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the_woman_to_blame 's review for:
Another Dawn
by Sandra Brown
So as I was wandering through the library, I glanced at the Sandra Brown books. "Another Dawn" caught my eye. I had tried to read it once before, but 19th century cowboys just aren't my thing, so I returned it unread. But I was feeling adventuresome and wanted to stray from my norm, so I checked it out and vowed to read it from start to finish.
Um...Hmm...Can't say I liked it all that much, but it kept me turning the pages more out of frustration than anything. Unmarried women were either virgins or whores and boys/men were randy, frequented whorehouses and didn't care who they screwed as long as their brides were pure and innocent.
Anyway, the main story revolves around virginal 18-year-old Banner Coleman, whose husband-to-be was shot at the altar by the father of the girl he knocked up, and 36-year-old Jake Langston, a self-proclaimed saddle tramp and shiftless cowboy that farmers hide their daughters from. Stinging from being humiliated by her groom, Banner seduces Jake (who has been in love with Banner's mother since he was 16 years old) on her wedding night. (Talk about your ick factor!) Afterward they are embarrassed, feel guilty and go their separate ways. But -- surprise, surprise -- circumstances bring them back together to work closely at the same ranch. They end up falling in love with each other but the suddenly noble Jake feels he's undeserving of a good woman's love and tries (ultimately unsuccessfully) to keep his distance from Banner.
Sexual tension, misunderstandings, indecision, verbal sparring and just plain stupidity on both their parts makes for a maddening yet page-turning read.
Um...Hmm...Can't say I liked it all that much, but it kept me turning the pages more out of frustration than anything. Unmarried women were either virgins or whores and boys/men were randy, frequented whorehouses and didn't care who they screwed as long as their brides were pure and innocent.
Anyway, the main story revolves around virginal 18-year-old Banner Coleman, whose husband-to-be was shot at the altar by the father of the girl he knocked up, and 36-year-old Jake Langston, a self-proclaimed saddle tramp and shiftless cowboy that farmers hide their daughters from. Stinging from being humiliated by her groom, Banner seduces Jake (who has been in love with Banner's mother since he was 16 years old) on her wedding night. (Talk about your ick factor!) Afterward they are embarrassed, feel guilty and go their separate ways. But -- surprise, surprise -- circumstances bring them back together to work closely at the same ranch. They end up falling in love with each other but the suddenly noble Jake feels he's undeserving of a good woman's love and tries (ultimately unsuccessfully) to keep his distance from Banner.
Sexual tension, misunderstandings, indecision, verbal sparring and just plain stupidity on both their parts makes for a maddening yet page-turning read.