If You Love Me [Unabridged] [Mass Market Paperback]

Elaine Coffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 1996

"Coffman's writing is deft, capable, and evocative."

*Publishers Weekly



He had done the right thing for the wrong reason. . . . A man driven by despair and an unwillingness to forgive, William Woodville fled his native England, his title, and his duty. In the American wilderness he found the perfect vengeance: A woman. She was a captive handed from tribe to tribe in an odyssey of despair *until William purchased the untamed innocent on the auction block; married her, bedded her, and defiantly presented her to his father in England before he turned and left . . . alone.



Abandoned by the man she loved, she let the pain of betrayal make her strong. . . . Margery Mackinnon needed a family more than a husband, love and security more than an explanation, and time to discover the strange world about her. She blossomed from a primitive wildflower to a lady of the town: the woman she was destined to be. When William returned to the wife he left and the twin sons he never knew, he was captivated by a beguiling woman unwilling to forgive him. Now the man who abandoned love must fight to reclaim it. . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Author Elaine Coffman is immensely proud of IF YOU LOVE ME and she should be. It's her first book to hit the New York Times bestseller list, and the reviews have been amazing. But, most importantly, this is the concluding volume to her beloved Mackinnon series featuring five brothers, orphaned in a Comanche raid, forced to grow up apart, always searching for the sister who was held captive. Reader have been asking for years for Elaine to do Margery's story, and this is it. Finally, fans will find out what happened to the lost sister, now a grown woman without an identity. It's a moving story of her search for love and acceptance in a society that she doesn't understand. I found this to be a very special book that transcends the confines of the romance genre.


Elisa Wares, Senior Editor

From the Inside Flap

"Coffman's writing is deft, capable, and evocative."

*Publishers Weekly



He had done the right thing for the wrong reason. . . . A man driven by despair and an unwillingness to forgive, William Woodville fled his native England, his title, and his duty. In the American wilderness he found the perfect vengeance: A woman. She was a captive handed from tribe to tribe in an odyssey of despair *until William purchased the untamed innocent on the auction block; married her, bedded her, and defiantly presented her to his father in England before he turned and left . . . alone.



Abandoned by the man she loved, she let the pain of betrayal make her strong. . . . Margery Mackinnon needed a family more than a husband, love and security more than an explanation, and time to discover the strange world about her. She blossomed from a primitive wildflower to a lady of the town: the woman she was destined to be. When William returned to the wife he left and the twin sons he never knew, he was captivated by a beguiling woman unwilling to forgive him. Now the man who abandoned love must fight to reclaim it. . . .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 345 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books; 1st edition (December 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449150054
• ISBN-13: 978-0449150054
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a way to end the Mackinnon Series!, July 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: If You Love Me (Mass Market Paperback)

By the way, I didn't find this book had the same plot asHeaven Knows at all. These books couldn't be more different! This isabout the sister who was kidnapped by indians as a child. Her brothers had given up hope of ever finding her. Then an English lord who paints indian life buys this white captive when he sees her being sold by the indians. He buys her to get revenge on his father, marries her and takes her home to England, walks in on Christmas Eve with a buckskin clad wife, and stuns everyone when he leaves without her. What happens next ought to be in a movie. You've never seen a woman like this, who not only makes a My Fair Lady transformation, but takes London by storm! The hero's mother and sister are a stitch! You'll die laughing. A perfect ending to a perfect 7 book series. Wish she'd consider doing one or two more!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If You Love Me..., November 6, 2009

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KMags (OC, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Love Me (Mass Market Paperback)

The heroine, Margery, was held captive for 20 yrs. of her life. During that time she has been traded through three different Indian tribes. While in the middle of another trade, Will, the hero, encounters the negotiation. He decides right then and there to purchase her and make her his bride for the purpose of getting back at his dad. Margery, unaware of the true purpose of his "heroic" act, looks at Will as her savior.

When they arrive at Will's family home on Christmas Eve, he and his father exchange angry words and he leaves Margery. In that moment she realizes his true purpose for marrying her. Broken hearted, abandoned and betrayed, she hardens her heart and with the help of her mother-in-law she no longer is the "little savage" Will deemed her to be. Margery is accepted by the ton and learns to be independent.

All the while, Will is in America with his dying friend pining away for Margery. After two yrs Will returns home to find his shy and submissive wife is no longer so. However he prefers the new headstrong Margery than the meek and biddable Margery. After a couple rounds of battle of the wills, they finally come together.

This book is part of a series, but the only one I read. It can be read as a stand alone. It was a great read, but my only complaint was the battle of wills was too brief. After two yrs being away, I felt, Will should have fought harder and longer to win his wife back. And I know I know, his physical ailment is the reason it brought them together sooner than it would have otherwise, but I felt he owed her more than, what was it, two weeks of trying to win her over? The author could've added a couple more pages with him on his knees... ^_^

The ending was quite lovely and was the perfect ending to the series. Even though I didn't read the other books, it just seemed to fit.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU LOVE ME can touch your heart!, April 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: If You Love Me (Mass Market Paperback)

Helen Holzer, THE ATLANTA JOURNALROMANCE REVIEWS: Simply the best book I've read in a year. Elaine Coffman touches the heart while making her readers laugh and cry as she tells the story of Margery MacKinnon, a woman who's just been purchased at an Indian auction by a London lord. Having survived 21 years as a captive in the Wild West, Margery is transported to England, only to be dropped off at the doorstep of her new master's family. And for the second time in her life she must adapt to rvive ---this time overcoming the snobbery of the British aristocracy.