Katie innocence stands out, and it hits John Roper hard. But will a man who knows nothing about being a husband be able to give Katie the happy ending she deserves? Original.
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Katie innocence stands out, and it hits John Roper hard. But will a man who knows nothing about being a husband be able to give Katie the happy ending she deserves? Original.
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This is a strange story from a woman who has written a generous number of really great books. This isn't one of them. The story started out with an interesting premise but dipped into tedium rather soon.
Katie is running away from the only home she's known; when her mother died she was handed over to the Schrader's, who promptly turned her into a slave for 12 years. When she gets to town, she realizes the only job open to her is in a saloon.
When she arrives in the saloon, she is immediately befriended by John Roper, foreman at a local ranch. When he sees the bruises and finds that she has no one to take care of her, he hires Katie to cook and wash for him.
The Schrader's file charges against John for stealing Katie and raping her (both lies), the judge tells John to marry Katie to protect her ? and himself. I had a problem with their ages: Katie isn't quite 18 and John is 30. I know May-December marriages were common in that day but Katie was incredibly innocent and naive. It was the combination of 12 years and Katie's extreme lack of experience that I found troubling.
Another thing that grated was Katie calling John by his first name. Folks just didn't do that, especially since the relationship was between employer and employee (at first).
In order to add drama to this pitiful tale, the author wrote John as having a cruel streak. It just didn't fit the rest of the story; I know his history, but it just didn't ring true.
Finally, Katie decided to be TSTL late in the book. Between Katie's strange behavior, a plot that really dragged and the book sounding like it had been written by Pollyanna, I was unimpressed.
