Rainbow's End (Severn House Historical Romance Series) [Hardcover]

Rebecca Brandewyne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1992 | Series: Severn House Historical Romance Series

Fiercely independent Josselyn O'Rourke travels from New York to Colorado to claim her half of her murdered father's mine, but the man who killed her "Da" threatens to melt her resolve with his insistent kisses. By the author of Heartland.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Brandewyne ( Heartland ) has researched a convincing setting, added a mystery to spark the momentum--and then squandered it on a run-of-the-mill romance. At a Boston convent in 1877 Josselyn O'Rourke is about to take her final vows when word arrives that her father has died in an explosion at the Colorado gold mine of which he was part owner. Red O'Rourke's will mandates that his daughter inherit only when she marries one of his male partners: Wylie Gresham, a "southern gentleman," or Durango de Navarre, a scruffy, disreputable saloon owner. The fourth partner, Victoria Houghton, inherited her shares from her husband, who died in a mine accident. Since there has been a string of "accidents," mutual suspicion runs rampant among the partners--including Red, who staged his own death to trick the saboteur into revealing himself. However, the mystery is shunted aside in favor of the predictably rocky romance of Durango and Josselyn, who dither endlessly about each other's guilt or innocence. Durango fits the pieces of the puzzle together to, as he says, "create a whole that, however senseless, is at least finally comprehensible." Doubleday Book Club selection.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Pub Ltd (March 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727843052
• ISBN-13: 978-0727843050
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,769,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry to say, July 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rainbow's End (Paperback)

I am sorry to have to say this, but this is the sorriest book I've bought in a long, long time. The plot could have made an interesting story, but the author has tried to impress the reader how smart she is with big words and confusing discriptions. In one love scene there is an 18 line sentence.
"Of a sudden, the horned demon-god was a towering silhouette against the fading rainbow, loomingup over her to shed his raiment, revealing his barb, her euphoria subsiding as her sloe-green eyes, somnolent with passion. slowly fluttered open and she spied him poised over her darkly, in all his naked bronze glory, wanting, demanding his vestal bride---"
It is difficult to pick out the most stupid chapter in this book. It was certainly a waste of money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry to say, July 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rainbow's End (Paperback)

I am sorry to have to say this, but this is the sorriest book I've bought in a long, long time. The plot could have made an interesting story, but the author has tried to impress the reader how smart she is with big words and confusing discriptions. IN ONE LOVE SCENE THERE IS AN 18 LINE SENTENCE!
"Of a sudden, the horned demon-god was a towering silhouette against the fading rainbow, loomingup over her to shed his raiment, revealing his "barb", her euphoria subsiding as her sloe-green eyes, somnolent with passion. slowly fluttered open and she spied him poised over her darkly, in all his naked bronze glory, wanting, demanding his vestal bride---"
It is difficult to pick out the most stupid chapter in this book. It was certainly a waste of money.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, August 10, 2011

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This review is from: Rainbow's End (Severn House Historical Romance Series) (Hardcover)

I thought this was the best romance I had read in a while. I was in the mood for a sweet tale like this, and also found a new author in the process. Her writing is so easy to understand. I was so addicted I finished it too fast.