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rachelharlin's review
3.0
A good one. But I must confess, when I knew they loved each other so early on, I wondered how the rest of the book would go. Not one of my favorites but still good.
ghumpherys's review
3.0
I got this as an e-book -- it was fairly short and typical of the other "clean romance" books I've read by this author.
catsbah's review
3.0
This book seemed very familar to me, but I didn't remember the ending, so I don't think I'd read it before.
booksuperpower's review
4.0
This book was a freebie from the kindle store. This is a short story, approximately 192 pages long. A historical romance involving an orphaned girl, Maria. Her father's good friend, Lord Thorton rescues Maria from cruel relatives. Thorton 's son Brock and his mother raise Maria after Lord Thorton 's death. When Maria approaches her sixteenth birthday, she is confronted with her true feelings for Brock Thorton. Their romance is made difficult by terms in Lord Thorton 's will.
Marcia Lynn Mcclure is dubbed the queen of kissing. They aren't kidding. In this story anything beyond that might have seemed inappropriate. Sixteen year old girls back then were often married, but still putting a girl that young in a sexual situation wouldn't seem right.
This book does have some strong innuendo though. However, for someone my age, it seemed a little too YA. Reading about sixteen to eighteen year old girl's romance isn't really up my ally. But, the story is sweet and has a bit of danger and bravery thrown in. A nice story both. mothers and their teenage daughters could share. Maybe a little too short for significant character development, but overall a B.
Marcia Lynn Mcclure is dubbed the queen of kissing. They aren't kidding. In this story anything beyond that might have seemed inappropriate. Sixteen year old girls back then were often married, but still putting a girl that young in a sexual situation wouldn't seem right.
This book does have some strong innuendo though. However, for someone my age, it seemed a little too YA. Reading about sixteen to eighteen year old girl's romance isn't really up my ally. But, the story is sweet and has a bit of danger and bravery thrown in. A nice story both. mothers and their teenage daughters could share. Maybe a little too short for significant character development, but overall a B.
nonameloves2read's review against another edition
2.0
This was my least favorite of this authors books. FYI, I've never given any of her books less than 4 stars.
There was a lot of weirdness going on. The 9 year old and the 3 year old thing.....ummm no. I know the author didn't mean anything by it but that was just taking it too far. I think Mrs. McClure has an innocent heart (at least from reading her books) but I think the whole age thing was in bad taste.
Another thing that I didn't like is that one of the MCs was absent for a lot of the story. That's just one of those things that annoy me....a lot.
I feel bad for 2 starring one of McClures books but this one just didn't work for me. It was missing the magic that her other books have.
There was a lot of weirdness going on. The 9 year old and the 3 year old thing.....ummm no. I know the author didn't mean anything by it but that was just taking it too far. I think Mrs. McClure has an innocent heart (at least from reading her books) but I think the whole age thing was in bad taste.
Another thing that I didn't like is that one of the MCs was absent for a lot of the story. That's just one of those things that annoy me....a lot.
I feel bad for 2 starring one of McClures books but this one just didn't work for me. It was missing the magic that her other books have.