Sins of Summer [Mass Market Paperback]

Dorothy Garlock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

A sizzling novel of love and revenge on the wild frontier. In an Idaho logging camp, Dory bears a child by the handsome son of a rival mill owner--but the child's father dies before they can be married. Then rugged Benton rides into her life, a man who ignites both gunfire between the feuding families and passion in Dory's heart.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Dory Callahan lives in a logging community in Idaho with her young daughter. She has raised the child by herself, all the while enduring stinging verbal abuse from her two brothers who humiliate and degrade Dory at every opportunity. When Ben Waller is hired to do some work for the lumber mill, he leaves his young, deaf daughter in Dory's care. It isn't long before the unlikely foursome forge a bond strong enough to stand up not only against Dory's brothers but against other, more sinister forces as well. Dorothy Garlock has long been one of America's favorite storytellers. In Sins of Summer, she delivers the emotional, heartwarming romance that her fans know and love. --Maudeen Wachsmith

From Publishers Weekly

Garlock ( Tenderness ) brings to atmospheric, energetic life a hard-edged, meaty story of passion, sin and redemption. Branded a slut in her Idaho logging community, unwed mother Dory Callahan tends the homestead for her beloved brother James and brutal half-brothers Milo and Louis. When mysterious Ben Waller arrives at the logging camp accompanied by his deaf daughter Odette, he quickly learns the sad history of Dory's brief affair with the sensitive son of a rival logging family, an affair that left her pregnant and her lover dead. Despite her past, Ben is won over by Dory's maternal sweetness, which also works wonders on the fragile, lovely Odette, who is just beginning to blossom into womanhood. Fearing a spate of savage killings of whores and Indian women in the area, Ben and James share protective watch over the women, foiling rape attempts by timber scum and much skullduggery from the vile, sadistic Louis and Milo and their cabal of "river rats." As secrets and true identities are revealed, conflicts resolved and resolutions reached, the twisting turns of the well-paced tale come full circle. For those who like their romances dark, emotionally complex and brimful of grit, Garlock holds the reins masterfully.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446364142
• ISBN-13: 978-0446364140
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #611,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( G ) > Garlock, Dorothy

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story, April 2, 2004

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D. Bender "Constant Reader" (Easton, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sins of Summer (Mass Market Paperback)

I cannot give this book more than 5 stars or I would. Once again Dorothy Garlock has written a wonderful story. Her knack for detail is wonderful. I have read so many of her books and think I've read them all then discover that there are others that I've missed. She is a very easy read. Sometimes, with other writers I have to go back and read something over but not with Dorothy's writing. The brutality of the people in this story is so real that I almost believed that these cruel characters were real. Keep up the good work Dorothy, we love your books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Wonderful Book From Dorothy Garlock, May 4, 2001

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Kathy J. Crum (Clinton, MS USA) - See all my reviews

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I discovered Dorothy Garlock's work about a year ago when her book "With Hope" kept calling to me every time I walked by it in the book stores. I was so delighted in that book that I have been grabbing them every time I find one by her. No need to read the name or even what the story line is about - if it is by Dorothy Garlock it's a good read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I hated the violence in this book, August 24, 2008

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D. Elder "Faira" (Albany, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This was my first Dorothy Garlock book, and it was too violent for me, I kept hoping it would get better but it never did. I like Historical Romance books that make me feel good. This one sure didn't. I felt sick to my stomach over all the yelling and physical battering and violence, rapes, near rapes and killings of Milo(Louis wasn't much better). And when Milo beat Dories face up so horribly and ground a little kittens head to pulp under the heel of his boot, that finally did it for me,(that happened on page 187)and thats when the book made it into the garbage can. I have never found violence to be entertaining. I certainly do not see how anyone could give this book a five star, they sure have a stronger stomach than I have. I would have given this book a zero if I could have.