Countess In Buckskin (Harlequin Historical) [Paperback]

Merline Lovelace (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Historical | Publication Date: December 1, 1997

Josiah Jones was a bear of a man - certainly nothing like the mere boys whp'd paid court to Tatiana as Countess Karanova. This man personified the wild, untamed lands that called to her own unhappy soul. Tatiana brought something new to the California wilderness - a cool, aristocratic beauty, and courage enough to match any man's. But Josiah was a mountain man with a broken heart. He knew such a jewel could never share his wanderlust or his life - especially if she discovered his secret.

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About the Author

Merline Lovelace is the author of over twenty novels, several of which have achieved placement on the USA Today bestseller list. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harlequin (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373289960
• ISBN-13: 978-0373289967
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,106,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

As an AF brat I lived in France and Newfoundland, both of which I loved, and at least half of the fifty states. As an AF officer, I served tours in Taiwan, Vietnam, the Pentagon, and the rest of the fifty states!

Now I'm having a blast putting all those adventures into my books.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AHA! SOMEONE LOST THE GIST OF THE STORY! EXCELLENT, MOVING, January 20, 2005

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Countess In Buckskin (Harlequin Historical) (Paperback)

Now where did the Hupa live? And California extend in the 1800's? I ended up in southern Washington [present day] grin!
Mt. Helena?

Cho-gam, headman of the Green Snake clan of the Hupa tribe was really a delight. He couldn't figure out how to handle the Russian woman that he purchased as a wife.

And Tatiana sure had it in for Tsar Nikolas. He made her watch as they strangled her foolish husband. [in Russia]
She was commited to saving her father, a famed horticulterist, by bringing the Tsar's Treasure to Fort Ross. Fort Ross was the Russian settlement in America that wasn't supporting itself much less the Alaskan contingent.

Now the we meet up with Josiah Jones, [a bear of a man?] who is on assignment from the President. He is to find out the situations of the French and British in the northwest. It seems that we were likely to go to war with the Mexicans. They are claiming the Califorian coast etc.

Hey! you got to admire Josh's handling Tatiana's invasion of the men's sweat lodge. Wow! Not that she was any blushing virgin. He!He! Not Countess Karanova! [she is in buckskin]
She was very determined not to be left behind as Josiah crossed the wintery mountain passes. brrrr! even I got cold.

Talk about an exciting adventure - Tatiana found out Josh was a man of his word and then that dadgum wolf showed up. Yup! if that wasn't great, if not explicit.

Josh soon had reasons to change his directions and finally took his ladybird to the Russian settlement at Fort Ross.

Read on and you will find that Nikolas has reaches even across the sea. When Nikolas threatens Tatiana in the form of Colonel Dimitri Garanski, Commander of the Imperial Guards [the man who helped force her to watch her husband's execution] Tatiana gets an idea of how Josiah can protect her. He explodes into action [similar to Mel Gibson in Patriot] Wow!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- Definitely a keeper - thoroughly captivating!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite believeable, July 7, 2000

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Terri O'Hanlon (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Countess in Buckskin (Audio Cassette)

The audio version of this story was not quite up to par. The accent was distracting. As for the story, it presented radical elements of weather, predicament and man that a determined woman faced in her mission to save her father's life. Not your ordinary love story, even for the old west frontier, with a little too much problem solving for her to overcome. Not much gentle, tender lovemaking, so if that's what you like, avoid this story.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just didn't get into it..., July 18, 2006

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ThisThatNEverything "thisthatneverything" (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Countess In Buckskin (Harlequin Historical) (Paperback)

Not sure why I couldn't get into this book other then the fact that the story was a little too slow for me. I actually gave it to page 187 but I was just too bored so I had to move on. Couldn't rate it lower because it may have got better & I couldn't rate it higher because I think I should've been pulled into the story by then but I wasn't. Sorry to say but I can't recommend this book.