Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world–a world she’s been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls’ secret home, her older sister is especially frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.
David’s parents follow soon on his heels, escaping bandits at their ranch. But his father is wounded and needs shelter. Josephine and her sisters have the only cabin on the mountain. Do they risk stepping into the world to help those in need? Or do they remain separated but safe in the peaks of Hope Mountain?
About the Author
Mary Connealy writes “romantic comedies with cowboys” and is celebrated for her fun, zany, action-packed style. She has more than half a million books in print. She is the author of the popular series Wild at Heart, Kincaid Brides, Trouble in Texas, Lassoed in Texas, Sophie’s Daughters, and many other books. Mary lives on a ranch in eastern Nebraska with her very own romantic cowboy hero. Learn more at www.maryconnealy.com.
My Take:
I have
enjoyed many of Mary's books, this one being no exception. The cover was
appealing and the storyline interesting and I looked forward to reading it.
It's always fun to get lost in the plot and this one sends a girls heart
dreaming... Handsome cowboys, pretty women, the typical hero/damsel in distress
type book, but with a twist. Maybe the damsels are not in distress... and the
heroes are? Or maybe they both need each other.
A
tale of learning to trust in God and each other. Depend on each other, when
depending on self is the norm. The girls (sisters) in this story haven't had
much interaction with the outside world. One they feared. So when the Warden
family shows up in the area, they are quite the oddities and attraction. At
first from a distance until they are pushed together by an act of fate.
This
book was a fun read, lighthearted, yet inspiring. I think in every book there
is always something we may have written different, but just sit back and enjoy
the ride. I would recommend this book!
I received a free copy through Celebrate lit for
my reading enjoyment. I was not required to write a positive review.
More from Mary
What it would do to someone to run wild from nearly their earliest memory?
What if three young girls had the basic skills to survive a rugged life but no adults to guide them?
Would they grow up to be a completely odd and untamed version of themselves, or the truest, in some ways most honest version?
I wanted to explore that idea: wild children, tough young women, afraid of the invading world, but lonely, too. So I created the plot for my Brides of Hope Mountain series by mixing the three little girls who’d grown up wild on the top of a mountain with some fairy tale ideas.
Book one, Aiming for Love, is Josephine Nordegren’s story. I had this vision of Ariel the mermaid seeing a man for the first time when strangers invade the high valley she lives in with only her two sisters. Curiosity is her besetting sin, or so she’s always been told. She has wilderness skills, mainly in the form of owning a bow and arrow and understanding wild animals, but for the first time, she is drawn to a man.
Jo needs to be tamed, or Dave, the man she can’t stop watching from in the woods, needs to learn the ways of the wild, because they’re out of place in each other’s worlds.
Jo needs to be tamed, or Dave, the man she can’t stop watching from in the woods, needs to learn the ways of the wild, because they’re out of place in each other’s worlds.
Giveaway
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This sounds like a fun story!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing a book description and giveaway also. Sounds great!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading this one!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like a really good read. Pretty cover!
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