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Patience (Brides of the West, 1872, No. 6) (HeartQuest)

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I was throughly enjoying the Brides of the West series until I got to this book. I am sure the rest of the story would have been great, but I could not get through the beginning for the story began to just tell a different past than what happened before. Such as Dylan was the one to bring the girls from Missouri when actually in Glory it was Jackson. Again it mixed Glory story with Ruth when Patience refer to Ruth shooting an elk and covering her and Dylan with it. It is as if neither Glory's or Ruth's story was told. They blended the two. After that I just was not into the book. The book lost it's appeal. I returned it to store for my money back I may read it sometime in the future but not right now.

In reading "Patience", everything seemed sooooo familiar, like I'd already read it. When female convicts were hired to work in the mine, that did it! That's a pretty unique story development, so I was convinced that Ms Copeland, instead of giving us an original story, had recycled one of her older ones, and sure enough, she did--this is the SAME story as "Someone to Love" from 1995. Characters' names have changed, and the minor detail of how the girl obtains the mine, but that's it. What a rip-off! I'm disappointed in Ms Copeland.

In 1873 Denver City, Colorado, a kidnapper abducts Patience Smith mistaking her for bride to be Lenore Hawthorn when the good natured lass agreed to don the wedding dress for its final fitting. Sheriff Jay Longer follows knowing the icy wintry mountains makes for a freezing dangerous trek.

Perhaps it is the hand of God, but the horse carrying the thug and Patience missteps throwing both humans to the ground. Patience gets up in an instant and flees into the frozen wasteland. Could God be guiding her for soon she finds shelter in the Mule Head gold mine. Inside she finds eight year old orphan Wilson as cold and scared as she except that Patience believes God is with both of them. They walk the forty-five minute trek to Fiddle Creek. In the town she tries to obtain help with excavating the gold from the mine she just left, but no one will dig in what has been cursed and haunted. When Jay arrives, Patience tries to persuade him to help her and Wilson with the mine. As the believer and the doubter fall in love, Jay wonders how someone so devout and optimistic could care for an acrimonious loner like him. Perhaps that is God?s miracle.

Though the pious Pollyanna seems overdone if pure faith can ever be overdone, fans with patience will enjoy this delightful ?Brides of the West? novel. The sixth book in the series stars an intriguing lead couple whose belief in God is so opposite that the audience knows that only divine intervention could bring them together in spite of their love for one another. Fans of inspirational western romances will enjoy Lori Copeland?s uplifting tale.

Harriet Klausner

I was genuinely pleased with the last book of the Brides of the west series. Patience a spunky girl is first kidnapped, then finds a young boy to raise, and buys a mine to work. She is sure there is gold there. During this time the Denver City Sheriff, who has sworn never to love again, helps patience with her mine and in turn she helps him with his heart.

Though in the begining of the novel Ms Copeland accidentally confuses two events from prior books, the story is still wonderful and heartwarming. I could not put it down.

Patience is an inspiration to me and to us all. I would highly recommend all six of the Brides of the west books!

I concur that this is the least enjoyable book of the series. It's the last of the series and a good thing, it appears the author wasn't as spirit lead to write this one, just tried to wrap up the series. Glory's and Ruth's story get mixed up right in the beginning and Copeland doesn't do as well of a job in this love story. I skipped around pages just to get to the end, cause it was almost painful to read. It had the potential to be good, especially from Copeland. the end is a decent attempt to close the ladies stories. because as is evident with this book she was getting tired w/ the series had she tried to write a Mary or Harper story they could have been worse. Although I think a Harper story would be phenomenal, but she ended when it was necessary. leaving it open for at least Lily to show up in her next series.

Lori, your books have kept me on the edge since I started reading them. Please come out with more of this series!!! I think you are one of my favorite writers of old stories. Keep up the good work. These books are great to put you there and dream :)

After experiencing reading 3 different histories of Ruth's arrival to the Orphanage between the accounts given in Glory and Ruth,then reading the review here about how in this book... "Dylan was the one to bring the girls from Missouri when actually in Glory it was Jackson. Again it mixed Glory story with Ruth when Patience refer to Ruth shooting an elk and covering her and Dylan with it. It is as if neither Glory's or Ruth's story was told."

Apparently this author has lost the ability to keep her story lines straight,and in the case of Ruth,it is like Mrs.Copeland even forgot who Ruth was,and she invented a totally different woman!

So thanks to the reviewers warning here,I will not be bothering with this one at all.