Rose [Paperback]

Jill Marie Landis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1990

The sultry, dark-eyed beauty dared to leave her home in a small Italian village and journey to America, to join her husband on the wild frontier. But a tragic twist of fate left her alone in Busted Heel, Wyoming, with little more than a pocketful of dreams and a memory of love...
From the moment he saw lovely Rosa, the hardened town marshal felt his heart fill with desire. But the darkly handsome man hid a shadowed past behind his ice-blues eyes. A past that could threaten their fiery love...

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Stock characters and the faltering of its antiracist stance help to keep this western/romance about an Italian woman and a half-Sioux man firmly in the ranks of the ordinary. In 1887, Rosa Audi journeys from her Italian village to Busted Heel, Wyo., to find that she is now a widow: her husband, who had emigrated first to make a home for her, has been killed recently by stray gunfire. Kase Storm, the half Sioux-half Dutch town marshal, decides this is no place for a beautiful, unprotected woman and sends her packing. However, encouraged by the town's stereotypically kind-hearted madam, Rosa stays to establish a restaurant. As Kase struggles to reconcile himself to the past he has fled, he resists his growing attraction to Rosa, unwilling to have her subjected to the racist slurs he suffers as a "half-breed." But Rosa, who proves her mettle by surviving on her own and winning the hearts of the townspeople, refuses to be swayed by such prejudice. Curiously, Landis's ( Wildflower ) antiracism finally turns selective: when outlaws take a train (and Rosa) hostage, all the men turn out to help--except the town's one Chinese.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Jove (September 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515103462
• ISBN-13: 978-0515103465
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,135,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JILL MARIE LANDIS'S twenty+ novels have earned distinguished awards and slots on such national bestseller lists as the USA TODAY Top 50 and the New York Times Best Sellers Plus. She is a seven-time finalist for Romance Writers of America's RITA Award in both Single Title and Contemporary Romance as well as a Golden Heart and RITA Award winner.

Her works include historical romances, contemporary single title romance with a hint of suspense, inspirational historical romances, and most recently the new Tiki Goddess Mystery series that launched with the successful Mai Tai One On.

Jill Marie resides in Hawaii with her husband. When she's not writing or sitting on the beach reading, she enjoys visiting with family and friends, raising orchids, working in her garden, plunking on the ukulele, dancing the hula and quilting, but not all at once.

She enjoys hearing from readers at www.jillmarielandis.com
facebook, and at www.thetikigoddess.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, July 3, 2001

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This review is from: Rose (Paperback)

I loved this heroine and I loved this story. A lot of humor was in this book. If you are looking for a fun read this is it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rose, April 29, 2011

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Donna Read "Logarithm" (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews
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Well "ROSE" so well written and a great big surprise follow up after reading the Accidental Lawman. I couldn't put it down. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading roman in the late 19th Century, about out west (I live on the east coast) Ft.Sill I did live hear there and Lawton and was so familiarized by it and Indians... It is very exciting and when I finished this book I had to have more reading. AND then there was "Come Spring" !!!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars #2 of Trilogy -- ACTUALLY A MINUS FIVE, January 4, 2003

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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ROSE rates a five because of the ability of the author to tell an excellent story with excellent characters.

With the first surrender to hormones I will give a minus as the story lost its interest power and I couldn't wait to be done with the book.

Kase, as Analisa's 21 year old son did not come across as an exceptionally strong character. Not really weak but not as powerful as I was expecting. But then he is still young.

Rosa was fascinating, her strength of character, or stubborness helped meld her character into one of beauty and tolerance. That is until she put aside her upbringing to surrender to hormones and hop into bed with Kase. And why didn't she get pregnant? Especially after three or four tries?

I was glad to see Zach Elliot show up, as he proves to be a friend to Kase and Rosa. I thought sure he knew of the circumstances of Kase's birth. Just goes to show that secrets do tend to destroy.

Do not forget Quentin Rawlins of Mountain Shadows ranch, he was a friend of Caleb's and hired Kase and interested in Rosa, also concerned about the prejudice she would encounter if she considered marrying a "half-breed".

I was very disappointed to find out that Caleb and Analisa only had the one daughter. For shame M. Landis. This was a great couple and deserved better, family wise.

I thoroughly enjoyed these couples but will pass them onto another reader. Recommended --M Not to say that you should pass them up -- excellent read.