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Oklahoma Land Rush #4
Just Grace
Grace Benjamin Listen was just trying to rescue a poor helpless kitten. She certainly didn’t plan on falling out of the tree and landing on Dodsworth’s newest resident, Dr. Gatlin O’Malley—breaking her arm and wounding her pride in the fall.
Gatlin only arrived from Atlanta, Georgia, the week before. In Atlanta, he’d barely escaped a bad marriage to a southern belle, but Gatlin had learned from his lesson. The only way he would ever look at another woman was if an angel fell from heaven. He wondered if God listened in on his thoughts that morning when Grace Listen fell out of the skies, knocking him off his horse and into a pile of fresh, warm horse manure. But on second thought he figured if Grace truly fell from Heaven, it was because she’d been kicked out for her sassiness.
Every time they look at each other from that day, tempers flare and sparks ignite. She’s just going in to get her broken arm checked when the Bonney Boy’s Gang take her and the new doctor hostage. The two of them wind up on the top of a snow-covered mountain in New Mexico Territory for three weeks, together. What can go wrong-does. What shouldn’t go wrong—does. What is impossible—happens. It takes a lot to make them both wake up and realize they were meant for each other and even more to finally say the words written so deeply on their hearts.
Gatlin only arrived from Atlanta, Georgia, the week before. In Atlanta, he’d barely escaped a bad marriage to a southern belle, but Gatlin had learned from his lesson. The only way he would ever look at another woman was if an angel fell from heaven. He wondered if God listened in on his thoughts that morning when Grace Listen fell out of the skies, knocking him off his horse and into a pile of fresh, warm horse manure. But on second thought he figured if Grace truly fell from Heaven, it was because she’d been kicked out for her sassiness.
Every time they look at each other from that day, tempers flare and sparks ignite. She’s just going in to get her broken arm checked when the Bonney Boy’s Gang take her and the new doctor hostage. The two of them wind up on the top of a snow-covered mountain in New Mexico Territory for three weeks, together. What can go wrong-does. What shouldn’t go wrong—does. What is impossible—happens. It takes a lot to make them both wake up and realize they were meant for each other and even more to finally say the words written so deeply on their hearts.
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First published April 1, 2003
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Carolyn Brown
181 books4,115 followersHi! I'm twenty five years old and movie star gorgeous. The camera added thirty plus years and a few wrinkles. Can't trust those cameras or mirrors either. Along with bathroom scales they are notorious liars! Honestly, I am the mother of three fantastic grown children who've made me laugh and given me more story ideas than I could ever write. My husband, Charles, is my strongest supporter and my best friend. He's even willing to eat fast food and help with the laundry while I finish one more chapter! Life is good and I am blessed!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
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July 21, 2020
Just Grace
Love this story. Grace and Gatlin are great characters who will keep you entertained throughout this book. Carolyn Brown writes such great books.
Love this story. Grace and Gatlin are great characters who will keep you entertained throughout this book. Carolyn Brown writes such great books.
April 17, 2019
Cute little series.
November 18, 2022
The final book in the series has a real adventure in store for the 2 main protagonists.
Gatlin O'Malley, doctor friend to Everett, has done as Everett suggested at the end of the previous book, to avoid marrying Carolina Prescott. Gatlin has found out she chased Everett to Dodson to break off the engagement, then tried to get him back when Everett and Maggie visited family in Atlanta by threatening to imply Everett assaulted her when Everett was legally married to Maggie and Carolina was Gatlin's betrothed. Maggie was in the same garden, nearby, and spoiled Carolina's plans. As Gatlin is around the Dodson women, he has begun to see how selfish Carolina is, how shallow, demanding, spoiled, and willful she is, and realizes he was infatuated, but he doesn't want to be chained to her the rest of his life. Everett and Maggie have settled at Everett's Louisiana plantation, and the practice is still in Dodson. Both men had discuseed someday setting up a rural practice on the frontier to serve people who really needed it, so Everett fills in all the details and says Carolina won't move to the frontier, so if he insists and goes to Dodson, Carolina will break the engagement - which she does. Everett gives him everything - the office and everything in it, all new, and Gatlin, when he arrives, is very pleased. He likes the cabin, and the women supply him with meals, so he is all set. Freed from a life chained to Carolina, living amongst honest, hard working people, he is happy he listened to Everett and took him up on his offer. He is riding around town, seeing the place for himself, when it happens.
Grace is the youngest of the Listen girls, and refuses to marry until she finds the kind of love her sisters have found. She's not a sharpshooter but can handle a gun, and can beat pretty much anyone in a fight. She's the most stubborn of the sisters. The Swedish farmer, Ivan, had tried to court Maggie then Grace, but neither wanted him, then he met the new schoolteacher and knew where his heart lay.
When the story opens, Grace has climbed up a ladder by a pecan tree, trying to rescue a black kitten she heard meowing pitifully. The kitten keeps backing away, and in her attempts to reach it, she accidentally kicks over the ladder. The kitten backs up to a branch too weak to hold it just as Gatlin passes under the tree, The cat's claws rake the horse's rump, making staying on the startled horse a real challenge, one he loses, and he lands on the ground, the wind knocked out of him. Just as he gains some breath back, Grace falls out of the tree onto him, breaking her arm and knocking the wind out of him. Both have ended up in horse manure, which is all over Gatlin's head and neck in back, so at the office, Grace's father washes his daughter's arm and Gatlin has to wash under the pump spout with ice cold water as that's the only sure way to get the manure out of his hair and off his neck. Gatlin sets the bone, gives her a sling, and tells her the angle at which she'll have to hold the arm until it heals. When it's time to have the arm checked, Grace's dad insists she wear a short sleeved shirt waist so she won't have to remove her blouse, but the only one she has buttons up the back. This will cause some problems later on. Her father gets off at the general store and tells Grace to drive the wagon to the office, and be back in 20 min., not one min. longer. So she does, but when she enters the office, Grace walks in on a mess of a situation.
For the rest of the story, the situation worsens and gets better by turns. I honestly can't tell you a thing about it without spoiling the whole story, so I am leaving the setup and will let you read the rest for yourself.
As always, the author's characters are so real, you feel as if you know them. You become engaged in the tale quickly. This one has a lot more adventures than the previous 3. It is the last one in the series, because of how the epilogue is written. Especially with this one, try to allow time to finish the book...I guarantee you, you will not want to put it down until you read the last page as it is by far the most action-packed of the series.
There are some, even today, who don't understand the women's liberation movement that started at the end of the 19th century., but when you read how hard a woman worked (and of course, men worked hard as well; even a country doctor was very busy, as was a lawyer, but most men farmed and ranched, heavy and hard work), and you read how, even when they sat down, they had work to do, plus what they were denied as recreation, you will become more aware. Those restrictions are covered more in this book than in the others in the series. Also, though this isn't in the book and comes from my knowledge of history, in some territories (though not Oklahoma), women were allowed to vote and even run for some offices. When the territory became a state, women lost those rights since they didn't yet exist in the US. While men made laws that handicapped women who were widowed or abandoned from finding much in the way of work that fed them and their kids unless they became barmaids or prostitutes (sometimes, but not always, the same thing in fact, they were still conflated by most people), having the right to vote at least meant forcing male legislators to heed women's voices or risk losing an election. Even when I was a girl, and my parents divorced because my father refused to support us, Mom found it nearly impossible to get a job, and without my uncle and MGM, we'd have lived in poverty, struggling to make Mom's salary stretch. Our state didn't have alimony, and child support enforcement was a joke until recently - I'd say the last 15 years. Because of that, I was a second wave feminist in the days of Gloria Steinem and others, of NOW and bra burning. I am not up for 3rd & 4th wave feminism because we have reached equality of opportunity. IMO, women in the US who think the West has a patriarchy need to live in the Muslim world for a while. So while I stopped at 2nd wave feminism, I understand why both waves occurred, and I hope others who read this "Oklahoma Land Rush" series (and I recommend them all as they're all very well written and engaging from page one all the way to the last page, and are all interwoven) will see how far we have come, thank God we don't live back then, and in honor of that first wave of feminists who got us the vote, will vote in every election, even if they don't think it will do any good. I don't care if you follow, donkeys, elephants, torches, or other parties, or are unaffiliated, just vote every election. And research the candidates, not relying on campaign ads that are full of exaggerations & often, outright lies. We owe it to our ancestresses.
And with that final remark, I will say, enjoy the excellent prose of the author. I'm thankful she started writing romances that are really romances (as opposed to pornography laced together with a threadbare plot).
Gatlin O'Malley, doctor friend to Everett, has done as Everett suggested at the end of the previous book, to avoid marrying Carolina Prescott. Gatlin has found out she chased Everett to Dodson to break off the engagement, then tried to get him back when Everett and Maggie visited family in Atlanta by threatening to imply Everett assaulted her when Everett was legally married to Maggie and Carolina was Gatlin's betrothed. Maggie was in the same garden, nearby, and spoiled Carolina's plans. As Gatlin is around the Dodson women, he has begun to see how selfish Carolina is, how shallow, demanding, spoiled, and willful she is, and realizes he was infatuated, but he doesn't want to be chained to her the rest of his life. Everett and Maggie have settled at Everett's Louisiana plantation, and the practice is still in Dodson. Both men had discuseed someday setting up a rural practice on the frontier to serve people who really needed it, so Everett fills in all the details and says Carolina won't move to the frontier, so if he insists and goes to Dodson, Carolina will break the engagement - which she does. Everett gives him everything - the office and everything in it, all new, and Gatlin, when he arrives, is very pleased. He likes the cabin, and the women supply him with meals, so he is all set. Freed from a life chained to Carolina, living amongst honest, hard working people, he is happy he listened to Everett and took him up on his offer. He is riding around town, seeing the place for himself, when it happens.
Grace is the youngest of the Listen girls, and refuses to marry until she finds the kind of love her sisters have found. She's not a sharpshooter but can handle a gun, and can beat pretty much anyone in a fight. She's the most stubborn of the sisters. The Swedish farmer, Ivan, had tried to court Maggie then Grace, but neither wanted him, then he met the new schoolteacher and knew where his heart lay.
When the story opens, Grace has climbed up a ladder by a pecan tree, trying to rescue a black kitten she heard meowing pitifully. The kitten keeps backing away, and in her attempts to reach it, she accidentally kicks over the ladder. The kitten backs up to a branch too weak to hold it just as Gatlin passes under the tree, The cat's claws rake the horse's rump, making staying on the startled horse a real challenge, one he loses, and he lands on the ground, the wind knocked out of him. Just as he gains some breath back, Grace falls out of the tree onto him, breaking her arm and knocking the wind out of him. Both have ended up in horse manure, which is all over Gatlin's head and neck in back, so at the office, Grace's father washes his daughter's arm and Gatlin has to wash under the pump spout with ice cold water as that's the only sure way to get the manure out of his hair and off his neck. Gatlin sets the bone, gives her a sling, and tells her the angle at which she'll have to hold the arm until it heals. When it's time to have the arm checked, Grace's dad insists she wear a short sleeved shirt waist so she won't have to remove her blouse, but the only one she has buttons up the back. This will cause some problems later on. Her father gets off at the general store and tells Grace to drive the wagon to the office, and be back in 20 min., not one min. longer. So she does, but when she enters the office, Grace walks in on a mess of a situation.
For the rest of the story, the situation worsens and gets better by turns. I honestly can't tell you a thing about it without spoiling the whole story, so I am leaving the setup and will let you read the rest for yourself.
As always, the author's characters are so real, you feel as if you know them. You become engaged in the tale quickly. This one has a lot more adventures than the previous 3. It is the last one in the series, because of how the epilogue is written. Especially with this one, try to allow time to finish the book...I guarantee you, you will not want to put it down until you read the last page as it is by far the most action-packed of the series.
There are some, even today, who don't understand the women's liberation movement that started at the end of the 19th century., but when you read how hard a woman worked (and of course, men worked hard as well; even a country doctor was very busy, as was a lawyer, but most men farmed and ranched, heavy and hard work), and you read how, even when they sat down, they had work to do, plus what they were denied as recreation, you will become more aware. Those restrictions are covered more in this book than in the others in the series. Also, though this isn't in the book and comes from my knowledge of history, in some territories (though not Oklahoma), women were allowed to vote and even run for some offices. When the territory became a state, women lost those rights since they didn't yet exist in the US. While men made laws that handicapped women who were widowed or abandoned from finding much in the way of work that fed them and their kids unless they became barmaids or prostitutes (sometimes, but not always, the same thing in fact, they were still conflated by most people), having the right to vote at least meant forcing male legislators to heed women's voices or risk losing an election. Even when I was a girl, and my parents divorced because my father refused to support us, Mom found it nearly impossible to get a job, and without my uncle and MGM, we'd have lived in poverty, struggling to make Mom's salary stretch. Our state didn't have alimony, and child support enforcement was a joke until recently - I'd say the last 15 years. Because of that, I was a second wave feminist in the days of Gloria Steinem and others, of NOW and bra burning. I am not up for 3rd & 4th wave feminism because we have reached equality of opportunity. IMO, women in the US who think the West has a patriarchy need to live in the Muslim world for a while. So while I stopped at 2nd wave feminism, I understand why both waves occurred, and I hope others who read this "Oklahoma Land Rush" series (and I recommend them all as they're all very well written and engaging from page one all the way to the last page, and are all interwoven) will see how far we have come, thank God we don't live back then, and in honor of that first wave of feminists who got us the vote, will vote in every election, even if they don't think it will do any good. I don't care if you follow, donkeys, elephants, torches, or other parties, or are unaffiliated, just vote every election. And research the candidates, not relying on campaign ads that are full of exaggerations & often, outright lies. We owe it to our ancestresses.
And with that final remark, I will say, enjoy the excellent prose of the author. I'm thankful she started writing romances that are really romances (as opposed to pornography laced together with a threadbare plot).
April 15, 2012
Gatlin recently moved to Dodsworth to take over Everett Dulanis' practice. Everett married Maggie Listen and moved back to his family's property in Georgia. Gatlin looked forward to his new life and freedom in the West. Unfortunately, Grace Listen immediately falls into Gatlin's life and turns it upside down. Life is never the same when a man meets a Listen.
I was happy to find Just Grace after reading Maggie's Mistake. Gatlin's move to Dodsworth interested me. I forgot Maggie's little sister, so that was a wonderful find. Gatlin and Grace have quite an adventure with gentlemen bandits. The bandits and their background were excellent twists to this Western tale.
Main Characters: Grace Benjamin Listen and Dr. Gatlin O'Malley
Time Period: Western, 1800's
Location: Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and New Mexico Territory, USA
I was happy to find Just Grace after reading Maggie's Mistake. Gatlin's move to Dodsworth interested me. I forgot Maggie's little sister, so that was a wonderful find. Gatlin and Grace have quite an adventure with gentlemen bandits. The bandits and their background were excellent twists to this Western tale.
Main Characters: Grace Benjamin Listen and Dr. Gatlin O'Malley
Time Period: Western, 1800's
Location: Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and New Mexico Territory, USA
February 3, 2011
Sweet, funny, old school values, action, adventure, weather, suspence, this book has it all. The romance of the characters is well written and timed exceptionally. I loved this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for an old-school romance.
October 8, 2015
Just Grace
This was such a great romance story. If you like old west romance then you will enjoy this book. It is a very fast read also. Please take time to enjoy this wonderful story.
This was such a great romance story. If you like old west romance then you will enjoy this book. It is a very fast read also. Please take time to enjoy this wonderful story.
April 5, 2008
Mostly an icky romance, but it brings up the intriguing question of what makes a criminal a bad guy.
January 19, 2010
I like the way Carolyn Brown weaves a story. A cute read that can be read in one setting, but definitely not my favorite.
November 7, 2014
Cute, old-fashioned romance. I laughed out loud while reading and enjoyed the spit-fire conversations between Gaitlin and Grace. I'm happy love prevailed in the end.
December 5, 2014
Ok book
just hard to keep them all straight. just me probably. it was just an ok book. I won't re-read the book
just hard to keep them all straight. just me probably. it was just an ok book. I won't re-read the book
March 22, 2015
Very good book.
I recommend this book to all my friends and relatives who like great entertaining books to read. It keeps you wondering what will happen next.
I recommend this book to all my friends and relatives who like great entertaining books to read. It keeps you wondering what will happen next.
July 8, 2015
Women were tough
Historical Romance reminds me of a different place and time. Compared to today's time , it helps me realize what me grandmother went through.
Historical Romance reminds me of a different place and time. Compared to today's time , it helps me realize what me grandmother went through.
September 27, 2021
A long, unmarried honeymoon in a mountain cabin.
Our heroine meets our hero by falling on him. It's a great opening. He becomes a 'kitten denier.'
Then (and without explanation to avoid spoilers) they 'honeymoon' in a snowy cabin in the mountains. The only thing they agree on is that they hate each other. And that until the storm lets up, they are stuck with each other. Brown paints this with such skill that I looked up from the book expecting to see three feet of snow outside. (It was September. The outdoor thermometer read 65F.)
In due course they escape the cabin, but only to have one misfortune after another forcing them to sleep together. (That word is 'sleep.' You'll have to read the book if you want the question answered.)
A great western romance/adventure. But one complaint. The enemies-to-lovers trope gets wearing. The love-each-other-but-are-afraid-to-say-it trope wore thin.
Our heroine meets our hero by falling on him. It's a great opening. He becomes a 'kitten denier.'
Then (and without explanation to avoid spoilers) they 'honeymoon' in a snowy cabin in the mountains. The only thing they agree on is that they hate each other. And that until the storm lets up, they are stuck with each other. Brown paints this with such skill that I looked up from the book expecting to see three feet of snow outside. (It was September. The outdoor thermometer read 65F.)
In due course they escape the cabin, but only to have one misfortune after another forcing them to sleep together. (That word is 'sleep.' You'll have to read the book if you want the question answered.)
A great western romance/adventure. But one complaint. The enemies-to-lovers trope gets wearing. The love-each-other-but-are-afraid-to-say-it trope wore thin.
July 31, 2019
Great adventure
When Dr. Gatlin O'Malley prayed for an angel to love, he didn't believe his prayers were being answered when Grace Benjamin Listen literally fell from a tree, on him and his horse. Nor could he believe it when they are taken as hostages, being mistaken as a married couple. They are left in a mountain cabin, snowed in for several weeks. The animosity between them begins to thaw and love and respect begin to grow. I love the honeymoon twist and how propriety is kept in tacked, by the robbers no less.
When Dr. Gatlin O'Malley prayed for an angel to love, he didn't believe his prayers were being answered when Grace Benjamin Listen literally fell from a tree, on him and his horse. Nor could he believe it when they are taken as hostages, being mistaken as a married couple. They are left in a mountain cabin, snowed in for several weeks. The animosity between them begins to thaw and love and respect begin to grow. I love the honeymoon twist and how propriety is kept in tacked, by the robbers no less.
October 13, 2019
Love, Laughter, and Adventure
Another charmingly told love story by Ms. Brown, set in late 1800’s Oklahoma. Sparks fly as Grace and the new town doctor meet before they are kidnapped by good-hearted bank robbers, who leave them in a snowbound mountain cabin to escape to new lives. As they work together to survive, feelings of dislike for each other change. I loved the part about being stranded from regular social mores, Grace could sit and read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which were forbidden to young ladies of her time.
Another charmingly told love story by Ms. Brown, set in late 1800’s Oklahoma. Sparks fly as Grace and the new town doctor meet before they are kidnapped by good-hearted bank robbers, who leave them in a snowbound mountain cabin to escape to new lives. As they work together to survive, feelings of dislike for each other change. I loved the part about being stranded from regular social mores, Grace could sit and read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which were forbidden to young ladies of her time.
January 22, 2021
Another great read from CAROLYN BROWN. I started reading her books a year ago, I read "The SOMETIMES SISTERS", first, and was HOOKED! I have read most of the newest books first, and am now reading her earlier books. She has definitely become MY #1 AUTHOR.
I can see much growth in her writing from her earlier books to her latest books, there is so much love and feeling in her books, and I can certainly relate to the characters, they make you feel like family.
I have already PRE-ORDERED her book that is coming out in APRIL.
LINDA BERGSTROM
I can see much growth in her writing from her earlier books to her latest books, there is so much love and feeling in her books, and I can certainly relate to the characters, they make you feel like family.
I have already PRE-ORDERED her book that is coming out in APRIL.
LINDA BERGSTROM
September 24, 2023
A very good series
These five books are quite entertaining, even if they are a bit similar in many respects. Still, I enjoyed reading the tales of strong women living in that short period of time when women were first coming to the awareness of how being second class citizens simply would not do. The early years of the awakening for women's right to vote held many stories, as did the decline of shotgun weddings, and other such things that delineated the exciting rapid developing of the western states of Oklahoma and Texas.
These five books are quite entertaining, even if they are a bit similar in many respects. Still, I enjoyed reading the tales of strong women living in that short period of time when women were first coming to the awareness of how being second class citizens simply would not do. The early years of the awakening for women's right to vote held many stories, as did the decline of shotgun weddings, and other such things that delineated the exciting rapid developing of the western states of Oklahoma and Texas.
January 13, 2018
Love! Love! Love!
Another Carolyn brown master piece! Won't stop until I have read them all. Spoiler alert...they are more addictive than potatoes chips! I love the plot, the people and the description of the land, clothes etc. 😄😄😑 you have to read a!! The books she writes are fantastic!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😈😈😈😈😈😀😈O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) omg I lose so much sleep because I can not put the book down once I start reading it.lll!!!!
Another Carolyn brown master piece! Won't stop until I have read them all. Spoiler alert...they are more addictive than potatoes chips! I love the plot, the people and the description of the land, clothes etc. 😄😄😑 you have to read a!! The books she writes are fantastic!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😈😈😈😈😈😀😈O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-) omg I lose so much sleep because I can not put the book down once I start reading it.lll!!!!
March 11, 2020
Grace Listen was as wicked as all of the other Listen women. She was as tough as any frontier woman and only planned to marry a man who could truly care about her as she was. Gatlin O’Malley was a citified doctor who had come to Indian territory to make a difference in the world.
They were the most unlikely pair to ever cross paths but with the help of a few “good” bandits, being taken hostage, they managed to find love.
They were the most unlikely pair to ever cross paths but with the help of a few “good” bandits, being taken hostage, they managed to find love.
August 13, 2022
I think I must have gotten this book for free; I don't recall buying it. It was very short, and it was very engaging. However, it was pretty much a romance novel with the setting being the late 1800s in rural Oklahoma. Grace, a single 20 year old young woman, falls out of tree an onto the new doctor in town. From there it literally becomes a romance novel that includes a western bank robbery gang, stagecoaches, and small shacks.
August 20, 2023
A joyous read
The author of this book draws you in to each and every one of her characters bringing them to full living color and life! One can actually feel and see every little detail of the scenes and the
characters through the
author's words. Laughter, sorrow, amazement, anger, frustration all of these feelings are evident as we experience the lives of the characters in these books. Makes the reader want more!
The author of this book draws you in to each and every one of her characters bringing them to full living color and life! One can actually feel and see every little detail of the scenes and the
characters through the
author's words. Laughter, sorrow, amazement, anger, frustration all of these feelings are evident as we experience the lives of the characters in these books. Makes the reader want more!
June 15, 2018
Enjoy
This was another Brown story. Puts you back in an era where men were tough and women could be tougher especially when you think that they got through life without electricity and indoor plumbing.A history lesson with some interesting characters to keep you wanting to read more!
This was another Brown story. Puts you back in an era where men were tough and women could be tougher especially when you think that they got through life without electricity and indoor plumbing.A history lesson with some interesting characters to keep you wanting to read more!
November 30, 2018
Fabulous
Grace and Gatlins story is so sweet and lovely. Those bad boys did good getting these two together. I didn't think it would take so long. I love all the characters in this book even the bad ones they all have a wonderful story to tell. Well written with so much going on. Thank you Carolyn hugs xx
Grace and Gatlins story is so sweet and lovely. Those bad boys did good getting these two together. I didn't think it would take so long. I love all the characters in this book even the bad ones they all have a wonderful story to tell. Well written with so much going on. Thank you Carolyn hugs xx
June 11, 2019
Loved this series!
Thoroughly enjoyed the vitality and gumption of these characters. What struggles they endured but what close knit relationships they maintained to see them through the good times as well as the bad. I especially.enjoyed the epilogue, giving us a view into the futures of all the families. It tied the stories up so well.
Thoroughly enjoyed the vitality and gumption of these characters. What struggles they endured but what close knit relationships they maintained to see them through the good times as well as the bad. I especially.enjoyed the epilogue, giving us a view into the futures of all the families. It tied the stories up so well.
October 5, 2019
A fun and exciting book to read!
This was the most enjoyable read! Carolyn Brown out did herself on this book!!
I loved it!! A great love story !! I truly enjoyed reading this book!!
It was adventurous, witty, and one of her best stories!!
It has all the good elements to make it to the movies maybe!! I'll be
watching for it!!
This was the most enjoyable read! Carolyn Brown out did herself on this book!!
I loved it!! A great love story !! I truly enjoyed reading this book!!
It was adventurous, witty, and one of her best stories!!
It has all the good elements to make it to the movies maybe!! I'll be
watching for it!!
December 3, 2019
Just Grace review
I live in Corrales, NM. I was born in Dulce, NM on the Jicarilla Apache reservation. I know where Cloudcroft is and I loved reading the story and imagining these places because I've been to these actual places! I love my New Mexico. It's as simple as that! I love all of Carolyn Brown's books. Her writing is wonderful!
I live in Corrales, NM. I was born in Dulce, NM on the Jicarilla Apache reservation. I know where Cloudcroft is and I loved reading the story and imagining these places because I've been to these actual places! I love my New Mexico. It's as simple as that! I love all of Carolyn Brown's books. Her writing is wonderful!
February 23, 2020
I loved this book. Would like everyone to read and make sure it's just as special for them too.
Grace is strong willed young woman who knows what she wants and is definitely not going to let anything stand in her way. I loved the way she handled her self when they were taken ..😮
Grace is strong willed young woman who knows what she wants and is definitely not going to let anything stand in her way. I loved the way she handled her self when they were taken ..😮
August 14, 2020
Grace's Adventure
This book was great! I couldn't put it down. Grace was funny, smart, and sassy. Gatlin was MacDreamy, he was overwhelmed by Grace because she was a handful. Loved the story because Grace was not a typical woman for that era. Mrs. Brown's books always entertain and satisfy.
This book was great! I couldn't put it down. Grace was funny, smart, and sassy. Gatlin was MacDreamy, he was overwhelmed by Grace because she was a handful. Loved the story because Grace was not a typical woman for that era. Mrs. Brown's books always entertain and satisfy.
November 5, 2021
I truly enjoyed this story of historical romance. The dialogue between the two main characters, Grace and Gatlin. the mystery surrounding their kidnapping and long time stay on the mountain was a good description of how domestic life, and travel were experienced at that time in the west. I always enjoy a Carolyn Brown book.
January 2, 2018
Heartstrings
Grace and Gaitlin are destined for each other. I enjoyed all the banter and test of wills between them. Alas, the passion and love they share brings them together in that forever and always kind of way.
Grace and Gaitlin are destined for each other. I enjoyed all the banter and test of wills between them. Alas, the passion and love they share brings them together in that forever and always kind of way.
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