Love at Any Cost
April 16th, 2013. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.
Love at Any Cost
By Julie Lessman
The Gilded Age is brought to life in the new Heart of San Francisco Series. Fans of bestselling author, Julie Lessman, will join her on a journey to the West Coast for romance, passion, and surprising revelations found in Love at Any Cost.
Jilted by a fortune hunter, cowgirl Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who would just as soon hogtie a man as look at him. Hoping a summer visit with her wealthy cousins in San Francisco will help her forget her heartache, Cassidy travels west. But no sooner is she settled in beautiful California than Jamie McKenna, a handsome pauper looking to marry well, captures her heart. When Jamie discovers the woman he loves is poorer than he is, Cassidy finds herself cheated by love a second time. Will Jamie discover that money can’t buy love after all? And can Cassidy ever learn to fully trust her heart to a man?
ISLAND BREEZES
I really enjoyed Cass and this book, but what a struggle that lady had in her life! No wonder she wanted nothing to do with another pretty boy polecat.
Cass lives in Texas, but spends the summers with her aunt and cousins in San Francisco. Make no mistake, she might get fussied up in dresses while there, but she travels with her jeans and lariat in case she has to hog tie a pretty boy fortune hunter.
But something happened and she didn’t hog tie Jamie fast enough before he stole her heart. Is this pretty boy going to break her heart just like her ex-fiancé did?
Be prepared for some surprises near the end. Don’t bother to read the ending first. It might spoil the book for you, but in all likelihood, it will just confuse you.
I’m looking forward to the next book in The Heart of San Francisco series.
***A special thank you to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy.***
Julie Lessman is an award-winning author whose tagline of “Passion with a Purpose” underscores her intense passion for both God and romance. Winner of the 2009 ACFW Debut Author of the Year and Holt Medallion Awards of Merit for Best First Book and Long Inspirational, Julie is also the recipient of 14 Romance Writers of America awards. Chosen as the #1 Romance Fiction Author of the Year in the Family Fiction magazine 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards, Julie was also awarded #1 Series of the Year in that same poll. She resides in Missouri with her family and is the author of The Daughters of Boston series and the Winds of Change series whose first book, A Hope Undaunted, ranked #5 on Booklist’s Top 10 Inspirational Fiction for 2010.
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books that bring the Christian faith to everyday life. They publish resources from a variety of well-known brands and authors, including their partnership with MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and Hungry Planet.
Available April 15, 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
May 3rd, 2013 at 01:11
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May 5th, 2013 at 20:14
Sounds like a good book, an easy read, and one I’d enjoy. Thank you for posting such.
May 6th, 2013 at 09:16
Enter the giveaway and it could be yours.
June 13th, 2013 at 18:04
Wow! Am I learning some things and getting a history lesson!
This author mentioned Dr. Pepper, orthodontal braces, and a man-made wonder swimming pool and the book was set in 1902?
I did some googling and, yep, she’s right. There’s a lot more that I thought for sure she was wrong about and I looked those up as well. Humpth, was I in for a surprise and I’m only 1/3 of the way through the book.
It seems the early 1900’s were very lucritive for the U.S. So far a very good book to read, easy, intriguing, very mentally picturesque, good dialogue and still romantic. Thank you, Nancy for being a giving person.
June 14th, 2013 at 22:31
I looked up some things, too, but Julie Lessman did her homework on this book. I haven’t read a book by her that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy.