An Unexpected Widow (The Colorado Brides Series Book 1)

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What's up with that? I'm waiting for a book that describes a woman as stinkin like chicken mess meets fried onions and the male hero getting a whiff and saying "Now THERES a woman I'd like to get my arms around". See, it just won't happen. All that being said, I enjoyed the book, it held my interest and I plan on reading the rest of the series. This was a nice, quick read. I feel the author did a good job in portraying the tension of the hero and heroine loving each other but believing they shouldn't act on their feelings. I was afraid that the heroine would end up coming across as not caring once her husband was injured due to her feelings for the hero, but she didn't.

The author did a great job showing the heroine's guilty, sorrow and confusion without having her come off as a whining brat. I am interested to see if the character of t This was a nice, quick read. I am interested to see if the character of the madam from the brothel shows up more in the series. I liked her and would like to see a happy ending for her, also. On another note, on the Amazon site I noticed that most that gave a bad review did so on the grounds that this was listed under Christian Fiction and they felt there was too much smut.

Well, there are NO explicit scenes. There is more of a PG vibe. Yes, the preacher and his wife are attracted to each other and have sex. No, there are no details. Yes, the hero talks about wanting the heroine Guess what, Christians have sex just like the rest of us. I think the author was trying to get across that the heroine has very deep feelings for her husband, both physically and emotionally. That way when she is attracted to another man we know it's not because her husband is a dog. If you think a Christian woman cannot be attracted to another man just because she's married then you live under a rock.

An Unexpected Widow (The Colorado Brides #1) by Carré White

Part of the premise is that she feels guilty for finding the hero attractive. I feel this is a bad reason to give a book a bad review. Especially since most reviewers admitted they didn't finish the book because of the content. The story and the writing are good and do not warrant one star. This story just didn't do it for me. It's about this absolutely horrible woman who is so self-absorbed and obnoxious, and this guy who just doesn't quite measure up to her standards but loves her Gawd only KNOWS why To the point where you just pray some sane person will dump her ass off the side of the lifeboat so she'll go down with the Titantic?

I hate that movie. I have hated that movie since I was a child. This book is that movie, done seven times worse. And I'm not even sure how that's possible considering how I loathe Molly Brown. No, he's busy with crops and gardens and acreage and Then the author introduces Nathan, who's a nice guy, but likes a good stiff drink, gets laid at the whorehouse like the rest of the single guys out west, and doesn't really care what the snooty town folk have to say - as long as he's honest and works hard and does right by people, he's happy. He comes to work on Pastor's farm, and sticks around when pastor falls off a roof at a house-working party and breaks his back.

He carries the pastor around, helps change his soily diapers, takes care of the critters and the crops Here's where the author does stOopid. Yes, bad grammar and spelling to enhance said stOopid. If you want to kill off the damn minister, good on ya, luv.

From there on, we go into "I can't marry you, you're a drunk lecher miner nobody" and "where's my tea set! Who the HECK knows. There are MUCH better ways to spend your time. Frank the pastor is injured when helping fix roof a parishioners bunkhouse he then dies from pneumonia. With her families thinking still occupying her mind she believes he is not for her. Nathan returns and Hannah demands he marry her that day so she does not have to sleep alone again and apologises for judging him badly.

Mar 07, Debbie Scott rated it it was amazing. Very Fine Western Romance This was a tender hearted story, full of sadness and joy. The storyline is incredible and the characters were great.

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I am sure the times back then in the frontier didn't allow for long courtships or a long time to grieve. Thank you for a very engrossing story, Danny Scott. Oct 31, Linda rated it really liked it Shelves: With a title like An Unexpected Widow , the plot of this romance was pretty predictable: Still, the writing was well done, and there were a few unanticipated twists. May 14, janet broome rated it it was amazing. Because it was tender and it showed how hard life can be.

It was tender and showed how hard life can be. It was a bit of a surprise to find out she was only That explained some of her naiveness. Dec 06, trudy martin rated it it was amazing. Can not wait for the next one. If you like romantic books you will love this one. Stories like this one are very special. Aug 05, Rebecca rated it liked it. Okay Not bad but not great either. Just writing more words so it can post Feb 05, Angie Maniaci rated it it was amazing.

I really enjoyed this story about Hannah Clark and her pastor husband, Frank. Oct 06, Marlene Staheli rated it it was ok. This book was slow and boring. I found myself forwarding pages just to get through it. Kept waiting for anything interesting to happen and it never did. Mar 23, dianna k johnson rated it liked it.

The storyline was interesting, but the editing errors were distracting. Might not bother some people, but it ruins a good book for me.

May 28, Ashley Hathaway rated it liked it. Book starts out with Hannah and Frank, a cute married couple that can laugh and tease each other. Then disaster strikes and their happy marriage is threatened. Author writes with terrific empathy. Actually found myself tearing up a time or two, which is something I just don't do with books. As the plot moves along, I really start not liking Hannah. She's selfish and thoughtless and it bothers me. Would a person's character change so much after what she'd been through? Would Book starts out with Hannah and Frank, a cute married couple that can laugh and tease each other.

Would Nathan have stuck with her just on faith? But a cute story nonetheless. I got this book as a free Kindle Download. It's also pretty short, which was good considering it was pretty terrible. My first issue was that it was in first person. I didn't much like being in Hannah's head as she was pretty naive, spoiled, and later on annoying. I'm also used to reading historical romances in third person so it was a bit jarring.

I didn't much like any of the characters. Frank was pretty one dimensional; he was a good preacher who was trying his hand at farming and then he died I got this book as a free Kindle Download. Frank was pretty one dimensional; he was a good preacher who was trying his hand at farming and then he died. It was a bit refreshing that he was optimistic about his paralysis, but it was, as obvious from the title, all for naught.

An Unexpected Widow: The Colorado Brides Series, Book 1 (Unabridged)

Other than that he was pretty much a non-entity except as a good person that Hannah was in love with and didn't have a problem being married to. Which made Nathan's character all the more problematic. There's even a line in the book where Hannah states that she feels lust for him. While Frank is still alive. Now, I can believe this would really happen, but Hannah's "guilt" felt more like lip service considering the two find themselves in various compromising situations while Frank is still alive. Also, once Frank dies Hannah has no problem sleeping in the same bed, cuddled with Nathan, which would be weird enough in a contemporary novel let alone a historical book.

And then she gets super clingy and claims she can't sleep unless Nathan is with her. Nathan, who up till this point has also been a non-entity except a vaguely good looking guy who drinks and gambles and visits prostitutes at least until he starts working for the Clarks , finally gets a bit of character development and says he won't continue to sleep in the same bed as her unless they're married. It's even stated in the narration that she does, which is just irritating.

Anyway, it was extremely contrived, and I didn't like any of the characters. Even though there weren't any sex scenes or straight up infidelity, there was a lot of innuendo at least most of it was between Hannah and Frank to show how much in love they were. The writing was amateurish, and the dialogue was stilted at first but got a little bit but not much better later on.

Sometimes I'll give a book two stars if it was terrible but still had a good grasp of grammar and syntax. But considering I didn't enjoy this at all and hated being inside Hannah's head the whole time, this is getting one star. Also, what the heck was with the random thought that a harmonica and banjo weren't a logical pairing I'm paraphrasing, I'm too lazy to check to see what Hannah actually said? Did she just arrive in the west that day?

Apr 05, Jason Buchanan rated it it was amazing. Down home good reading. Could not put it down kept you Wondering what was next. I can wait to read the next book in the series. Aug 30, Lisa C. This book was bad in so many ways. I went back and read some of the reviews after reading it and was not surprised to see so many low reviews.

Beginning with the characters, we barely knew anything about them, other than Hannah grew up privileged and thought she was better than just about everyone else. I could barely stand her the more I read about her. She started out being shy and almost naive sounding and the next thing you know she's lusting after a drunk. When did that happen!?

Her husband, This book was bad in so many ways. Her husband, Frank, made lots of sexual comments and innuendos and I was shocked to see someone considered this Christian fiction.

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Not by any stretch of the imagination could this be considered Christian fiction. I found it in historical fiction, btw. About the sex or bedroom scenes, they were so childishly written, it was almost painful to read them. The whole book screamed amateur. The part about her 'friends' judging her one minute and then saying she made a good choice in the drunken gambler was crazy.

The story was all over the place. I have to comment on just a couple of the grammar and spelling errors. The Cold Navy revolver should actually be a Colt Navy revolver. I had to laugh out loud when the madam corrected her from Mrs. Although used during the 17th century, that term was rarely used again until the s. Women would not have referred to themselves as Ms. I could go on, but it's a mute point. I got it free on my Kindle. However, my reading time is very limited and I would rather spend it on quality writing than this drivel.

Oct 27, Christy rated it really liked it.

Now that I have read it, I do not think I would exactly call it Christian fiction, but I would not place it under explicit genres either. I say this because they are references to Faith, God, the Bible, and scriptures from the Bible I have read several reviews and there is one thing I do not quite understand - what is all the fuss about? In my opinion, she did nothing wrong - morally or otherwise. She remained faithful to her husband and kept their views sacred. The only conclusion I can come to grips with is time period the story is set in - s.

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Excellent time filler with quirky characters … Show more Show less. At first I wasn't sure about this book I knew Hannah was going to become a widow as the title clearly states that so i keep waiting for it to happen but as the book progressed I started to fall in love with the characters and the story and I didn't want it to end.

At first I didn't like Hannah.

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