Audacious: Ivy's Story (Brides of Wildcat County, No. 3) [Paperback]

Jude Watson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Brides of Wildcat County | Publication Date: November 1, 1995

Ivy Nesbitt has been ruined by a vicious lie. To her, Wildcat County is a change of scenery, nothing more. Her chance for love is already gone. But California brings out a strength in Ivy she never knew she had. Could it also bring a second chance for love?

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From School Library Journal

Grade 7-9-Eighteen-year-old Ivy Nesbitt leaves Maine and heads west in disgrace, misery, and poverty after learning of her father's embezzling, his fatal heart attack, and news that her fiance has deserted her. Being a schoolmarm in a mining community, she offers her students compassion, warmth, and an amiable place to learn. She is well respected and liked, but all of this changes with the arrival of her former fiance, who tracks her to Last Chance, CA, and reveals a secret she wished no one to know. This isn't a particularly suspenseful book, nor a heart-throbbing romance, but the frontier setting is well portrayed, particularly in the sheltering of old-fashioned ways. Average fare for the paperback shelves.?Bambi L. Dunn, Mustang High School, Oklahoma City, OK
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689803281
• ISBN-13: 978-0689803284
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, May 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Audacious: Ivy's Story (Brides of Wildcat County, No. 3) (Paperback)

Ivy Nesbitt's life in a small Maine town was ruined by a lie, and her fiance left her to go to sea. When her father dies of a heart attack, Ivy and her sister, Mattie, head west to California. There, Ivy gets a job as a schoolteacher and writes stories published in a newspaper. But rumors are about to shatter Ivy's life again. And after her fiance left her, can she find the strength to mend her broken heart and love again?

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Teen Read; Trashy at it's worst, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Audacious: Ivy's Story (Brides of Wildcat County, No. 3) (Paperback)

The plot was fascinating, kind of like the picture brides of the past. Fierce women are shipped to a town, believing it's a large city, only to find it be be out in the middle of nowhere. Females will love these romances, adults may also. Very graphic at times, but nothing raunchy.