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Ice & Rapture
Ice
Cool as a cucumber, and totally dedicated to her career as a newspaperwoman, Maggie Agton is just the kind of challenge Chase McGarrett enjoys--especially when he discovers that she hid skimpy silk underthings and a simmering sensuality beneath her businesslike exterior.
Rapture
Virile and all too sure of himself, Chase was just the kind of man Maggie detested--especially when she learned that he had no intention of taking her across the Yukon to report on the Klondike gold rush.
Cold and hot, reserved and brash--Maggie and Chase are a study in opposites. But when they joined forces in the frozen wilderness, the fiery sparks of their searing desire burned brighter than the northern lights.
Cool as a cucumber, and totally dedicated to her career as a newspaperwoman, Maggie Agton is just the kind of challenge Chase McGarrett enjoys--especially when he discovers that she hid skimpy silk underthings and a simmering sensuality beneath her businesslike exterior.
Rapture
Virile and all too sure of himself, Chase was just the kind of man Maggie detested--especially when she learned that he had no intention of taking her across the Yukon to report on the Klondike gold rush.
Cold and hot, reserved and brash--Maggie and Chase are a study in opposites. But when they joined forces in the frozen wilderness, the fiery sparks of their searing desire burned brighter than the northern lights.
442 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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Connie Mason
140 books534 followersConnie Mason or Cara Miles is the best-selling author of more than fifty historical romances and novellas. Her tales of passion and adventure are set in exotic as well as American locales. Connie was named Story Teller of the Year in 1990 by Romantic Times and was awarded Career Achievement award in the Western category by Romantic Times in 1994. Connie makes her home in Tarpon Springs, Florida with her husband Jerry.
Prior to her first published work in 1984, Connie was a full time homemaker. Always an avid reader, writing was one of Connie's dreams.
In 1995 Connie was featured on a segment of the CBS news show 48 Hours, a television production that devoted an entire program to the romance novel industry. Connie was also featured in an article published by National Inquirer.
In addition to writing and traveling, Connie enjoys telling anyone who will listen about her three children and nine grandchildren, and sharing memories of her years living abroad in Europe and Asia as the wife of a career serviceman. In her spare time Connie enjoys reading, dancing, playing bridge and freshwater fishing with her husband.
Prior to her first published work in 1984, Connie was a full time homemaker. Always an avid reader, writing was one of Connie's dreams.
In 1995 Connie was featured on a segment of the CBS news show 48 Hours, a television production that devoted an entire program to the romance novel industry. Connie was also featured in an article published by National Inquirer.
In addition to writing and traveling, Connie enjoys telling anyone who will listen about her three children and nine grandchildren, and sharing memories of her years living abroad in Europe and Asia as the wife of a career serviceman. In her spare time Connie enjoys reading, dancing, playing bridge and freshwater fishing with her husband.
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March 8, 2022
Well, this was a wild ride. Name the trope, this had it. Enemies to lovers. Surprise Pregnancy. Amnesia. Road trip. Only one bed. Love Triangle. Someone trying to murder the main characters. And probably more that I'm forgetting. I will say this book kept me thoroughly entertained. BUT OMG WAS THAT HERO SO INFURIATING. The heroine is going to Alaska to report on the gold rush and runs into our hero when the law is after him. They strike up a physical relationship pretty quickly and they fall hard and fast. But they CANNOT COMMUNICATE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. The hero especially will jump to conclusions without even talking to the heroine and stomp off in a rage. And he literally does this at least five times in the book. Probably half of this book could have been cut out if the hero and heroine just took a second to talk to each other. The setting, though, was really fun and this was definitely a unique story. It was fun having an old historical with a heroine who was ambitious and had a job and was actually the level-headed one in the relationship. But boy was the hero a piece of work!
March 6, 2022
They talked about in this book how for the time, 1897, in Skagway, Alaska “anything goes” and it was a “lawless town”…that perfectly describes this book. Anything went, and whatever could happen, did happen. 😅😆 2.5/3 stars rounded up. For entertainment, this book delivered in the most over-the-top way. I went into this for a historical romance book club read and was pleasantly surprised to find out it was going to be set part of the read in Alaska (because I live in Alaska). This was my first time reading a book by Connie Mason and it was a wild Gold Rush adventure. Set in 1897 the first quarter of the book takes place in Alaska (which I loved because I live in Alaska!) and does include historical/factual info about the rush to find gold in the Klondike and some real people from that time (Soapy Smith). The heroine Maggie is described as a headstrong, independent newspaper reporter and photographer and it was fun seeing her stand up for herself in a male-dominated world (both in the newspaper business and now one of verrrrrry few women traveling to the Klondike). The hero Chase is a flirty cowboy who wants Maggie the moment he sees her and their meet cute moment had me laughing.
And when I say everything and anything that could happen, did happen in this book..like I mean it. Lol Full of so many tropes and adventures for the characters…road trip, survival, wolves, bear, getting robbed and beaten up, on a ship, dog sledding team, avalanche, death, complicated friendships, more road trip, amnesia, surprise pregnancy, other woman drama, other man trying to make drama 😅, getting attacked, lotssss of on-page steamy times (that’s not a complaint), and miscommunication left and right. The hero was dramatic in the extreme and this ride honestly was just so adventurous, full of drama, and had made me laugh at some of the things these characters got themselves wrapped up in! I definitely go into these older historical romances with a different mindset and this one was wild, but I was entertained. Plus it made for the best book club chat. 🤣
And when I say everything and anything that could happen, did happen in this book..like I mean it. Lol Full of so many tropes and adventures for the characters…road trip, survival, wolves, bear, getting robbed and beaten up, on a ship, dog sledding team, avalanche, death, complicated friendships, more road trip, amnesia, surprise pregnancy, other woman drama, other man trying to make drama 😅, getting attacked, lotssss of on-page steamy times (that’s not a complaint), and miscommunication left and right. The hero was dramatic in the extreme and this ride honestly was just so adventurous, full of drama, and had made me laugh at some of the things these characters got themselves wrapped up in! I definitely go into these older historical romances with a different mindset and this one was wild, but I was entertained. Plus it made for the best book club chat. 🤣
March 17, 2022
2.5 stars
This book is exactly what the title and cover claims it to be: hot and cold.
Honestly, this book was the definition of a chaotic roller coaster. The ups, the downs, the constant misunderstandings, and the numerous lapses in communication.
In addition to that, I don't know if I've ever read of unluckier characters (especially Maggie, but to be fair Chase also had quite the unlucky streak). The amount of times each of these main characters almost died felt endless.
This book read like a wild Western except the setting was Alaska. It was a good and entertaining read for the chaos of a story that it was.
This book is exactly what the title and cover claims it to be: hot and cold.
Honestly, this book was the definition of a chaotic roller coaster. The ups, the downs, the constant misunderstandings, and the numerous lapses in communication.
In addition to that, I don't know if I've ever read of unluckier characters (especially Maggie, but to be fair Chase also had quite the unlucky streak). The amount of times each of these main characters almost died felt endless.
This book read like a wild Western except the setting was Alaska. It was a good and entertaining read for the chaos of a story that it was.
August 29, 2013
Maggie Afton, is dedicated to writing in the newspaper, and has to work hard to make a name for herself, which isn't easy in the late 1800's. When she hears about the gold rush, she knows she must have the story. So with enough stubborness and grit she convinces her boss to let her go to do the story on the Klondike. When she reaches the Yukon, she meets Chase who kindles the sensual fire just waiting to be released within her.
Every time I read this author, I fall in love with her again. I was able to get a borrowed copy of this book through open library. I really enjoyed this story, its over 400 pages, but it surely didn't feel like it was that long. I flew through it once Maggie and Chase hit it off with each other. It had quite a intense plot, and the characters were passionate and richly engaging to this reader. It has quite a bit of conflict between the couple and it was quite amusing at times. I did enjoy how they finally come together in the end, and put away their stubborness. Overall I enjoyed Ice and Rapture quite a bit, it definitely had a unique sense to the story. With the setting to the story the detail and intensity to the story, it won me over from beginning to the end.
Every time I read this author, I fall in love with her again. I was able to get a borrowed copy of this book through open library. I really enjoyed this story, its over 400 pages, but it surely didn't feel like it was that long. I flew through it once Maggie and Chase hit it off with each other. It had quite a intense plot, and the characters were passionate and richly engaging to this reader. It has quite a bit of conflict between the couple and it was quite amusing at times. I did enjoy how they finally come together in the end, and put away their stubborness. Overall I enjoyed Ice and Rapture quite a bit, it definitely had a unique sense to the story. With the setting to the story the detail and intensity to the story, it won me over from beginning to the end.
April 20, 2008
Set in 1897, Alaska! This book had a lot of potential. Good adventure, good characters (most of the time), but it just kept going...on and on and on and on. They'd no sooner get out of one catastrophe and end up in another, then another, then another. Ugh! I was glad when it finally ended and by the end, I know longer cared for the characters or this story.
June 13, 2016
I didn't expect much from this since my last Connie Mason attempt was quickly aborted, but I ended up reading this the whole way through. Partly because I was on a plane and my other book was packed in my suitcase.
I liked that Maggie, the heroine, was an independent career woman, although she was a super old spinster past her prime at 25 years of age, a fact which was brought up constantly. At one point it was even mentioned maybe she couldn't have children anymore. Because she was ANCIENT. There were also historical details about the gold rush in Alaska, which were interesting to read, albeit sometimes inserted awkwardly into the story.
Anyway, my like of the book pretty much ended there. I didn't particularly like the hero or his interactions with Maggie, as she turned utterly insipid when they talked. Chase was somewhat surprising as a hero in that he frequently treated Maggie as an equal, but he also had the habit of never listening to her and jumping to conclusions and storming off. At one point he left his own ranch to go live somewhere else just because he assumed something about Maggie and didn't bother asking her to explain.
Sometimes the book was unexpectedly disturbing:
WHAT EVEN THE FUCK??? First of all, the baby enjoys it because it's food. Duh. This is how the baby stays alive! It's not AT ALL sexual, which this paragraph seems to imply. FUCKING GROSS. This is why we have people freaking out about women breastfeeding in public without a cover. /rant
At times this book was a bit bizarre:
O_o Okay then.
There was even an amnesia plot, which was often disturbing since Chase pursued and banged Maggie anyway, but I suppose that's nothing new for this type of novel. At the end, they get all obsessed with ice and rapture and how these two things fit into their life. It was kinda weird.
I didn't hate-quit this like I have other romances, so that's a plus. But there was nothing I really loved about this novel, but a lot I didn't like, as you've read. It's a strange experience to have read one Mason I could stand, and one I threw down in rage, so I'm not sure if I'll attempt another book of hers in the future.
I liked that Maggie, the heroine, was an independent career woman, although she was a super old spinster past her prime at 25 years of age, a fact which was brought up constantly. At one point it was even mentioned maybe she couldn't have children anymore. Because she was ANCIENT. There were also historical details about the gold rush in Alaska, which were interesting to read, albeit sometimes inserted awkwardly into the story.
Anyway, my like of the book pretty much ended there. I didn't particularly like the hero or his interactions with Maggie, as she turned utterly insipid when they talked. Chase was somewhat surprising as a hero in that he frequently treated Maggie as an equal, but he also had the habit of never listening to her and jumping to conclusions and storming off. At one point he left his own ranch to go live somewhere else just because he assumed something about Maggie and didn't bother asking her to explain.
Sometimes the book was unexpectedly disturbing:
Chase took a rosy nipple into his mouth and suckled gently. Shock registered on his face as he tasted the first hot spurt of milk. Reluctantly he left her breast, thinking how pleasant it must be for tiny Beth to be enjoying this feast several times a day.
WHAT EVEN THE FUCK??? First of all, the baby enjoys it because it's food. Duh. This is how the baby stays alive! It's not AT ALL sexual, which this paragraph seems to imply. FUCKING GROSS. This is why we have people freaking out about women breastfeeding in public without a cover. /rant
At times this book was a bit bizarre:
His fingers began a slow, tantalizing massage [...] Her nightgown melted from her like magic.
O_o Okay then.
There was even an amnesia plot, which was often disturbing since Chase pursued and banged Maggie anyway, but I suppose that's nothing new for this type of novel. At the end, they get all obsessed with ice and rapture and how these two things fit into their life. It was kinda weird.
I didn't hate-quit this like I have other romances, so that's a plus. But there was nothing I really loved about this novel, but a lot I didn't like, as you've read. It's a strange experience to have read one Mason I could stand, and one I threw down in rage, so I'm not sure if I'll attempt another book of hers in the future.
October 6, 2021
I've read quite a few historical romances in my time, but none have played out just about every tired trope quite as well as this one. It read like the pitch for a soap opera. Just about every tragedy that can occur, did occur in some way or another. I read this book back when I was a teen and was just enthralled by it. I thought the love story was great. Reading it now, as an adult, I'm recognizing red flags in the behavior of characters and I am wondering what the heck I was thinking when I first read this book. It was an okay read this time around, but honestly probably not something I would ever pick up again.
Spoiler warning.
Spoiler warning.
March 8, 2022
This book should be titled 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events'
The story was totally banana pants bonkers in the way only 90's historical romances can be. Soooo much is going in this story and so many tropes. We have kidnap, forced proximity, attempted rape, wolf attacks, bear attacks, murder, miscommunication (eurgh I know) surprise pregnancy, lots of animals die, other woman, other man, oh and some amnesia thrown in! 🤣
I liked Maggie the heroine, she was genuinely strong, driven, intelligent and sassy. What she saw in the hero apart from his bronzed muscles I couldn't tell you.
The hero was the absolute worst lol. Overly emotional, erratic and ridiculously over the top jealous. He blew hot and cold so often and kept storming off and leaving the heroine over the smallest thing, never waiting for her to explain anything. I'd have booted him at the get go. The couple spent so much time apart and it was all down to miscommunication or lack of completely.
It was very much an insta lust story, they literally didn't have anything else going for them.
I felt sorry for the Mountie, but also dude...take a hint.
On a plus side I enjoyed the descriptions of the cold wilderness of Alaska and enjoyed reading an historical that wasn't based in regency Europe. The author really makes you feel the cold bleak reality of the gold rush, the writing is very atmospheric. I also was relieved that Maggie didn't give up her career, embracing what she wanted and loved to do.
The story was totally banana pants bonkers in the way only 90's historical romances can be. Soooo much is going in this story and so many tropes. We have kidnap, forced proximity, attempted rape, wolf attacks, bear attacks, murder, miscommunication (eurgh I know) surprise pregnancy, lots of animals die, other woman, other man, oh and some amnesia thrown in! 🤣
I liked Maggie the heroine, she was genuinely strong, driven, intelligent and sassy. What she saw in the hero apart from his bronzed muscles I couldn't tell you.
The hero was the absolute worst lol. Overly emotional, erratic and ridiculously over the top jealous. He blew hot and cold so often and kept storming off and leaving the heroine over the smallest thing, never waiting for her to explain anything. I'd have booted him at the get go. The couple spent so much time apart and it was all down to miscommunication or lack of completely.
It was very much an insta lust story, they literally didn't have anything else going for them.
I felt sorry for the Mountie, but also dude...take a hint.
On a plus side I enjoyed the descriptions of the cold wilderness of Alaska and enjoyed reading an historical that wasn't based in regency Europe. The author really makes you feel the cold bleak reality of the gold rush, the writing is very atmospheric. I also was relieved that Maggie didn't give up her career, embracing what she wanted and loved to do.
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April 2, 2022
Terrible ..
I struggled to get through this read .. Dialog between characters was juvenile .. to much focus on sex .. the main characters had zero communication .. it was scattered and had no flow .. I started skipping paragraphs in the middle which turned to skipping pages in the end .. would note recommend this read.
I struggled to get through this read .. Dialog between characters was juvenile .. to much focus on sex .. the main characters had zero communication .. it was scattered and had no flow .. I started skipping paragraphs in the middle which turned to skipping pages in the end .. would note recommend this read.
July 27, 2022
This was so compelling I loved it. It was published in the early 90's so there are some iffy plot lines that would not cut it if it was published today but it wasn't bad enough to hinder my enjoyment completely.
March 6, 2022
Wowe. There's a lot going on in this book. Lol
March 19, 2022
3.75 ⭐️ {Historical Hellion’s Feb Pick}
Miss Connie mason makes her hero and heroine fight so hard for the HEA for no reason lol! Miscommunications are thrown in just to make the story more dramatic but it’s frustrating after like the millionth time chase wouldn’t just wait a damn minute to hear an explanation that could fix everything in a second. I just wanted them to have their HEA on the ranch already!!
Despite all drama, I actually liked the book and enjoyed the adventures they had :) Which kind of surprised me, but it was interesting and I couldn’t put it down. It read kind of like a telenovella and I loved the settings of Alaska/Montana (I’m a sucker for the Dixie chick’s ‘wide open spaces’ vibe).
Miss Connie mason makes her hero and heroine fight so hard for the HEA for no reason lol! Miscommunications are thrown in just to make the story more dramatic but it’s frustrating after like the millionth time chase wouldn’t just wait a damn minute to hear an explanation that could fix everything in a second. I just wanted them to have their HEA on the ranch already!!
Despite all drama, I actually liked the book and enjoyed the adventures they had :) Which kind of surprised me, but it was interesting and I couldn’t put it down. It read kind of like a telenovella and I loved the settings of Alaska/Montana (I’m a sucker for the Dixie chick’s ‘wide open spaces’ vibe).
April 6, 2017
Part two of my investigations into this genre, this time a historical romance feat. a plucky female reporter dead-set on reporting about the Gold Rush in the Yukon, and falling in love with an impulsive cowboy from Montana! Borrowed from the library, too, because where else am I gonna find such great trashy vintage romance?
I really enjoyed the first half of the book or so, with their adventures through Alaska and into the territory -- Maggie is stubborn and strong and feminist from the start, determined to excel journalistically and outshine the rest of the men in her field. (She falls for her love interest and p. much succumbs to his charms immediately, but that's... to be expected.) She stands up to a criminal kingpin! She freakin' stabs a thug to death when he tries to rape her! She's awesome! She refuses to compromise her career goals for the sake of a cowboy's pretty blue eyes! She has desires and sexual agency and expresses them!
Where this fell apart for me, though, was after the Yukon (maybe about halfway through?). Maggie changes her mind and decides that she is willing to throw aside all her plans for a career in favour of popping out babies on a ranch, and that none of her other accomplishments matter if she can't have her man, which annoyed me. The story sloooooows dooooooown so much, continuing on long past when I thought it should have been over, with an interminable detour into Montana with the introduction of a second love triangle, more pointless lies and miscommunication/refusals to communicate with each other, and a freaking amnesia plot. This book would have been several more stars if it had been half the length, but pretty much every time the couple had another colossal, stupid misunderstanding about nothing, I wanted to dock another star: it almost always involved Bad Timing and the other man who was into Maggie, and Chase storming out and refusing to listen to her and turning a 180 and calling her a lying bitch, dropping him resoundingly in my esteem.
To compare to my previous Harlequin read: Bond of Hatred had one steady arc, developing from hatred to ~love~. This one had whiplash back-and-forth between ABSOLUTE LOVE to ANGER AND HATRED and ABANDONMENT and ABSOLUTE DISTRUST, and so I don't buy how a real relationship could be built on such hollow, shaky ground when Chase supposedly loves Maggie, but would refuse to believe her and literally abandon her -- not once, not twice, but I stg three times. To contrast the other book again, once Alex realised that he was wrong about Sarah, he set about trying to win her over and amend his mistakes, which was an impression I never got from Chase. That asshole should have groveled 1271892718x more than he did.
By the end, I just wished Maggie would have kicked this low-life to the curb and set up shop with the handsome Canadian Mountie instead. :|
/MOUNTIE SCOTT GORDON STAN 4 LYFE
/cheering for the wrong side of a love triangle, as always
/getting way too invested in these books
I really enjoyed the first half of the book or so, with their adventures through Alaska and into the territory -- Maggie is stubborn and strong and feminist from the start, determined to excel journalistically and outshine the rest of the men in her field. (She falls for her love interest and p. much succumbs to his charms immediately, but that's... to be expected.) She stands up to a criminal kingpin! She freakin' stabs a thug to death when he tries to rape her! She's awesome! She refuses to compromise her career goals for the sake of a cowboy's pretty blue eyes! She has desires and sexual agency and expresses them!
Where this fell apart for me, though, was after the Yukon (maybe about halfway through?). Maggie changes her mind and decides that she is willing to throw aside all her plans for a career in favour of popping out babies on a ranch, and that none of her other accomplishments matter if she can't have her man, which annoyed me. The story sloooooows dooooooown so much, continuing on long past when I thought it should have been over, with an interminable detour into Montana with the introduction of a second love triangle, more pointless lies and miscommunication/refusals to communicate with each other, and a freaking amnesia plot. This book would have been several more stars if it had been half the length, but pretty much every time the couple had another colossal, stupid misunderstanding about nothing, I wanted to dock another star: it almost always involved Bad Timing and the other man who was into Maggie, and Chase storming out and refusing to listen to her and turning a 180 and calling her a lying bitch, dropping him resoundingly in my esteem.
To compare to my previous Harlequin read: Bond of Hatred had one steady arc, developing from hatred to ~love~. This one had whiplash back-and-forth between ABSOLUTE LOVE to ANGER AND HATRED and ABANDONMENT and ABSOLUTE DISTRUST, and so I don't buy how a real relationship could be built on such hollow, shaky ground when Chase supposedly loves Maggie, but would refuse to believe her and literally abandon her -- not once, not twice, but I stg three times. To contrast the other book again, once Alex realised that he was wrong about Sarah, he set about trying to win her over and amend his mistakes, which was an impression I never got from Chase. That asshole should have groveled 1271892718x more than he did.
By the end, I just wished Maggie would have kicked this low-life to the curb and set up shop with the handsome Canadian Mountie instead. :|
/MOUNTIE SCOTT GORDON STAN 4 LYFE
/cheering for the wrong side of a love triangle, as always
/getting way too invested in these books
February 11, 2023
The only love story I have ever read, so pretty hard to rate it up against other romance novels. I really enjoyed reading it about 15+ years ago, when I was in my late teens. Very intense and packet with love making scenes, although I think it may have been too much for my young mind at the time, it was overall a wonderful love story. I would never read it again as I do not wish to spoil the memory I have of it.
August 7, 2010
This was a typical Connie Mason book with lots of action and lots of sex that kept me reading but h/h were like trouble magnets and thought of so many road blocks to their relationship. Newspaper reporter Maggie convinces her boss to let her investigate the 1897 Yukon gold rush where she meets rancher Chase hoping to find a fortune in gold.
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April 14, 2009i guess i read this but have no memory of it..lol
June 15, 2013
I could read this book over and over again. Connie Mason is a genius!!!
April 28, 2017
Mason has a common make up for her novels that make them quick reads, often very quick, which is funny as they are usually quiet long compared to other authors that I read. I also find that I generally make the same comments-- too much sex. Sex in a romance novel is fine, but its not descriptive enough to be an exotic novel, which would be a different animal altogether. But if I am reading a romance novel it would be nice for the couple to spend some time getting to no each other outside of bed...or where ever they end up...and in instances that don't lead up to or are the result of sex. It simply gives more time for development and seeing how they interact together outside of a sexual context.
That being said, I really enjoyed the book and I almost always do with Mason's books. Even if the plot is very familiar to several other of her books. It is a different setting for sure and I like that Maggie is a career woman. Chase's speech is a little grating of the nerves-- he's a cowboy I get it but the way he talks and his word choice at times seems so over the top. Some points could be condensed, as at times Mason seems to be fitting in so many things that some points get little development and don't seem to hold up to the rest of the plot-- one that comes to mind is Virgie and her interest in Chases. She just seemed to be thrown in as a tie up for the Mountie that was interested in Maggie, but his attention had to go somewhere because he was likable-- but I think he could do better than the annoying young miss that nearly destroyed the happiness of others.
That being said, I really enjoyed the book and I almost always do with Mason's books. Even if the plot is very familiar to several other of her books. It is a different setting for sure and I like that Maggie is a career woman. Chase's speech is a little grating of the nerves-- he's a cowboy I get it but the way he talks and his word choice at times seems so over the top. Some points could be condensed, as at times Mason seems to be fitting in so many things that some points get little development and don't seem to hold up to the rest of the plot-- one that comes to mind is Virgie and her interest in Chases. She just seemed to be thrown in as a tie up for the Mountie that was interested in Maggie, but his attention had to go somewhere because he was likable-- but I think he could do better than the annoying young miss that nearly destroyed the happiness of others.
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