Jeb Hunter's Bride

by Ana Seymour

A WOMAN ALONE,

yet determined to fulfill her dying father's golden dream, Kerry Gallivan heeded the siren call of pioneering and set out on "the sea of grass." But how was she to know that while she sailed her prairie schooner, Jeb Hunter would become captain of her fate?

A MAN APART

Wagon master for a Conestoga caravan west; Jeb Hunter held the lives of his people in his hands ... and a guilty secret in his soul. Haunted by the past, he had no future --- until Kerry Gallivan schemed her way onto his train, and into his heart!

Genres: Romance, Historical, Harlequin, Harlequin Historical, Historical Romance

298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

pseudonym of Mary Bracho
Ana Seymour's romantic adventures have been published in 11 languages and sold in over 20 countries. Minnesota native Ana Seymour lives in the country near one of her state's fifteen thousand lakes. She was recently named Midwest Fiction Writer of the Year.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

An old-skewl Harlequin from a 50 cent library grab bag. (Aren't those the BEST?!!?) I will say it's a bold choice to use a spoiler for the whole novel as the title. ;)

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise, that folks won't be able to tell a female from a male, in a wagon train, is weak. Just when I was looking forward to see how the coped with the last half of their trek to the Pacific, the book ended. Typical Harlequin, pablem. Promised much, delivered little, but was enough to keep my interest to the disappointing end.

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

1857 - Kerry, 19, and Patrick, 13, just lost their father and have become orphans. Their father died while they were getting ready to emigrate to California, when New York did not turn out as welcoming as the Irish refugees/immigrants had hoped. Only, the wagon trains don’t take single women or children without fathers. Kerry decides to attempt to present herself as male, and take herself and her brother to fulfill her father’s dream. Jeb Hunter is the “lucky” wagon master to be taken in by this deception. Of course all does not go well, and she is discovered during the first leg of the trip. Jeb fully intends to send her back east. After having lost his wife, because he was gold prospecting and left her alone, he won’t have anything to do with vulnerable young single women, as he continues to beat himself up for not being there when she was raped and murdered. Kerry, with the help of the other (married) women, who believe the west will provide more equal rights for women, convinces Jeb to let her continue to go west. Slowly but surely, things seem to improve until Jeb remembers what he is doing, and then it has to start from square one again. The story is well written, though if I’d be nit picky, it was a little slow going. It certainly did evoke the boredom and tediousness of the trek at times. However, I enjoyed Kerry as a strong willed and stubborn female lead, and the conflicted Jeb was a good counter to her. Some of the story only works because Kerry is only 19, and grew up without a mother, because some of her naïveté is almost unbelievable.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

OMG. This book just draaaggggeeed. If I were a pioneer along a wagon trail, I would have reached California long before I reached the conclusion of "Jeb Hunter's Bride". Wagon trail books have been done so many times over - some are good, and some are bad... well, this one definitely fell into the latter category. The characters and plot were boring and dull and the Epilogue was urrrghh, gross. Looking forward to my next read and will be passing this book along to my local Salvation Army second-hand store.

[Priscilla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Romance bem água-com-açúcar entre Kelly, uma mocinha tentando se tornar uma colonizadora do Oeste, e Jeb, o guia de caravanas.

Esse tipo de história é extremamente popular nos Estados Unidos, mas eu gostaria de saber o quão é em terras tupiniquins já que volta e meia a Nova Cultural publicava algo assim.

[Phylisha Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
A young woman and her younger brother decide to fulfill there deceased fathers dream of joining a in order for the two of them to be able to join the wagon train.

[Eliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes you find yourself in a situation that is not of your making, for instance, a parent dying unexpectedly. Trying to make the best of a situation you find yourself in is what Kerry Gallivan found herself and brother in. Having a dream and following it at all cost is not always the wisest course, but sometimes it works out as it did in this story.

[Janelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay. Typical Harlequin romance. It was interesting enough to keep reading just to finish. I assumed the ending was going to be a certain way and I wasn't wrong. The lack of surprise wasn't amusing. I liked that the story took place in the pioneer days. There were pieces of the story that intrigued me. The characters were enjoyable. It was the story itself that was unsurprising.

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like Seymour's writing style. She is one of the better authors in regards to her character development, plot, writing style, etc.

[Angélique (Angel) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little too...descriptive for my liking. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped, but it wasn't that bad of a book.