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Remembered (Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 3)

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In 1870 France, Veronique Girard leaves the flower on the coffin containing her beloved mother Ariane while reflecting that she would prefer to ignore her deathbed promise to mamam. However, Veronique swore she would go to the Colorado Territory to find her father Pierre, who left them over a quarter of a century ago with a vow he would send for them; he never did.

Veronique adapts to the wildness of Colorado while hiring Jack Brennan to escort her from one Rocky Mountain mining town to another in her quest to find her papa. Jack wanted to refuse driving Veronique as the towns are dangerous, but the widowed supply hauler cannot leave her to her own devices. As they fall in love, he fears that emotion having grieved the deaths of his wife and child while she remains obsessed with finding Pierre and she has a childhood ami Christophe back in Paris.

The third Fountains Creek Chronicles (see REVEALED and REKINDLED) is a wonderful western romance starring two individuals from different lifestyles falling in love; feelings that neither desire the other. The story line brings out the rugged Reconstruction Era Colorado Territory especially when contrasted with Veronique's Paris upbringing. Veronique is a wonderful protagonist although she adjusts perhaps too easily to the Wild West while Jack struggles with survivor guilt compounded by having a second chance at love if he goes for it. Readers will remember Tamara Alexander's' fine tale of loss and redemption.

Harriet Klausner

Remembered is a beautiful story- my favorite so far of the Fountain Creek Chronicles! Veronique Girard has just lost her mother and is journeying to the Colorado territory (from France) to find her father, who left her 25 years before. Her innocence and naiveté are so refreshing. It is funny how she would interject and offer the definition of a word to try to figure out the local sayings and usages of certain words (though, after awhile it gets a little old and annoying).

Jack Brennan has been leading wagons west for the past fifteen years but he is ready for a change, ready to move on from his troubled past of losing his wife and son in a horrible accident. He had heard about Willow Springs and decides to settle there. He and Veronique get thrown together and from there the real story starts.

Jack and Veronique have great chemistry and rapport. Their conversations and the electricity of emotions that zing between them make for a sizzling, sweet romance. I can't wait to see what comes next in this series! A great read, don't miss out!!!

Veronique Girard is not a wealthy woman, but has enjoyed the trappings of wealth her entire life. But then her beloved mother dies, and Veronique almost immediately loses the security of her prestigious position. From beyond the grave, her maman pulls the strings that ensure Veronique will grant her dying wish: Leave Paris and go to America's rugged Colorado Territory in search of the father who abandoned both of them twenty-five years ago. Eased by a soft cushion of unmerited financial backing, Veronique packs her fashionable French wardrobe and heads west.

Jack Brennan is retiring from a fifteen-year career as a trail guide. Having suffered a tragic loss years earlier, and having finally found peace, he looks forward to settling down in or near Willow Springs, a growing town in the Colorado Territory. Jack's plans are to start up a new business hauling freight into the scattered mining towns surrounding his chosen place of residence.

What he hasn't counted on is being forced by unforeseen circumstances to escort a beautiful, innocent, feisty and demanding Frenchwoman into the dangerous mining communities, as well.

Tamera Alexander's third book in the Fountain Creek series paints a vivid picture of early American life. Her characters literally burst onto the pages - living, breathing and sizzling with energy. Ms. Alexander pens a riveting tale of heartbreak and healing, love and loss, honor and virtue. Profound spiritual lessons are expertly woven into the tale - without sermonizing or distracting from the storyline. Readers are relentless drawn in, charmed by the hero, amused and warmed by the heroine, and amazed by the number of completely real and believable supporting characters.

Remembered is a keeper that will most definitely be ... remembered!

While I simply loved books one and two, this one was very long in getting to the plot, and then, the real reason for the book took up only a few lines, which disappointed me. I will say there were some interesting parts and a lovely story of a young woman coming from France searching for a father she could not remember. She did this for her late mother. I was not at all impressed with the many pages used finally getting to the story. My least liked of the three.

I have to say that the author is going downhill with her books of this series. "Rekindled" was a remarkable read. "Revealed" was good as well. "Remember" comes short to fulfill expectations of a reader who was much impressed with the first and second book of the series. This book did not hold much interest. It was not powerful. It was just a very simple read that did not hold much of my attention until the end of the book. The last sixty pages of the book were great. I was going to return the book without finishing it, but I am glad that I have read the ending. It was the best part from the whole book! But this book was nothing compared to her previous books. You feel much of an outsider of the story until almost towards the end. The author does not move the reader like in her previous books. You do not learn much from this book either. So, it felt like lost time of picking it up. I am glad that the writer came up with some important thoughts at the end that spoke to the reader.
I hope to see more of that talent in her future books.
I hope that the writer will not try to kill someone at the beginning of the book as well. She seemed to choose death to start each book of the series. With the last book, it was somehow annoying.
I was going to read "Inheritance" next by the same writer, but the last book of this series made me very hesitant of picking out another by the same author.

I love her books. The story they tell is so interesting you want to keep reading to the end.

This seriously was absolutely fabulous! I have stayed up till 3am the past few nights finishing these books. I think Tamara Alexander is becoming one of my new favorite authors!! These books are a must read!!

This book was given to me in great condition. I am excited to start reading the last book of the Fountain Creek Chronicles.

Excellent condition. Ship time was shorter than advertised. My sister was very satisfied with both the book and the seller.

This series is the first books I have ever read of Tamara Alexander's but they certainly are not going to be the last. In fact,I have already ordered another series written by her, as I was so impressed with this series. This last book was a delight as well as the other two. I will admit, for some reason I had a more difficult time getting started on this book than I did the others but as soon as some of the original characters started popping up in the book I got very interested once again. As I think back on this, I feel that is a bit strange as I really did end up liking the Veronique who started out the book fresh and that is where I was stumbling and having trouble getting started. I think I did not like her in the beginning as she was written, as a bit spoilt without realizing it, even though she had been a servant. This may have been part of the reason I had trouble with the start of this book, but this is one that is worth getting through those few pages, if you, too, find that difficult. She finds herself much to her surprise falling in love with Jack Brennan, who you will remember as the Trail Boss in the previous book and one you will really come to love and admire. Once again, I felt saddened when this series came to end... as I had to leave love ones behind ... I felt a bit sad that there was little revisiting of Annabelle and Matthew from "Revealed" which was the Second book in this delightful series, but I was very thrilled to revisit Kathryn & Larson from "Rekindeled" and the Parson his wife and their darling daughter Lilly. I am looking forward to reading many more of Tamara Alexander's books in the future.