- Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm) (November 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671604724
- ISBN-13: 978-0671604721
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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"Johnston writes sprawling, sensuous romance that will keep readers reading."
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston, who "writes brisk romance chock-full of compelling conflicts and strong local color" (Publishers Weekly), evokes the grandeur, excitement, and danger of the American frontier in this sweeping historical novel.
When Kinyan Holloway's husband is killed in a range accident, she has no idea how she and her children will manage. Torn between the Sioux world in which she was raised and maintaining her husband's ranch - the largest in the Wyoming Territory - she knows only that somehow she will not just survive but preserve her children's heritage for them.
Into her life rides Benjamin Colter, a scarred stranger who's fast with his gun. Colter has tried to put vengeance behind him, but the past seems destined to catch up with him. What he wants now is Kinyan Holloway - and her ranch - but he can get them only if he defeats a deadly rival and agrees to become a father to three children who awnt more from him than he's able to give. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Another JJ delightful read.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Colter's Wife (Mass Market Paperback)
I am so pleased that I ran across this author. She writes with such clarity and compassion. I truly enjoy her books. This one is an easy read. Colter, our physically and emotionally scarred hero, has spent years tracking down the confederate soldiers who (post war) brutalized his wife and child...and left him to die. Unable to locate the last of them, he heads west to start his life over, such as it is. Kenjin is a young widow with precocious twin boys and a little girl who is trying to save her ranch and they enter into a marriage of mutual need and benefit.As he teaches her how to run her ranch, he also becomes, against his desire, a surrogate father to these children. The dialogue is so believable and touching that u feel like you are there. Naturally there are bad guys who try to take over the ranch, kill Colter, etc....and the love that kinjin brings to heal colters heart. This is a simple story with very real emotions and a book that is not very complex to enjoy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely loved it!,
By Loves To Read "jacksey" (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Colter's Wife (Mass Market Paperback)
This was a terrific book. Ms. Johnston has a gift for making her characters very real. I absolutely adored Colter, wounded though he was by his past. And I very much enjoyed Kinyan as well. The motivations of the characters were believable to me and the story was wonderfully told. Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Letting the Practical Become Romantic,
By A Customer
This review is from: Colter's Wife (Mass Market Paperback)
What a beautiful story. Johnston creates beautiful characters who are easy to love, the story is honest in that decisions are made based on practical realities. It's the heart and depth of the characters that allow the romance to come out. I finished it in one sitting while waiting out Hurricane Isabel - didn't even realize the storm had blown away!
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