Customer Reviews

And One Rode West

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The war is over. Brothers, Jesse and Daniel have returned home to Cameron Hall to join their wives, children, and their only sister Christa who has kept the house standing while they fought in the war on opposite sides. She was to have wed during the war herself but her love didn't show up. She later learn he died on the battle field. Now the yankees are wanting to burn Cameron Hall down while Jesse, Daniel and their families are gone away, taking care of business, with Christa left. It is going to take a signature from a Cameron relative who is a Union supporter to save the home, and there is only 24 hrs to do it. Christa is a die-hard rebel and hates all yankees, excluding her brother Jesse. And there is only one solution as far as Christa is concerned- marry Union Colonel Jeremy McCautley, who just arrived to tell his sister Callie (Daniel's wife, Christa's sister-in-law) good-bye before he heads out west for duty. Marry and then get an annulment, that's Christa's solution. But Jeremy has other plans. Furious that Christa can make vows and then throw them away so easily, Jeremy decides to make her take them seriously. You should see the looks of everyone's faces when Jesse, Daniel, and wives come home to find Jeremy and Christa in bed together the day after their wedding (knowing how much they can't stand each other and NOT knowing nothing happened in bed). Christa is now married and finds herself packing to head out west to join her new husband, while leaving her beloved home behind. And she fights it all the way. HG does a great job of carrying all three books out from the beginning of the Civil War to the Restoration afterwards. I also appreciated her carrying the family members along so the reader really gets a sense of how their stories (Jesse, Kiernan, Daniel, and Callie) are going. The bond that the reader experiences with this family is great. I do highly recommend that the reader begin with ONE WORE BLUE and then AND ONE WORE GRAY to get the complete picture- but each book is good about bringing the reader up on what has taken place, without boring those that have read them in sequence. Well, I hated to see it end. But I have purchased them and plan on reading them again in the future, they are just that WONDERFUL!!!

Heather managed to pick up where 'One Wore Gray' left off and moved the Camerons' sister out West with a marriage of convenience between Christa and Jeremy. Jeremy is strong, determined but considerate and unusually caring, while Christa's defiant 'die hard' confederate attitude constantly clashes with Jeremy's ability to 'forgive and live' attitude toward the aftermath of the Civil War. If you enjoy reading about the Civil War and the American West, then you'll enjoy reading 'One Rode West'

All of Ms. Graham's books regarding the Civil War are WONDERFUL and I would rate them 5 stars each. This includes ONE WORE BLUE, ONE WORE GRAY, AND ONE RODE WEST and the series of books about the McKenzie's. I have lost so much sleep reading her books but they are well worth it. Wish someone would make a mini-series for TV based on her books. Being a Civil War "nut" I particularly commend her on her facts about the battles and authenticity of historical facts. Please write some more so I can lose some more sleep!!

Read One wore Grey and then One Wore Blue had to read this one to find out what happened to their little sister and boy was I not disappointed. The caracters are firm and believable, the story great. You can lose tract of time and it dosn't frustrate you. Pick up all three of this series and you will not regret it.

I first found Graham's work in One Wore Blue and I loved it. This is the best of the series of three.

This is not only my favorite Heather Graham book, but my favorite of the Civil War Cameron family series. Christa reminds me of myself in some ways. A little brash,impetuous. Acting first, thinking second. Both she and Jeremy are likeable and realistic. While fulfillment of their relationship takes awhile to gel, in the end there is no doubt that these two are meant to be together. One of the nice things about this book is that the way Graham has worked in Christa's brothers and wives has made it a stand alone work. You don't need to necessarily read the first two to grasp what the family is all about. I have kept this book and reread it about once a year.

I read all three of these books and while I really really enjoyed the second one (the first was just okay) this third was my favorite. After reading the first two books I finally learned NOT to read the prologue, which always gives a glimpse from the pivotal scene of the book from one of the characters points of view, and then later you get the other person's point of view. I find it really distracting and misleading. You want to just continue from that exciting point and then she makes you go back to the beginning of the story, when you now have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen. I have no idea why the author does that. To create unnecessary tension and excitement to read the book quickly? Totally unnecessary and for me actually takes away from the journey.

This time I read the book without reading the prologue and was able to enjoy the story much more and I would still give it four stars. I really enjoyed seeing how the author was able to write a story about two people with such animosity towards eachother, but still draw the reader in and let them see the tenderness that really was inside of each one. You got to see the relationship grow. I also appreciate that while they may have been cruel to eachother, no one ever just gave up and walked away like a big baby. That simply wasn't an option (unlike some other romances I've read). It was exciting and quickly paced and I enjoyed the concept of them being forced into marriage by circumstances and then having to get to know eachother on a hard journey west.

These were great books, and aside from the cheesy inside cover (THANK YOU to the publisher for putting a normal cover on the very front... the cheeseball models always completely ruin the image I have in my head of what they look like) it is not just a historical romance. It was very good historical fiction as well (although pretty steamy in parts).

I have enjoyed this series by Heather Graham immensely and look forward to reading some of her other books.

I enjoyed this one as much as I did the previous 2 in this series. One of the best trilogies I've ever read. I hope you'll enjoy these as much as I did. Please share your reviews also. Reviews is what makes Amazon so wonderful.

Unlike other authors who attempt to write about our nation's darkest hour - the War Between the States - Heather Graham really knows the period, and her careful research is evident. She wraps up her trilogy in fine style with this third volume of the Cameron family saga with the tale of the younger sister, Christa.

Brothers Jesse, who fought for the Union ("One Wore Blue") and Daniel, who fought for the Confederacy ("One Wore Gray") are happy that the war's over and they can build a future with their wives, but what is left for Christa, who lost her fiance at Cold Harbor? Jeremy MacCauley, brother to Daniel's wife Callie, has also left his heart in the smoldering ashes of the war. In a desperate effort to save the Cameron estate from a carpetbagger, Jeremy and Christa throw themselves in a marriage of convenience....and ride off together for an adventure in the west that just might include the love of a lifetime!

With a great story, sensuous romance, and sympathetic characters, this is one not to miss.

Christa Cameron finds that her home is in trouble and she needs help. When she finds Jeremy in the nick of time he wisks her away to the west. The war is over and now the nation is on the mend. It is a good book with rich detail of how the Old West was and what it was like to travel with the army. It was well worth the time, and a good completion to the series.