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The Lady and the Mountain Man (The Mountain series Book 1) by [Misty M. Beller]

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When a murder plot forces a Southern heiress to flee to a ranch in the wild Montana mountains, love is the last thing she expects to find.

Leah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot to kill her after their wedding. Desperate for a safe place to hide, she accepts a newspaper proposal for a mail-order bride from a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory. But when Leah arrives at the mountain ranch, she learns her intended husband was killed by a grizzly, leaving behind a bitter older brother and a spunky younger sister.

When Gideon Bryant finds an eastern lady standing in his log cabin, his first instinct is to send her back where she came from. He’s lost too many people to the wild elements of these mountains––his parents, his wife, and now his brother. His love for this untamed land lives on, but he’s determined not to open his heart to another person.

But when an accident forces Leah to stay at the ranch for seven more months, can Gideon protect his heart from a love he doesn’t want? Has Leah really escaped the men who seek her life? Will her presence here put Gideon and his sister in danger too?

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No matter how many times they wandered, no matter how many really bad choices they made, God always brought them back. He always forgave them when they truly humbled themselves before Him.
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Lord, I know you have a plan in all this. You are who You are, no matter where I am. Proverbs chapter three says trusting means that I cannot lean on my own understanding. So God, I’m going to sit in this place and wait for Your direction.
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Read all the books in the Mountain Series:

The Lady and the Mountain Man
The Lady and the Mountain Doctor
The Lady and the Mountain Fire
The Lady and the Mountain Promise
The Lady and the Mountain Call
This Treacherous Journey
This Wilderness Journey
This Freedom Journey
This Courageous Journey
This Homeward Journey
This Daring Journey
This Healing Journey

Misty M. Beller

Christian Historical Romance Author

Misty M. Beller is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love.

Raised on a farm and surrounded by family, Misty developed her love for horses, history, and adventure. These days, her husband and children provide fresh adventure every day, keeping her both grounded and crazy. She writes from her country home in South Carolina and escapes to the mountains any chance she gets.

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ACFW Genesis Award Semi-Finalist "If you're looking for a touch of the old west, a little romance and a great read, this one's for you!" - Amazon Reviewer

About the Author

Misty M. Beller writes Christian historical romance and is the author of the bestselling Mountain Dreams Series and the Texas Rancher Trilogy.

She was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep. Growing up, her family was close, and they continue to keep that priority today. Her husband and daughters now add another dimension to her life, keeping her both grounded and crazy.

God has placed a desire in Misty's heart to combine her love for Christian fiction and the simpler ranch life, writing historical novels that display God's abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.

Writing is a dream come true for Misty. Her family--both immediate and extended--is the foundation that holds her secure in that dream.

Learn more at MistyMBeller.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MQB7F4U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Misty M. Beller Books, Inc.; 1st edition (September 23, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4889 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,547 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5 in Christian Westerns (Kindle Store)
- #5 in Historical Christian Romance
- #6 in Christian Westerns (Books)

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Misty M. Beller is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love. For a limited time, you can get one of her bestselling novels FREE here: https://mistymbeller.com/freebook

Raised on a farm and surrounded by family, Misty developed her love for horses, history, and adventure. These days, her husband and children provide fresh adventure every day, keeping her both grounded and crazy.

Misty’s passion is to create inspiring Christian fiction infused with the grandeur of the mountains, writing historical romance that displays God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.

Sharing her stories with readers is a dream come true for Misty. She writes from her country home in South Carolina and escapes to the mountains any chance she gets.

Learn more at www.MistyMBeller.com.

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Bonnie B

finding home in the mountains

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 27, 2022

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Her father had done a marriage contract for his daughter. The marriage would give her inheritance to her husband which meant wealth. The man’s reputation was dangerous. At a social gathering, she overhears the fiancé admit, he killed his first wife, and the bride to be would be poisoned once the inheritance was in his name. She escapes with the advice of her companion. She gets to St. Louis and was to connect with family friends. She realizes she is being pursued when fellow traveler asks for her specifically at the hotel was staying. Again, she escapes, and heads to Montana. It was a mail order bride ad that her dear companion had tucked into trunk. She gets a ticket to travel the Missouri River. That trip was good until, the departure. A ship hand stole reticule which had all her funds. Now she was penniless. She still needed go farther. She started looking for a job, for funds. As she leaves the dry goods store, a traveling wagon merchant offers to give her free passage. That rides gives her a wealth of information on the man she is meeting to marry and it sounds promising. She arrives at the ranch, only to find out the man died two weeks before she arrived. The young sister is thrilled to have a female to visit with. The brother is not happy, and more than willing to send her back. She insists that she help out while she is there and she is a quick learner since she didn’t have any experience for ranch life. After deciding a departure date, she falls and breaks her leg. She recovers easily with excellent care she gets. The brother is attacked by a bear, and now she returns the necessary care to help him heal. The ranch work gets done, between his sister and the fiancé of his brother’s. Finally, winter has abated and the pass opens so she can go to search for a job and lodging. Once in town, it happens again, some one looking for her, and he is ruffian. This puts a new twist on whether a marriage proposal is coming. Will it come in time?

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ADVENTURE AROUND EVERY CORNER - CAN YOU SAY GRIZZLY BEAR ATTACK?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2022

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This is a fun read. Think about a film which has one vivid adventure after another.
There is excitement and danger and humor and love. Lots of love.
Leah is a from an extremely wealthy family. After her father’s death, she finds that he promised her hand in marriage to another wealthy man. That man wants her in marriage and then he plans to kill her in order to inherit her wealth.
Leah escapes and after a train ride, a boat trip and a long ride in a wagon, she finds herself in a cabin in Montana. The cabin is owned by Gideon. He lives with his young sister Miriam.
Leah and Miriam become instant best friends. And there is a strong attraction between Leah and Gideon. There is another important character in the story, Old Mose. He drives a wagon and delivers things for people. He also is a strong reminder of how God works in everyone’s life. In short, Mose is the one who acts as a guardian angel.
This story is entertaining. The characters are well developed. We learn the thoughts of the characters. We begin to understand why they behave as they do.
The story has a Christian theme. It gives a warm and loving feeling about life and overcoming adversity. The only problem I had was Leah was simply too much at times. Every now and then too much sweetness made my teeth ache. But, that was a minor part of the story.
If a reader enjoys adventure, humor and affection this is a book to enjoy.

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A sweet romance!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2023

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I would recommend this book to anyone wanting an innocent romance book to read. Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Will be reading more from this author.

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dezinrjean

Realistic at every turn.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 11, 2023

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This author knows how to write! Realistic at every turn, Misty Beller imbues life and meaning into the lives of her characters, inviting the reader to look into their own souls. Well done, Ms. Beller. Looking forward to reading the whole series.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 16, 2023

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Wonderful book I couldn’t put it down full of love and God just like I needed right now. He always knows what’s best .

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K Kilby

Refreshing and suspenseful.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2023

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Story made a wonderful read. The suspense made me finish the book before sleeping. It's hard to write with the passion and acknowledging the period of time. This is very entertaining . Looking forward to the next book. Thank you!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2023

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This was a great book. I look forward to the next one. It is a nice escape from our COVID illness in our country.

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Heather B

Light, Sweet, and Undemanding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 24, 2019

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I’d just read a novel that had quite a dark storyline and found this book to be a lovely contrast. It is light and easy to read, and quite sweet as well. There is no great depth to it and, if you start to look under the surface, there are some things that you could pick apart. However, it does have more inspirational content than a lot of so-called inspirational fiction, which I appreciated. While this novel won’t be one that stays with me for a long time, I can recommend it to anyone who likes light and sweet historical Christian fiction which doesn’t make any demands.

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too much INSTA-LUST, preaching and the heroine was very judgemental and annoying swooning over the hero

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 13, 2015

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The basic premise of the book was promising - it had elements that I generally enjoy with the:

- mail-order-bride element, combined with
- elegant, sophisticated "Up-Town Girl" heroine, and
- Rustic, Simple Country hero

However, unfortunately the elements that I dislike overwhelmed the story:

- INSTA-LUST (so tedious - kills the romance)
- a saccharine sanctimonious righteous-judgemental heroine
- preachy stuff

Usually with Christian romance books you can avoid the INSTA-LUST stuff.
The heroine and hero's generally aren't so susceptible to shallow attraction. There's usually a slow build-up where personality combined with looks is the focus of the attraction. They acquaint themselves with each other's strengths and weaknesses before the whole Eyes-Meet-&-Time-Suspends.
No such thing here with the heroine swooning over the hero meh, blushing and generally acting like an imbecile.

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The Characters:

Leah Townsend: 22 yo Town/City sheltered young lady from Virginia, an orphan heiress on the run from a dangerous fiancé. Unfortunately, I couldn't warm to her country.
She clearly states that she has no friends (apart from a paid companion - and I'm not surprised the only person to befriend her was paid to do so).
She's a sanctimonious, righteous judgemental Poor-Little-Rich-Girl who judges all the other society girls as being shallow and empty-headed.
And the way she goes on about how she's JUST-BEST-FRIENDS with ALL-THE-SERVANTS is so patronising that I wanted to slap her.
Then there's all her "poor me" nonsense and swooning over the hero.

Gideon Bryant: 28 yo widow, lives in remote Montana with his younger kid sister (his brother recently died) and works as a rancher/farmer. He's quiet, shy/ reserved (how you'd expect a Mountain man to be). He's confused and conflicted about his attraction to Leah, and cynical about emotional attachments after losing so many loved one's so soon. And he's definitely sceptical about Town Girls after his former wife's experience.

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Plot: Leah's fiancé want's to murder her. The manner in which she discovers this, and her reaction soon after was executed poorly and sounds far-fetched. But I can do without those details.
Unfortunately the rest of the story is equally unsatisfying.
I generally like reading about women learning new skills and improving people's lives, the pioneering woman - whether she's a doctor or a homemaker. However, in this story it wasn't quite the same. Leah doesn't have any cooking skills but miraculously becomes a good cook without any poor attempts.
She breaks her legs but preserves like a good-little solider to work hard and show her best. To me it just looked like a bored rich girl playing at poor and enjoying the learning experience.
Prior to her running away she doesn't seem to have had anything going for her - just a dull rich girl

Anyway the story began to drag and I found all the swooning etc really dull. DNF

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Brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 17, 2017

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I love Misty's books. Strong characters and feisty women who know what they want.
Leah may have grown up as a woman of privilege, but needing to run for her life brings out the best in her. Unafraid to try hard work she relies on the fact that God has a plan for her life and he will bring it whatever it takes.
Gideon has lost almost everyone in his life, only his little sister survives. He is drawn to Leah, but the hurt runs too deep. He feels that God has let them down. Why didn't God protect them all when he could so easily have done so.
Read how God heals Gideon from his past and gives Leah the future she longs for. I received this book free for an honest review and can highly recommend it.

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Tomsreads

Satisfactory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 8, 2021

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This is a very well written story with what appears to be accurate historical detail. Sadly it is all too predictable with no surprises or twists that aren't easy to see coming up. An easy enough read with the Christian content applied in very small doses and mainly in the form of internal prayers.

LMackwell.

Love changes everything, if we allow.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 28, 2016

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Another good story . Suitable for both youth& adults the story centres around Miri . Miri has lived all her remembered life in the mountains in a remote farm. An attack by a mountain lion sees her taken to a rough mining town for medical help. In a Rom / adventure story we read of the ţough conditions that were everyday life& how true faith via Ol Mose can impact others. Miri facing life& death & love shows how easily e can slip out of good habits whilst Alex shows how we need to give part& present to the Lord in order to enjoy the full life Christ offers. Another good read.

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