- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Jove Publications; Reissue edition (1 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 051509160X
- ISBN-13: 978-0515091601
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Abigail inhabits a frontier Colorado town. When she is faced with the task of nursing two train robbery victims back to health, she doesn't quite realize what's in store for her. There's gentle loving David, but there's also rugged Jesse, whose sensuality disturbs Abigail's dreams.
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THE BANDIT AND THE GENTLEMAN…
Two men are wounded during a train robbery in frontier Colorado and left on Abigail McKenzie's doorstep to be nursed back to life.
Gentle, loving David promises her a happiness she'd lost hope of finding and is all a lady could wish for. Jesse stands for everything she hates: he's rude, violent, roughly handsome and disturbingly sensual.
But it is Jesse's mocking mouth that troubles Abigail's dreams, Jesse who makes her feel a hundred things a lady should never know, Jesse who challenges her every waking hour. Abigail fights him with all the stiff propriety her stubborn will commands…but in her burn the aching embers of love too long denied – love that will force her to a choice no woman should ever have to make…
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hummingbird is a fantastic read. I love stories with odd characters and Abigail is certainly that. Jessie makes a wonderful hero, still a bit rough around the edges but tender when it counts. This story had me gripped from the start and I have read it again and again. A must for any Lavyrle Spencer fan.
Format:Paperback
I read this book years ago and can still remember what a wonderful read it was. I fell in love with the main characters and it was a heart warming story. Have to buy the book again and keep it. This is a book to read over and over again. I give it two enthusiatic thumbs up
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
I never wanted the book to end!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 July 2005
Format:Paperback
After Judith Mcnaught, Spencer has become my second favorite romance writer and that is no easy feat considering my extremely picky taste when it comes to writing exceptional love stories that take you away from our insane world and transport you into the lives of two exceptional individuals who you admire, love, cherish, and with whom you wish their stories never end!!!!
Hummingbird is such an example of a beautiful tale of two souls joined together by chance, laughter, anger, heartache, and perseverance; perseverance of one's heart, mind and soul to not only survive but to live, to live through your emotions and break free of your fears and insecurities and embrace an imperfect love with extreme passion and heart.
For Miss. Abigail McKenzie with a will of a true lady tried to hold on to her virtues, etiquette and propriety with such tenacity upon meeting a Mr. Jesse Dufrayne that she feared it all would break, snap, and fail her when the inevitable happened: to succumb to her true sensuous nature with a man thought of as a train robber and a complete scoundrel when dealing with a proper lady.
It is David who is more to Abigail's taste when she is forced to play nurse to him and Jesse when they are both found wounded, after being picked off the train in her hometown, due to David's heroic attempt at trying to save the train from the likes of Jesse Dufrayne. But it is Jesse who spits fire and wakes the sleeping maiden into a rage every time he happens to open his mouth.
Spencer portrays Abigail's and Jesse's combative personalities- as well as their vulnerabilities towards each other- so effortlessly and with such a deep understanding of their human contradictions, you cannot help but fall in love with them yourself.
Towards the end of the book, Spencer achieved what few author's can accomplish with a couple of gut-wrenching scenes: she made me cry twice, not just a few tears falling delicately against my cheeks- they were tears falling ignominiously and appallingly making my cheeks and nose ruddy.
And so HUMMINGBIRD has made-without any hesitancy-the top 10 love stories I have ever read!
Hummingbird is such an example of a beautiful tale of two souls joined together by chance, laughter, anger, heartache, and perseverance; perseverance of one's heart, mind and soul to not only survive but to live, to live through your emotions and break free of your fears and insecurities and embrace an imperfect love with extreme passion and heart.
For Miss. Abigail McKenzie with a will of a true lady tried to hold on to her virtues, etiquette and propriety with such tenacity upon meeting a Mr. Jesse Dufrayne that she feared it all would break, snap, and fail her when the inevitable happened: to succumb to her true sensuous nature with a man thought of as a train robber and a complete scoundrel when dealing with a proper lady.
It is David who is more to Abigail's taste when she is forced to play nurse to him and Jesse when they are both found wounded, after being picked off the train in her hometown, due to David's heroic attempt at trying to save the train from the likes of Jesse Dufrayne. But it is Jesse who spits fire and wakes the sleeping maiden into a rage every time he happens to open his mouth.
Spencer portrays Abigail's and Jesse's combative personalities- as well as their vulnerabilities towards each other- so effortlessly and with such a deep understanding of their human contradictions, you cannot help but fall in love with them yourself.
Towards the end of the book, Spencer achieved what few author's can accomplish with a couple of gut-wrenching scenes: she made me cry twice, not just a few tears falling delicately against my cheeks- they were tears falling ignominiously and appallingly making my cheeks and nose ruddy.
And so HUMMINGBIRD has made-without any hesitancy-the top 10 love stories I have ever read!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining love-hate relationship
27 July 2005
Format:Paperback
One of the first romance novels I read, and the one that got me hooked! It's a definite keeper with the perfect balance of wholesomeness and passion. Spencer has a very descriptive style of writing (some *may* find her wordy descriptions a bit too lengthy at times), but she describes her settings well.
What I liked about this book was the conflict between the hero & heroine. Of course they are attracted to each other, but their verbal barbs and antics are amusing. If you like the kind of book where the main characters hate each other at first but then fall in love, you'll like this one. LaVyrle Spencer does a great job of writing this kind of novel.
What I liked about this book was the conflict between the hero & heroine. Of course they are attracted to each other, but their verbal barbs and antics are amusing. If you like the kind of book where the main characters hate each other at first but then fall in love, you'll like this one. LaVyrle Spencer does a great job of writing this kind of novel.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
The best by LaVryle Spencer!
20 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
I have read all of LaVyrle Spencer's books but this is by far my favorite. I very rarely reread a book but I just read this one again for the fourth time. The last scene where Jesse is taking Abbie's picture is one of the best scenes I've ever read. I highly recommend this book.
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