Customer Reviews

Montana Dawn (Home in the Heartland)

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
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Luke discovers Faith alone giving birth along side of the wagon trail in Montana at dawn. Faith is running away from a horrible memory that includes a criminal brother-in-law who is following her. Luke brings the family to his ranch and falls in love with a strong-willed woman who is determined to keep running away. Golden Heart Award winner Caroline Fyffe's writing is so descriptive that at times you feel like you're on the wagon trail with her characters. Her wonderful use of dialogue includes slang and cliches that make the story seem true to life back in the days. They probably said things like "about as sociable as a festerin' back tooth" back in 1883. The adventures of living in the West along with a tender love story kept me reading and wanting more.

I bought this book because I loved Ms. Fyffe's 'When the Wind Blows'. I was hoping for another keeper. Sadly, this wasn't so.

The positive side of this story was our hero, Luke McCutcheon, and the unusual beginning to this historical western. Who wouldn't fall in love with a male in the 1800's who would help deliver a child from someone he just met, literally....in a darkened covered wagon....in the pouring rain?

On the run, our heroine Faith has started her labor early. -Writing about ladies giving birth in romances is done sometimes and usually the event is glossed over. Ms. Fyffe does a good job in making it appear as realistically as possible.- A stepson in tow, Faith is determined to make a new life. Her deceased husband was abusive and there is an element of mystery as to how he died. The husband's brother is determined to marry Faith and bring her back to the fold.

I was flustered because Faith was too naive and mistrusting. Luke was kind and helping. He never gave her any reason to think otherwise. He had his own personal demons but his family was wonderful- Yeah! Two parents and siblings who actually get along with one another.- Of course, Luke and Faith were both good-looking and that was mentioned a little too often for my taste. I enjoy when one or both lead characters doesn't look so perfect.

There is some gentle humor that is another plus but the story ran about 25-50 pages too long because Faith continually didn't think how keeping her secrets hidden would have some terrible repercussions. The reader is told that her father distanced himself from her while she was growing up and she had no siblings to influence her BUT she did have friends who treated her well and showed her that there are people who are good. You know she's smart, she had to be to survive her previous marriage. Unfortunately those smarts didn't spread when she met Luke and his extended family.

Because I LOVED 'When the Wind Blows' and I know Ms. Fyffe has the ability to write a sweet gentle love story I will consider reading a third book by her. This one was OK, I am just sorry that I can't recommend the story. If you are looking for a wonderful historical romance and haven't tried her first book, seek it out; it is so good it is on my Keeper shelf.

This is a beautiful heart warming story, you know that love is going to blossom - you just don't know how it's going to end.

I don't think I've ever read a Western Romance before so I wasn`t really very sure what to expect, I feel that it was perfectly set and the scenes, smells and sounds were so vivid that I felt that I was sat in the midst of it. I found that the more I read, the more I bonded with not only the main characters but all of the characters, even down to the ranch hands and I became used to `seeing' them as I read each page - I think I'll quite miss them now I've finished.

The storyline flows well and the book gets off to quite a dramatic start, it's a fast paced book and has just the right balance of cowboys, horses and love!! I found myself laughing, smiling and crying as I was reading, the way the author has wrote this just captures your emotions and sweeps you along as you are reading.

I'm heading off to find the next part of the McCutcheon series - I'm looking forward to reading it.

Hayley Sale ~ The Kindle Book Review

IF YOU ENJOY WESTERN ROMANCES, THEN YOU WILL CERTAINLY ENJOY THIS BOOK. IT WILL HOLD YOUR INTEREST FROM COVER TO COVER. IT GIVES A VERY VIVID PICTURE OF EARLY WESTERN TRAVEL AS WELL AS THE HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY THE BRAVE SOULS WHO VENTURNED WEST. IN ADDITION, IT PRESENTS A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY AS WE WATCH A TOUGH COWBOY'S PROTECTIVE INSTINCT TAKE OVER AND SOFTEN HIS HEART. OF COURSE, A WIDOW WITH A YOUNG BOY AND A NEW BABY PRESENT A HEART RENDERING SCENE. THE BOOK IS NOT ALL HEARTS AND FLOWERS DESPITE THE LOVING WELCOMING FAMILY WHO GLADLY TAKE THIS LITTLE FAMILY INTO THEIR HOME. THERE IS PLENTY OF INTRIGUE WHEN A MEAN SPIRITED BROTHER INLAW FORCES HIS WAY INTO THE SCENE. I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THE PLOT AWAY BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN FOR LONG AND YOU WILL SURELY JOIN ME IN ANTICIPATING CAROLINE FYFFE'S NEXT BOOK.

I have read this book and love it I have also read When The Wind Blows I cant wait for more of Caroline Fyffe books!!

This is the second book of Ms. Fyffe's that I have read and I am addicted. She is beyond a wonderful writer. I can not wait till she brings out another book or books. Her books have everything but mostly it gives you that goosebumps feeling because you can feel the love her characters have for one another. I am telling all of you that if you haven't read one of her books you are truly missing out. Once you do you will be just like me and will be waiting on pens and needles for the next book.

this book was good i liked how its the women in distress and the man comes to rescue her.. i would say its worth reading

Luke McCutcheon arrives at dawn just in time to help a very pregnant Faith Brown give birth to a beautiful baby girl. Besides her step-son Colton hitting him over the head with an iron pan, things start off good for the pair.

I won't put out any more spoilers.

I absolutely loved this book. Very well written and the author explains things to a `t'. You absolutely can 'taste the dust and feel the passion' in this book. :) I can't wait to read more by this author.

I reviewed this book for Romance Reader At Heart website.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Luke McCutcheon is the youngest son of Montana rancher Flood McCutcheon, and he's in charge of his first cattle drive. While scouting, he gets caught in a fierce rain storm and comes upon a woman and her eight-year-old son, stranded all alone in a wagon with no horses.

Faith Brown is one very young and determined woman. She had only one goal in mind when she took her son, after her husband's death, and left behind all that was familiar to her. Now, far way from home and with no one but an eight-year-old boy for support, she's helpless while stranded in a storm with her baby about to be born.

You need not be a lover of western romance to enjoy this well-written, well-paced and very entertaining love story.

The author had put forth quite an interesting plot that kept me reading and wanting to know the reasons behind Faith's journey and Luke's parentage. She also did a remarkable job of balancing action and romance with witty dialogue.

I just couldn't help but like all of the secondary characters, like Luke's sister Charity; his brothers Mathew and Mark, with their wives Rachel and Amy; and then all of those young and old ranch hands like Roady and Smoky, and her little man Colton. It was a pleasure to watch this young boy grow from surly to loving with the love and understanding Luke gave him.

MONTANA DAWN is a sweet and romantic tale, with not one explicit sex scene; however, it lacked not one thing in the romance department.

If Westerns aren't your cup of tea, but romance is, give this book a try. I highly recommend it, and I can't wait to find out whose story will be next in this series.

Melanie

Carolyn Fyffe is my newest favorite author. After reading "Where the Wind Blows" on Kindle, I found another of her books, "Montana Dawn." Once again, I could not put it down. Fyffe doesn't just tell a story, she takes the reader on an adventure. Within the first third of the book, the hero, Luke McCutcheons delivers a baby from a covered wagon, drives thousands of head of cattle, and saves his brother from a raging river. Fyffe's development of her dynamic characters is subtle. As the heroine Faith Brown falls in love with Luke, so does the reader. Where can I find more books by Carolyn Fyffe? Please tell me this isn't the last!