Comes the Winter

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Pub Date 10 Jan 2018 | Archive Date 27 Aug 2018

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American Frontier Romance

Avalanches, isolation and snow blindness were stark realities for those daring to remain in Idaho’s Sawtooth Range through the harsh winter months. For city dweller, Lena Sommer, the warnings seemed exaggerated.

In the fall of 1886, Lena leaves behind a life fraught with disappointments and loss only to arrive in Sawtooth City and find the man she’d pledged to marry has been killed. To return east is unthinkable; to stay is ill-advised, but she resolves to remain and manage the man’s lodging house despite the warnings. More than her stubborn nature influences her decision. From her first glimpse of this mountain valley, she falls captive to its wild beauty. Feeling she has at last found a hearth to call her own, she eagerly puts down roots. Sharing her love of literature with her lodgers before a warming fire, she builds a family of lonesome souls, where dreams awaken.

However, one man stands apart, disturbing her peace with ominous warnings to leave before winter comes. Evan Hartmann knows from personal loss that winter snows bring to these mountains both unimaginable beauty and death. He is also a man conflicted, because as much as he’d like for Lena to leave the mountains, his heart longs for her to stay.

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American Frontier Romance

Avalanches, isolation and snow blindness were stark realities for those daring to remain in Idaho’s Sawtooth Range through the harsh winter months. For city dweller, Lena...


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Comes the Winter is a great historical romance. I enjoyed the plot, characters and the setting. I look forward to reading more of this author’s books. I recommend this book to fans of historical romance.. My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for My ARC. This is my unbiased review.

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I needed it to be winter, like, yesterday. And since we're still slowly trekking our way to Autumn I was incredibly pleased to be able to read St. Claire's newest Sawtooth Range novel.

A twist on the Mail Order Bride romance, what happens when the bride travels to the destination only to find her intended husband has died? St Claire explores this possibility with the likable, spunky Lena.

Focusing on a dying gold boom town, we watch as Lena learns to love the people there and say goodbye while she stubbornly looks to wait out the winter in the ghost town.

Evan will be your next historical cowboy book boyfriend. Beautiful green eyes, perfect build, and a compassionate heart tie this adorable cinnamon roll together.

I appreciated that while this novel hinted at the romance, it also took on the prejudice of prostitutes and how outright destain and loft do-gooding are on the same nasty, privileged level. And it was unapologetic with its importance of female and male friendship alike.

Basically, as the leaves start to turn and it becomes Pumpkin spice everything, you'll want this one to cozy with under your favorite blanket.

Thank you to NetGalley, Samantha St. Claire, and River's End Books for this free ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed herein are my own.

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Great historical read! Lena heads to Idaho territory to marry a man she has never met, when she arrives she learned that he was killed. With Winter coming should she go back to Chicago or stay. This is a fast-paced read with lots of suspense and drama and great characters. The romance is sweet and the story entertaining.

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I really enjoyed this story. It looked like those books by Thomas Mayne Reid, old fashioned ones.

It's slow burn, clean romance.
I hated that the heroine was thinking low about herself. But, I think, on those times and in her family dinamics it was the usual

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This is the second book that I have read by this author. It is the story of Evan and Lena. In this book you will find a stoy about a journey not only across the land but, of the heart. Sometimes it takes mishaps, disapointments and losing everything you wanted to find what you really need. This is a heartfelt story with wonderful characters and an intriguing storyline. I would definitely recommend this book.

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I really enjoyed this historical romance set in 19th century America. Blame it all on Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman and Little House on the Prairie, because I love a good "heading west" story.When Lena finds her governess job in Chicago ended unexpectedly, she strikes up a deal with a boardinghouse owner in Sawtooth, they will marry, and run the business together. However, the best laid plans run awry and Lena finds herself determined to make a life for herself in this harsh mining town. Enter Evan Hartmann, who is dealing with the death of his brother and who doesn't feel Sawtooth is quite the place for a lady from back East. With the help of friends, Lena and Evan will begin to see each other in a new light, but their equal stubbornness might just end their romance before it has a chance to begin.

At times, a bit sugary sweet, Comes the Winter was just the light read I needed. Although I am not familiar with the series, I felt this book could almost be a stand alone. Definitely will keep an eye out for this author in the future.

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A sweet story about the hardships of settling the American west. The particular emphasis on the plight of women and the darker side of the gold rush yield a satisfying historical picture.

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Vanilla, sweet, clean, almost old West romance. Not quite an HEA. There should have been an epilogue. A mail-order bride goes west to meet her intended, and then marry him. In the weeks prior to her arrival, her intended dies in an accident... She is seeming left out in the cold literally. She must decide what she will do before the winter closes in around her. She takes possession of the boarding house, they would have operated as the boom town closes down around her. She and one of her boarders have a growing relationship. She has a running conversation with herself and through introspection is able to get her head straight so she cannot only come to terms with herself but those around her.

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