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Lonesome River

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Spectacular... intriguing... suspenseful... romantic... touching... fun, and more! This is now one of my favorite Dorothy Garlock stories. Liberty is the perfect main character... feisty, defiant, and bold! I loved reading along as her temper gets the best of her... frequently!!! Farrway Quill is the typical strong woodsman that Ms. Garlock tends to write about... but with much more substance (though I still haven't found a better male character than Johnny Henry from Garlock's With Hope series).

Characters from "Love and Cherish" appear (Juicy, Rain Tallman... and Sloan and Cherish Carroll's son, Colby Carroll) appear throughout the book. Rain and Colby being Farrway's closest friends.

Though the time and location of the setting of this story is surrounded by the struggle of land between the indian and white man... this story tackles another danger, the struggle of the white man and what he will do for power. All of Ms. Garlock's books include a high respect for the indians, but also shows savages in both the indians and the white man. This book is no exception... and you'll be amazed at the strength of Liberty Carroll and the strength others find in themselves when near her.

This story thought ended beautifully, left some interesting untied ends of revenge and love, knowing they will be settled in the next book - Dream River. I'm anxious to read this book, and excited that it is about Rain Tallman... as every time he appeared in this story, his character just stood out among all others.

When I read this book, I wanted to read "Dream River" because it featured my two favorite characters in the Wabash trilogy: Amy and Rain. I liked Libby and Farr but the closeness between them was underwritten. In the next two books, they seem to share an unbreakable bond that is envious to their family and friends but it is impossible to see how this closeness came about by reading this book. Although the readers can appreciate how and why Libby fell in love with Farr, Farr's love for Libby simply appeared. There was no explanation about how his lust for her turned to love. I like these two as individuals, but I did not see them as a couple until "Dream River" and "River of Tomorrow". The story of Farr and Fawnella is heart-breaking and incredibly ernest. Also, Willa and Colby's romance is sweet. But the greatest love burns in the two kids, Amy and Rain, and they finally get their turn to shine in "Dream River". "Lonesome River" has unforgettable characters, such as Juicy, Elija, Maude, and George Washington. These are colorful group of people, most of whom do not appear again in other books. A pity. All in all, this is a good book for everything except the lead players. The author should have focused more on them than on everything that was going on around them. Perhaps, she could not wait to get to the telling of Amy and Rain's story, just like I couldn't after I read this book.

This was one of the best books I have read in a really long time. I liked Liberty right from the beginning, she is feisty, loyal and strong and lives up to her character all through the book. Farr is memorable, macho and Liberty's equal. I just wished that he had been a bit more in love than in lust in the beginning as the romance was a bit unsatisfactory. Felt like Liberty got cheated for a while in that aspect. But for all that its still a good book, and you'll remember them for a long time. This is not one of those books where you read it now, and pick it up a few years later not realizing you have already read it. You will remember Libby and Farr. Very good read.

This books is part of a trilogy, so be sure to get Dream River and River of Tomorrow. If you like Dorothy Garlock I would recommend these books.

The best book Dorothy Garlock has written in my opinion! Excellent storyline, fall in love with characters! The books has everything a historical romance reader looks for in a book!

this is the one book i can attribute to my love of reading. Dorothy garlock is one of the best writers I have ever read. She writes in a way you feel you are there beside the character living the life with her. This particular book starts the series (the three books)the second book being "dream river"(about her sister) and "river of tomorrow" (her adopted daughter").These books will delight you they are heartwarming and the stories flow. Definately a good buy.

This book was the first book I read when I was living in New York.I was 16yrs old and I lost it when I moved to Puerto Rico and have been trying to look for it ever since.So when I look up Amazon.com I said maybe I can find it here and i did. Thank you