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Anger blinded her to the hidden risks
Natalie instinctively fled to the refuge of her father's British Columbia ranch when her job in Vancouver suddenly collapsed. She'd be able to sort out her confused emotions.
But she found life there even more disturbing. Her father had died and a tall, outspoken stranger, Cal Hendricks, now managed the ranch. He seemed determined to keep her away from a man she'd once nearly married.
Natalie was furious. Cal's meddlesome tactics goaded her into a disastrous course of action... and she discovered how mutinous her own heart could be.
Natalie instinctively fled to the refuge of her father's British Columbia ranch when her job in Vancouver suddenly collapsed. She'd be able to sort out her confused emotions.
But she found life there even more disturbing. Her father had died and a tall, outspoken stranger, Cal Hendricks, now managed the ranch. He seemed determined to keep her away from a man she'd once nearly married.
Natalie was furious. Cal's meddlesome tactics goaded her into a disastrous course of action... and she discovered how mutinous her own heart could be.
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First published November 13, 1981
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Elizabeth Graham
116 books11 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
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E. Schattner wrote as Elizabeth Graham and Emma Church.
Elizabeth Graham (1):
E. Schattner wrote as Elizabeth Graham and Emma Church.
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January 5, 2019
Wow. Wow. Wow.
I should have listened to Naksed and MissKitty.
This is the worst heroine EVER. EVER!
EVER.
It bears repeating because she's not a heroine she's....
AN EVIL OW!!!!!
She's so awful and self-centered she missed her own mother's funeral. Then ignored the letters from her father that he wasn't feeling well and gets pissy when she arrives home, and they have already had the funeral. Pops really should not have died on her. It showed a level of disregard this heroine did not care for.
Now he wasn't there. The shock was so great that she reacted with anger. How could he not be there when she needed him so badly? For the first time in her life he had failed her. . . .
Well, sweetheart, he died.
Her indifference to her parents is only the tip of the iceberg. She spends the majority of the book blatantly chasing her handsome, sexy ex-fiancee now married to her ex-best friend. Normally I would shake my head at a BFF for betraying a friend this way, but I think a parade is in order instead. The heroinebitch pulls out all the stops.
How could Murray—dark, handsome, almost too perfect Murray—bear to think of marrying anyone but herself?
Because you are a bitch and threw him over?
It hurt less to know that Murray had opted for the better material prospect, and not rejected her as the desirable girl she was.
Keep telling yourself that, you humble thing you.
The OW, I mean h, stops at nothing to get her ex-beau back including kissing him at his own house after his wife hosts a dinner party.
The H yanks the heroine out of her dazed and confused ex boyfriend's arms, and lays out the way things are ....sexually and financially. A hint of the H's property has her drop her idea of First Love, and she adds gold-digger to bitch. Hurray for depth in a character.
Rather than them getting married, a HEA would be that the heroine dies painfully or perhaps a disfiguring illness hits so the H can move on to a DP like sweet sweetheart that he will probably treat like dirt until she almost dies.
This gets a second star for the sheer horror of reading about such a vile, insensitive and narcissistic character.
I should have listened to Naksed and MissKitty.
This is the worst heroine EVER. EVER!
EVER.
It bears repeating because she's not a heroine she's....
AN EVIL OW!!!!!
She's so awful and self-centered she missed her own mother's funeral. Then ignored the letters from her father that he wasn't feeling well and gets pissy when she arrives home, and they have already had the funeral. Pops really should not have died on her. It showed a level of disregard this heroine did not care for.
Now he wasn't there. The shock was so great that she reacted with anger. How could he not be there when she needed him so badly? For the first time in her life he had failed her. . . .
Well, sweetheart, he died.
Her indifference to her parents is only the tip of the iceberg. She spends the majority of the book blatantly chasing her handsome, sexy ex-fiancee now married to her ex-best friend. Normally I would shake my head at a BFF for betraying a friend this way, but I think a parade is in order instead. The heroine
How could Murray—dark, handsome, almost too perfect Murray—bear to think of marrying anyone but herself?
Because you are a bitch and threw him over?
It hurt less to know that Murray had opted for the better material prospect, and not rejected her as the desirable girl she was.
Keep telling yourself that, you humble thing you.
The OW, I mean h, stops at nothing to get her ex-beau back including kissing him at his own house after his wife hosts a dinner party.
The H yanks the heroine out of her dazed and confused ex boyfriend's arms, and lays out the way things are ....sexually and financially. A hint of the H's property has her drop her idea of First Love, and she adds gold-digger to bitch. Hurray for depth in a character.
Rather than them getting married, a HEA would be that the heroine dies painfully or perhaps a disfiguring illness hits so the H can move on to a DP like sweet sweetheart that he will probably treat like dirt until she almost dies.
This gets a second star for the sheer horror of reading about such a vile, insensitive and narcissistic character.
June 17, 2017
Actually this is just a 2 star read, but I added a star since the heroine is quite unusual for these kinds of books.
The heroine, Natalie is the beautiful, spoiled only child of indulgent parents who acts like the brat she was raised to be. As a teenager, she splits up with her boyfriend then is pissed off when he marries her best friend so she packs up to go to the city and doesn't visit her parents for 3 years. Her mother passes away but she doesn't return for the funeral. Her father never pressures her since he knows and understands that this is too painful for her.
After an altercation with her boss, She quits her job in the city and goes home to be comforted by her indulgent father. When she arrives, she finds out that her father has passed away and another man is in-charge (H) of their ranch.
She throws a hissy fit, she doesn't even want to visit the graves of her parents since its too painful but the hero doesn't stand for it. She finds out the ranch has been sold to an anonymous buyer. She is convinced that her ex-boyfriend still loves her and only married the friend on the rebound and because the friend is landed. She acts like the evil OW trying to seduce the ex away from his wife. She really is the antithesis of a heroine. The H tries to keep her away from the ex since he feels for the wife. He is also attracted to the heroine and wants her to face up to the fact that the ex doesn't love her anymore and that she is just stubbornly insisting on clinging to something she cant have, like the brat that she is.
Finally, the ex tells it to her straight, that he loves his wife. She goes off to have a good cry and the Hero follows her. As she wallows in her sorrow, she has nothing to stay in the valley for, he proposes. Why he is even in love with this witch is beyond me. At the same time, the ex, who is actually a decent guy, had been concerned about her and finds her with the H. She defiantly announces to him that she is marrying the H. She goes on with the engagement. Both the Hero and the ex naturally suspect her motives to be less than ideal. The H is a besotted fool who fell in love with her photo long before he met her and the ex, being an old friend and neighbor is concerned that she is committing a mistake, just because she was thwarted yet again. He even finds out for her that her ranch was bought by a corporation.
Suddenly she realizes she is in love with the H. They get married and it turns out he is the mysterious buyer and he owns the corporation which bought the ranch so he is seriously rich!
If this had been another book, the ex and his nice wife would have been the H and h. Natalie, the heroine of this story, would have been the evil OW, who didn't get what should have been coming to her. Everyone would have been clamoring for her downfall instead of finding her HEA with a wealthy Hero.
The heroine, Natalie is the beautiful, spoiled only child of indulgent parents who acts like the brat she was raised to be. As a teenager, she splits up with her boyfriend then is pissed off when he marries her best friend so she packs up to go to the city and doesn't visit her parents for 3 years. Her mother passes away but she doesn't return for the funeral. Her father never pressures her since he knows and understands that this is too painful for her.
After an altercation with her boss, She quits her job in the city and goes home to be comforted by her indulgent father. When she arrives, she finds out that her father has passed away and another man is in-charge (H) of their ranch.
She throws a hissy fit, she doesn't even want to visit the graves of her parents since its too painful but the hero doesn't stand for it. She finds out the ranch has been sold to an anonymous buyer. She is convinced that her ex-boyfriend still loves her and only married the friend on the rebound and because the friend is landed. She acts like the evil OW trying to seduce the ex away from his wife. She really is the antithesis of a heroine. The H tries to keep her away from the ex since he feels for the wife. He is also attracted to the heroine and wants her to face up to the fact that the ex doesn't love her anymore and that she is just stubbornly insisting on clinging to something she cant have, like the brat that she is.
Finally, the ex tells it to her straight, that he loves his wife. She goes off to have a good cry and the Hero follows her. As she wallows in her sorrow, she has nothing to stay in the valley for, he proposes. Why he is even in love with this witch is beyond me. At the same time, the ex, who is actually a decent guy, had been concerned about her and finds her with the H. She defiantly announces to him that she is marrying the H. She goes on with the engagement. Both the Hero and the ex naturally suspect her motives to be less than ideal. The H is a besotted fool who fell in love with her photo long before he met her and the ex, being an old friend and neighbor is concerned that she is committing a mistake, just because she was thwarted yet again. He even finds out for her that her ranch was bought by a corporation.
Suddenly she realizes she is in love with the H. They get married and it turns out he is the mysterious buyer and he owns the corporation which bought the ranch so he is seriously rich!
If this had been another book, the ex and his nice wife would have been the H and h. Natalie, the heroine of this story, would have been the evil OW, who didn't get what should have been coming to her. Everyone would have been clamoring for her downfall instead of finding her HEA with a wealthy Hero.
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September 1, 2023
Too boring
A spoiled girl returns to the Valley to lick her wounds after getting fired in the big city only to find that her beloved father died recently, there's a stranger in charge of her home and she's still in love with her married childhood sweetheart.
A spoiled girl returns to the Valley to lick her wounds after getting fired in the big city only to find that her beloved father died recently, there's a stranger in charge of her home and she's still in love with her married childhood sweetheart.
July 8, 2022
When the h has few if any redeeming qualities it’s hard to enjoy the book.
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