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Becoming Georgia
In order to hold on to her Arizona gold mine, wild frontier girl Georgie Kennedy must remain in Chicago for one year with her surly Grandpa, trade in her spurs for petticoats, and marry a conservative simpleton, but the arrival of sexy lawyer Cougar Barnes just might be her salvation. Original.
336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 2003
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April 17, 2020
It wasn’t quite what I thought it was going to be, but I was pleasantly surprised! More western historical fiction than romance, Georgie (Georgia) can hunt, shoot, and mine for gold as good as any man, but when she receives word that her claim might not be hers after all, she has to high-tail it to Chicago to straighten out this mess. Along the way she learns that it’s not so bad to be a lady, and the importance of being true to yourself.
It was a little slow to start, but about a quarter of the way in the story picked up and there were a few chapters I didn’t want to put it down.
It was a little slow to start, but about a quarter of the way in the story picked up and there were a few chapters I didn’t want to put it down.
January 16, 2018
I loved this book. It's sort of a Cinderella story withouth the bad stepsisters. I loved Georgia's independence and desire to just be herself thru out the story. It's a funny and sweet read and at the same time shows how hard it was to be an independent woman in the 1800's.
June 25, 2024
This was a cute and funny live story. The journey was fun to get to a happy ending.
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August 10, 2016
Becoming Georgia by Emily Carmichael
This was a cute and funny story.
The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict this story.
Georgie Kennedy is so mad she could spit. Just weeks after she sold one of her Arizona gold claims to Cougar Barnes, some two-bit lawyer has the gall to tell her the mine wasn't hers to begin with. Georgie knows her rascally grandpa is behind the whole mess—and that she'd better high-tail it to Chicago to set him straight. Should be simple enough. She's wiped the floor with men twice her size. How much trouble can one old coot be?
...Plenty, that's how much. Grandpa could give a mule lessons in stubborn—and he's hell-bent on turning "Miss Georgia" into a petticoat-wearing, curtsying priss. He tells her that if she stays on in Chicago for exactly one year—and makes nice with the strait-laced simpleton he wants her to wed—the claim will be hers, free and clear. Now, getting hitched is just about the last thing on Georgie's mind. But between her unwanted suitor and Cougar Barnes, who comes all the way to Chicago to make sure he gets his property back—and to check on Georgie—she has a lot of thinking to do. And soon she has to decide if her heart belongs in the big city ... or at home on the range.
This was a cute and funny story.
The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict this story.
Georgie Kennedy is so mad she could spit. Just weeks after she sold one of her Arizona gold claims to Cougar Barnes, some two-bit lawyer has the gall to tell her the mine wasn't hers to begin with. Georgie knows her rascally grandpa is behind the whole mess—and that she'd better high-tail it to Chicago to set him straight. Should be simple enough. She's wiped the floor with men twice her size. How much trouble can one old coot be?
...Plenty, that's how much. Grandpa could give a mule lessons in stubborn—and he's hell-bent on turning "Miss Georgia" into a petticoat-wearing, curtsying priss. He tells her that if she stays on in Chicago for exactly one year—and makes nice with the strait-laced simpleton he wants her to wed—the claim will be hers, free and clear. Now, getting hitched is just about the last thing on Georgie's mind. But between her unwanted suitor and Cougar Barnes, who comes all the way to Chicago to make sure he gets his property back—and to check on Georgie—she has a lot of thinking to do. And soon she has to decide if her heart belongs in the big city ... or at home on the range.
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