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Arizona Territory Brides #1
Land of Promise: Arizona Series #1
Elizabeth Simmons prefers a land of promise... over the life of mundane propriety. When offered a job caring for an injured family acquaintance, Elizabeth gladly sets off for the newly formed Arizona Territory. However, she soon discovers the awful truth behind her new arrangement. Michael ORoarke left bright prospects behind in order to keep tabs on his unprincipled father. This new job claims all of his attention... until he finds himself captivated by the feisty Elizabeth. Will losing her heart to Michael demolish the self-sufficiency Elizabeth has worked so hard to achieve? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 2004
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Carol Cox
61 books172 followersCarol Cox has an abiding love for history and romance, especially when it’s set in her native Southwest. As a third-generation Arizonan, she takes a keen interest in the Old West and hopes to make it live again in the hearts of her readers. A pastor’s wife, Carol lives with her husband and daughter in northern Arizona, where the deer and the antelope really do play—within view of the family’s front porch.
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March 12, 2017
Elizabeth Simmons is a young lady who grew up in high society in the 1800s . Finding her life shallow and with little meaning she decides to leave home to care for a former friend of her mother's who lived in Arizona. She has a secret plan to start her own business once her mother's friend gets well again.
The story starts out slow and it took a while to draw me in. I didn't give up on it and as I progressed on in the story it grew more interesting and I found it worth the while it took to get to the point of enjoying the book. Soon I found my self captivated by the many turn of events and didn't want to stop reading it. Carol Cox is a new to me author but I would like to read the other 3 books in this series.
What I enjoyed the most about this book was the time era it took place in. I like to read historical romance. I like the main character Elizabeth . She wasn't afraid to leave her sheltered life at home and move across the United States to a new life. She didn't let the fact that she was a women hold her back from her dreams of starting a business in a man's world.
Land of Promise is book one of the Arizona Territory Brides.
The story starts out slow and it took a while to draw me in. I didn't give up on it and as I progressed on in the story it grew more interesting and I found it worth the while it took to get to the point of enjoying the book. Soon I found my self captivated by the many turn of events and didn't want to stop reading it. Carol Cox is a new to me author but I would like to read the other 3 books in this series.
What I enjoyed the most about this book was the time era it took place in. I like to read historical romance. I like the main character Elizabeth . She wasn't afraid to leave her sheltered life at home and move across the United States to a new life. She didn't let the fact that she was a women hold her back from her dreams of starting a business in a man's world.
Land of Promise is book one of the Arizona Territory Brides.
November 19, 2017
Land of future
I love early American history books...This focuses on the early history of Arizona. The characters are so fun and spunky, the dialogue is great! While the future turned out differently than expected, it turned out better for the characters than they thought.
I love early American history books...This focuses on the early history of Arizona. The characters are so fun and spunky, the dialogue is great! While the future turned out differently than expected, it turned out better for the characters than they thought.
June 24, 2018
Land of Promise
I love how Carol Cox created the character Elizabeth Simmons, with courage and independence, at a time when the Women's Suffrage movement was beginning. And how this character was just a little over five feet. Truly a good read!
I love how Carol Cox created the character Elizabeth Simmons, with courage and independence, at a time when the Women's Suffrage movement was beginning. And how this character was just a little over five feet. Truly a good read!
March 26, 2019
Fast Read
Loved this Adventure in this book. Great character development! But it wasn' t predictable. You could see that the two Leads were getting closer to each other, but there were several twists. Enjoyed this to the end.
Loved this Adventure in this book. Great character development! But it wasn' t predictable. You could see that the two Leads were getting closer to each other, but there were several twists. Enjoyed this to the end.
August 3, 2020
Several Twists
This story was one twist after another, as the characters strived to create the lives they wanted for themselves while dealing with the manipulations and deceit of others. Great plot and well-written characters made this a great read.
This story was one twist after another, as the characters strived to create the lives they wanted for themselves while dealing with the manipulations and deceit of others. Great plot and well-written characters made this a great read.
February 21, 2017
DNF at 30%
I really liked another book by this author. I thought the religious tones of some of the characters was just annoying. Also, the main character was hard to connect with.
I really liked another book by this author. I thought the religious tones of some of the characters was just annoying. Also, the main character was hard to connect with.
April 13, 2018
Exceptional book! ***** 5 stars
September 17, 2019
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the twists and turns and surprises along the way. I'm looking forward to reading the next book by Carol Cox.
February 11, 2020
I really enjoyed this!
August 18, 2023
It was an okay book, it just didn't keep my attention took me along time to read such a short story.
June 1, 2024
B grade type, western/romance style. Okay for fluffy reading, if this sort of book is your fluffy read.
January 6, 2017
Started really strong. Good writing and plot. It's like the author got a lot of help in the beginning and then the editing stopped. I read 75% of this book and just got so uninterested. The main love interests don't meet until halfway threw the book and they go from not knowing each other and distrusting each other to inst best friend and then it got weird cause the romance went no where and felt very flat. The characters were being built well and then just got boring. It is hard to put my finger on what went wrong here but it just didn't hold me at all. This is a Christian book with talk of God.
March 3, 2017
Wonderful Story
I enjoyed this story about a young woman finding independence in Arizona away from her affluent family in the East. I appreciated the Christian values/morals of the main characters as they faced struggles in daily life. The characters seemed real. Well done!
I enjoyed this story about a young woman finding independence in Arizona away from her affluent family in the East. I appreciated the Christian values/morals of the main characters as they faced struggles in daily life. The characters seemed real. Well done!
September 7, 2014
This was a cute little Christian romance, boy meets girl, yada yada yada that begins in Philadelphia and ends in Arizona when the west was young and wild and corrupt. While the main character exhibits great moral character, she seems to be in rebellion with her parents, the family she comes to assist during the wife's recovery from an injury, and society itself by being outspoken and a bit liberated for the times. She does submit to the Bartlett family's demands to a point, even though they do not have honorable intentions and Mr. Bartlett secretly gambles away her entire inheritance that was left for safekeeping with him. The characters are shallow, either black or white, and the
story is very predictable as it develops, but I still liked it.
story is very predictable as it develops, but I still liked it.
December 13, 2016
Entertaining
Overall an entertaining story, although I was a bit disappointed that we don't get to see a fitting end for the couple who wronged Elizabeth in so many ways...they are just kind of forgotten and it's almost like an entire new plot was taken up with the incident involving Jenny (to me this maybe should have been early in the second book...?)
Overall an entertaining story, although I was a bit disappointed that we don't get to see a fitting end for the couple who wronged Elizabeth in so many ways...they are just kind of forgotten and it's almost like an entire new plot was taken up with the incident involving Jenny (to me this maybe should have been early in the second book...?)
January 3, 2017
Lovely story
I enjoyed reading Land of Promise. It had a fair amount of adventure and a lot of romance, which is the way I like books to be. It also ended with a happily-ever-after. No cliffhangers!
I enjoyed reading Land of Promise. It had a fair amount of adventure and a lot of romance, which is the way I like books to be. It also ended with a happily-ever-after. No cliffhangers!
September 18, 2007
good, quick, and light pick-me-up book inbetween heavy murder mysteries
May 6, 2014
Small book, fast reading, good ending.
November 11, 2016
I enjoy Carol's books and historical fiction. Elizabeth and Michael's story was an interesting relationship that went through misunderstandings. I hope they continue as characters in the series.
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