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Available
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Series
Publication
Harvest House Publishers (2007), Edition: Repack, 288 pages
Description
Fiction. Romance. Christian Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML: Lori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Lori's beloved fiction. For five years handsome Jeff Taylor has wanted to apologize to Bobbie Bradford in person. But she left town the day after the humiliating episode at the picnic and never returned. Older now, Jeff has grown in his faith and as a man. Still, the news that Bobbie is returning to Santa Rosa while considering Cleve Ramsey's proposal of marriage comes as a shock. Will their friendship be restored after heartbreaking betrayal? Can love grow as time goes by?.
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LibraryThing member Bookmouse
A story about how kids can hurt one another with words and actions.
LibraryThing member juliecuevas
I like this book because it talks about forgiving the one that hurt you in the past and give them one more chance to mend their mistakes. The main character of this story shows exactly this, as a result, her heart is capture.
LibraryThing member NadineC.Keels
Boys will be boys, perhaps, but the way Jeffrey Taylor once hurt Roberta "Bobbie" Bradford's feelings was still inexcusable. Now that Bobbie is returning to Santa Rosa after a five-year absence, Jeff will finally have the chance to make it up to her in person. But her arrival back home throws Jeff
Here's another novel I've now read thrice, which I think I first read in my teens.
I once loved this second book in The Californians series for various reasons, including that the heroine is considered to be rather plain. Bobbie also wears spectacles, and no, when she comes back to town, she's not an ugly-duckling-turned-beautiful-swan who's done away with her glasses to conveniently make her gorgeous. Not that romances have to make a big to-do about a heroine's physical looks either way (they most certainly do not), but it's still refreshing to see something different from this author's norm.
"Plain girls have dreams too, you know." Bobbie is competent and personable with a cheeky sense of humor, and she's regularly ready to cut folks some slack.
Even with the super cool heroine, though, I'll admit I don't feel the same about the story as I used to. It's often pretty schmaltzy and not the most natural. Having jumped straight to the second book in the series this time, I can see how certain minor characters and scenes don't really matter unless you already care about those characters from the previous book. Also, this novel has a lot of talk about salvation, prayer, and Bible reading, which I think can work if a novel's plot calls for it, but it feels overdone in this story.
Nevertheless, this is a feel-good kind of read for fans of ChristFic historical romance who can appreciate something that's easy to digest.
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strangely off-kilter in As Time Goes By by author Lori Wick.Here's another novel I've now read thrice, which I think I first read in my teens.
I once loved this second book in The Californians series for various reasons, including that the heroine is considered to be rather plain. Bobbie also wears spectacles, and no, when she comes back to town, she's not an ugly-duckling-turned-beautiful-swan who's done away with her glasses to conveniently make her gorgeous. Not that romances have to make a big to-do about a heroine's physical looks either way (they most certainly do not), but it's still refreshing to see something different from this author's norm.
"Plain girls have dreams too, you know." Bobbie is competent and personable with a cheeky sense of humor, and she's regularly ready to cut folks some slack.
Even with the super cool heroine, though, I'll admit I don't feel the same about the story as I used to. It's often pretty schmaltzy and not the most natural. Having jumped straight to the second book in the series this time, I can see how certain minor characters and scenes don't really matter unless you already care about those characters from the previous book. Also, this novel has a lot of talk about salvation, prayer, and Bible reading, which I think can work if a novel's plot calls for it, but it feels overdone in this story.
Nevertheless, this is a feel-good kind of read for fans of ChristFic historical romance who can appreciate something that's easy to digest.
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LibraryThing member SarahGraceGrzy
This book. I just didnt like it that much! I loved the character of Jeff in the first book, but she totally ruined him in this one. He felt like a completely different character! I also wasn't really a huge fan of Bobbie. On a side note, what's with Wick's affinity for masculine nicknames for
All in all, I didn't really care for this book. I appreciated the fact that it was less romancey than the rest of the series, but the story just didn't cut it.
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female characters? All in all, I didn't really care for this book. I appreciated the fact that it was less romancey than the rest of the series, but the story just didn't cut it.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1992
Physical description
8.5 inches
ISBN
0736919465 / 9780736919463