Tradition of Pride [Hardcover]

Janet Dailey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 1982

A New York Times Bestselling Author

This is the Mississippi novel in Janet Dailey's Americana Series - a romantic tour of America through stories set in each of the fifty states.

The honeymoon was over long, long ago . . . Lara Cochran had once been a happy bride. Then Trevor, her charming husband, had turned to other women. Divorce was unheard-of in Lara's family, but she didn't want one anyway. One disastrous marriage was enough; she was now safely immune from men - all men. Or so she thought - until she met Rans McQuade, the rugged and virile manager of her father's Mississippi plantation. But she knew she couldn't let herself get carried away. For that would mean making some dramatic, unwanted changes in her life. . . .

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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"Year in and year out, Dailey remains the best!"—Affaire de Coeur "Instead of shrinking from clichés, Dailey rushes to embrace them with a fervor that brings passion and fun to the tale she spins…"—Publishers Weekly "Dailey is a smooth, experienced romance writer."—Arizona Daily Star "Janet Dailey's mastery of sweeping romance, divided loyalties, and searing passion has made her one of the bestselling authors of all time."—Lanier County (GA) News --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mills & Boon (September 10, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263101274
• ISBN-13: 978-0263101270
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,894,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real virile man!, April 10, 2011

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Em Knowell (England, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi (Janet Dailey Americana) (Paperback)

Lara, the heroine of this story is a married woman. She is a beautiful redhead who presents a cold, hard exterior to the rest of the world. She does this as a defense mechanism. This is as a result of her discovering, soon after her honeymoon, that her husband was cheating on her, and that he had no intention of stopping his philandering ways. The couple live on her family's ranch, with her father. Sadly, when Lara confided in her father he was quite unsympathetic. To make matters worse, the family tradition is to never get divorced, hence the title "A Tradition of Pride". The hero of the tale is the newly arrived manager of the ranch, Rans. And he's a REAL man, with masculine virility and arrogance in equal measures. His arrogance sparks off severe hostilities between himself and Lara. Despite her beauty, he's not impressed by what he perceives to be the cold-as-ice Lara. In fact, he takes it as a personal challenge to break through her marble facade. Needless to say the chemistry between them is electric, and there are some aggressive confrontations that are VERY sexy! As can be expected, when it comes to Janet Dailey, this is a well-resolved love story, so it all works out in the end. I cannot recommend it enough!