Forgiving - Hardcover

Spencer, LaVyrle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399135995 ISBN 13: 9780399135996

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1991

Synopsis

Sarah Merritt arrives in the town of Deadwood in 1876, determined to start its first newspaper and to find her runaway sister, but she soon runs afoul of handsome Sheriff Noah Campbell, who arrests her

About this title

About the Author:

LaVyrle Spencer is a contemporary and historical romance novelist who has written twelve New York Times bestsellers. Whether set in the Old West or in present day suburban Minnesota, a Spencer novel means seeing love in a new light and meeting characters so real it's all you can do not to climb into the pages yourself. Several of Spencer's books have been made into movies (Publishers Weekly called one of her television deals "precedent-setting") and in 1988 she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives with her husband, Dan, in North Oaks, Minnesota.

From Publishers Weekly:

The latest saga from Spencer ( Bitter Sweet ) is an uneven western romance that will no doubt please her fans--but just barely. Sarah Merritt arrives in Deadwood, Dakota territory, in 1876 with her father's printing press and two ambitions--to find her sister Addie and to establish a local newspaper. In a town of mining bachelors, Sarah quickly becomes the center of attention in more ways than one, particularly when she knocks heads with marshal Noah Campbell, her soon-to-be romantic interest. Sarah finds Addie working in a local brothel and commences a long struggle to win back her affection and her soul. She writes to Addie's former fiance, who comes to Deadwood and joins her in pursuing Addie's salvation, an endeavor which will force them all to confront an ugly secret from the past. Sarah begins as a likable if irascible figure and Noah is predictably taciturn, but their romance drags on even after Addie achieves domestic bliss. Spencer's prose occasionally sinks to the level of B westerns, there are confusing shifts of perspective and occasional intrusive commentary by the author. Pedestrian even for a horse opera. Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild alternate.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0399135995
• ISBN 13: 9780399135996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 381