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Summary: Great new historical romance
Review: A few years after the Civil War in a cowboy town of Texas Samantha is desperate to find a way to keep her family alive. The family farm is in danger of collapsing since her father died and they've fallen in debt. Her brother is no use for he is still bitter over his time in the Civil War and refuses to do anything at all to help out the family in the hard times. Samantha suddenly finds herself having to be disguised as a boy just to keep her family alive as she goes to work as a cowboy. There she meets Matthew Hart who is in charge of showing her the ropes. She gets to know Matt and finds that he too has suffered tragedies like her own brother by the war and wants nothing more than to reclaim his life before the incident. She learns his closed mind and hardened heart are territory best left unexplored. However Samantha finds herself falling in love with him and when he finds out that she is actruly a girl he is of course furious but somehow finding himself falling in love with her too. This was a great book in a great new series. I really really enjoyed it!
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Summary: too-tame bodice-ripper
Review: Avon True Romance presents Harlequin-style fare: beautiful people fall in love at first sight and then must overcome some conflict to be together, the conflict usually being that one of them already has a significant other. In this series, the beautiful people happen to be young adults.
In Samantha and the Cowboy, a southern belle who has spent much of the war supporting her family and doing a man's work disguises herself as a boy and joins a cattle herding expedition to make the $100 her family so desperately needs to get through the coming winter. She falls for the man who hired her against the boss's wishes. Matt distances himself from people because of all the friends he lost in the war, and doesn't take kindly at first to being saddled with a greenhorn, but "Sam" breaks through his reserves.
The stories are predictable, sweet and innocent, but the writing is solid, the covers attractive and the historical details accurate. I don't think any teens will pick these up if they are already avid fans of adult series romance, but younger teens may find them appealing and won't find any objectionable material -- perhaps to their dismay.
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Summary: Go Samantha!
Review: I didn't think this book looked good from reading the first chapter, but it definitely gets better. Samantha's family is having a hard time since her father died and her brother lost his arm in the war. She signs up for a cattle drive, and the adventure begins! She actually makes a band of cowboys think she is a boy. Soon she falls in love with Matt, a fellow cowboy. But she can't say anything, because she's a boy. Eventually Matt finds out she is a girl and gives Sam a run for her money, literally. He threatens to tell on her, which causes a big problem. But everything works out in the end and everybody lives happily ever after.
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Summary: Simply Wonderful
Review: I love the avon true romance series. It is great! Samantha and the Cowboy is my favorite so far. I wish it had and epliouge so i could find out exactly what happened instead of having to guess. I can't wait until the next book in the series comes out. You will absolutely LOVE this book. BUY IT NOW!
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: I loved this book. I'm a big fan of this series and this one was my favorite! Ms. Heath made a great heroine. She couldn't have made a better character. In the beginning I was like "Do I really want to read this book." But boy, was I WRONG! I read this book 2nd because it didn't appeal to me so I read Anna and the Duke frst but it should have been the other way around! Ha, ha! Trust me, this is one book that you absolutly can't miss! Happy Reading! Also read the other books in this series. THEY'RE GREAT!
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Summary: hmm.....
Review: I thought this book was o.k., but it wasn't great. It's cool how Samantha would do anything for her family like disguise herself as a boy so she could earn $100 dollars for her family. The romance between Sam and Matt.......I dunno...I just didn't like it. I think that Elizabeth Chandler is a better teen romance writer. Lorraine Heath is probably a better adult romance writer....
Hmmm....I think the best book out there for teens so far that has to do with a girl disguising herself as a boy, would have to be "Katherine Heart of Freedom", which is part of a great short book series called Hearts&Dreams by Cameron Dokey.
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Summary: Want to read a wonderful book?
Review: If you said yes, this is the book you should read. I read the whole thing in one 24 hour period and I loved every minute of it. Everyone else on this page explained the book, so I will just say BUY IT! I felt depressed after reading it, because I finished it and I wanted the story to continue to tickle my spine, so I bought another avon true romance for teens and shortly discovered they are all good, but this one ticks out above the rest. I truly think you should buy this~
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Summary: Excellent First Book
Review: It's 1866 in Faithful, Texas. Sixteen year old Samantha Jane Reynolds is walking through town one day when a sign saying that it will pay $100 to whomever helps to herd cattle to Sedalia, Missouri. Samantha decides to chop off her hair and pose as a boy so she can get the $100 and help pay off her mother's debts. But love soon gets in the way when she begins falling in love with Matt, an 18-year-old cowhand, whom doesn't know that she's a girl. Until a mishap when crossing a river. Now Matt is in love with Samantha too, and except for a few kisses when the two are alone, Samantha thinks that she's just another girl to add to his collection. "Samantha and the Cowboy" was an excellent first book in the Avon True Romance series. After reading this, I know that I'm hooked.
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Summary: A charming historical romance for teenage girls.
Review: It's 1866 in the small town of Faithful, Texas, and sixteen-year-old Samantha Reynolds is desperate. Every since her father died, the family has struggled to keep their farm running. They've fallen into debt, and her older brother, still bitter over the loss of an arm in the Civil War, refuses to find a job to help out the family. Samantha is determined to help her overburdened mother, but the scheme she comes up with is risky. She cuts her hair and disguises herself as a young boy, "Sam," and is hired for a cattle drive. She is put under the responsibility of Matthew Hart, who is supposed to show her the ropes. Like Samantha's brother, Matt fought in the war, and is haunted by his experiences. Samantha finds herself falling in love with Matt, but he thinks she's just a scruffy little boy. When Matt discovers the truth about what Samantha really is, he's furious, but he also finds himself falling in love with her. Can Samantha persuade Matt to keep her secret so she can help her family, and can she convince him not to despise her for her deception? I highly recommend this book, and the other Avon True Romances, to teenagers who enjoy historical romances. This book was a really sweet love story that I truly enjoyed.
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Summary: A Romance
Review: Samantha and the Cowboy is an okay book. It may not be the best, but it is good enough. It seems that this is in a sort-of series, with three other books that I know of (Belle and the Beau, Anna and the Duke, and ?Gwyneth and the Thief? (I think)). B and the B is about a runaway slave. A and D is about an english girl in perhaps the 1800's. G and T is set in medievel times. Samantha is a normal girl. She lives Out West with her family, which consists of an older brother, a younger brother, a younger sister, and a mother. Samantha is sixteen. When she sees an advertisement for cowhands, her life changes. Samantha's family needs the hundred dollar paycheck, but her younger siblings are too young and her older one doesn't want to go. (The story is set in the post-Civil War times, in the western south) Samantha has always wanted an adventure, so she cuts her hair and gets a little 'interview' with the boss. He doesn't want to hire her at first but she ends up on the trail as a cowhand, disguised as a boy. She learns about cattle from Matthew, a handsome, eighteen-year-old cowhand. Gradually, Samantha(under the name of Sam) falls in love with him. There's one big problem. Matt thinks she's a boy. But when he finds out that she is really a girl, can she win back his trust and convince him not to tell anyone her secret? As I said, it's an okay book, not the best, but still entertaining. Written for young adults(girls), it's a fun read. For those who've already read it, I suggest Seven Daughters and Seven Sons or the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce.
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