The Angel of Devil's Camp [Mass Market Paperback]

Lynna Banning (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Historical | Publication Date: March 1, 2003

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037329249X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373292493
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,927,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in Oregon, raised in northern California (Watsonville) and attended Scripps College. Married; worked as an editor; divorced; worked as a high school English and journalism teacher; re-married; worked as an editor for aerospace firm.
Took early retirement and started writing historical romance fiction;
widowed 1999. Still writing.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful setting, great characterization, May 20, 2003

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S. Barrett (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Angel of Devil's Camp (Mass Market Paperback)

When Mary Margaret Hampton arrives in Devil's Camp, Oregon to marry Walter Peabody, she arrives just in time for the logger's fineral. Her home and savings gone, Carolina-born Meggy must rely on her wits to survive, especially when Col. Tom Randall wants her gone. He doesn't approve of women in a rough and tumble logging camp. He especially doesn't approve of sharing his space with a Southern belle--not after his own war experiences. But Peabody has left his cabin to Meggy, and the iron-willed young woman insists she is staying in HER cabin. Her money-making idea annoys Tom no end, but his crew think it--and Meggy--is wonderful. Tom lies awake nights tossed between wanting her gone and just plain wanting her.

Snappy dialogue and a slew of colorful secondary characters add to the tender romance between Meggy and Tom. Once again, Ms. Banning proves she is an outstandingly gifted storyteller. Run to your nearest bookstore for your copy of The Angel of Devil's Camp.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable Reconstruction Era romance, April 12, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Angel of Devil's Camp (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1872 Mary Margaret left Seton Falls, South Carolina to travel across the country to Devil's Camp # 2, Oregon to marry a man she never met, Walter Peabody. When she reaches her destination, she learns that she made it in time to attend her fiancé's funeral. Walt bled to death after accidentally cutting himself with an ax. Rather than turning back, Mary Margaret decides to live in the cabin she just inherited from Walt.

As an aftermath of his time in the civil War Colonel Tom Randall hates the south especially the belles symbolized in living flesh and blood by Mary Margaret. He demands Meggy, as she calls herself, go back to the Carolinas where she belongs. However, Meggy is more than just a steel magnolia as she begins selling the pies she bakes. Soon Tom finds he admires Meggy and not long afterward he now loves the courageous female who has taken over the camp. Meggy reciprocates his feelings, but knows this is one Yankee who will never let go of the hatred he feels.

This enjoyable Reconstruction Era romance refreshes the typical story line starring a northern soldier and a southern belle by shifting the locale to the Northwest. By doing this, Lynna Banning introduces the audience to an eccentric invigorating band of secondary players who rejuvenate the plot and enliven the charming lead couple. Still this tale belongs to the Yankee military officer and the angel as their relationship serves as the center of a delightful nineteenth century romance.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, July 25, 2010

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Helen Patrice Sutton "HPS" (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Angel of Devil's Camp (Mass Market Paperback)

This unique story of a woman who goes all the way to Oregon to a lumbering camp to become a bride of a man she doesn't know tells a lot more than the basic story. I learned a lot about what lumbering was like back in the 1800s and this makes this book more than just the usual romatic story.