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Jade
Can a mysterious beauty win the heart of the most eligible bachelor in San Francisco in this tender western romance?Jade Douglas is a determined young woman who risks it all to travel to San Francisco in the late 1800’s to learn the truth about her father’s mysterious death. J.T. Harrington is a handsome, rugged rancher who has just inherited a vast estate. When he finds the radiant beauty on his doorstep, he is tempted to ignore his vow never to love again and offer Jade both his name and his heart. Before their scandalous wedding can unveil the secrets of the past, J.T. and Jade find themselves torn apart by a dangerous deception, but brought together again by a desire too powerful for either one of them to deny . . . Jill Marie Landis is the New York Times bestselling author and seven-time Romance Writers of American Finalist for the RITA Award. Long known for her historical romances, Jill Marie Landis also now writes The Tiki Goddess Mysteries (set on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, where she lives with her husband, actor Steve Landis.)
387 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1991
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Jill Marie Landis
76 books250 followersJILL MARIE LANDIS is the bestselling author of nearly thirty novels which have appeared on the NYT bestseller list, USA Today and other national bestseller lists. She has won numerous awards for her heartfelt characters and sweeping emotional historical romances that include SUMMER MOON and MAGNOLIA CREEK and the Irish Angels Series; HEART OF STONE, HEART OF LIES, and HEART OF GLASS. All of her Historical Romances are available in eBook format.
She is currently writing The Tiki Goddess Mysteries series which includes MAI TAI ONE ON, TWO TO MANGO, THREE TO GET LEI'D, TOO HOT FOUR HULA and HAWAII FIVE UH-OH! from Bell Bridge Books.
Toes in the sand and head in the clouds, she is living the dream in Hawaii with her husband, Steve. Jill Marie loves to spend hours at the beach reading or writing and she also loves dancing the hula.
She is currently writing The Tiki Goddess Mysteries series which includes MAI TAI ONE ON, TWO TO MANGO, THREE TO GET LEI'D, TOO HOT FOUR HULA and HAWAII FIVE UH-OH! from Bell Bridge Books.
Toes in the sand and head in the clouds, she is living the dream in Hawaii with her husband, Steve. Jill Marie loves to spend hours at the beach reading or writing and she also loves dancing the hula.
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July 5, 2013
Set in San Francisco, California in 1875. Jade has returned find out the secrets behind her father's death. She meets a handsome rancher who has just inherited an huge estate. Thanks, to her susposed best friend Babs, she is hoodwinked into spending time with this rancher. Things progress from there. Liken the ending. Interesting story and ending.
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February 12, 2021
I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK!! It was romantic & very kind of rapey but I liked it
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December 3, 2017
Jade was an all-around classic 80's-90's romance with all the things I love, and don't love, about those novels. The sex was, the first time around, not-quite-consensual, and the Mexican and Chinese supporting characters played to stereotypes. The author's research into Chinese culture correlated with what I was reading in academic literature at the time and impressed me. The quotes from Chinese literature throughout piqued my interest in the culture even more. The heroine and hero characters were complex and well-developed, and the details putting the reader into the historical setting were lush and enjoyable. I felt ready to book a trip to San Fransisco immediately.
October 31, 2010
This was official the first real romance novel I ever read, so I remembered the title very clearly.
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