So, if you like books with a lot of facts and history in them with a touch of romance, this might be for you.

[Misfit]

Bah. Too much like Cynthia Wright. Back to the library you go.

[Autumn Jordon · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I've read. Love it.