A Dream to Call My Own (The Brides of Gallatin County, Book 3) (Paperback)

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Lacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father's killer. Haunted by the belief that she's failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more than just revenge, something she can't quite figure out. Enter Dave Shepard, deputy sheriff for the area. Dave has been fervently trying to find the man who killed George Gallatin, but he always feels inadequate when it comes to the beautiful Lacy. When they are together, the tension crackles between them--both when they argue and when they kiss. Lacy finds him frustratingly irresistible...but is it truly love?

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Lacy crossed the room to the small dressing table and sat down. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and wondered why the woman who stared back looked so terrified. "It's just a storm," she said and began taking down her hair. But she knew it was more than the storm. Her thoughts were betraying her. She had feelings for Dave she couldn't explain--feelings she was terrified to explore. When had he become something more than an irritation in her life? When had he changed from the roadblock to finding her father's killer to a man who made her heart race and knees grow weak? Will Lacy find the courage to set aside her need for justice in time to embrace the love her heart yearns for? --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 365 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764201506
• ISBN-13: 978-0764201509
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,150 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!, June 29, 2009

By	R. Kovacs (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Dream to Call My Own, A (The Brides of Gallatin County) (Hardcover)

I read the 1st book in this series and was looking forward to reading the 2nd and 3rd when available. I just finished reading the 3rd book (and I haven't even read the 2nd book yet), but I just loved it.
It was so well written and made you really feel like you were part of the whole community. It was a really nice mixture all the characters that were involved, and I felt they were all very developed and understood.
I highly recommend this book, and the whole series.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Dream to Call My Own, November 7, 2009

By	W. D. McCurry "Librarian Bill" (Tucker, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: A Dream to Call My Own (Brides of Gallatin County) (Audio CD)

We had already listened to books one and two of the Brides of Gallatin County series and were eagerly looking forward to this book three. The first disc was slow dealing with Lacy's wishy-washy romantic notions. After that, the story moves along quite well. However, just as we got to the really exciting part which is on disc 6 (the last disc#, we found that it was really another disc 4 labeled as disc 6. A call to Oasisaudio got us a replacement disc #we weren't the first to contact them with this problem). We have enjoyed the entire series and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Christian historical fiction.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great end to Peterson's Brides of Gallatin County trilogy, October 27, 2009

By	Brimful Curiosities (WI) - See all my reviews

A Dream to Call My Own, the 3rd book in Tracie Peterson's Brides of Gallatin County trilogy, tells the story of the stubborn, unpredictable Lacy Gallatin. She's the youngest of the three Gallatin sisters. Together they run the Gallatin House, a roadhouse where they board and feed the stage coach passengers traveling through the Montana frontier in the 1880's. Both Lacy's sisters are married but Lacy is terrified of getting hitched, afraid that she would fail at being a wife. She's convinced herself that she's failed everyone close to her, especially her mother and father. She has made it her personal mission to discover her father's killer and find her revenge.

I liked A Dream to Call My Own the best out of all three books in the series. Lacy, my favorite character, is easy to like with her wild ways. I found the romantic tension between Lacy and Dave amusing and heartwarming. Failure, fear and the feeling of inadequacy are common themes in the book. Peterson, an excellent Christian historical fiction author, uses scripture passages and messages through her characters to spread God's word and remind us of His constant presence in our lives. (Review copy provided by publisher)