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The Oregon Trail #1
Undeniable
Beth Ann Roberts expected to live out her life as her sister Lizzy, married to Daggart Bartlett. When Daggart sells the farm to join the Gold Rush, Beth must go with him, never expecting how much her life will change.
Nicholas Granville is forced by his brother to help a group as they travel the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon. Mourning his late wife, Nick's heart began healing the moment he saw Beth.
Now, the couple must find a way to fight a love that is undeniable.
Nicholas Granville is forced by his brother to help a group as they travel the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon. Mourning his late wife, Nick's heart began healing the moment he saw Beth.
Now, the couple must find a way to fight a love that is undeniable.
367 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2013
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April 6, 2023
CONTENT WARNING: At least two on page rapes of the heroine by her brother in law
Why can’t authors and publishers include basic content warnings for romance!?
What in the hell? I did not want to read about the main female character being raped repeatedly by her fake husband/brother in law! The hero overhears it and hears her saying no, but carries on pursuing her (a married woman in his mind) during the day.
This book is so freaking terrible! It’s a whole lotta boring interrupted with some on page rape and abuse followed by more boring. Dish washing, cow milking, rape, fishing, walking a trail, more dish washing, rape… I’m out! I DNF’d at 35%.
I’d feel bad for this FMC if she wasn’t written to be a one-dimensional idiot. And this hero keeps telling us his dead first wife is the love of his life, but he’s going to pursue and steal the heroine from her husband BUT NEVER INTERCEDES WHEN SHE IS REPEATEDLY ABUSED BY HIM!
The author needs to rethink this ENTIRE BOOK and check what she considers sweet western romance to be. Ugh! I am never trusting kindle suggestions again.
AVOID AVOID AVOID.
Why can’t authors and publishers include basic content warnings for romance!?
What in the hell? I did not want to read about the main female character being raped repeatedly by her fake husband/brother in law! The hero overhears it and hears her saying no, but carries on pursuing her (a married woman in his mind) during the day.
This book is so freaking terrible! It’s a whole lotta boring interrupted with some on page rape and abuse followed by more boring. Dish washing, cow milking, rape, fishing, walking a trail, more dish washing, rape… I’m out! I DNF’d at 35%.
I’d feel bad for this FMC if she wasn’t written to be a one-dimensional idiot. And this hero keeps telling us his dead first wife is the love of his life, but he’s going to pursue and steal the heroine from her husband BUT NEVER INTERCEDES WHEN SHE IS REPEATEDLY ABUSED BY HIM!
The author needs to rethink this ENTIRE BOOK and check what she considers sweet western romance to be. Ugh! I am never trusting kindle suggestions again.
AVOID AVOID AVOID.
June 14, 2015
Let me begin by saying I know this is fiction. Some of the worst fiction I've read in an awfully long time. It was repetitious, boring and slow beyond description. The whole story was spent telling the reader that the characters washed dishes in the river, picketed the horse, fed the cow, gathered firewood. Seriously. Over and over. Add to it the h was too stupid to live and you have this book. Beth Ann was ridiculous. *Spoiler* She felt obligated to stay with her abusive, worthless brother-in-law, as a replacement for her dead sister (his wife). This was because of a promise to her deceased father. I completely understand that women were thought of as property and not allowed the freedoms we know, but this was beyond that. She stayed with the abuser even though they weren't married. *End spoiler*
As for the explicit sex scenes others have mentioned, they were laughable. Yes, there was sex, but the descriptions were comedic.
After the beginning, I found I could read the first sentence every few pages and not miss a thing. If you're looking for good historical fiction about the Oregon Trail, do yourself a favor and please keep looking. This was an insult to the reader.
As for the explicit sex scenes others have mentioned, they were laughable. Yes, there was sex, but the descriptions were comedic.
After the beginning, I found I could read the first sentence every few pages and not miss a thing. If you're looking for good historical fiction about the Oregon Trail, do yourself a favor and please keep looking. This was an insult to the reader.
October 21, 2022
CAUTION: this story contained domestic violence.
Widowed Daggart "wed" his late wife's twin sister Beth
who he called Lizzy (name of late wife). He encouraged
Beth in her Lizzy persona. When drunk he shoved, slapped,
beat or raped Beth. The author devoted too much story to
this horrid man. Dag insisted on going to California even
though the gold of the California Gold Rush was mostly
'played out.'
Dag promised Beth's late dad he'd take care of her after
Lizzy died. He sold Beth's farm and possessions w/o her
knowledge for the 2 to buy supplies & to join the wagon
train (WT). Lazy Dag expected Beth to care for the oxen
& cow, make the fires, cook, put up/ take down the tent,
walk behind the wagon.
Nick (hero) & bro Sam served as the WT captains leading
the travelers from Missouri to Oregon, Dag could leave the
WT and eventually head southwest to California. Nick and
Beth clicked from the start, became tempted, but took part
in mostly kisses, until...
We discovered Beth & Dag never married! She went through
all this humiliation & abuse due to a death-bed promise to
her father.
Americans had some fictional television movies yrs ago
nick-named "women in peril." Showing women subjected
to criminal or obnoxious behavior & good men who 'rescued'
them. I'd equate this western romance to those TV movies.
So, really a romance?
Widowed Daggart "wed" his late wife's twin sister Beth
who he called Lizzy (name of late wife). He encouraged
Beth in her Lizzy persona. When drunk he shoved, slapped,
beat or raped Beth. The author devoted too much story to
this horrid man. Dag insisted on going to California even
though the gold of the California Gold Rush was mostly
'played out.'
Dag promised Beth's late dad he'd take care of her after
Lizzy died. He sold Beth's farm and possessions w/o her
knowledge for the 2 to buy supplies & to join the wagon
train (WT). Lazy Dag expected Beth to care for the oxen
& cow, make the fires, cook, put up/ take down the tent,
walk behind the wagon.
Nick (hero) & bro Sam served as the WT captains leading
the travelers from Missouri to Oregon, Dag could leave the
WT and eventually head southwest to California. Nick and
Beth clicked from the start, became tempted, but took part
in mostly kisses, until...
We discovered Beth & Dag never married! She went through
all this humiliation & abuse due to a death-bed promise to
her father.
Americans had some fictional television movies yrs ago
nick-named "women in peril." Showing women subjected
to criminal or obnoxious behavior & good men who 'rescued'
them. I'd equate this western romance to those TV movies.
So, really a romance?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 17, 2016
This book was quite a disappointment. It was torture to complete it.
If you have read any Western Romances as well as Mail Order bride book you would see how unbelievable this story is.
This author could have put more effort into her research of the time period. I never felt the experience of the west at all. Sorry but I will not be following this authors series.
If you have read any Western Romances as well as Mail Order bride book you would see how unbelievable this story is.
This author could have put more effort into her research of the time period. I never felt the experience of the west at all. Sorry but I will not be following this authors series.
July 23, 2015
Really giving this a 2.5. I love Oregon Trail history so was looking forward to this one. As a historical look at how people crossed the country it wasn't bad. You certainly learned how they ate, slept, did chores, washed etc. This continual description got quite repetitive in a comforting sort of way. In the end I quite enjoyed how I could count on it to put me to sleep. I don't mean that in a bad way - it was lulling. The writing style was likeable and easy.
What I was annoyed with were the characters. I know women were treated differently back then and didn't have many choices, but the fact that Beth Ann was stubbornly loyal to a promise she made to her father despite being abused by her so called husband Daggart without hating him wasn't realistic. Also I had a feeling the author tried to get her readers to sympathize a little with Daggart two thirds of the way through. Sorry, not going to happen! And Nicholas. Well, I'm not sure where to start with him. I think I needed to get into his head more. I got the anger and reactions from others, but I didn't truly get his character from him. I liked Sam much more. I just couldn't really warm to Nick. And Beth's final objections to their union - no. I didn't believe that either.
Overall, I did like the trail tales but the characters and premise not so much. Will try another from this author, however.
What I was annoyed with were the characters. I know women were treated differently back then and didn't have many choices, but the fact that Beth Ann was stubbornly loyal to a promise she made to her father despite being abused by her so called husband Daggart without hating him wasn't realistic. Also I had a feeling the author tried to get her readers to sympathize a little with Daggart two thirds of the way through. Sorry, not going to happen! And Nicholas. Well, I'm not sure where to start with him. I think I needed to get into his head more. I got the anger and reactions from others, but I didn't truly get his character from him. I liked Sam much more. I just couldn't really warm to Nick. And Beth's final objections to their union - no. I didn't believe that either.
Overall, I did like the trail tales but the characters and premise not so much. Will try another from this author, however.
October 11, 2021
Can you fall in love with your own hero? I think so! Every time I read this, I just love Nick and want the best for Beth. Daggart is another story. I try to hate his guts, but he has reasons behind his actions.
I love reading anything by Mary Balogh. She and Jodi Thomas are my go to authors for romance. But, with Mary specializing in Regency and Jodi in Texas, I wanted something a little different. When unable to find the 'Goldilocks' of romance, I decided to write it myself and this is the result.
The hero's brother, Sam, kept trying to take over the story. In order to complete the novel and maintain focus on the primary couple, I gave Sam his own novel. His story, Undesirable, is the second novel in the Oregon Trail Series.
I love reading anything by Mary Balogh. She and Jodi Thomas are my go to authors for romance. But, with Mary specializing in Regency and Jodi in Texas, I wanted something a little different. When unable to find the 'Goldilocks' of romance, I decided to write it myself and this is the result.
The hero's brother, Sam, kept trying to take over the story. In order to complete the novel and maintain focus on the primary couple, I gave Sam his own novel. His story, Undesirable, is the second novel in the Oregon Trail Series.
July 5, 2015
I didn't like this book a lot when I started it. The characters were wooden, their actions didn't make sense. But I kept reading. And I actually read the whole thing in one sitting. Mostly because I couldn't sleep, but it also ended up gripping me.
It actually developed in an interesting manner. You can tell something is wrong at the start. And it just develops in little revelations one little bit at a time. So why does Beth hate being called Lizzy Lou? Why is she quiet and docile to her husband, but thoughtful and energetic on her own?
And when it ends, I want to know more about their life.
It actually developed in an interesting manner. You can tell something is wrong at the start. And it just develops in little revelations one little bit at a time. So why does Beth hate being called Lizzy Lou? Why is she quiet and docile to her husband, but thoughtful and energetic on her own?
And when it ends, I want to know more about their life.
February 20, 2016
Reads as if two people wrote it
All in all it was a decent book but I'm not sure if I would read another one from this author. She seem to take the easy way out by writing the second half as one long love scene. I got tired of reading it and wondered what was ever going to happen next. The book ended rather abruptly.
All in all it was a decent book but I'm not sure if I would read another one from this author. She seem to take the easy way out by writing the second half as one long love scene. I got tired of reading it and wondered what was ever going to happen next. The book ended rather abruptly.
June 27, 2015
This was a good read.. No surprises but I was entertained which is what I want in book
November 10, 2019
Great book
I enjoyed reading this book very much.I felt bad for beth.she only wanted to be loved.I'm happy thing s worked out for her.
I enjoyed reading this book very much.I felt bad for beth.she only wanted to be loved.I'm happy thing s worked out for her.
July 22, 2022
My Musings
The book started out well and pulled me, but as I continued to read, the pacing slowed down. By the last quarter, I was less interested, but I did finish. The ending dragged out a bit but glad the hero won the girl. Happy reading!
The book started out well and pulled me, but as I continued to read, the pacing slowed down. By the last quarter, I was less interested, but I did finish. The ending dragged out a bit but glad the hero won the girl. Happy reading!
April 25, 2023
This one started out well with a pretty good hook, and I was invested in the characters. After a while, though, it was just too much. Like other reviewers have pointed out, there is only so much of the little stuff--frying fish and bacon and washing clothes and knitting socks--you can focus on before the whole thing starts getting tedious and you're ready for *something* to happen. It would be nice if that something actually makes sense for the backstory and the rest of the novel.
This is the story of Beth Ann Roberts, a woman who reluctantly joins a wagon train west with her supposed husband, Daggart, a none-too-bright brute of a man who was married to her late twin sister, Lizzy. In order to keep a promise to her dying father, Beth has take on Lizzy's identity--wearing her clothes and shoes and doing everything she possibly can to please Daggart. Resigned to her fate of being second-best and playing the lifelong role of her dead sister, Beth does the best she can to cope with life with Daggart on the Oregon Trail. Between Daggart's physical and mental abuse and Beth's growing attraction to Nicholas Granville, one of the train's captains, it is not an easy journey for her--or for the reader.
After reading more than my share of wagon train romances, I have to say that this novel is missing a number of key components. We don't get to meet anyone on the journey except the captains--Nicholas and his younger brother, Samuel and their hands--and it's really hard to get a grip on time and space. The best novels of this type build an ensemble cast that help keep the reader focused on just how difficult the journey is, particularly with broken equipment and dying livestock, lack of water and the inevitable sickness that spreads through the group. It would have helped this story to know who else is along for the ride, just as I would have liked to know what covering 15 miles feels and looks like rather than simply being given a report of the distance covered each day.
In a relationship-driven novel, these things are not quite as important--as long as the relationship is making enough strides to provide the thrust of the plot. That is where this novel becomes so frustrating. Nicholas wants Beth from the moment he first sees her and spends much time and energy trying to protect her from her husband and her fear of water and anything else that may trouble her. He will do anything to have her for his own--at least that's what he thinks. When the obstacles between them actually move away, though, memories of the past and fear of the future crop up for him in a completely frustrating way, especially after ALL THESE PAGES. That's when I started skimming.
The third part of the novel seemed completely contrived, as if the author had to think of something else to keep the main characters apart and there were no external forces available. The characters invited problems for themselves and each other and, honestly, I felt a bit cheated. Not only because I'd read more than half of the book with the expectation of something magical happening, but because I truly believed (in true romance fashion) that Nicholas' desire for Beth was absolutely true and unflagging.
I liked the first half of this novel--it was well-written and there was good interplay between the characters, even if I didn't quite understand Beth's motivation for staying with Daggart. Had it ended about a hundred pages sooner, it would have been a better-than-average romance, even if the love scenes between Beth and Nick were described in a way that made me want to go back to my own wagon and pull the blanket over my head. As it is, though, it's just too long with an unnecessary conflict that drags what could have been a re-readable romance novel down to a slog.
This is the story of Beth Ann Roberts, a woman who reluctantly joins a wagon train west with her supposed husband, Daggart, a none-too-bright brute of a man who was married to her late twin sister, Lizzy. In order to keep a promise to her dying father, Beth has take on Lizzy's identity--wearing her clothes and shoes and doing everything she possibly can to please Daggart. Resigned to her fate of being second-best and playing the lifelong role of her dead sister, Beth does the best she can to cope with life with Daggart on the Oregon Trail. Between Daggart's physical and mental abuse and Beth's growing attraction to Nicholas Granville, one of the train's captains, it is not an easy journey for her--or for the reader.
After reading more than my share of wagon train romances, I have to say that this novel is missing a number of key components. We don't get to meet anyone on the journey except the captains--Nicholas and his younger brother, Samuel and their hands--and it's really hard to get a grip on time and space. The best novels of this type build an ensemble cast that help keep the reader focused on just how difficult the journey is, particularly with broken equipment and dying livestock, lack of water and the inevitable sickness that spreads through the group. It would have helped this story to know who else is along for the ride, just as I would have liked to know what covering 15 miles feels and looks like rather than simply being given a report of the distance covered each day.
In a relationship-driven novel, these things are not quite as important--as long as the relationship is making enough strides to provide the thrust of the plot. That is where this novel becomes so frustrating. Nicholas wants Beth from the moment he first sees her and spends much time and energy trying to protect her from her husband and her fear of water and anything else that may trouble her. He will do anything to have her for his own--at least that's what he thinks. When the obstacles between them actually move away, though, memories of the past and fear of the future crop up for him in a completely frustrating way, especially after ALL THESE PAGES. That's when I started skimming.
The third part of the novel seemed completely contrived, as if the author had to think of something else to keep the main characters apart and there were no external forces available. The characters invited problems for themselves and each other and, honestly, I felt a bit cheated. Not only because I'd read more than half of the book with the expectation of something magical happening, but because I truly believed (in true romance fashion) that Nicholas' desire for Beth was absolutely true and unflagging.
I liked the first half of this novel--it was well-written and there was good interplay between the characters, even if I didn't quite understand Beth's motivation for staying with Daggart. Had it ended about a hundred pages sooner, it would have been a better-than-average romance, even if the love scenes between Beth and Nick were described in a way that made me want to go back to my own wagon and pull the blanket over my head. As it is, though, it's just too long with an unnecessary conflict that drags what could have been a re-readable romance novel down to a slog.
March 3, 2017
Not bad although disturbing initially until the truth is revealed.
November 7, 2018
This book could have been really great and earned at least 3 (if not more) stars. Reading the description of the story line and getting this as a free download for my Kindle, I was so excited to start this one. But about 1/4 of the way through, I was starting to get disappointed and the more I read, the more disappointed I got. There was just too much going on that I think the author got so wrapped up in making sure we understood "life on the trail" and "the routine" that she let the story itself flop a little. It just felt like it took FOREVER for the two leads to FINALLY get together - and when they did, it was a bit anticlimactic. Like, "ok we're together, that's great - the end". I just felt like I slogged through a lot of descriptions of scenery and not-so-great character dialogue to get to the good stuff, and it wasn't really worth it. I'm ok with a story ending when the mains get together and accomplish what the author has been building up to, but with this book, there wasn't enough meat and potatoes to the actual story to give me the usual satisfaction I feel when a book ends. Overall, not a great read but since it was a free download and only took me about a week to read in my spare time, it wasn't a total waste. But not enough to earn more than a 1-star review.
April 22, 2020
Finding Love in a Wagon Train on the Oregon Trail
Beth, called Lizzy by her husband? joined a wagon train in search of a better life in Oregon. Her husband? really wanted to go to the California gold mining fields and the wagon train was going in that general direction. His plan was to turn off the Oregon Trail and connect with a train to California.
Beth (Lizzy) made lots of friends as they traveled, while her husband?, Daggart, drank a lot, and mistreated Beth (Lizzy) because she was not Lizzy, but Lizzy's twin sister. He insisted Beth was a substitute for his Lizzy who had drowned. He constantly did things to humiliate Beth (Lizzy) on the trip. Perhaps the worst (or perhaps the best) was leaving her to die beside the trail as they neared the trail to the gold fields.
Read this book if you are interested in historical fiction about the 19th century and enjoy love stories. There is a love story here too.
Beth, called Lizzy by her husband? joined a wagon train in search of a better life in Oregon. Her husband? really wanted to go to the California gold mining fields and the wagon train was going in that general direction. His plan was to turn off the Oregon Trail and connect with a train to California.
Beth (Lizzy) made lots of friends as they traveled, while her husband?, Daggart, drank a lot, and mistreated Beth (Lizzy) because she was not Lizzy, but Lizzy's twin sister. He insisted Beth was a substitute for his Lizzy who had drowned. He constantly did things to humiliate Beth (Lizzy) on the trip. Perhaps the worst (or perhaps the best) was leaving her to die beside the trail as they neared the trail to the gold fields.
Read this book if you are interested in historical fiction about the 19th century and enjoy love stories. There is a love story here too.
August 6, 2014
This wonderfully written tale is about so many things, but what I most loved was the message of hope.
We join Beth "Lizzy" Roberts as her husband, Daggart, sells the farm to embark on the gold rush trail... and therein lies the first warning, as we all know that the love of money brings nothing but hardship and misery.
And hardship and misery is what the intrepid group must endure. Cooking with only buffalo chips, washing and drinking dirty water, and going to the toilet in view of everybody... these trials are nothing compared to Daggart's descent into abusive alcoholism.
It cannot be denied that there are some deeply uncomfortable scenes, but I am a reader who enjoys being pushed out of my comfort zone, and the wonderful writing dragged me on.
This a tale of both love, hardship, an adventure, and fans of Romancing The Stone will love it.
Recommended
We join Beth "Lizzy" Roberts as her husband, Daggart, sells the farm to embark on the gold rush trail... and therein lies the first warning, as we all know that the love of money brings nothing but hardship and misery.
And hardship and misery is what the intrepid group must endure. Cooking with only buffalo chips, washing and drinking dirty water, and going to the toilet in view of everybody... these trials are nothing compared to Daggart's descent into abusive alcoholism.
It cannot be denied that there are some deeply uncomfortable scenes, but I am a reader who enjoys being pushed out of my comfort zone, and the wonderful writing dragged me on.
This a tale of both love, hardship, an adventure, and fans of Romancing The Stone will love it.
Recommended
February 20, 2018
Beth Roberts has a twin sister named Lizzy. When a flash flood occurs and wipes both girls into the river, tragedy strikes for Beth. Not only does she have to deal with the tragic loss of her sister, but her father makes her promise to allow her brother in law Daggart to take care of her. Daggart is suffering from the loss of his wife and becomes a drunkard who then abuses Beth for not being enough like Lizzy. When Daggart sells off Beth's family farm and decides to move them West for gold, things intensify for them. The abuse seems to pick up and goes noticed by Nick and Sam Granville the leaders of the wagon train. This book gives a lot of historical information and includes romance, healing and second chances. A definite 5 star read!
February 22, 2018
Super
I loved this story of the wagon train going to Oregon. I couldn't imagine being in Lizzy's (Beth) shoes. Poor thing felt like a "reject" for such a long time, and even more so after trying to be someone or she wasn't. She was a very brave and strong young woman and after meeting Nick Granville her life took another path. Daggert was a self centered man and a poor excuse as a man. Great book about hardships that took place going West with a wagon train. I throughly enjoyed this book and loved the ending. There are some parts in here that I think could have been omitted...like the intimacy scenes. Maybe a little less detail....so if you are a reader that doesn't care...I can recommend this book to you. If you don't like it you can flip the pages and skip.
I loved this story of the wagon train going to Oregon. I couldn't imagine being in Lizzy's (Beth) shoes. Poor thing felt like a "reject" for such a long time, and even more so after trying to be someone or she wasn't. She was a very brave and strong young woman and after meeting Nick Granville her life took another path. Daggert was a self centered man and a poor excuse as a man. Great book about hardships that took place going West with a wagon train. I throughly enjoyed this book and loved the ending. There are some parts in here that I think could have been omitted...like the intimacy scenes. Maybe a little less detail....so if you are a reader that doesn't care...I can recommend this book to you. If you don't like it you can flip the pages and skip.
November 3, 2019
Undeniable
Daggart’s was married to Lizzie Lou, who was Beth Ann’s twin sister. Both girls got swept away from a flash flood but Beth made it to safely and Lizzie drowns.
Doggort makes a deal with Beth’s father and dies six months later. Doggort sells Beths home and doesn’t say anything to her about his plans. He wants to go to California to strike it rich. He doesn’t live Beth but abuses her. He is truly a cruel drink who gambles.
Nick meets Beth as she claims to be Lizzie Lou. When he learns the truth will everything work out?
Great story I enjoyed it. Be warned there is adult content.
Daggart’s was married to Lizzie Lou, who was Beth Ann’s twin sister. Both girls got swept away from a flash flood but Beth made it to safely and Lizzie drowns.
Doggort makes a deal with Beth’s father and dies six months later. Doggort sells Beths home and doesn’t say anything to her about his plans. He wants to go to California to strike it rich. He doesn’t live Beth but abuses her. He is truly a cruel drink who gambles.
Nick meets Beth as she claims to be Lizzie Lou. When he learns the truth will everything work out?
Great story I enjoyed it. Be warned there is adult content.
June 7, 2017
I had to read this first of a series by Laura Stapleton because I adore her novellas in Toby Neal's Lei Crime Series Kindle World! This is a great story about the emigration to the Oregon Territory in the gold rush days. Vivid, authentic descriptions of the country along the Oregon Trail, insight into some of the tribulations of travel across the plains, the goodness (and badness) of people of the time. A twisted story about a death-bed promise, a forbidden deepening love affair. This book has it all. I see I will have to now move on to Book 2!
January 27, 2023
Well that went quickly .... where's the next one?!
Not often do I come across an MMC that I just get all giddy about, but allow me to introduce Nicholas Granville. I kid you not, from the moment this grizzy mountain man stank his way onto the page, I haven't been able to put this book down! Literally read it in one night!
The spice in this book should be a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just because the genre is usually so tame and "clean". So do be warned, there is some steam to their moments!!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to read about Nick's brother!!!
Not often do I come across an MMC that I just get all giddy about, but allow me to introduce Nicholas Granville. I kid you not, from the moment this grizzy mountain man stank his way onto the page, I haven't been able to put this book down! Literally read it in one night!
The spice in this book should be a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just because the genre is usually so tame and "clean". So do be warned, there is some steam to their moments!!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to read about Nick's brother!!!
January 18, 2015
I did not enjoy this story. The heroine was annoying. I did not feel sorry for her, especially when I found out the whole story. I did not have to much respect for the hero. I understand he liked the heroine but she was married. I'm talking about the stuff he did before he knew her situation. The ending really made me not want them to get together. All of a sudden the heroine can get angry and stand up to the hero (the good guy) but not her villain husband. This book was just not for me.
October 29, 2019
Call her Lizzie Lou or call her Beth Ann
As Lizzie, she was living someone else's life and trying to make up for a life experience that still haunted her, even as she tried to understand why her father and her brother-in-law had put her in such a heinous situation. The wagon train West and the folks she met there offered perhaps a very small chance of change in her life, if only . . . (Sexual content furthers plot development.)
As Lizzie, she was living someone else's life and trying to make up for a life experience that still haunted her, even as she tried to understand why her father and her brother-in-law had put her in such a heinous situation. The wagon train West and the folks she met there offered perhaps a very small chance of change in her life, if only . . . (Sexual content furthers plot development.)
April 1, 2023
very good read
This is the second time I have read this book. It is just as good as the first time. Loved the way the characters are brought together in this book. Nick is a widower, his wife and child died in child birth. Beth had to pretend to be her dead sister for her brother in law. She never new love, yet she knew it was there. The Oregon trail is along trail and a lot can happen. Even finding love. Very enjoyable read.
This is the second time I have read this book. It is just as good as the first time. Loved the way the characters are brought together in this book. Nick is a widower, his wife and child died in child birth. Beth had to pretend to be her dead sister for her brother in law. She never new love, yet she knew it was there. The Oregon trail is along trail and a lot can happen. Even finding love. Very enjoyable read.
August 14, 2016
A story about the Oregon Trail; a couple's life that was on the train and all the hardship this couple faced. An interesting story about love, loneliness, and some abuse. If you like to read about the Oregon Trail this is a fast paced read, the characters were well described. The storyline was simple that reflects the way life effected this couple. This is one of many books in the series.
June 21, 2019
Enjoyable and somewhat historical
Ever wonder about traveling in a covered wagon thru storms, heat and floods? Wonder about the independence and dependence of traveling in a large group with strangers and friends? This is a love story of false love replaced by new love, healing hearts and sacrifice. Smooth story and an easy read. I look forward to reading the series.
Ever wonder about traveling in a covered wagon thru storms, heat and floods? Wonder about the independence and dependence of traveling in a large group with strangers and friends? This is a love story of false love replaced by new love, healing hearts and sacrifice. Smooth story and an easy read. I look forward to reading the series.
October 14, 2019
Next Best Wife
Beth pretended to replace her dead sister as Daggert's wife. Then he sold her family farm and forced her on the trail to California after gold. Nick was one of the wagon train leaders who fell in love with Beth. Their love tale, travels, and final solution make a very interesting story.
Beth pretended to replace her dead sister as Daggert's wife. Then he sold her family farm and forced her on the trail to California after gold. Nick was one of the wagon train leaders who fell in love with Beth. Their love tale, travels, and final solution make a very interesting story.
October 18, 2019
This was a cute western romance, but I have to say its probably a good thing they got all the knots of this crazy story untangled before they hit the hard part of the trip. I can't imagine having some of these really complex arguments while everyone is seeing mirages and complaining about water shortages in the desert! Beth Ann and Nick have a very weird road to love, so enjoy the trip!
October 31, 2020
Good book but fair warning the heroine is in an abusive relationship
This was a good read. I didn't know that the heroine would remain in an abusive relationship for over 80 percent of the book. Although the abuse scenes were not detailed, I would have skipped this book and started with the second book in the series. I'm not sure if I'll read the second book.
This was a good read. I didn't know that the heroine would remain in an abusive relationship for over 80 percent of the book. Although the abuse scenes were not detailed, I would have skipped this book and started with the second book in the series. I'm not sure if I'll read the second book.
October 24, 2022
Undeniable - Book 1: The Oregon Trail Series
The love story of Beth and Nicholas. Beth made a promise to her dying father that she would be a good wife to her dead sister's husband but he was an abusive husband. Once day he sold everything and told her, that they was going to California for the gold rush. Then she meet Nicholas. Can Beth fond happiness? Great story.
The love story of Beth and Nicholas. Beth made a promise to her dying father that she would be a good wife to her dead sister's husband but he was an abusive husband. Once day he sold everything and told her, that they was going to California for the gold rush. Then she meet Nicholas. Can Beth fond happiness? Great story.
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