The Wild Rose - Softcover

Wulf, Jessica

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ISBN 10: 0821751034 ISBN 13: 9780821751039

Publisher: Zebra, 1995

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Tired of the stifling conventions of Philadelphia, Jennifer Mainwaring is delighted by her trip to her godfather's sprawling ranch in the unfettered West, but she had never expected to meet anyone like her godfather's seductive, illegitimate, half-caste son. Original.

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John Novales Cantrell, known to some as El Lobo, rides into the Rancho de Santa Maria one night, determined to kill the man who fathered him, Preston Cantrell, a man he's never seen. But to John's disappointment, Preston is not the heartless man he has imagined all these years, a man capable of abandoning the mother of his child. After seeing for himself the proof that his mother, Ana Maria, left the ranch of her own volition, John promises to stay at the Santa Maria for a short time in an attempt to build some sort of relationship with his father. Jennifer Mainwaring is enjoying dinner at the Santa Maria when a dangerous man dressed all in black pounds on the door and swears that he has come to kill Preston Cantrell, Jennifer's godfather. After the two men have a meeting behind closed doors, Preston announces that Juan is his son and that he will be staying at the ranch for as long as he wishes. Jennifer doesn't believe that the same man who only a short time before was threatening murder is now willing to stay for a visit, and she decides to keep an eye on him, convinced that he means the family harm. From a dam mysteriously blown up, to the maiming of a prize bull, to a wildfire raging on Cantrell property, someone means the family harm, and the attempts are becoming more deadly. Although she has no proof, Jennifer at first suspects John and begins a vigil to ascertain his involvement in the destructive events. While watching him closely during the day and following him in the middle of the night, Jennifer is soon unable to resist the attraction between them, and her detemination to prove him guilty soon becomes a need to believe him innocent. In The Wild Rose, Jessica Wulf takes the reader from distrust and dislike to acceptance and adoration. Jennifer is a spunky heroine and John is a self-assured hero, the two together are a wonderful combination. Set in 19th century California, The Wild Rose takes the reader into the past for a taste of adventure and love.Jessica Wulf should continue this path and write a dozen of her Rose stories! Ms. Wulf creates characters that the reader will cheer for! The Wild Rose is a wild west read!Gerrie Shepard -- Copyright � 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

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