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Embrace the Day
Seventeen-year-old Genevieve Eliot follows her dreams of a better life to colonial Virginia, where the British beauty falls passionately in love with a handsome frontiersman, and together they tame a savage wilderness to make their home.
437 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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August 7, 2012
3.5 stars
Genevieve Elliot finds herself married by proxy to an older businessman in Virginia, and she's on the same ship with her very good friend who's been married off to Roarke Adair, who has no idea she's got a bun in the oven. This is way too complicated to try and explain, just go with the flow. Genevieve finds herself a widow before she's truly a wife, and she's inherited all of his debts. The rest of the first half covers Genevieve's efforts to work the little plot of land she does have, pay off her creditor, and that takes precedence over everything else, including her strong attraction to the recently widowed Roarke. The latter half of the book carries into the next generation as Adair family strikes out for a fresh life in Kentucky.
Yes, there's more to it than that, but I have other books to read and other things to do today, so I'm cutting this review short. The story begins just prior to the Revolutionary war through the early 1800s. An enjoyable read, but not earth shattering, and despite the romancy looking covers this book would be better classified as historical fiction.
Genevieve Elliot finds herself married by proxy to an older businessman in Virginia, and she's on the same ship with her very good friend who's been married off to Roarke Adair, who has no idea she's got a bun in the oven. This is way too complicated to try and explain, just go with the flow. Genevieve finds herself a widow before she's truly a wife, and she's inherited all of his debts. The rest of the first half covers Genevieve's efforts to work the little plot of land she does have, pay off her creditor, and that takes precedence over everything else, including her strong attraction to the recently widowed Roarke. The latter half of the book carries into the next generation as Adair family strikes out for a fresh life in Kentucky.
Yes, there's more to it than that, but I have other books to read and other things to do today, so I'm cutting this review short. The story begins just prior to the Revolutionary war through the early 1800s. An enjoyable read, but not earth shattering, and despite the romancy looking covers this book would be better classified as historical fiction.
May 25, 2025
When I started reading this, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. I sure was wrong! This family aga novel would have made a great TV miniseries, too bad that never happened! There are many characters, and they sure go through a lot! Everyone with a HEA really had to earn it! You won't always agree with the things they do or decisions they make, but one thing's for sure, you'll never get bored!
July 6, 2023
loved!!!! Have already ready twice. Will read again
July 18, 2010
Good as usual but this book seemed more historical fiction than romance, although of course there is a H/h and a love story.
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