About the Book
Book: Aiming for Love
Author: Mary Connealy
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: October 2, 2019
Josephine
Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in
southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the
curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the
forbidden outside world–a world she’s been raised to believe killed her
parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close
to the girls’ secret home, her older sister is especially frightened,
but Jo is too interested to stay away.
David’s parents follow soon on his heels,
escaping bandits at their ranch. But his father is wounded and needs
shelter. Josephine and her sisters have the only cabin on the mountain.
Do they risk stepping into the world to help those in need? Or do they
remain separated but safe in the peaks of Hope Mountain?
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About the Author
Mary
Connealy writes “romantic comedies with cowboys” and is celebrated for
her fun, zany, action-packed style. She has more than half a million
books in print. She is the author of the popular series Wild at Heart,
Kincaid Brides, Trouble in Texas, Lassoed in Texas, Sophie’s Daughters,
and many other books. Mary lives on a ranch in eastern Nebraska with her
very own romantic cowboy hero. Learn more at www.maryconnealy.com.
More from Mary
What it would do to someone to run wild from nearly their earliest memory?
What if three young girls had the basic skills to survive a rugged life but no adults to guide them?
Would they grow up to be a completely odd and untamed version of themselves, or the truest, in some ways most honest version?
I wanted to explore that idea: wild children, tough young women,
afraid of the invading world, but lonely, too. So I created the plot for
my Brides of Hope Mountain series by mixing the three little girls
who’d grown up wild on the top of a mountain with some fairy tale ideas.
Book one, Aiming for Love, is Josephine Nordegren’s story. I
had this vision of Ariel the mermaid seeing a man for the first time
when strangers invade the high valley she lives in with only her two
sisters. Curiosity is her besetting sin, or so she’s always been told.
She has wilderness skills, mainly in the form of owning a bow and arrow
and understanding wild animals, but for the first time, she is drawn to a
man.
Jo needs to be tamed, or Dave, the man she can’t stop watching from
in the woods, needs to learn the ways of the wild, because they’re out
of place in each other’s worlds.
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Christian Bookshelf Reviews, October 31
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Moments, November 2
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Remembrancy, November 3
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A Reader’s Brain, November 7
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Mary is giving
away a grand prize package of a $20 Amazon gift card, a copy of Aiming
for Love, and a copy of Fairy Tales from Around the World!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
My Thoughts
I haven't read a book by Connealy for awhile and the plot of this book caught my interest. I also really like the cover. This story is cute and a predictable easy read. I didn't love the character of Josephine but I really enjoyed the secondary characters. The setting is beautiful of course and the idea behind the plot is fun. Women who live in the high country never having been around people. I think the plot could have been a little bit more developed and that would have given me reason to give this story more stars. I am curious to read the rest of the books in the story to see where she takes all of these characters. If you enjoy quick easy historical novels this could be the book for you!
Three Stars.
"I received this book from the publisher for free. All opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review."
5 comments:
love her book. looking forward to reading this book and the others when they come out in this series.
Thank you for sharing your review and the book details. It sounds like a good read
I really appreciate getting to read about your book since I have so many in my family who are huge readers. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.
It’s been a long while since I read one of Mary’s books, but I always love her humor!
This is a new author to me, I love the cover.
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