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Renaissance Alliance Publishin (2002), Paperback, 212 pages
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In 1860's Montana Territory, Kate Beecher, a young woman from Boston, faces the hardships and hard choices of life on the frontier. Just eighteen and quietly struggling against the social constraints of the era, Kate meets a woman who fires first her imagination, and then her dreams. Jessie Forbes, a fiercely independent rancher, finds in Kate the passion she never knew she had been missing. This is the story of their struggle to love in a land, and time, as cruel as it was beautiful.
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Kate travels west with her parents, Martin and Martha, and falls in love with Montana. She also befriends Jessie, who defies virtually all of the restrictions that were imposed on Kate back in Boston. Jessie owns a ranch and commands the respect of the townspeople. Kate begins to have some
I really like the idea of this story: two young, spirited, independent girls falling in love with one another at a time when there wasn't really a word to describe what they were or how they felt. And I liked the characters of Kate and Jessie.
I read somewhere online that this had started out as Xena fan fiction, which might explain why the story is in desperate need of an editor. I had a very difficult time concentrating on the story itself, because the point of view changes so frequently - mid-paragraph, much of the time. In fact, there was one paragraph where the point of view was shared with three characters! If the author had just picked a point of view and stuck with it, at least for the length of a chapter, the story would have been so much more readable and enjoyable.
There IS a good story here; it would just benefit immensely from an editor who could bring it to the forefront.
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seriously conflicted feelings about Jessie.I really like the idea of this story: two young, spirited, independent girls falling in love with one another at a time when there wasn't really a word to describe what they were or how they felt. And I liked the characters of Kate and Jessie.
I read somewhere online that this had started out as Xena fan fiction, which might explain why the story is in desperate need of an editor. I had a very difficult time concentrating on the story itself, because the point of view changes so frequently - mid-paragraph, much of the time. In fact, there was one paragraph where the point of view was shared with three characters! If the author had just picked a point of view and stuck with it, at least for the length of a chapter, the story would have been so much more readable and enjoyable.
There IS a good story here; it would just benefit immensely from an editor who could bring it to the forefront.
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Physical description
212 p.; 9.12 inches
ISBN
1930928327 / 9781930928329