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When the rough, tough Clayborne brothers found an abandoned baby girl, they named her Mary Rose and raised her to be a lady. But a problem arose in the shape of the handsome Englishman, Lord MacDonald, who revealed a secret that challenged everything the girl believed about herself.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
THIS IS THE FIRST JULIE GARWOOD THAT I HAVE READ AND I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. IT IS THE TYPE OF BOOK YOU JUST DONT WANT TO PUT DOWN. I GOT MY COPY FROM THE LIBRARY BUT I HAVE DECIDED TO BUY A COPY SO THAT I CAN READ IT AGAIN!!!!!
The story starts in New York in the 1860's with 4 young homeless boys who find a baby girl abandoned in an alley. They decide to keep the baby and name her Mary Rose.
They call themselves the Claybourne family and move to the west so that they can bring Mary Rose up as a lady and also live where no one knows them. I wont give too much of the plot away but they have to move because of problems in their early lives.
Trouble starts for the family when a stranger arrives in town going by the name of Harrison MacDonald, a tall, arrogant handsome man.
Mary Rose and Harrison fall madly in love, then a secret is revealed that threatens everything.......................
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
If you haven't read any of Garwood's other work, her Highland series, The Ransom or the Bride, or the excellent Medieval novel Honor's Splendour for example, you would be forgiven for believing Garwood is a good writer of romantic fiction and no more. I happen to know however, that she is not just good she's great and pleasing as it it "For the Roses" just isn't up to her usual standard.
Set in Montana in the eighteen hundred America, it is the story of a family bonded by love but not by blood, made up of four orphan 'brothers' of different origins who have together raised the beautiful baby girl they found abandoned in a trash can in New York. Mary Rose, the innocent and universally adored baby sister, takes under her wing the a handsome newcomer who turns out to be a Scottish lawyer whose determination to find out about Rose's family threatens to tear them apart.
Nice as this read is, I think it is a little too long and tries to be too many things at a time. It starts out very well and Garwood does indeed create wonderful children characters - getting their speech patterns and unique view of the world just right, but the time spent away from Mary Rose and Harrison is often a little flat and although the four brothers are all quite amusing the books lacks Garwoods usual sparkling humour. The whole thing falls flat on it's face when the story moves to England and the courtroom ending is far fetched and unnecessary. The love scenes are quite steamy but repeated over in a rather tired fashion again giving the impression that this 560 page book could have lost a good 200 pages and not suffered for the cut.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic,brilliant,loved it.I thought that this book was amazing, I've read most of her other books and this is my favorite. The character's are lovely,heartwarming and funny.From the moment I picked it up I couldn't put it down.I liked it so much I went to the bookshop every week for a year and a half waiting for the next installments of the Clayborne saga. A MUST READ!!!!
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for the roses julie garwood
loved this book,I was hooked from the Prologue, the children's characters were so funny and endearing i could not put this book down, I laughed and cried as they got older each one... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ines Jones grace
A funny and emotionaly gripping read.
Julie Garwood is by far one of my top five favorite writers and she dosn't dissapiont in this her emotional tale of a bond forged in desperate circumstances between a baby and her... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2002
Classic Garwood
This is one of Julie Garwood's greatest books. The thing that I love the most about it is the witty dialogue, especially that which takes place among the brothers and Harrison. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 1999
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